English

The purpose of the English Language Arts curriculum is to prepare students for the language demands of life outside this classroom.  Through the various pieces we read and the many communicative tasks we prepare we will focus on becoming independent, knowledgeable, evaluative and flexible learners.

All students will study pieces from multiple time periods and geographic locations, including seminal American literature, classical literature, and other canonical world pieces.  Further, students will work throughout their time at UCHS to become confident writers with a strong grasp of English grammar and syntax.  Overall, our goal is to produce students who have a command of the English language for communication, analysis, and problem solving throughout the course of their lives.