Honors English?
Honors English?
Joined: 12/31/69
#0Honors English?
Posted: 5/8/05 at 12:48pmI have been taking Academic English for the past two years but I pretty much excell at it and when I look around my class I feel really stupid because some of the people in there are General English kids who got an 85 and got the bump up. Plus the stuff we do is so easy. So I decided to take Honors next year, I have been wondering- What is the difference?
Mary_Ethel
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#1re: Honors English?
Posted: 5/8/05 at 12:53pm
That's a VERY HARD Question, Dude--I'm thinkin' a lot of it is tied to your particular school, and in some cases, even the Instructor...
When I took Honors and AP English the main differences were:
1) Analysis of Literature was MUCH MORE in-depth.
2) MUCH MORE was expected on essays and term papers.
3) We covered ALL of Shakespeare's plays--NOT just his "hits" (HAMLET, ROMEO & JULIET, TWELTH NIGHT, etc.)
Hope this helps! 
"I say YOU'RE the CUTEST one. No, I say YOU'RE the CUTEST One. And we go on like that from dawn to three."
#2re: Honors English?
Posted: 5/8/05 at 1:01pm
It completely depends on your school, so I don't think anybody can answer your question.
In the high school I went to, we had honors and regular English classes up through junior year, until you could take AP in your senior year. For the first three years, the honors curriculum was similar to that of the regular classes, it was just a brighter group of students, facilitating different levels of work and discussion. They were usually taught by some of the teachers with more seniority. Expectations were pretty much the same, but in some schools, there are huge differences. Until about a two years ago, your only options senior year were AP or the regular English curriculum, which was a complete cop-out of two half-year electives. People didn't want to take those because they were too easy, and didn't want to take AP because it was a huge demand, so a senior honors course was added to try to make everybody happy. Its syllabus was modeled after the AP curriculum, which had its original basis in a freshman English class in the NY State University system, but was a bit less strenuous.
The problem with your question, is that unlike the AP courses which are somewhat universal, honors courses can be shaped by the school, department and instructor. Sometimes there's a lot of difference between honors and regular, and sometimes there's hardly any at all.
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#3re: Honors English?
Posted: 5/8/05 at 1:02pmSee at my school, they do all the same books as us but it takes them less time and they do more projects and such. Which appeals to me. But they do long research papers and all which Im pretty good at. So was it a right choice?
Mary_Ethel
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#4re: Honors English?
Posted: 5/8/05 at 1:02pm
NICELY PUT, Emcee.
I think you summed up the issue PERFECTLY...
"I say YOU'RE the CUTEST one. No, I say YOU'RE the CUTEST One. And we go on like that from dawn to three."
#5re: Honors English?
Posted: 5/8/05 at 1:03pm
You know your school and your own abilities better than any of us do, Clumsy.
I'm sure you can try it for a few weeks, and if it doesn't work out make a switch, no?
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#6re: Honors English?
Posted: 5/8/05 at 1:04pmTrue. Thanks... did I ever metion Emcee, you rock my socks!
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