High School Online Program of Studies
English Department
PHILOSOPHY
The Cairo American College English Language Arts Program is designed to support and challenge students in developing a high degree of conscientiousness and informed understanding of their appreciation and intentional use of the English language and literary arts.
The curriculum emphasizes the development of the skills of reading comprehension, analysis, and critical thinking. All courses are designed in a manner that challenge students to develop unity, coherence, and clarity, as well as fluency in the communication of ideas through oral and written composition for both native and non-native speakers. The English program aids in the development of advanced language skills by offering regular opportunities for critical thinking, listening, speaking, reading, and writing.
A wide variety of literary works spanning global cultures and time periods is presented to learners across grade levels as a way of inculcating a globally-conscientious and empathetic mindset. Each course offered by CAC offers students opportunities to read, study, and discuss thought-provoking texts and ideas. An essential element of a CAC student's literacy education is grounded in the critical analysis of literature as a means of shaping and developing young learners’ abilities to look at the world critically, curiously, thoughtfully, compassionately and honestly.
English Courses Offered 2023-2024
ENGLISH 11 – AMERICAN LITERATURE
IB LANGUAGE A: LITERATURE - SL I
IB LANGUAGE A: LITERATURE - HL I
ENGLISH 12 – WORLD LITERATURE “Literature and Life”
IB LANGUAGE A: LITERATURE - SL II
IB LANGUAGE A: LITERATURE - HL II
ENGLISH 12 – WORLD LITERATURE “Literature and Life” |
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Course Description: |
This course is designed to strengthen and refine the skills appropriate for higher education. Students will examine the human condition through literature from around the world, and reflect on it through discussion, formal research, personal essay, literary analysis, and presentation. Additionally, the course seeks to provide lessons from literature in order to better prepare yourselves for life beyond CAC. As you traverse your senior year of high school, we will explore what it means to be human, and how literature both documents the complexity of the question, and shapes our perception of it. We examine the human condition by using various texts to learn how to ask tough questions, engage in sophisticated conversations, and make claims that we skillfully argue. Ideally, you will learn both practical and philosophical lessons from the texts we study in order to better prepare yourselves for life beyond CAC. |
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Prerequisites: |
English 11- American Literature |
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Credit: |
1.0 credit |
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Length of Course: |
1 year |
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Texts: |
Choices, at the discretion of the teacher, include a wider, more accessible, and dare we say, fun, range of literary works across styles, genres and time periods.
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