English
Dallas Lutheran School's English Department is dedicated to two things. The first, naturally, is reading. We believe - believe it or not - that all our students can learn to love reading - regardless of their background in reading. We have one of the finest literature curriculae that you will find in any high school anywhere. Our students study and analyze and discuss and research and write about books by Joyce, Faulkner, Dante, Homer, Virgil, and, of course, Shakespeare. Writing is the other main issue of our department. Our students do both formal and informal writing. We use models to help students see what clear, cogent writing and quoting and organizing and arguing and defending and analyzing and defining and narrating and being amusing looks like. And we meet with students to revise their work. In other words, we actually teach writing; we don't just grade writing.
ENG 072 English – Grade 7
This course includes writing, language, reading concepts, and speaking and listening skills. This course is required of all seventh-grade students.
ENG 082 English – Grade 8
This course includes writing, language, reading concepts, and speaking and listening skills. This course is required of all eighth-grade students.
ENG 215 English – Grade 9 – Semester 1
This course includes writing, language, literature, and reading concepts and skills. This course is required of all ninth-grade students.
ENG 216 English – Grade 9 – Semester 2
This course includes writing, language, literature, and reading concepts and skills. This course is required of all ninth-grade students.
ENG 220 English – Grade 10 – Grammar/Composition
This course is a mastery approach to certain key elements of grammar with particular emphasis on commas. This intermediate course features expository writing with weekly vocabulary enhancement units. This course is required of all tenth-grade students.
ENG 221 English – Grade 10 – American Literature
This course is an introduction to fiction and poetry as well as a survey of American literature from Irving to the 20th century. This course is required of all tenth-grade students.
ENG 236 British Literature
This course is a survey of British literature, including works from the Old English, Medieval, and Elizabethan periods and from the 17th century to the 20th century. This course is required of all eleventh-grade and twelfth-grade students.
ENG 227 Speech
This course provides an introduction to communication and public speaking. Types of speeches include informative, demonstration, persuasive, group debate, and oral interpretation. This course is required of all students beginning with the class of 2001. Members of the class of 2001 and greater cannot use the speech requirement for English graduation credit.
ENG 238 Drama & Theatre Arts
This course allows students to experience drama as a reader, actor, and director. Students will study the history and characteristics of modern drama; acting concepts including improvisation, pantomime, diction, and movement; and production aspects including scenery, properties, costumes, and makeup. This study will culminate in the production of a final scene that includes the various arts of theatre. ENG 238 is an English elective, but it can be taken for fine arts credit instead.
ENG 245 Advanced Composition
This is an advanced course in expository writing and research with supplementary vocabulary units.
ENG 260 Novel
This course is a study of major 20th century British and American novels: Dubliners, Heart of Darkness, Sound and the Fury, and The Great Gatsby.
ENG 265 Mythology
This course is an introduction to the gods/goddesses and principle Greek myths as well as a study of major myths in Ovid’s Metamorphoses and of Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey.
ENG 275 Shakespeare
This course is a study of three great tragedies: Hamlet, King Lear, and Othello and three great comedies: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Twelfth Night, and The Tempest. Students watch all BBC productions and often attend a live production of a Shakespeare play.