ENGLISH

Course #

Course Title

Course Description

Units

Pre Requisites

Gr

23.0910099

ENGLISH/ESOL I

This course is designed for the student for whom English is a second language.  This course integrates basic English grammar and vocabulary by emphasizing comprehension and production of spoken and written English.  This course focuses on interpersonal communication skills and United States culture.  (A student can take this twice at Pope.) 

Teacher Recommendation

9-12

A: 23.0610004

B: 23.0610005

NINTH LIT/COMP  HONORS

This course is an accelerated college prep course designed for the student who has a serious interest in the interpretation of literature.  It integrates writing, grammar and usage, speaking and listening.  It includes reading a variety of genres; short stories, novels, tales, poetry, mythology, drama and nonfiction, and emphasizes oral and written response to literature, distinguishing characteristics of various genres and vocabulary study.  Research skills and a research paper are required.  Parallel readings will include specific readings assigned during the term and required summer readings.

½

 unit per semester

Teacher Recommendation per 8th grade Placement Chart

9

A: 23.0610008

B: 23.0610009

NINTH LIT/COMP   

This is a college prep course which integrates composition, grammar and literature in a variety of genres.  It covers the writing process: planning drafting, revising, editing and proofing.  The development of vocabulary, speaking, listening, and researching skills will be included. Parallel readings will include specific readings assigned during the term and required summer readings.

½

 unit per semester

Teacher Recommendation per 8th grade Placement Chart

9

Y: 23.0520003

(one semester)

ENGLISH LIT/COMP HONORS TENTH  

This College Prep course is an accelerated survey course of British works and authors from the Anglo-Saxon through the Contemporary age. Specific literature will be selected from anthologies appropriate for Honors readers. Because this course is designed to prepare students for Honors World Literature or Advanced Placement English, critical reading and writing skills will be emphasized. Students writing will include types of persuasive writing and an emphasis on analysis of literature. Structure and style will vary from informal to formal writing and will include study of the steps included in a research paper and a formal research paper. Literary terms, vocabulary study, composition techniques, and speaking and listening activities will be included.  Parallel readings will include specific readings assigned during the term and required summer readings.

1 unit

Block

Honors Ninth English & Teacher Recommendation

10

Y: 23.0520011

(one semester)

ENGLISH LIT/COMP TENTH

This course is a survey course of British works and authors from the Anglo-Saxon through the Contemporary age.  Students writing will include many types of persuasive writing and analysis of literature. Structure and style will vary from informal to formal writing and will include study of the steps included in a research paper and a formal research paper. Literary terms, vocabulary study, composition techniques, speaking and listening activities.  Parallel readings will include specific readings assigned during the term and required summer readings. 

1 unit

Block

1 Unit English & Teacher Recommendation

10

A: 23.0510000

B: 23.0510001

AM LIT/COMP  HONORS

This is an accelerated college prep course designed for the student who has a serious interest in interpreting literature.  Because this course is designed as preparation for Honors World Literature or Advanced Placement English, critical reading and writing skills will be emphasized.  It covers a variety of literary genres and multicultural writers in a chronological or thematic pattern.  It emphasizes developing control in expository writing (thesis support), and refining research skills.  It covers grammar, mechanics and usage.   Parallel readings will include specific readings assigned during the term and required summer readings.

½

unit per semester

1 unit Ninth Honors, 1 Unit English Lit Honors & Teacher Recommendation       (2 units English)

11

A: 23.0510008

B: 23.0510009

AM LIT/COMP 

This course is designed for the college-bound student.  The course will survey American works and authors and will provide writing experiences particularly exposition, literary analysis and a formal research paper.  Grammar, vocabulary development, listening, speaking, and research will also be included.  Parallel readings will include specific readings assigned during the term and required summer readings.

