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Grade: 10
Rigor: General - NCAA Approved
Course Type: Online
Grading: Computer and Faculty Evaluated
Course Description: Students will use literature to explore important societal topics and make personal connections through frequent journal writing. Lessons will focus on analyzing and applying various writing techniques. Students will examine the elements of fiction, figurative language, and symbolism in various genre.
12 lessons, 11 submitted, 2 exams
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Grade: 10
Rigor: General - NCAA Approved
Course Type: Online
Grading: Computer and Faculty Evaluated
Course Description: Students will use literature to explore important societal topics and make personal connections through frequent journal writing. Lessons will focus on analyzing and applying various writing techniques. Students will examine the elements of fiction, figurative language and symbolism in various genres.
Notes: The required textbooks are also used for 10th Grade English, Second Half Unit.
12 lessons, 11 submitted, 2 exams
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Grade: 10
Rigor: General - NCAA Approved
Course Type: Online
Grading: Computer and Faculty Evaluated
Course Description: This course is a continuation of 10th Grade English First Half Unit.
Notes: The required textbooks are also used for 10th Grade English, First Half Unit.
10 lessons, 10 submitted, 2 exams
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Grade: 10
Rigor: General - NCAA Approved
Course Type: Online
Grading: Computer and Faculty Evaluated
Course Description: This course is a continuation of 10th Grade English Fall Semester
Notes: The spring semester will accept enrollments after October 1 but begins January 12, 2009.
Students must have an email account. Additionally, you will be required to upload documents in Word 97–2003/XP (.doc) or rich text (.rtf) format.
10 lessons, 10 submitted, 2 exams
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Grade: 11
Rigor: General - NCAA Approved
Course Type: Online
Grading: Computer and Faculty Evaluated
Course Description: This course covers American Literature from prehistory to after the Civil War and the Romantic Period. The course uses two components of literacy - reading and writing - to help build an understanding of the time periods covered, the people involved and the policies in place during these time periods.
12 lessons, 12 submitted, 2 exams
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Grade: 11
Rigor: General - NCAA Approved
Course Type: Online
Grading: Computer and Faculty Evaluated
Course Description: This course picks up after the Civil War and covers literature during the realism/regionalism movement through the 20th Century. Students will read and evaluate texts and examine their literary development, and make connections to the time periods in which they were written.
Notes: These textbooks are also used for 11th Grade English, First Half Unit.
12 lessons, 12 submitted, 2 exams
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Grade: 12
Rigor: General - NCAA Approved
Course Type: Online
Grading: Computer and Faculty Evaluated
Course Description: In addition to presenting a thorough review of general writing skills, this course surveys selections from the Anglo-Saxon, medieval, and Elizabethan periods and also from the 17th and 18th centuries.
12 lessons, 12 submitted, 2 exams
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Grade: 12
Rigor: General - NCAA Approved
Course Type: Online
Grading: Computer and Faculty Evaluated
Course Description: In addition to presenting a thorough review of general writing skills, this course surveys selections from the Anglo-Saxon, medieval, and Elizabethan periods and also from the 17th and 18th centuries.
Notes: The required textbooks are also used for 12th Grade English, Second Half Unit.
12 lessons, 12 submitted, 2 exams
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Grade: 12
Rigor: General - NCAA Approved
Course Type: Online
Grading: Computer and Faculty Evaluated
Course Description: This course surveys selections from the Romantic and Victorian Ages and gives students the opportunity to express themselves in writing by responding to the reading selections.
Notes: The required textbooks are also used for 12th Grade English, First Half Unit.
12 lessons, 12 submitted, 2 exams
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Grade: 12
Rigor: General - NCAA Approved
Course Type: Online
Grading: Computer and Faculty Evaluated
Course Description: This course will span English literature from the Romantic period of the eighteenth century to the modern short story of the twentieth century. You will make a chronological study of the British authors and their works that have influenced English and American language, ideals, tradition, and culture.
In this course, you also will review grammar and do a considerable amount of composition writing. These lessons are intended to help you improve the skills you have learned throughout your educational career.
Notes: The spring semester will accept enrollments after October 1 but begins January 12, 2009.
Students must have an email account. Additionally, you will be required to upload documents in Word 97–2003/XP (.doc) or rich text (.rtf) format.
12 lessons, 12 submitted, 2 exams
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Grade: 9
Rigor: General - NCAA Approved
Course Type: Online
Grading: Computer and Faculty Evaluated
Course Description: Literature sections in each lesson introduce and discuss several literary genres including poetry, the short story and its sub-genres, and Shakespearean drama in Romeo and Juliet. This course emphasizes writing; in most lessons students complete journal entries for the composition and literature sections of each lesson. Students will also examine the elements of English grammar.
