English Language Arts
English Language Arts 9 | 45420 | (ELA) | 9 | 1.0
ELA 9 concentrates on developing critical skills and strategies in reading, writing, speaking, and listening particularly with a focus on written expression, critical thinking, and literary analysis. Technology serves as a tool in this course to develop writing and presentation skills and to explore thematic issues in the course readings. Core texts are centered around the themes of Human Experience, Self, & Identity.
English Language Arts 9 H | 45430 | (ELA) | 9 | 1.0
ELA 9 Honors follows the same curriculum objectives and intentions as regular ELA9 but allocates more in-depth analysis and rigorous discussion and often supplements learning with additional media/texts and more frequent opportunities for synthesis and evaluation.
English Language Arts 10 | 46010 | (ELA) | 10 | 1.0
ELA 10 concentrates on advancing critical skills and strategies in reading, writing, speaking, and listening particularly with a focus on written expression, critical thinking, and literary analysis through multiple lenses.Sophomore ELA explores more on the process of revision, employing practices like outlining and writing drafts as you develop your writing. Technology serves as a tool in this course to advance writing and presentation skills and to explore thematic issues in the course readings. Core texts are centered around the themes of Justice, Power, & Diversity.
English Language Arts 10 H | 46020 | (ELA) | 10 | 1.0
ELA 10 Honors follows the same curriculum objectives and intentions as regular ELA10 but allocates more in-depth analysis and rigorous discussion and often supplements learning with additional media/texts and more frequent opportunities for synthesis and evaluation
English Language Arts 11 | 46110 | (ELA) | 11 | 1.0
Junior English expands students’ ability to use written and spoken expression for expository, narrative, and persuasive projects. Students read from a variety of genres within the American Literature canon (classic and contemporary) using a critical lens to analyze themes, conflicts, perspectives, and societal discourse in America. Additionally, ELA11 will focus on test-taking skills and strategies specific to the English and Reading sections of the ACT.
English Language Arts 12 | 46212 | (ELA) | 12 | 1.0
Senior English investigates complex texts, rhetorical analysis strategies, and effective approaches for constructing arguments with strong, supportive reasoning and commentary. Students use an inquiry approach to analyze, synthesize, and make value judgments regarding a topic and its discourse. Students will advance their skills through composing a variety of formal and informal texts and will also practice the time and task management skills they will need to navigate multiple college courses.
AP English Language and Composition | 46310 | (ELA) | 11-12 | 1.0 | AP Test Fee $101
Recommended for 11th grade
AP English Language is an accelerated, introductory college-level course designed to cultivate student understanding of writing and rhetorical arguments through reading, analyzing, and writing texts as they explore topics like rhetorical situation, claims and evidence, reasoning and organization, and style. The course emphasizes non-fiction reading and writing and is a good companion class to AP US History. University credit can be earned with a successful performance on the Advanced Placement exam.
ELA 9 concentrates on developing critical skills and strategies in reading, writing, speaking, and listening particularly with a focus on written expression, critical thinking, and literary analysis. Technology serves as a tool in this course to develop writing and presentation skills and to explore thematic issues in the course readings. Core texts are centered around the themes of Human Experience, Self, & Identity.
English Language Arts 9 H | 45430 | (ELA) | 9 | 1.0
ELA 9 Honors follows the same curriculum objectives and intentions as regular ELA9 but allocates more in-depth analysis and rigorous discussion and often supplements learning with additional media/texts and more frequent opportunities for synthesis and evaluation.
English Language Arts 10 | 46010 | (ELA) | 10 | 1.0
ELA 10 concentrates on advancing critical skills and strategies in reading, writing, speaking, and listening particularly with a focus on written expression, critical thinking, and literary analysis through multiple lenses.Sophomore ELA explores more on the process of revision, employing practices like outlining and writing drafts as you develop your writing. Technology serves as a tool in this course to advance writing and presentation skills and to explore thematic issues in the course readings. Core texts are centered around the themes of Justice, Power, & Diversity.
English Language Arts 10 H | 46020 | (ELA) | 10 | 1.0
ELA 10 Honors follows the same curriculum objectives and intentions as regular ELA10 but allocates more in-depth analysis and rigorous discussion and often supplements learning with additional media/texts and more frequent opportunities for synthesis and evaluation
English Language Arts 11 | 46110 | (ELA) | 11 | 1.0
Junior English expands students’ ability to use written and spoken expression for expository, narrative, and persuasive projects. Students read from a variety of genres within the American Literature canon (classic and contemporary) using a critical lens to analyze themes, conflicts, perspectives, and societal discourse in America. Additionally, ELA11 will focus on test-taking skills and strategies specific to the English and Reading sections of the ACT.
