English 9
Academic & Honors
• Genre Study: novels, short stories, poetry, and drama
• Research
• Vocabulary
• Writing
• Oral Language
1 year/ 1 credit

• British Literature
• Expository Writing
• Research
• Vocabulary
• Oral Language
1 year / 1 credit
English 10
Academic & Honors

English 11
Academic & Honors
• American Literature
• Literary Analysis &
Persuasive Writing
• Research
• Vocabulary
• Oral Language
• Reading & Writing SOL preparation
1 year / 1 credit

English 11
AP Language & Composition
• American Literature
• Literary Analysis &
Persuasive Writing
• Research
• Vocabulary
• Oral Language
• Reading & Writing SOL preparation
1 year / 1 credit

Q: What should I expect in AP Lang?
AP Language American literature
Texts Nonfiction
Print & visual
Essays, letters, speeches, research
Both fiction and nonfiction
Includes short stories, novels, plays, poetry
Writing Analysis of texts
Writing in domain
(argument/ persuasive essays)
For students Pursuing any field of study

English 12
Academic
• 1 semester of Advanced Composition
• 1 semester of World Literature
1 year / 1 credit

NOVA Northern Virginia
Community College
English 12Dual Enrollment
Two semesters of advanced composition and literature
Must apply for admission to Northern Virginia
Community College
1 year / 1 high school credit
Earn 6 college credits

English 12
AP Literature & Composition
• Literature, literature & more literature, including novels, plays, poetry
• Literary Analysis
• Research
• Vocabulary
• Oral Language
1 year / 1 credit

Q: What should I expect in AP Lit?
Texts
Writing
For students majoring in…
AP Literature
Fiction
Mostly print
Novels, plays, poetry
Analysis of texts
English, English education, linguistics, literature, writing, classics
Also for students who love English but do not intend to major in it

Journalism
1 year / 1 credit
Grades 9, 10, 11, 12

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Newspaper
I-III
1 year / 1 credit
Grades
9, 10, 11, 12
Prerequisite:
None

Photojournalism I-IV
LVHS awardwinning Saga
1 year/ 1 credit Grades 9, 10, 11, 12

Fundamentals of Writing
1 Semester/ .5 Credit Grades 9, 10, 11, 12

1 Semester/ .5 Credit
Grades 11, 12
Creative
Writing

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Public
Speaking
1 Semester/ .5 Credit
Grades 9, 10, 11, 12

Etymology et·y·mol·o·gy: the study of the origin of words
1 semester/ .5 credit
Grades 10, 11, 12

Advanced Composition
1 Semester/ .5 Credit
Grades 11, 12

World Literature
1 semester/ .5 credit
Grades 11, 12

21 st Century Literacy I, II
1 or 2 Semesters / .5 or 1 credit Grades 9, 10, 11 & 12

Literary
Magazine
1 year / No credit but GREAT experience
Grades 9, 10, 11, 12