8 lessons, 8 submitted, 2 exams
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Grade: 9
Rigor: General - NCAA Approved
Course Type: Online
Grading: Computer and Faculty Evaluated
Course Description: This course gives a thorough examination of the elements of English grammar; emphasis is on the development of writing skills. Literature sections in each lesson introduce and discuss several literary genres including poetry; the short story and its sub-genres; and Shakespearean drama in Romeo and Juliet.
Notes: The required textbooks are also used for 9th Grade English, Second Half Unit.
13 lessons,13 submitted, 2 exams
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Grade: 9
Rigor: General - NCAA Approved
Course Type: Online
Grading: Computer and Faculty Evaluated
Course Description: In this course, students will explore a variety of genres in literature. Through this exploration they will learn not only the terms associated with the individual genres but also will learn something about themselves.
Notes: The required textbooks are also used for 9th Grade English, First Half Unit.
11 lessons, 11 submitted, 2 exams
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Grade: 9
Rigor: General - NCAA Approved
Course Type: Online
Grading: Computer and Faculty Evaluated
Course Description: This course continues the examination of the elements of English grammar; emphasis is on composition. Literature sections in each lesson introduce and discuss the western and detective short story sub-genres, prose essays, and Charles Dickens' Great Expectations. The required textbooks are also used for 9th Grade English (Fall Semester).
Notes: The spring semester will accept enrollments after October 1 but begins January 12, 2009.
Students must have an email account. Additionally, you will be required to upload documents in Word 97–2003/XP (.doc) or rich text (.rtf) format.
8 lessons, 8 submitted, 2 exams
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Grades: 10, 11, 12
Rigor: General - NCAA Approved
Grading: Computer Evaluated
Course Description: An exploration of proven masters in major genres: epic poetry, short story, drama, novel. Major themes: love of self, of others, and of principle.
Notes: The novels required may be available at a local library or bookstore.
8 lessons, 1 exam
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Grades: 11, 12
Rigor: Advanced - AP - NCAA Approved
Grading: Computer and Faculty Evaluated
Course Description: The AP Language and Composition course will provide high school students with college level instruction in studying and writing various kinds of analytic or persuasive essays on literary and nonliterary topics in language, rhetoric and expository writing. This course will effectively prepare students for the AP Exam by enabling them to read, comprehend, and write about complex texts, while developing further communication skills on a college level.
Notes: Prerequisites: English I Honors and English II Honors with a B Average.Through the process of reading and writing, students will become skilled in composing for different audiences and purposes. Students will learn to understand appreciate the diverse ways authors make meaning in both oral and written texts. Students will identify literary structures and conventions and effectively use them in their own writing. They will identify, evaluate, and discuss the choices they have made in the composition process and increase their revision skills. Art, music and other humanities will be integrated to support the reading and writing in the course. The course is delivered in eight modules with a total of 125 assessments. Highly interactive.
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Grade: 12
Rigor: General - NCAA Approved
Grading: Computer and Faculty Evaluated
Course Description: For a year, participate in the AP Dinner Party in the AP Literature and Composition course. Menu items include reading, analyzing, writing, rewriting, and discussing creations by the master chefs, renowned authors. With intensive concentration on composition skills and on authors' narrative techniques, the dinner party equips students with recipes for success in college, in a career and the AP exam.
Notes: Prerequisites: English Honors I, II,III with a minimum of a B average. Course objectives are to (1) Read a variety of short stories and demonstrate ability to examine a short story, noting relationships among the elements of fiction such as plot, point of view, characterization, setting, imagery, theme, symbol, motif, and style; (2) Read selected plays, both comedy and tragedy, and demonstrate ability to recognize and to understand the functions of dramatic elements such as plot, structure, characterization, and movement; be able to recognize the changing concepts of tragedy and comedy in Greek, Elizabethan, and Twentieth Century drama; (3) Read selected novels, drawn from such types as the allegorical novel, the picaresque novel, and the psychological novel; demonstrate ability to perceive central issues and purposes and relationships among the elements of fiction; (4) Read poetry representing various literary periods and demonstrate ability in poetic analysis; know useful terms dealing with rhythm, stanza form, figures of speech, and other poetic devices such as irony, paradox, understatement, symbols, imagery; identify and trace sequences of figurative language and understand their function; (5) Read English and American essays and demonstrate ability to recognize how stylistic techniques-- kinds of developments, sentence structure, diction, tone, point of view--contribute to the central idea of the essay and reflect the author's underlying assumptions; and (6) Increase understanding of the English language. The course is delivered in eight modules with a total of 121 assessments. Highly interactive.
