The vision of the Language Arts Department of Bloomington Public Schools is to provide literacy skills and knowledge, with a focus on critical reading, analytical reasoning, effective speaking, and lucid writing, so that each student can receive, access, process, and produce information as required to communicate successfully in the 21st century.

Standards and Course Descriptions  

The Introduction to the Curriculum Guide provides an overview of the Secondary Language Arts program in Bloomington Public Schools. Click on the individual standards and course descriptions below for more detailed information. The plagiarism policy discusses academic honesty issues.

Middle School

• Grade 6 Language Arts
• Grade 7 Language Arts
• Grade 7 Honors Language ArtsGrade 8 Language Arts
• Grade 8 Honors Language Arts

High School (Core Classes)

• English 9
• English 9 Skills
• English 9 Honors

• English 10 World Literature
• English 10 Skills World Literature
• English 10 Honors World Literature
• Honors World Literature Interdisciplinary

• English 11 American Literature
• English 11 Honors American Literature
• Honors American Studies Interdisciplinary
• English 11 AP Language & Composition

• English 12 Humanities
• English 12 AP Literature and Composition

High School (Electives)

• College Prep Reading
• College Writing
• Intro Creative Writing
• Advanced Creative Writing Workshop
• Detective and Mystery Fiction
• Film Reading I
• Interpersonal Communication
• iSearch for Happiness
• Jag SPOTS
• Journalism/Yearbook
• Mythology
• Poetry
• Public Speaking
• Sports Literature
• Teen Literature
• Visual Storytelling