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English Department
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Philosophy
Xaverian’s English Department provides a student-centered learning environment of active thinkers, readers, writers, and speakers who immerse themselves in complex texts, synthesize information between and among texts, and make personal, faith-filled connections to the texts through an inquiry-driven, skills-based, technology-enriched curriculum. Through literature, writing assignments, and class discussions, students are introduced to the important issues and ideas that will help them to explore their own identity, 同时也与其他文学作品和周围的世界建立联系.
English Department Goals
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Advance Communication Skills
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Provide Basic Tools for Active Reading
提供主动阅读的基本工具，使学生能够在一系列具有挑战性的作品中研究文学技巧和修辞策略的影响，这些作品从希腊神话到21世纪的青少年小说. -
Introduce Academic Vocabulary, Grammar & Reading Comprehension
To introduce academic vocabulary, nuances of grammar, and reading comprehension skills that are needed in the world today.
High School Courses
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English 9
Course Theme: Human Values: Honor, Strength, Integrity, and CharacterThe focus of this course is on reading for critical analysis and writing for effective communication. Given the basic tools for active reading, students investigate the effects of literary techniques and rhetorical strategies in an array of works, such as William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun, John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men, and a book of students’ choice. Furthermore, various complex informational texts serve as the basis for analyzing a writer's purpose and tone. 在风格和技巧上的一贯指导加强了学生写出有能力的、有结构的分析文章的能力, argue, synthesize, and compare/contrast. Likewise, 所有新生都按照MLA的风格和格式标准逐步完成研究论文. With an emphasis on reading for context clues, 本课程向学生介绍学术词汇和拉丁语/希腊语词根和前缀. In preparation for the SAT and ACT, 学生们定期接受标准化阅读理解测验的评估, and each month, students review and are assessed on a different grammar and writing topic that appears on these exams. In preparation for the ELA Common Core Regents exam in the junior year, students read closely and critically, producing text-based responses and analyses from a variety of sources. -
English 9H
Course Theme: Human Values: Honor, Strength, Integrity, and CharacterThe curriculum for this reading and writing intensive course is an accelerated version of the English 9 program. Provided with the basic tools for active reading, students investigate the effects of literary techniques and rhetorical strategies in an array of challenging pieces, including William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun, a number of works from Greek mythology, and a book of students’ choice. Furthermore, various complex informational texts serve as the basis for analyzing a writer's purpose and tone. 在风格和技巧上的一贯指导加强了学生写出有能力的、有结构的分析文章的能力, argue, synthesize, and compare/contrast. Likewise, 所有新生都按照MLA的风格和格式标准逐步完成研究论文. With an emphasis on reading for context clues, 本课程向学生介绍学术词汇和拉丁语/希腊语词根和前缀. In preparation for the SAT and ACT, 学生们定期接受标准化阅读理解测验的评估, and each month, students review and are assessed on a different grammar and writing topic that appears on these exams. In preparation for the ELA Common Core Regents exam in the junior year, students read closely and critically, producing text-based responses and analyses from a variety of sources. -
English 10
Theme: The Individual in Conflict: Conscience, Cause, and CorruptionWith the focus remaining on critical reading and writing, this course helps 学生进一步探索世界的文学人物谁面对困难的个人, moral, spiritual, psychological, and religious choices, 由于他们的英雄壮举或悲剧性的缺点，他们经常被视为“局外人”. Through works such as William Shakespeare’s Macbeth, Reginald Rose’s Twelve Angry Men, J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye, 还有一本学生自选的书和其他补充的非虚构作品, students read and analyze several pieces of literature and engage in writing for literary analysis and interpretation. Attention to a writer's craft, tone, 风格补充了学生撰写批判性文章的能力, evaluate, analyze, argue, and synthesize. In addition to text-appropriate vocabulary, students read for context clues and for the nuances of a writer's diction in both fiction and nonfiction. In preparation for the ELA Common Core Regents exam in the junior year, 学生仔细和批判性地阅读，除了从各种角度写作外，还能产生基于文本的论点和分析. In preparation for the SAT and ACT, 学生们定期接受标准化阅读理解测验的评估, and each month, students review and are assessed on a different grammar and writing topic that appears on these exams. -
