English
English is required during each year of study. The Bolles English curriculum is developmental and sequential, with certain skills being mastered at each grade level, allowing the students to progress from simple sentence structure and syntax in the middle grades to a complex and articulate use of language in the upper grades.
All English courses are designed to encourage students to develop to the fullest extent possible their communication skills. We expect students will learn to speak correctly and effectively, to write accurately and cogently, and to read with intelligence and appreciation. Along the way students are taught to analyze, to criticize, and to evaluate literature.
English courses at Bolles are designed to provide students with the knowledge of and the respect for reading, writing, speaking, viewing, and listening. The purpose of each course is to encourage critical and analytical thinking, to improve and increase vocabulary, to teach discrimination in literary tastes, to instill self-discipline and self-confidence, to provide incentive to language skills, to encourage the respect for the opinions of others, and to provide a strong foundation for future learning. English teachers hope to instill in all students the personal appreciation of the aesthetic pleasures and the practical benefits which can be derived from the knowledge and appreciation of one’s language and literature. We also hope that students, through their own experiences and discoveries in literature, will learn much of worth about the world and themselves and that this knowledge and understanding will assist them in living more meaningful lives.