New English courses offered

In the coming 2021-2022 school year, many new English courses will be offered to the students at Del Val. Introduction to Film and Literature Studies will be just one of the new English courses added to the curriculum. English teacher and department supervisor, Mrs. Civitillo, who is a lover of both film and literature, will be teaching this course. Students who enjoy films and analyzing them should...

Another one of the new English courses to be offered next year will be Contemporary Drama: Plays and Performance. Taught by Mr. Ambs, students with a passion for theatre will surely have a blast! In a nutshell, this course will be all about reading, watching, and discussing plays. Later on in the year, students will act those plays out and even improv scenes. At the end of the year, the goal is ...

This coming year, Del Val is offering students to take a RVCC CP-level English class and an honors-level British Literature course. Ms. Koep will be teaching both courses, and she has some good information about each class. The RVCC course includes a concurrent enrollment option, and the curriculum involves mostly writing. Students will be writing a total of six essays throughout the year, while...

With new courses being introduced to the English department next year, Mr. Smith, who currently teaches Journalism, AP Literature, and Public Speaking, will be teaching 3 new English courses that will count for English credit: Journalistic Writing, Analysis 3, and the paired, half-year courses: Art of Communication and Persuasion and Gothic Literature. When asked about Gothic Literature and what�...

Next school year, Del Val will be offering new classes to help expand the already extensive list of English courses offered for juniors and seniors. One of these new courses is Sports and Literature. Mrs. Knapp, who will be teaching Sports and Literature, says the class is ideal for students who are still figuring out their futures, and they are encouraged to join the class to “get the ball rolling!”...

The 2021-2022 school year will be adding new classes for students interested in writing and literature, and Mrs. Esposito is running two new classes this next year: Creative Writing, and Crime and Literature. Creative writing will switch from an elective class to an English course that will be eligible for concurrent enrollment. The course is in its 17th year at Del Val, but it is now eligible for concurrent en...