English Language Arts - Morro Bay High School

English 9 P

Course Code: 150110, 150120
Grade Level: 9
Prerequisite: English 8 or English 8
Advanced Length: Two semesters
College Entrance: Meets one year of UC/CSU (b) English requirement

Description: English 9 P is a comprehensive English language arts program which focuses on responding to literature through reading, writing, speaking, and listening. This course teaches the ELA and ELD standards and provides both integrated and designated ELD for all EL students enrolled in this course who are not enrolled in an additional ELD section.

English

English 9 H

Course Code: 150210, 150220
Grade Level: 9
Prerequisite: English 8 A, English 8 ACC, or teacher recommendation
Length: Two semesters
College Entrance: Meets one year of UC/CSU (b) English requirement

Description: English 9 H is an accelerated English/language arts program which hones competencies in reading, writing, speaking, and listening. English 9 H is a literature-based course, which emphasizes the writing process, both creative and expository. This course is designed to improve students' ability to think critically through interpretation of literature. Career Education objectives will be included in this course.

English

English 10 P

Course Code: 151110, 151120
Grade Level: 10
Prerequisite: English 9 P or English 9 H
Length: Two semesters
College Entrance: Meets one year of UC/CSU (b) English requirement

Description: English 10 P is a world literature survey class. Students will read short stories, nonfiction, novels, drama, and poetry focusing on interpretation of the literature through essay writing and discussion. Speech, creative writing, and research paper units are included. English 10 P emphasizes the writing process and grammar through usage for lifetime communication skills. Career Education objectives will be included in this course. This course teaches the ELA and ELD standards and provides both integrated and designated ELD for all EL students enrolled in this course who are not enrolled in an additional ELD section.

English

English 10 H

Course Code: 151210, 151220
Grade Level: 10
Prerequisite: English 9 P, English 9 H
Length: Two semesters
College Entrance: Meets one year of UC/CSU (b) English requirement

Description: English 10 H is an accelerated world literature class focusing on analysis of literature through writing essays and discussion. Students will apply principles of organization, clarity, purpose, audience, usage, mechanics, diction, and spelling in their compositions. Students will generate original theses supported by evidence. Units on creative writing (short stories and poems), the research paper, and speech are included. Career Education objectives will be included in this course.

English

English 11 P

Course Code: 152110, 152120
Grade Level: 11
Prerequisite: English 10 P or English 10 H
Length: Two semesters
College Entrance: Meets one year of UC/CSU (b) English requirement

Description: English 11 P surveys American literature from 1604 to the present. The course will focus on literary analysis through research, composition, and discussion. Students will write formal and informal essays, conduct research, and participate in oral language activities. This course teaches the ELA and ELD standards and provides both integrated and designated ELD for all EL students enrolled in this course who are not enrolled in an additional ELD section.

English

AP English Language and Composition

Course Code: 152310, 152320
Grade Level: 11
Prerequisite: English 10 P or English 10 H, teacher recommendation
Length: Two semesters
College Entrance: Meets one year of UC/CSU (b) English requirement

Description: English Language AP is an advanced class for the high school junior with an emphasis on American literature and composition. Students are involved in both the study and practice of writing and the study of rhetorical and analytical analysis of literature: fiction and nonfiction. Students will learn to use the modes of discourse and to recognize the assumptions underlying various rhetorical strategies. Through speaking, listening, and reading, but chiefly through writing, students will become aware of the resources of language. Each student is expected to take the national Advanced Placement Examination in Language and Composition given in the spring of the school year. Upon successful completion of this test, college credit may be granted.

English

AP English Literature and Composition

Course Code: 153210, 153220
Grade Level: 12
Prerequisite: English 11 P or AP English Language and Composition and teacher recommendation
Length: Two semesters
College Entrance: Meets one year of UC/CSU (b) English requirement

Description: English Literature AP is an advanced class for the high school senior with an emphasis on British/world literature and composition. Students are involved in both the study and practice of writing and the study of literature. They will learn to use the modes of discourse and to recognize the assumptions underlying various rhetorical strategies. Through speaking, listening, and reading, but chiefly through writing, students will become aware of the resources of language. Each student is encouraged to take the national Advanced Placement Examination given in the spring of the school year. Upon successful completion of this test, college credit may be granted.

English

Expository Reading and Writing P

Course Code: 154110, 154120
Grade Level: 12
Prerequisite: English 11 P or AP English Language and Composition and students interested in preparing themselves to pass English placement tests in order to avoid taking remedial English courses in college
Length: Two semesters
College Entrance: Meets one year of UC/CSU (b) English requirement

Description: The goal of this course is to prepare college-bound seniors for the literacy demands of higher education. Through fourteen rigorous instructional modules, students develop advanced proficiency in expository, analytical, and argumentative reading and writing. They are expected to increase their awareness of rhetorical strategies used by writers and apply those strategies to their own writing.

