This integrated English and Literature course seeks to help students further their reading, writing, communication, and reasoning proficiency. The reading will cover a wide range of topics and genres, hearing from authors around the world. Students will dive into higher levels of English study, dividing the 30-week course into distinct units which cover Poetry, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Short Stories, and Essay Writing. This class is intended to follow High School English Survey I, furthering the skills introduced in that course as well as introducing new concepts. It is a good companion for the other upper-level Institute for Excellence in Writing (IEW) classes offered for the 11th and 12th grades.