High School ELA

For the Classes of 2011 and beyond, four units of English credit, including English 9 and English 10, must be earned, in the span of grades 9-12, to meet the graduation requirement.

Course curriculum maps are available for additional information regarding course alignment to state standards.

Typical ELA Sequences

ELA Electives

• Instructional Interventions for Struggling Readers

  Read 180 System 44

  Acting I & II
• Argumentation
• Speech & Communication
• TV & Radio Production I 
• English as a Second Language  
• Literature, Short Readings
• Literature, Modern Readings  
• English AC
• English Language & Composition, AP 
• Humanities, Literature AC
• Literature, African-American
• Humanities, African-American Literature AC
• Literature, American
• Literature, British
• Literature, Twentieth Century
• Literature, Women’s I
• Literature, Women’s II – Modern Voices   
• Composition
• Writing, Creative I & II
• Writing, Creative - Prose/Poetry
• Journalism I & II
• Writing for Publication: Newspaper  
• Literature, Language & 
• Film I, Literature as
• Film II

Additional Resources

High School Content Expectations for English Language Arts

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