{"id":3373,"date":"2019-05-29T08:00:07","date_gmt":"2019-05-29T12:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.80.187\/?post_type=news&amp;p=1910"},"modified":"2019-05-29T08:00:07","modified_gmt":"2019-05-29T12:00:07","slug":"new-english-classes-for-2019-20-school-year-part-3-of-3","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.vlhs.com\/news\/new-english-classes-for-2019-20-school-year-part-3-of-3\/","title":{"rendered":"New English classes for 2019-20 school year (Part 3 of 3)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/338273091\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/192.168.80.187\/news\/valley-lutheran-continually-pursuing-excellence-part-1-of-3\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Part 1 of 3: Committed to Academic Excellence<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/192.168.80.187\/news\/q-a-english-curriculum-receiving-extensive-overhaul-part-2-of-3\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Part 2 of 3: Q&amp;A on English curriculum overhaul<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/192.168.80.187\/news\/new-english-classes-for-2019-20-school-year-part-3-of-3\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Part 3 of 3: New English curriculum<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Valley Lutheran High School is underdoing an exhaustive curriculum redesign heading into next school year in an effort to better prepare its students.<\/p>\n<p>The new curriculum will focus on developing students who are more well-rounded with an emphasis in not only writing and reading, but also in speaking.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a look at the new curriculum:<\/p>\n<div class=\"MainText\">\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"3\" align=\"none\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\"><b>Current Course<\/b><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\"><b>New Reading Courses<\/b><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\"><b>New Writing Courses<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\">English 1<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\">Transitional Reading<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\">Transitional Writing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\">English 2<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\">Introduction to Literature<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\">Introduction to Research<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\">English 3<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\">\n<div>Literature Seminar (Theme-based)<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Mythology<\/li>\n<li>War<\/li>\n<li>Coming of Age (Growing up)<\/li>\n<li>Monsters<\/li>\n<li>Fantasy<\/li>\n<li>Faith<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>Students select one of the above themes.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\">Introduction to Language and Composition<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\">English 4<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\">\n<div>Literature Seminar (Theme-based)<\/div>\n<div>Students may take another of the themes (see above) or take an Advanced Literature Seminar<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\">Research Seminar<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\">Elective Courses<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\">Interpersonal Communication<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\">Creative Writing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MainText\">Year long courses which may be selected during the junior and\/or senior years as an alternative to the two semester courses listed above.<\/div>\n<div class=\"MainText\">\n<ul>\n<li>Advanced Placement English Language and Composition (2018-19, 2020-21, etc.)<\/li>\n<li>Advanced Placement English Literature and Composition (2019-20, 2021-22, etc.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Part 1 of 3: Committed to Academic Excellence Part 2 of 3: Q&amp;A on English curriculum overhaul Part 3 of 3: New English curriculum Valley Lutheran High School is underdoing an exhaustive curriculum redesign heading into next school year in an effort to better prepare its students. The new curriculum will focus on developing students [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"template":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vlhs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/3373"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vlhs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vlhs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vlhs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vlhs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}