School of Rhetoric
The course of study is to serve as a guide for what a student may take during 4 years of high school at Wilson Hill Academy. Please see the Graduation Requirements for a list of required courses. Honors level courses are indicated with (h) and Advanced Placement® with AP®. Note also that there are two “tracks” in Math and Science, determined primarily by whether the student has completed Algebra 1 before the 9th grade.
| Grade 9 | Grade 10 | Grade 11 | Grade 12 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| History | The Great Conversation 3 | The Great Conversation 4 or 5 (h) |
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and/or elective |
| The Great Conversation 1+4 (This class is intended for new 9th & 10th grade students with no prior experience with the series.) |
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| Electives: | US History: War for American Independence (h)
US Government: Foundations (h) |
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| Literature | The Great Conversation (appropriate level) plus one or more optional electives | |||
| Electives: | ||||
| Writing | Advanced Composition 1
(h) or |
Advanced Composition 2 (h) | (Rhetoric 1) | (Rhetoric 2) |
| Logic & Rhetoric | Logic 1* or 2 | Logic 2 | Rhetoric 1 (h) | Rhetoric 2 with Senior Thesis (h) |
| Math (aggressive) | Geometry | Algebra 2 | Pre-Calculus/ Trigonometry (h) | AP Calculus AB
and/or AP Statistics |
| Math (basic) | Algebra 1 | Geometry | Algebra 2 | AP Statistics
and/or Pre-Calculus/ Trigonometry |
| Science (aggressive) | Physics 1 (Honors) | Chemistry (Pre-AP/Honors) | AP Chemistry
and/or |
Physics 2 (Honors)
and/or and/or |
| Science (basic) | Physics 1 | Chemistry | Biology | |
| Language | Latin Readings (h)
or Next level in Latin sequence
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AP Latin
Greek 1 or 2
Spanish 1 or 2 |
Advanced Latin – Directed Study (h)
Greek 1 or 2
Spanish 2 or 3 |
Advanced Latin – Directed Study
Greek 2 or advanced study
Spanish 3 or 4 |
| Theology | The Bible (Integrated in The Great Conversation series) | |||
| Apologetics (Get to Know Fyodor Dostoevsky) (h) | ||||
| Electives | Fine Arts, Music, Drama, etc.
AP Computer Science Principles (prerequisite: Algebra 1) Any of the literature (Get to Know series) or history (A Closer Look series) electives mentioned above |
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*Logic 1 may be taken in the 8th grade, but we have found that students often benefit from waiting until 9th grade for this course.
January 18, 2019
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