Junior / 11th Grade

Junior English will prepare students for the NYS Regents exam in ELA through a focus on American Literature.

Junior English Thematic Units Include:

• Unit 1: Foundations and Encounters: Early American Literature
• Unit 2: Building a Democracy: The Revolutionary Period
• Unit 3: The Individual and Society: Literature of the American Renaissance
• Unit 4: The Quest for Freedom: The Civil War and its Aftermath
• Unit 5: America Transformed: An Age of Realism
• Unit 6: Modern And Contemporary Voices: The Modern Period to the Present Day

AP Junior English: Advanced Placement Language and Composition

Learn about the elements of argument and composition as you develop your critical-reading and writing skills. You’ll read and analyze nonfiction works from various periods and write essays with different aims: for example, to explain an idea, argue a point, or persuade your reader of something.