English III focuses on both writing and reading.  The writing covers both personal essays and analytical essays.  All genres of both fiction and nonfiction are covered.  We concentrate on improving communication skills in both reading and writing.  Our focus is American literature.  We will prepare heavily for the Exit level ELA TAKS test.  Major Grades 55%, Quiz Grades 25%, Daily Grades 20%

English III AP Language is an introductory college-level course that facilitates the development and fostering of a propensity for rhetoric and the study of language through close reading of and writing in a variety of modes for a variety of audiences.  The course focuses on the philosophy that both reading and writing are centered around the study of the art of persuasion.  We concentrate on the analysis of rhetorical purpose in both fiction and nonfiction writing:  essays, speeches, editorials, letters, and the novel.  A great deal of writing is done in this course, both in and out of class, in a variety of modes ranging from personal narrative to analytical to argumentative, as it mirrors the freshman English composition course in college.This class prepares students for both the ELA Exit Level TAKS test and the AP Language and Composition Exam.