English Language Arts 12 | 46212 | (ELA) | 12 | 1.0
Senior English investigates complex texts, rhetorical analysis strategies, and effective approaches for constructing arguments with strong, supportive reasoning and commentary. Students use an inquiry approach to analyze, synthesize, and make value judgments regarding a topic and its discourse. Students will advance their skills through composing a variety of formal and informal texts and will also practice the time and task management skills they will need to navigate multiple college courses.
AP English Language and Composition | 46310 | (ELA) | 11-12 | 1.0 | AP Test Fee $101
Recommended for 11th grade
AP English Language is an accelerated, introductory college-level course designed to cultivate student understanding of writing and rhetorical arguments through reading, analyzing, and writing texts as they explore topics like rhetorical situation, claims and evidence, reasoning and organization, and style. The course emphasizes non-fiction reading and writing and is a good companion class to AP US History. University credit can be earned with a successful performance on the Advanced Placement exam.
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ENG 1010 - Intro to Writing | 96000 | (ELA) | 12 | .5
Requirements 3.0 GPA; ACT or Accuplacer on file with SLCC.
English 1010 is a required general education course for colleges and universities. ENGL1010 is designed to prepare students to be successful in college reading and writing by examining concepts of discourse and argumentation, with a strong focus on the writing process. Students will also practice research skills, rhetorical analysis, and correct citation practices. Students will exhibit their rhetorical awareness and flexibility, their critical thinking capacity as readers and writers, and develop metacognition through the ongoing practice of reflection.
This course is for Seniors only per Salt Lake Community College Policy.
***Concurrent Enrollment Course***
Requirements 3.0 GPA; ACT or Accuplacer on file with SLCC.
English 1010 is a required general education course for colleges and universities. ENGL1010 is designed to prepare students to be successful in college reading and writing by examining concepts of discourse and argumentation, with a strong focus on the writing process. Students will also practice research skills, rhetorical analysis, and correct citation practices. Students will exhibit their rhetorical awareness and flexibility, their critical thinking capacity as readers and writers, and develop metacognition through the ongoing practice of reflection.
This course is for Seniors only per Salt Lake Community College Policy.
***Concurrent Enrollment Course***
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ENG 2010 - Intermediate Writing 96020 | (ELA) | 12 | .5
Requirements: Completion of English 1010 with a grade of "C" or better OR a passing score of 3 on the AP English Language test (on file with SLCC)
English 2010 is also a required general education course for colleges and universities. This course builds on the foundational skills practiced in ENGL1010 with an added emphasis on more complex analytic skills such as visual rhetoric, multi-perspective discourse, genre, medium, and mode as tools for writing and analysis. In this intermediate writing course, students will focus on writing as problem-solving and use the invention-drafting-revision-editing process to write a variety of text tasks, audiences, and purposes.
This course is for Seniors only per Salt Lake Community College Policy
***Concurrent Enrollment Course***
Requirements: Completion of English 1010 with a grade of "C" or better OR a passing score of 3 on the AP English Language test (on file with SLCC)
English 2010 is also a required general education course for colleges and universities. This course builds on the foundational skills practiced in ENGL1010 with an added emphasis on more complex analytic skills such as visual rhetoric, multi-perspective discourse, genre, medium, and mode as tools for writing and analysis. In this intermediate writing course, students will focus on writing as problem-solving and use the invention-drafting-revision-editing process to write a variety of text tasks, audiences, and purposes.
This course is for Seniors only per Salt Lake Community College Policy
***Concurrent Enrollment Course***
AP English Literature and Composition | 46300 | (ELA) | 12 | 1.0 AP Test Fee $100
Recommended for 12th grade
This is an accelerated course designed to increase students' abilities as skilled readers of literary text and poetry in a variety of genres. Students will critically read literature selections and write analytically about what they have read and the discourse surrounding its themes. The course emphasizes literary analysis of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. University credit can be earned with a successful performance on the Advanced Placement exam.
HUMA 1100: Introduction to Humanities | 96050 | (Sr. ELA) | 12 | .5
Course thematically investigates the fundamental and perennial questions of humankind and how human beings relate through culture to their political, religious, social, intellectual, economic, and geographic environments.
