Pullman High School

Freshman English develops critical thinking skills and concepts needed to engage in a higher level of learning. Teachers incorporate College Board Pre-AP strategies to develop the rigorous critical thinking needed to succeed in upcoming courses. Students will develop the skills of reading, writing and communication needed to engage in active learning and academic success. Students will start to develop the skills needed in academic research. Literature analysis encompasses a survey of genres. 

Offered: Full Year

Sophomore English continues to advance the skills and concepts needed to engage in a higher level of learning. Teachers incorporate College Board Pre-AP strategies to develop the rigorous critical thinking needed to succeed in upcoming courses. Throughout the year, students further develop their writing and research skills. They also pursue more advanced analysis of literature. This includes short fiction, poetry, novels and drama with an emphasis how the historical context has influenced the writing.

Offered: Full Year 

Junior English studies the chronological and thematic development of American Literature by reading authors from various periods and by experiencing different genres. Writing includes a variety of forms as students respond to the texts. Students discuss ideas prompted by the texts and explore the literary and rhetorical devices the authors use. Curriculum is rigorous, yet attainable providing students the experiences needed to succeed in future Advanced Placement courses of all content areas and the work world. Students continue to advance the skills needed in research. 

Offered: Full Year

Senior English provides further experience in discussing the world of ideas, focusing on both fiction and nonfiction texts. Students engage in increasingly complex writing activities which call for a mature development of ideas. The curriculum is rigorous yet attainable for all students moving on to college or the work world. The course focuses on the skills needed to further one’s ability to understand and communicate complex ideas. The requirements for earning college credit will be provided in writing by the instructor at the beginning of the course. Students taking College in High School courses will not be required to pay any college level tuition or fees. Enrolling in any College in the High School program for both high school and college credit automatically starts an official college transcript regardless of a student’s performance in the course. See Appendix C for more information.

Offered: Full Year

College credit may be available (pending approval) 

Prerequisite: Jr/Sr Level with successful completion of freshmen (E16) and sophomore (E27) English

The Advanced Placement English Language and Composition course is designed to help students become skilled readers of prose written in a variety of periods, disciplines, rhetorical contexts and to become skilled writers who can compose for a variety of purposes. Students become aware of the interactions among writers’ purposes, audience, expectations and subjects. Students also write in a variety of forms – narrative, exploratory, expository and argumentative – and on a variety of subjects from personal experiences to public policies, from imaginative literature to popular culture. The AP course assumes that students already understand and use Standard English grammar. Students have the option of taking the Advanced Placement Examination in early May. 

Offered: Full Year

Juniors/Seniors rotate yearly between AP Literature and AP Language

NEXT OFFERED 2025-26

Prerequisite: Jr/Sr Level with successful completion of freshmen (E16) and sophomore (E27) English

Juniors/Seniors rotate yearly between AP Literature and AP Language A purely college prep course taught as a college-level course, English AP begins with an examination of short stories from around the globe coupled with in-depth instruction on the methods and purposes of literary analysis and criticism. Subsequent work will explore the themes of colonialism, race, gender, class, psychology and existentialism, to name a few. Academic research and writing are given a high priority in this course. Students have the option of taking the Advanced Placement Examination in early May. 

Offered Full Year