The elective program for tenth grade academic English outlined in this document has been designed to improve students' attitudes toward and responses to the study of the language arts. The program consists of six minicourses, each of which covers a six-week period. The first course, required of all students, involves the study of communication…

This guide for teaching composition to grades 9 and 10 sets up a specific writing focus for each elective course period. The guide is divided into four units--the paragraph, description, narration, and exposition. Each unit contains a statement of the focus and lists of specific objectives, guidelines, suggested activities, and teacher resources.…

For those students who qualify, the Advance Program offers an opportunity to follow a stimulating curriculum designed for the academically talented. This guide for tenth grade English was designed to help the student learn to appraise both the scientific and the aesthetic facets of language and to view the specific and general interactions between…