½

 unit per semester

2 Units English & Teacher Recommendation

11

ENGLISH

Course #

Course Title

Course Description

Units

Pre Requisites

Gr

Y: 23.0660011

(one semester)

CONTEMPORARY LIT

This course concentrates on the short story, nonfiction, drama, poetry and the novel since 1960.  It includes international authors, a variety of cultures, genders, races, and writing styles.  It stresses class discussion, composition skills, and vocabulary.

1 unit

Block

2 units of English

12

Y: 23.0630003

(one semester)

WORLD LIT/COMP Y HONORS

This course is an accelerated college prep course designed for the student who has a serious interest in reading and analyzing literature from many cultures including Sumerian, Indian, Persian, Chinese, Japanese, Greek and  Roman. Epics and religious texts from different world cultures will be examined in a literary context. This course will promote proficiency through a variety of writing styles. It will stress organization and development of written thought as well as activities designed to enhance speaking and listening skills. Grammar, mechanics and usage, vocabulary, and research skills and activities.  Parallel readings will include specific readings assigned during the term and required summer readings. 

1 unit

Block

Honors Ninth English, English Lit Honors, Honors American Literature & Teacher Recommendation      (3 units English)

12

Y: 23.0630011

(one semester)

WORLD LIT/COMP  

This course is a college prep course concentrating on the reading and analysis of literature from many cultures, including Sumerian, Indian, Persian, Chinese, Japanese, Greek, and Roman. Epics and religious text from different world cultures will be examined in a literary context. This course will promote proficiency through a variety of writing styles. It will stress organization and development of written thought, as well as activities designed to enhance speaking and listening skills. Grammar, mechanics and usage, vocabulary, and research skills and activities.  Parallel readings will include specific readings assigned during the term and required summer readings.  

1 unit

Block

2 units English plus American Literature and Composition      (3 units English)

12

A: 23.0650092

B: 23.0650093

AP LIT/COMP  

This college-level course focuses on the reading and analysis of literary works and the writing of critical essays.  This course is designed as an accelerated and enriching experience in analytical and critical thinking.  It also pre-supposes that a student is proficient in composition.  This course is geared to the student who aspires to take the AP exam.  Parallel readings will include specific readings assigned during the term and required summer readings.

½

unit per

semester

1 unit H 9th English, 1 unit Eng Lit/Comp H, 1 unit Amer Lit/Comp H & Teacher Recommendation      (3 units English)

12

A: 23.0430092

B: 23.0430093

AP LANGUAGE 

AP Language and composition is primarily a course in both effective writing and critical reading, particularly for those students who have developed their writing skills and awareness of style and rhetoric largely outside the study of fiction.  Practice in composition will focus on the writing of expository, analytical, and argumentative essays, supplemented by an intensive review of grammar and mechanics.  As critical readers, students will evaluate complex prose selections in regard to the relationship between language, structure, and author’s purpose.  Extensive independent work, including a research paper, will provide opportunities for students to articulate ideas, knowledge, and understanding from a variety of sources. This course is geared to the student who aspires to take the AP exam.   Parallel readings will include specific readings assigned during the term and required summer readings.

½

unit per

semester

1 unit H 9th English, 1 unit Eng Lit/Comp H, 1 unit Amer Lit/Comp H & Teacher Recommendation      (3 units English)

11-12

ENGLISH

Course #

Course Title

Course Description

Units

Pre Requisites

Gr

Y: 23.0340011

(one semester)

ADV. COMP RESEARCH 

This course is designed to help the college bound junior or senior master different patterns of essay development (process, cause and effect, comparison-contrast, definition, classification, argumentation) and apply the principles to such specialized types of writing as the exam essay and the research paper.  Writing topics deal with contemporary concerns as well as literary analysis.  In-depth instructions on how to do research, evaluate research, and synthesize the results.  Extensive use of Internet and print materials.  Grammar and vocabulary components.  Parallel readings will include specific readings assigned during the term and required summer readings.   English Credit/College Prep (Cannot replace Am Lit/Comp). 

