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English 9 Academic or English 9 Honors?

English 9 Academic	English 9 Honors
Focus: Reading, Writing, Research, Vocab SOL competencies Basic writing skills are reinforced	Focus: Reading, Writing, Research, Vocab SOL competencies Mastery of basic writing skills is assumed (students advance to complex writing skills) Increased rigor & faster pace More independent learning
GPA Bump: N/A	GPA Bump: 0.5
Homework: ~30 minutes per class	Homework: ~1-1.5 hours per class
Normal Summative Assessments	Normal Summative Assessments Honors Common Assessment (major summative assessment requiring out-of-class independent research)

Other considerations: Do you like reading & writing? Are you highly motivated and able to self-advocate as needed? How difficult is your overall course load?

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English 9 Honors Classes = Summer Assignment
-Detailed, intricate directions
-Dialectical Journals
-Literary Terms
-Parenthetical Citations
-Works Cited
-Submitted to Schoology in Eng. Class (Sept.)

Visit the HHS Website >Academics>English > Summer Assignments

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ENGLISH COURSE & DIPLOMA INFORMATION 2025 - 2026

ENGLISH	STANDARD DIPLOMA	ADVANCED DIPLOMA	IB DIPLOMA
9TH	ENG. 9 ACADEMIC OR �ENG. 9 HONORS	ENG. 9	ENG. 9 HONORS
10TH	ENG. 10 ACADEMIC OR ENG. 10 HONORS	ENG. 10	ENG. 10 HONORS
11TH	ENG. 11 ACADEMIC; IB ENG. 1 HL OR IB ENG 1SL	ENG. 11 IB ENG. 1 HL OR IB ENG. 1 SL (IB LANG & LIT OR IB LIT HL)	IB ENG. 1 HL OR IB ENG. 1 SL (IB LANG & LIT OR IB LIT HL)
12TH	ENG. 12 ACADEMIC; IB ENG. 2 HL OR 2 SL	ENG. 12; ENG. DE; IB ENG. 2 HL OR IB ENG. 2 SL; (IB LANG & LIT OR IB LIT)	ENG. DE; IB ENG. 2 HL OR IB ENG. 2 SL; (IB LANG & LIT OR IB LIT)

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