English 3

English 3 focuses on American Literature, beginning with early settlers and extending through the modern and contemporary periods. Students continue to develop their vocabulary by tracing the etymology of significant terms used in political science and history, and applying knowledge of Greek, Latin, and Anglo-Saxon roots and affixes to draw inferences concerning the meaning of scientific and mathematical terminology. Students conduct in depth analyses of recurrent themes in historically and culturally significant literature. Additionally, they write fictional, autobiographical, and biographical narratives, responses to literature, reflective compositions, and investigative reports.