English 10H
课程主题:冲突中的个人:良心、原因与腐败In this accelerated version of the English 10 course, 学生进一步探索世界的文学人物谁面对困难的个人, moral, spiritual, psychological, and religious choices, 由于他们的英雄壮举或悲剧性的缺点，他们经常被视为“局外人”. Through works such as William Shakespeare’s Macbeth, Reginald Rose’s Twelve Angry Men, J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye, 还有一本学生自选的书和其他补充的非虚构作品, 学生阅读和分析一些具有挑战性的文学作品，并从事文学分析和解释的写作. Attention to a writer's craft, tone, 风格补充了学生撰写批判性文章的能力, evaluate, analyze, argue, and synthesize. In addition to text-appropriate vocabulary, students read for context clues and for the nuances of a writer's diction in both fiction and nonfiction. In preparation for the ELA Common Core Regents exam in the junior year, 学生仔细和批判性地阅读，除了从各种角度写作外，还能产生基于文本的论点和分析. In preparation for the SAT and ACT, 学生们定期接受标准化阅读理解测验的评估, and each month, students review and are assessed on a different grammar and writing topic that appears on these exams.**本课程的录取是基于:1)英语系的批准，2)综合 93% average in English 9 or 90% in English 9(H), 3) an English 9/9H midterm and final score of at least 80%, 4)学生的行为与精读和写作课程相适应, and 5) an evaluation of the student’s formal writings from freshman year.** -
English 11
Course Theme: The Struggle and Search for Self-Identity
本课程教导学生审视道德与良心的文学主题, rebellion and revolt, perception and reality, and the individual in search of self-identity. All students read August Wilson's Fences, Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire, a book of their choice, and other works such as Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter and Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman, thereby reinforcing the skills of literary analysis and argumentation. In preparation for the January NYS ELA Common Core Regents, which all juniors must pass in order to graduate, students thoroughly review the components of the exam, focusing on active reading strategies and carefully outlined writing skills for effective analysis and synthesis writing. In addition to academic vocabulary, reading for context clues, and the study of Latin/Greek roots and prefixes, students learn how to determine the nuances of text-specific vocabulary. 从2月到5月，SAT和ACT的批判性阅读和写作技能成为重点. In addition, each month, students review and are assessed on a different grammar and writing topic that appears on these exams. In the spring, students begin the college application essay writing process. -
SJU Introduction to American Literature
Course Theme: The Struggle and Search for Self-Identity
This course offers an intensive study of a limited number of texts drawn from the various periods of American literature. All students read August Wilson's Fences and Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire, as well as other works by authors such as Nathaniel Hawthorne, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Kate Chopin, Alice Walker, 和阿瑟·米勒，从而加强了文学分析和论证的技能. Through these works, students examine the themes of morality and conscience, hopes and dreams, perception and reality, and the individual in search of self-identity. In preparation for the January NYS ELA Common Core Regents, which all juniors must pass in order to graduate, 学生彻底复习考试的组成部分:阅读理解, textual analysis, and writing from sources. In addition to reviewing academic vocabulary, reading for context clues, and studying Latin/Greek roots and prefixes, students learn how to determine the nuances of text-specific vocabulary. 从2月到5月，SAT和ACT的批判性阅读和写作技能成为重点. In addition, each month, students review and are assessed on a different grammar and writing topic that appears on these exams. In the spring, students begin the college application essay writing process.*Students who successfully pass this course will be eligible to receive 3 college credits through St. John’s University. Students will be responsible for all additional fees charged by St. John’s as well as completing any required applications for acceptance to the College Advantage Program.Prerequisites:- This is an approved course for students in any of the Honors Programs.
