English
In the four years of language arts instruction offered at GBN, students explore literature and language. In all English courses, teachers work with students to help them cultivate mature and complex habits of mind in the following areas:
Writing and Speaking: Students will understand and employ writing and speaking as mechanisms for discovering and testing what they think and for articulating what they understand.
Speaking and Listening: Students will understand and employ reading and listening as critical thinking tools for gathering information, interpreting data, evaluating ideas, and constructing responses.
Language: Students will understand that usage, syntax, diction, and genre shape the expression of ideas.
Literature: Students will understand that a literary work is the product of an author's craft, contains observations about the human condition, and reflects the history of ideas.
Critical Thinking: Students will work to consider alternative perspectives, identify unexamined assumptions, and build a capacity for reflection.
Student Support
English Skill Support Classes
- Reading Skill Development
- Foundations of Writing
- ESL Reading/Writing
Additional English Department Resources:
- English Resource Center (ERC)
- Open 8 a.m. to 3:15 p.m.
- The English Resource Center is a quiet space for students to complete homework assignments in any course or to meet with classmates to complete group projects. During their office hours, English teachers are available to assist students with questions related to English course assignments.
- Academic Resource Center (ARC)
- Open 7:15 a.m. to 3:45 p.m.
- The ARC offers a welcoming environment in which students are encouraged to seek support for reading, writing, and speaking. Our goal is to help students identify, understand and refine their own learning and composing processes. ARC tutors question instead of correct, support instead of criticize, and understand instead of evaluate.