***Concurrent Enrollment Course***
COMM 1010: Elements of Effective Communication | 98290 | (Sr. ELA) | 10-12 | .5
The communication concepts we will study include listening, verbal and nonverbal messages, negotiation, conflict management, and diversity in the workplace and interpersonal settings. You will practice using communication concepts in dyadic, small group, written, electronic, and oral presentation assignments. This course will introduce you to basic theoretical concepts designed to improve your interpersonal and organizational communication competence and provide you with an opportunity to apply these concepts and practice these skills. This course fulfills the Communication (CM) or Student Choice (IN) requirement for the General Education Program at Salt Lake Community College.
***Concurrent Enrollment Course***
ESL 1020: Advanced Reading and Writing | 96110 | (ELA, E) | 11-12 | .5
This course develops academic reading, writing, and research skills of advanced ESL students. Students are introduced to languages skills necessary for successful completion of introductory university content courses. Learner outcomes include academic vocabulary development, improvement in reading and comprehension of university textbook materials, and development of the academic essay and research paper writing skills. Students read and present material both verbally and in writing, write essays, and complete a research paper. Successful completion of this course will prepare students for placement into ENGL 1010.
***Concurrent Enrollment Course***
Recommended for 12th grade
This is an accelerated course designed to increase students' abilities as skilled readers of literary text and poetry in a variety of genres. Students will critically read literature selections and write analytically about what they have read and the discourse surrounding its themes. The course emphasizes literary analysis of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. University credit can be earned with a successful performance on the Advanced Placement exam.
HUMA 1100: Introduction to Humanities | 96050 | (Sr. ELA) | 12 | .5
Course thematically investigates the fundamental and perennial questions of humankind and how human beings relate through culture to their political, religious, social, intellectual, economic, and geographic environments.
***Concurrent Enrollment Course***
COMM 1010: Elements of Effective Communication | 98290 | (Sr. ELA) | 10-12 | .5
The communication concepts we will study include listening, verbal and nonverbal messages, negotiation, conflict management, and diversity in the workplace and interpersonal settings. You will practice using communication concepts in dyadic, small group, written, electronic, and oral presentation assignments. This course will introduce you to basic theoretical concepts designed to improve your interpersonal and organizational communication competence and provide you with an opportunity to apply these concepts and practice these skills. This course fulfills the Communication (CM) or Student Choice (IN) requirement for the General Education Program at Salt Lake Community College.
***Concurrent Enrollment Course***
ESL 1020: Advanced Reading and Writing | 96110 | (ELA, E) | 11-12 | .5
This course develops academic reading, writing, and research skills of advanced ESL students. Students are introduced to languages skills necessary for successful completion of introductory university content courses. Learner outcomes include academic vocabulary development, improvement in reading and comprehension of university textbook materials, and development of the academic essay and research paper writing skills. Students read and present material both verbally and in writing, write essays, and complete a research paper. Successful completion of this course will prepare students for placement into ENGL 1010.
***Concurrent Enrollment Course***
Elective Language Arts Courses
These courses may not satisfy University admission requirements.
Creative Writing 1 | 46550 | (Sr. ELA, E) | 9-12 | 1.0
This is a writing-intensive course. It is designed as an introduction to imaginative writing by focusing on literary elements, the writing process, collaboration, style, and rhetoric through the lens of creative writing. Students will study and write personal narratives, various short stories, character sketches, and poetry.
Creative Writing 2 | 46560 | (Sr. ELA, E) | 10-12 | 1.0
Prerequisite: Creative Writing 1
This course is the second level of Creative Writing. It is designed to advance imaginative writing through the exploration and writing of longer fiction, specifically the semester project of the student’s writing their own short novel. Students will build on their knowledge from Creative Writing 1 by focusing on genre, style, rhetoric, collaboration, and structure. Students have the opportunity to prepare manuscripts for publication, awards, and scholarships.
Creative Writing 1 | 46550 | (Sr. ELA, E) | 9-12 | 1.0
This is a writing-intensive course. It is designed as an introduction to imaginative writing by focusing on literary elements, the writing process, collaboration, style, and rhetoric through the lens of creative writing. Students will study and write personal narratives, various short stories, character sketches, and poetry.
Creative Writing 2 | 46560 | (Sr. ELA, E) | 10-12 | 1.0
Prerequisite: Creative Writing 1
This course is the second level of Creative Writing. It is designed to advance imaginative writing through the exploration and writing of longer fiction, specifically the semester project of the student’s writing their own short novel. Students will build on their knowledge from Creative Writing 1 by focusing on genre, style, rhetoric, collaboration, and structure. Students have the opportunity to prepare manuscripts for publication, awards, and scholarships.