| The Boise District's four senior high schools
offer a common array of classes in language arts.
Listed below are the required and elective courses
at the senior high school level.
GRADE 10 REQUIRED COURSES
- English 10, 2 semesters, McDougal Littell Language
of Literature (1997)
- Speech, 1 semester* , National Textbook Company Exploring
Communication (1996)
- Technical Reading & Writing, 1 semester*
ELECTIVE COURSES
- Journalism, 1 or 2 semesters
- Debate, 1 or 2 semesters
- Theatre Arts 3, 1 or 2 semesters
- Reading Improvement, 1 semester, Prentice Hall Be
a Better Reader Levels A through H
GRADE 11 REQUIRED COURSES
- English 11, 2 semesters, Holt-Reinhart & Winston Elements
of Literature (2000)
- Speech, 1 semester*, National Textbook Company Exploring
Communication (1996)
- Technical Reading & Writing, 1 semester*
ELECTIVE COURSES
- Journalism, 1 or 2 semesters
- Debate, 1 or 2 semesters
- Theatre Arts 3, 1 or 2 semesters
- Creative Writing, 1 or 2 semesters
- Reading Improvement, 1 semester, Prentice Hall Be
a Better Reader Levels A through H
GRADE 12 REQUIRED COURSES
- English 12, 2 semesters, Prentice Hall World
Masterpieces (1996)
- Technical Reading & Writing, 1 semester*
- Speech, 1 semester*, National Textbook Company Exploring
Communication (1996)
ELECTIVE COURSES
- Creative Writing, 1 semester
- Theatre Arts 2, 1 or 2 semesters
- Journalism, 1 or 2 semesters
- Reading Improvement, 1 semester, Prentice Hall Be
a Better Reader Levels A through H
* The required Technical Reading & Writing
and Speech credits may be taken in any semester,
grades 9-12. Debate credit can be substituted for
Speech credit.
Secondary
Language Arts Curriculum
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