- Approval of the English Department
- An overall 90% in English 10(H) or an overall 93% in English 10
- An overall average of 80%
- 到选课时，PSAT数学和语言的最低综合成绩为1080分，或preACT成绩为21分或更高
- An evaluation of the student’s writing portfolio from sophomore English
- This course is open to juniors only for St. John’s credit
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AP English Language and Composition
In preparation for the Advanced Placement English Language and Composition exam given in May, 本课程使学生成为在各种修辞环境中熟练阅读散文的人，成为熟练的作家和演讲者，为各种目的写作和准备, including arguing, synthesizing, and analyzing. Both their writing and their reading should make students aware of the interactions among a writer’s purpose, audience expectations, and subjects, as well as the way generic conventions and the resources of language contribute to effectiveness in writing. Each student maintains a writing portfolio of written and revised pieces. By analyzing complex texts, 学生还要准备SAT和ACT的批判性阅读和写作部分.**本课程入学须经英语系批准, 2) an overall 93% average in English 10 or 90% average in English 10(H), 3) pre - act的英语成绩达到24分以上，SAT的阅读成绩达到600分以上, 4)学生的行为与精读和写作课程相适应, and 5) an evaluation of the student’s formal writings from sophomore year.** -
English 12: College Prep English
Course Theme: Examining the "Self" and Exploring the "Other"大学阅读与写作课程的重点是通过不同角度的文学作品和信息文本来拓宽和丰富学生的视野, philosophies, and disciplines. Students read, analyze, discuss, tweet, and write about informational texts, essays, plays, and fiction that explore the human experience. As a result, the students grow in awareness of the relationship between the craftsman and his craft. In addition, this course will reinforce previously taught writing skills that allow the students to produce persuasive, analytical, expository, technical, and creative pieces. Therefore, to meet the demands of the real world, students will be expected to communicate through formal presentations, speeches, and debates, as well as practice an array of modes, including writing an editorial, a proposal, and a cover letter and resume. As part of their graduation requirement, all seniors must complete a research position paper in accordance with MLA style and format standards. In preparation for college, students will refine their personal narratives for the college application essay and review for the fall SAT. -
English 12: Literature and Film
This course explores the complex interplay between film and literature. 选定的小说、短篇故事和戏剧与类似主题的电影一起进行分析. Additionally, this course introduces students to the basics of film analysis, cinematic formal elements, genre, and narrative structure and helps students develop the skills to recognize, analyze, describe and enjoy film as an art and entertainment form. 了解电影是如何构建的，使意义和吸引观众, 学生将被介绍到基本的“构建模块”和正式元素(叙事), mise-en-scene, cinematography, sound, 和剪辑)，以及一些基本的分析原则, genre, style, performance, and storytelling. The class includes weekly reading, screening, and short writing assignments. 学生还将研究文学技巧的视觉解释，以及电影与文本呈现文学作品的局限性或特殊能力(这并不意味着选择与同一作品的电影版本相关的电影)。. In the third quarter, 学生将研究来自相似时期的电影和文学作品如何描绘人类状况以及不同文化中男人和女人的角色, 第四季度将考察1980年后著名电影和文学作品中所描绘的人与技术之间的关系. -
SJU First-Year Writing
This is an intensive core writing and reading course, 它包括对各种写作方式和修辞用法的调查. The course helps students improve their writing, but it also serves to give students an opportunity to experiment with their own developing styles, to explore a range of compositional strategies, to research ideas and topics of relevance to their own lives, and to engage in class discussions and organized debates. The course, therefore, seeks to show that writing is a process of thinking, 这是学生智力和专业成长所必需的有力媒介. As part of their graduation requirement, all students are required to complete a course-appropriate research paper in accordance with MLA style and format standards. In preparation for college, 学生还将学习如何撰写申请论文，并为秋季SAT考试做准备.Prerequisites:- Approval of the English Department
- An overall 90% in junior English
- An overall average of 80%
- At least an 85% on the NYS English Regents
- 在选课时，SAT或PSAT数学和语言的最低综合成绩为1080分或ACT成绩为21分或更高
- An evaluation of the student’s writing portfolio from junior English