1 unit

Block

2 Unit English & Teacher Recommendation

12

A: 23.0210008

MYTHOLOGY

Introduces myths, stories, and tales of classical mythology. It covers a comparative study of plot, characters, themes, and metaphor. Emphasizes the relationship between people and their world, critical and analytical thinking skills, vocabulary development, and composition.

½ unit per semester

10-12

A: 23.2210090

(one semester)

Gifted Mythology

This course introduces myths, stories, and tales of classical mythology; covers a comparative study of plot, characters, themes, and metaphor. Emphasizes the relationship between people and their world, critical and analytical thinking skills, vocabulary development, influences of Greek, Roman, and Norse word origins on the English language, and composition. Content, process, and product are differentiated for the gifted student.

½

unit per semester

Gifted Eligibility

9-12

A: 23.2640090

(one semester)

Gifted Literature/Film Studies

This course introduces the major forms of fiction and nonfiction through film studies: short story, folktale, drama, essay, biography, and novel. Emphasis is on evaluation of these forms through application of the elements of literature (e.g., plot, characterization, etc.). Delivers composition through an integrated language arts approach in response to literary and cinematographic analysis. Themes, content, and pacing are appropriate for gifted students.

½

unit per semester

Gifted Eligibility

9-12

A: 35.0660010

(one semester)

Sat Prep

This course is designed to prepare students with the technical skills and practice needed to perform at optimal levels on the SAT. Standardized test-taking, time management, vocabulary and problem solving skills will be refined as students develop a familiarity with the format and content of the SAT.

½

unit per semester

9-12

A: 23.0320096

B: 23.0320097

JOURNALISM/NEWSPAPER I 

This course explores journalistic writing through analysis of the newspaper.  It concentrates on purpose, influence, and structure and language use.  It also covers news gathering, ethics, copyrighting, editing and revising.  It will include desktop publishing, circulation and production as minor aspects.

½

unit per semester

Must See Sponsor

for application

10-12

A: 23.0320008

B: 23.0320009

JOURNALISM/ANNUAL I 

This course explores writing through the analysis of yearbooks.  It concentrates on the purpose, influence and structure, and language use.  It also covers news gathering, ethics, copyrighting, editing and revising.  The course includes desktop publishing, circulation and production as minor aspects.

½

unit per semester

Must See Sponsor

for application

9-12

MATH

The Cobb Mathematics Program uses the objectives of the Quality Core Curriculum as the basis of instruction.  It is designed to accommodate students with diversified and changing (career) goals.  The mathematics program provides experiences that encourage and enable students to value mathematics, gain confidence in their own mathematical ability, become mathematical problem solvers, communicate mathematically, and reason mathematically.  The mathematics curriculum is organized so as to permit all students to progress as far into mathematics as their achievement with the topic will allow.  The expectation is that mathematical ideas will grow and deepen as students’ progress through the curriculum and that the consolidation of learning is essential for all students during the senior year.

Because graduation requirements established by the Georgia State Department of Education vary by year of graduation and diploma type, students should consult the graduation requirements section of this pamphlet for specific information pertaining to their situation.  All students must complete Algebra I or its equivalent.

Algebra I: Part I & Part II introduces Algebra I over two consecutive terms.  While Algebra I: Part I & Part II carries two units of credit, it is considered one course.

Students who are considering college should plan to take at least Algebra, Geometry, Algebra II, and a mathematics course beyond Algebra II. These include Algebra III, Statistics, Advanced Algebra and Trigonometry, Analysis, Calculus, AP Calculus, and AP Statistics.  Some colleges may accept Algebra III and/or Statistics, but others may not.

Course #

Course Title

Course Description

Units

Pre Requisites

Gr

A: 27.0440008

B: 27.0440009

Math Support

The purpose of the Mathematics Support Class is to address the needs of students who have traditionally struggled in mathematics by providing the additional time and attention they need to order to successfully complete their regular grade-level mathematics course without failing.  Mathematics Support is an elective class that should be taught concurrently with a student’s regular mathematics class.