English

English Electives

These courses do not take the place of required English courses.

Intro to Law P

(ENGLISH 10 READING AND WRITING IN LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY)
Course Code: 331510, 331520
Grade Level: 9, 10, 11,12
Prerequisite: None
Length: Two semesters
CTE Pathway: Legal Practices / Concentrator
CTE Pathway: Public Service / Concentrator
College Entrance: Meets one year approval of UC/CSU (b) English requirement

Description: In this course students survey the range of legal careers, including paralegals, attorneys, social justice advocates, mediators, and other occupations. The course provides students with a basis for understanding the American political and legal systems, with a focus on legal ideas and the legal process, how the law works and the sources of U.S. law. Legal research and writing are introduced.

Criminal Law P

Course Code: 331710, 331720
Grade Level: 10, 11,12
Prerequisite: Introduction to Law
Length: Two trimesters / semesters
CTE Pathway: Legal Practices / Capstone
College Entrance: Meets one year of UC/CSU (g) Elective requirement

Description: In this course students examine how statutes and policies are developed to safeguard society. Includes an analysis of civil rights and liberties and the ways courts and legislators deal with constitutional questions.

Theatre I P

Course Code: 164100
Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12
Prerequisite: None
Length: One semester
College Entrance: Completing Theatre I P and Theatre II P meets one year of the UC/CSU (f) Visual and Performing Arts requirement.

Description: Theatre I P is a comprehensive beginning acting class. This class will include training in movement, voice, character development, and play analysis. Students will actively participate in exercises and classroom performances, as well as read and write about plays.

Visual/Performing Arts

Theatre II P

Course Code: 164200
Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12
Prerequisite: Theatre I P
Length: One semester
College Entrance: Completing Theatre I P and Theatre II P meets one year of the UC/CSU (f) Visual and Performing Arts requirement.

Description: Theatre II P is a skill-building class, reinforcing and developing the techniques learned in Theatre I P. This class will include training in stage movement, character analysis, character development, voice, and self-direction. Students will actively participate in exercises and performances, as well as read, discuss, and write about plays.

Visual/Performing Arts

Theatre III P

Course Code: 164370, 164380
Grade Level: 10, 11, 12
Prerequisite: Theatre II P
Length: One semester, repeatable
College Entrance: Meets one semester of UC/CSU (g) Visual and Performing Arts requirement

Description: Theatre III P is a performance class improving the techniques learned in Theatre II P. This class will include advanced acting, directing, stage movement, improvisation, voice training, dramatic criticism, study of literature, theatre history, and participation in performance.

Visual/Performing Arts

Journalism I P

Journalism II P

Course Code: 165210, 165220
Grade Level: 10, 11, 12
Prerequisite: None
Length: Two semesters
College Entrance: Meets one year of UC/CSU (g) Elective requirement

Description: This course is designed to give students the opportunity to learn the basics of journalism including interviewing, writing articles, editing, taking photographs, and producing a newspaper and maintaining an online website.

CTE
Technology Literacy

Yearbook Production

Course Code: 165410, 165420
Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12
Prerequisite: Journalism - Yearbook and/or consent of teacher
Length: Two semesters, repeatable
College Entrance: Pending approval of UC/CSU (g) Elective requirement

Description: This course is designed to provide practical, specific experiences with the goal being publication of the yearbook. Topics that will be covered include writing copy, captions and headlines, designing layouts, desktop publishing, photography, communication skills, interviewing, independent thinking skills, and responsibility. Members are expected to assume the responsibilities and self-discipline necessary to contribute to the success of such an organization. Yearbook teaches real-world skills such as, meeting deadlines, working with your peers, working with advanced and professional technology, communication and responsibility.

CTE
Technology Literacy

Department Chair

Ms. Blaire Brinkman
bbrinkman@slcusd.org
Subjects: AVID IV, ERWC 12, Sociology, Psychology

Blaire Brinkman's Website

Advisor: MBHS S.A.G.A.

Department Staff

Ms. Emily Cherry
echerry@slcusd.org
Subjects: English 2, ERWC 12

Ms. Anne Domenic
adomenic@slcusd.org Subjects: English 10, AP English Literature

Ms. Michelle Dowell
mdowell@slcusd.org Subjects: English 9, English 9 Honors

Mr. Danny Fahy
dfahy@slcusd.org Subjects: English 9, English 10

Advisor: MBHS Surf Team

Ms. Kate Kostecka
kkostecka@slcusd.org Subjects: English 10, English 10 Honors, Theatre I, II, & III

Advisor: MBHS Theatre Arts

Mr. Ryan Mammarella
rmammarella@slcusd.org Subjects: AP English Literature, ELD I-IV, Yearbook Production, Journalism I & II

Advisor: Spyglass, Yearbook