- Open to qualified students in the Academy and Honors Programs
- This course is open to seniors only for St. John’s credit
*Students who successfully pass this course will be eligible to receive 3 college credits through St. John’s University. Students will be responsible for all additional fees charged by St. John’s as well as completing any required applications for acceptance to the College Advantage Program. -
AP English Literature and Composition
In preparation for the May exam, this course engages students in the careful reading and critical analysis of imaginative literature. Through the close reading of selected texts, students deepen their understanding of the ways writers use language to provide both meaning and pleasure for their readers. As they read, students consider a work’s structure, style, 主题以及较小的元素，比如比喻语言的使用, imagery, symbolism, and tone. Each student maintains a writing portfolio of written and revised pieces. Students will complete a literature research paper in accordance with MLA style and format standards.**本课程入学须经英语系批准, 2) an overall 90% average in junior English, 3) an SAT critical reading score of 600 or higher or a score of 26 or higher on the ACT English section, 4) at least an 85% on the NYS English Regents exam, 5)学生的行为与精读和写作课程相适应, and 6) an evaluation of the student’s formal writings from junior year.** -
True Crime
这是一门引人入胜、激发智力的选修课程，旨在深入研究真实犯罪文学的复杂世界. 本课程将通过臭名昭著的刑事案件和从他们产生的叙述的镜头探索人性的最黑暗的角落. Students will examine the psychological, sociological, 以及这些罪行的文化含义，同时磨练他们的批判性思维, analytical, and research skills. Throughout the course, students will engage in lively discussions, written analyses, and multimedia presentations to deepen their understanding of the complexities surrounding these cases. -
Literacy in Media
In this English elective, students will embark on a multifaceted exploration of storytelling mediums, 学生将在哪里深入研究电子游戏的丰富叙事体验和电影在前150年的历史演变. Discover the parallels between gaming and literature, 同时分析游戏机制和电影制作技术的独特元素. Through a variety of assessments, including journal reflections, analysis pieces, essays, and presentations, students will hone critical thinking, reading, and writing skills across genres. Additionally, engage in hands-on projects such as designing a video game, crafting story arcs, and exploring filmmaking practices. Whether you're passionate about gaming, film theory, or simply enjoy discussing stories, 本课程提供了一个身临其境的旅程，跨越不同的媒介讲故事的艺术.
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Visual Storytelling: Screenwriting and Video Production
How do you communicate with images instead of words? In this writing and video production-heavy elective, students gain the skill sets to become visual storytellers. 学生将深入研究电影制作的三个主要阶段——编剧, production, and video editing.- As screenwriters, students will study the unique screenwriting format, explore building visual characters, write short scenes, and, ultimately, a ten-minute short script. Students will participate in workshop table reads, where they will present their writing to be peer-reviewed, critiqued, and rewritten. (注:所有学生都必须大声朗读自己的作品给同学听.)
- 作为视频制作人，学生将指导和制作各种短视频. Students will develop stories from a concept, from that concept, they will pitch their idea to be greenlit, from that pitch, they will write an original script, from that script, they will craft a visual storyboard, from that storyboard, they will take their idea to production, and from that production, they will cut together a final edit. (注意:所有的学生都应该做好在镜头前和镜头后的准备.)
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Journalism
本课程旨在向学生介绍新闻写作的原则, the basic elements and issues of news stories, and the expository and investigative techniques essential for successful communication in journalism. 学生还学习收集、写作、报道和编辑新闻的基本知识. Emphasis is placed on writing for accuracy, brevity, clarity, and the discussion of media responsibility and ethics. Students will take on the role of a beat reporter in an area of interest, including but not limited to investigative, political, business, education, or sports journalism. 学生们负责出版Xaverian报纸，the X-Press.
This is an approved elective course for junior and senior students in the honors or academy programs.
