GEHRHSD Curriculum Guide 2026-27

HONORS LITERATURE AND CINEMA Grades 11-12, 5 Credits

This honors level class is designed for highly motivated students who will be challenged in the areas of reading, writing, speaking, viewing, and using technology. This course is for highly motivated students in grades 11 and 12. Besides following the description provided above, this course puts extra emphasis on student choice projects, independent reading and an expanded depth of analysis. Student work at a more rigorous pace and will be expected to engage with texts through critical, often interdisciplinary lenses, producing original interpretations rather than relying on guided discussions.This course is aligned to the NJ Student Learning Standards in English Language Arts for Grades 11 and 12 and fulfills an English graduation requirement. Prerequisite: Teacher recommendation and/or a 90 or above in current College Prep English course. This is a college preparatory course designed for students in grades 11 and 12. Through the lenses of race, gender, socio-economics, spirituality, oppression, and tragedy, students will reflect on their place in the world while studying the development of both society and the individual through the literary works in the course. Students will survey contemporary and dystopian fiction in the writings of Bradbury, Salinger, Orwell, Shakespeare, and Victorian and Gilded Age authors. This course is aligned to the NJ Student Learning Standards in English Language Arts for Grades 11 and 12 and fulfills an English graduation requirement. HONORS LITERATURE OF THE INDIVIDUAL Grades 11-12, 5 Credits Prerequisite: Teacher recommendation and/or a 90 or above in current College Prep English course. course is aligned to the NJ Student Learning Standards in English Language Arts for Grades 11 and 12 and fulfills an English graduation requirement. This course is for highly motivated students in grades 11 and 12. Besides following the description provided above, this course puts extra emphasis on student choice projects, independent reading and an expanded depth of analysis. Student work at a more rigorous pace and will be expected to engage with texts through critical, often interdisciplinary lenses, producing original interpretations rather than relying on guided discussions.This LITERATURE OF THE INDIVIDUAL Grades 11-12, 5 Credits