HS English 3/4

About this class

Prerequisite: HS English 2 is a pre-requisite for this course

Curriculum and Required Materials:

Rhetorical Devices: A Handbook and Activities for Student Writers by McGuigan, Grudzina, Moliken
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Pygmalion (Warbler Classics Annotated Edition) by George Bernard Shaw
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text by Mary Shelley
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

The English III/IV curriculum rotates each academic year to ensure students cover all curriculum and skills required to receive credit for ENG III and ENG IV by the end of our two years together. The focus on American and British texts provides a strong foundation in the origins and evolution of Western literature. This rigorous yet enriching course challenges students to read critically across multiple levels of meaning and prepares them for both professional and collegiate writing.

ENG III/IV emphasizes advanced annotation, research, argumentation, and rhetorical analysis, with a strong focus on synthesis and original composition. While critical analysis dominates student writing, creative assignments foster mastery of rhetorical devices. By course completion, students will not only recognize terms like litotes, anadiplosis, and zeugma but apply them effectively in their own work, elevating their writing for college and beyond. A distinctive feature of BAHA’s high school English program is the introduction of literary theory by a Christian educator. Theories rotate annually, covering formalist (levels 3 and 4), disability, ecological, social class, psychological, deconstructive, and new-historical perspectives.

*This course counts as 1 of the 4 English credits needed for a high school transcript to be eligible for graduation in the state of Texas.