Middle School Courses
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Literature 6
文学6的目标是教学生如何阅读批判性分析. The class will follow a workshop model where students will be exposed to various types of reading skills and strategies. 学生将学习如何注释文本，以探索作者使用文学手段和元素背后的更深层次的含义. After each lesson, students are expected to actively engage in a variety of different activities in a timely work period. These lessons can involve whole group reading, independent reading, critical thinking questions, accountable talk, and much more. In conjunction with Writing 6, this course will help students write creatively, critically, and analytically in response to literature. 在写作风格和写作技巧上的一贯指导，加强了学生撰写有能力的、有结构的分析文章的能力, argue, synthesize, and compare/contrast. -
Literature 7
文学7的目标是建立在文学6的基础上，加强学生分析思想的能力, synthesize information, think critically, and communicate effectively. Using the summer reading, required course texts, and selected outside sources, students will discuss and analyze a variety of topics, including but not limited to facing personal challenges, social justice, the nature of morality, and the role of the individual in society. 学生将通过注释跨体裁的文本来磨练他们的阅读技巧, formats, and reading levels. In conjunction with Writing 7, this course will help students write creatively, critically, and analytically in response to literature. Consistent instruction in style and craft, grammar and vocabulary reinforce students’ ability to produce competent and structured essays that analyze, argue, synthesize, and compare/contrast. -
Literature 8
英语八级侧重于培养阅读和写作技能，为高中生活做准备. 英语八年级的目标是建立在文学和写作的基础上，加强学生分析思想的能力, synthesize information, think critically, and communicate effectively. Students will be exposed to various types of reading skills and strategies. Using the summer reading, required course texts, and selected outside sources, students will discuss and analyze a variety of topics. 学生将通过注释跨体裁的文本来磨练他们的阅读技巧, formats, and reading levels. This course will help students write creatively, critically, and analytically in response to literature. Consistent instruction in style and craft, grammar, and vocabulary reinforces students’ ability to produce competent and structured essays that analyze, argue, synthesize, and compare/contrast.
Specialized Studies Courses
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Literacy Skills I
读写技能I是一门为需要通过多感官结构化语言教育方法进行阅读指导或需要阅读和写作支持的高中生设计的课程，以使学生在我们的专业研究项目中取得最佳成功. It is designed to review foundational skills, continue instruction, and enhance previously learned skills and concepts. 单元是根据包括阅读理解在内的基本阅读概念设计的, reading fluency, decoding, spelling, vocabulary, critical thinking, composition, and research skills. 单元的设计也参考了学生在通识教育环境中接触到的不同类型的文本，包括叙事, persuasive, informational, and current events texts. 评估的目标是每个学生在阅读方面的个人成就，重点是期望学生能够有效地阅读, write with complexity, and think critically for a variety of purposes. 标准化的前后测试在全年完成，以记录学生的进步情况. Students will enhance critical skills needed to read for a purpose, respond to literature, and write for multiple disciplines. -
English 9
在专业研究课程中，大一英语的重点是为批判性分析而阅读和为有效沟通而写作. Given the basic tools for active reading, students investigate the effects of literary techniques and rhetorical strategies in an array of works, including short stories, poems, and long works of fiction, including William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun, and John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men. Furthermore, various complex informational texts serve as the basis for analyzing a writer's purpose and tone. Each student maintains a "Writing Portfolio" of his or her formal writings. 通过每天写关于文学和个人经历的日志，写作能力得到加强. 语法是通过学生写描述的文章的练习来解决的, analyze, inform, argue, persuade, and compare/contrast. Likewise, 所有新生都按照MLA的风格和格式标准逐步完成研究论文. With an emphasis on reading for context clues, students are introduced to new vocabulary words that are used in monthly articles in The New York Times’ Upfront Magazine. 此外，词汇也取自本课程所阅读的文学作品. In preparation for the ELA Common Core Regents exam in the junior year, students read closely and critically, producing text-based responses and analyses from a variety of sources. -
