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ENGLISH
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT MISSION STATEMENT
The Groves and Seaholm English Departments are committed to offering an integrated program of language arts
instruction which features diverse and challenging texts from classic and contemporary literature which compel students
to explore, evaluate and respond to universal ideas. Our writing program will develop students’ skills from basic
grammar and composition to logical, textually-supported meaningful and authentic essays and reflections. The
departments offer a rich array of opportunities for students to grow in their reading, writing, listening, speaking, and
viewing skills. We believe that our mission is to prepare students for all phases of their educational lives, and to help
with the formation of good character and the development of empathy through our content and our conversations. The
Groves and Seaholm English Departments strive to help students not only understand themselves, but one another; to
see not only the particular but also the universal, which ties all human beings together. It is a beautiful thing indeed that
through a fictional world we begin to make sense of reality; that through the particular we begin to understand the
universal; and that through the other we come to know ourselves.
English Department Core Scope and Sequence
Program Level
Grade 9
Grade 10
Advanced
Honors English 9
Honors English 10
Placement/Honors
College
English 9
English 10
Preparatory
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Interdisciplinary at
Groves
Excel 9/Excel 9
Honors:
Humanities
Interdisciplinary at
Seaholm
Honors Flex
English
Excel 10/ Excel 10
AP Seminar:
American Literature
Honors Flex
English
Grade 11
AP Language
Grade 12
AP Literature
English 11
Selection of two
English 12A
courses and
English 12B
Excel 12/Excel 12
Honors:
Contemporary
American Studies
Honors Flex
English
Excel 11/Excel 11
honors: Global year
Honors Flex
English
