• NCHS English Department - Ms. Emily Hernberg 

  • SENIOR ENGLISH AND FILM

    Grade: 12

    Duration: 1 Semester

    Prerequisite: None

    Credit: 0.5 per semester

    This course will explore how combined media enhances our understanding of timeless social and personal issues.
    Guiding questions that focus on the individual and society will be explored through multiple media. The course
    emphasizes the development of visual literacy using primarily films; it may also include theater, music, and other art
    forms.

    Assignments will emphasize interpretation, argumentation and reflection. Students will learn to view multiple forms of
    media critically using non-fiction as text as well as classical and contemporary literature. Projects will include
    presentations and formal and informal writing.