Literacy Skills II
Literacy Skills II continues with the curriculum topics that were covered in the Literacy Skills I course. While reinforcing skills already learned, 学生们将通过发表令人信服的演讲进入公众演讲的领域, inform, entertain, and persuade. Students will learn to analyze and evaluate a variety of authors, ultimately writing to formulate their own points of view which they can debate in a formal manner. In addition, 他们将利用技术资源创建视觉和音频演示，以证明使用各种技术学习和掌握的想法. 还将特别注意发展一种清晰准确的写作方法, revising, and editing multiple-paragraph essays. This will help prepare students for the Global Studies, English, and U.S. History and Government Regents exams. Additionally, 随着学生们准备SAT和ACT考试，词汇量将会被重点强调. -
English 10
With the focus remaining on critical reading and writing, 学生进一步探索世界的文学人物谁面对困难的个人, moral, spiritual, psychological, and religious choices, 由于他们的英雄壮举或悲剧性的缺点，他们经常被视为“局外人”. Through works such as the epic poem Beowulf, William Shakespeare’s Macbeth, Reginald Rose’s Twelve Angry Men, Marc Haddon’s The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, along with other supplementary nonfiction works, students read and analyze several pieces of literature and engage in writing for literary analysis and interpretation. In addition to text-appropriate vocabulary, students read for context clues and for the nuances of a writer's diction in both fiction and nonfiction. Students read monthly articles from The New York Times’ Upfront Magazine, learning new vocabulary in context while also staying up to date on issues in the world around them. In preparation for the ELA Common Core Regents exam in the junior year, 学生仔细和批判性地阅读，除了从各种角度写作外，还能产生基于文本的论点和分析. 每个学生都有一个在线写作作品集，包括他或她写的和修改的作品，并完成几个个人或小组的演示部分. -
English 11
本课程教导学生审视道德与良心的文学主题, rebellion and revolt, perception and reality, and the individual in search of self-identity. All students read August Wilson's Fences, as well as other works such as Harper Lee’s Go Tell A Watchman, Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire, and Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman, thereby reinforcing the skills of literary analysis and argumentation. In preparation for the January NYS ELA Common Core Regents, students thoroughly review the components of the exam, focusing on active reading strategies and carefully outlined writing skills for effective analysis and synthesis writing. 在下半年，SAT批判性阅读和写作成为重点. Likewise, grammar and usage are taught based on topics suggested by the SAT. Each student maintains a "Writing Portfolio" of written and revised pieces. -
English 12
高级课程的目的是完善以前发展的技能，并使学生接触到大学可能遇到的一些挑战. The first half of the year emphasizes preparation for the December SAT, writing the college application essay, and close study of the summer reading text. The second half of the year focuses on the steps and procedures in writing an MLA research paper, which each student will complete. Readings, discussions, writings, 对世界文学文本的反思使学生能够探索新的思想和方法，同时磨练他们的批判性分析和写作能力. All students read William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing and Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee’s Inherit the Wind. Each student maintains a writing portfolio of written and revised pieces. -
Creative Writing
This course encourages students to cultivate the necessary qualities of a professional writer in the literary world. 学生们将把注意力集中在创作想象力文学作品背后的技巧上. 学生将有机会探索几种不同的写作风格，包括, but not limited to poetry and prose, as well as reflect and respond to literature, art mediums, quotes, media, movies, and music. Students will indulge in writing blogs, poetry, short stories, plays, book reviews, movie reviews, comedy, children’s books, advertisements, biographies, autobiographies, and other types of writing that express creativity. 学生还将阅读和分析专业作家和学生作家的写作样本，以指导学生的进步. Originality and writing that shows thought will be emphasized. 避免写作障碍的策略和发现写作想法的新方法将被研究. Peer reviews and sharing ideas are essential elements of this course. 学生们将被要求在出版过程中完成他们的最终作品, contributing to the production of Xaverian's art and literary magazine, The Voyager.
