Course Descriptions

1.0 CREDIT
Grade 12

College Credit Capable
Dual enrollment option is offered through Wisconsin Lutheran at a cost of $335 for three credits or $670 for six credits.   Credit may be earned for WLC Expository Writing (ENG 101) and/or WLC British Literature (ENG 220). 
 

This is an elective year-long course that prepares students for the challenges of college reading and writing. Study invites a historical survey of classic British works of poetry and prose as well as the development of the English language. Genres include estates’ satire, chivalric romance, Breton lay romance, Arthurian romance, extended exemplum, drama, and novels.
This course emphasizes the development of the following speaking, reading and writing skills: oral and written argumentation with textual support, identification and avoidance of cognitive biases and logical fallacies, academic essay writing, sentence variation and styling, analysis and synthesis of critical literary theories, close (critical) reading of texts, annotating for comprehension and critical thinking, mind mapping and vocabulary building from Latin and Greek roots, prefixes, and suffixes.

Prerequisite: B+ or higher in INTRES or AAMLIT and/or teacher approval

Recommendation: Highly motivated college-bound seniors

Required: Yes, unless in BRTLIT