½ per semester

Teacher Recommendation

9

A: 27.0810008

B: 27.0810009

Mathematics 1

This is the first in a sequence of mathematics courses designed to prepare students to enter college at the calculus level.  It includes radical, polynomial and rational expressions, basic functions and their graphs, simple equations, fundamentals of proof properties or polygons, coordinate geometry, sample statistics, and curve fitting.

½

per semester

Successful completion of 8^th Grade Mathematics

9

A: 27.0910000

B: 27.0910001

Accelerated Mathematics 1

This is the first in a sequence of mathematics courses designed to prepare students to take AB or BC Advanced Placement Calculus.  It includes radical, polynomial and rational expressions; functions and their graphs: quadratic and radical equations: fundamentals or proof; properties of polygons, circles and spheres; coordinate geometry; sample statistics and curve fitting. 

½

per semester

Successful completion of 8^th

9

A: 27.0820008

B: 27.0920009

Mathematics 2                               

This is the second in a sequence of mathematics courses designed to prepare students to enter college at the calculus level.  It includes complex numbers, quadratic, piecewise, and exponential functions; right triangles, and right triangular trigonometry; properties of circles; and statistical inference. 

½

per semester

Successful completion of Mathematics 1

9

A: 27.0920000

B: 27.0920001

Accelerated Mathematics 2

This is the second in a sequence of mathematics courses designed to prepare students to take AB or BC Advanced Placement Calculus,  It includes right triangle trigonometry; exponential, logarithmic, and higher degree polynomial functions; matrices; linear programming; vertex-edge graphs; conic sections; planes and spheres; population means, standard deviations, and normal distributions. 

½

per semester

 Accelerated Math 1 or Mathematics 2

9

Y: 27.0610007

(one semester)

ALGEBRA I Y

The major areas of study include linear equations, inequalities, polynomial expressions, polynomial, radical, quadratic and rational equations, and probability and statistics. 

1 unit

(Block)

Teacher Recommendation

10-12

Y:27.0461011

(one semester)

ALGEBRA I:  PART II

The major areas of study are linear equations and inequalities, quadratics, radicals, probability and statistics. 

1 unit

(Block)

Algebra I: Part I

10-12

MATH

Course #

Course Title

Course Description

Units

Pre Requisites

Gr

A: 27.0640000

B: 27.0640001

ALGEBRA II  HONORS

This honors course is designed for the accelerated college-bound student with a high aptitude and commitment in mathematics.  The major areas of study are functions, linear, quadratic, rational and radical equations, matrices, polynomials and conics.  The areas of study also include higher degree equations, sequences and series, statistics, probability, and trigonometry. 

½

unit per semester

Euclidean Geometry  Honors  or Teacher  Recommendation

10-12

A: 27.0640004

B: 27.0640005

ALGEBRA II  

The major areas of study are functions, linear, quadratic, rational and radical equations, matrices and polynomials.  The areas of study also include higher degree equations, functions, sequences and series, statistics and probability.

½

unit per semester

Euclidean Geometry or Teacher Recommendation

10-12

A: 27.0640008

B: 27.0640009

ALGEBRA II:  INFORMAL  

This course is designed for the college-bound student with enrollment by teacher recommendation only. The major areas of study are functions, and linear, quadratic, rational and radical equations.  The areas also include higher degree equations, sequences and series, and probability and statistics.

½

unit per semester

Geometry & Teacher Recommendation

10-12

A: 27.0661008

B: 27.0661009

ALGEBRA III  

Algebra III is a college-prep course intended for the student who has successfully completed Algebra I, Algebra II and Geometry.  This class is not intended to replace Advanced Algebra and Trigonometry, but should build confidence and skills for the s