Welcome to English III

Junior English has an integrated curriculum consisting of reading, writing, and listening/speaking/media. In reading, we focus primarily on works from American authors, and in writing we create personal, business, and critical pieces, including documented essays with primary and secondary sources. Treatment of grammar and mechanics is usually individualized to meet a particular student's needs within the writing process. Vocabulary generally comes from works read so that the words are meaningful and not isolated; however, we will study vocabulary words (and etymology) that are used frequently on the SAT. Listening/speaking/media is generally integrated with the reading and writing, although we also look at the ways that the particular presentation of an idea (medium) affects our comprehension of it.