English 1A

ENGLISH I A is the first semester of an introductory English course that combines the study of literary genre with a focus on composition skills. Students will learn effective communication skills by focusing on the first four of the 6 + 1 Traits of writing developed by the Northwest Regional Education Laboratories: Ideas, Organi­zation, Sentence Fluency, and Conventions. Students will select from a choice of novels in the first semester.