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Grades: 11, 12
Rigor: Advanced - NCAA Approved
Course Type: Online
Grading: Computer Evaluated
Course Description: This course is a survey of the black experience in the United States, beginning in the antebellum period and ending with contemporary drama. Readings are taken from various genres - autobiography, poetry, the novel, the short story, and drama; and various time periods - antebellum, Reconstruction, the Harlem Renaissance, the Depression, the 1950s, and contemporary. Note: This is a gifted course.
12 lessons, 12 submitted, 3 exams
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Grades: 11, 12
Rigor: Advanced - NCAA Approved
Course Type: Online
Grading: Computer Evaluated
Course Description: This course explores American literary themes about the relationships between individuals and their peers, their families, and society as a whole. Through critical reading of several novels and plays, students examine the conflicts that arise between oppressive social constructs and individuals who refuse to conform to them. Note:This is a gifted course.
10 lessons, 8 submitted, 2 exams
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Grades: 9, 10
Rigor: General - NCAA Approved
Course Type: Online
Grading: Computer and Faculty Evaluated
Course Description: This course will cover a variety of American literature from a diverse selection of American orators and writers. The selections reflect the many different perspectives of Americans from different backgrounds living during different time periods. Naturally, the literature in this course focuses on the American experience before the settlers arrived to the modern day.
Notes: The required textbook is Beers and Odell, Elements of Literature: Essentials of American Literature Fifth h Course, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2007
12 Lessons, 4 Tests
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Grades: 10, 11, 12
Rigor: General - NCAA Approved
Grading: Computer Evaluated
Course Description: This course fosters in students the desire to read and the ability to express their ideas about what they read. Students read the books listed below and two more books from an annotated book list. The themes appeal to the interests and concerns of teenagers. The level of the reading material ranges from beginning to intermediate.
5 assignments, 1 exam
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Grades: 11, 12
Course Type: Online
Grading: Computer and Faculty Evaluated
Course Description: The student is asked to read, understand, and analyze complex styles of writing from a variety of authors by exploring the richness of language including syntax, imitation, word choice, and tone. Beginning with exploration, planning, and writing, and continuing through editing, rewriting, polishing, and applying what has been learned to a breadth of academic, personal, and professional contexts, the student will learn about his or her own composition style and process.
Notes: The required textbook is Brereton, et al., The Norton Reader, Eleventh Edition, 2004
38 Lessons, 4 Tests
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Grades: 11, 12
Course Type: Online
Grading: Computer and Faculty Evaluated
Course Description: In this second semester, the student will continue analyzing complex styles of writing, exploring the richness of language, and implementing the writing process. After taking both semesters of AP English Language and Composition, the student will be well prepared for the AP examination.
Notes: The required textbook is same as AP English Language and Composition - First Semester
36 Lessons, 4 Tests
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Grades: 11, 12
Rigor: Advanced - AP - NCAA Approved
Grading: Computer and Instructor Evaluated
Course Description: In-depth exploration of English and American literature. Poetry, short stories, drama, novels, and literary essays are analyzed. In addition to discussing works form each of these literary genres, the course concentrates on helping students to form their own interpretations of literary works. Advanced Placement Literature and Composition 1 is the first course in a two-course sequence designed to prepare students for the College Board Advanced Placement English Literature and Composition Examination. Accordingly, the written projects in the course emphasize the analysis of literary excerpts, and the course devotes much time to the use and interpretation of literary devices. While this course helps prepare students for the College Board Examination, this examination is NOT required for completion of Advanced Placement Literature and Composition 1.
5 assignments, 4 projects, 3 examinations
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Grades: 11, 12
Rigor: Advanced - AP - NCAA Approved
Grading: Computer and Instructor Evaluated
Course Description: Advanced Placement English Literature and Composition 2 is the second course in a two-course sequence designed to prepare students for the College Board Advanced Placement English Literature and Composition Examination. The course emphasizes writing and literary analysis, teaching students to express their interpretations in written form. Poetry, short stories, novels, drama, and expository prose are covered. In addition to the graded assignments, the course includes many non-graded activities that will prepare students for the College Board examination, including a practice test that will let students practice testing in a timed environment. Althought Advanced Placement English Literature and Composition 2 prepares students for the College Board examination, students ARE NOT required to complete this examination to receive credit for the course.
5 assignments, 4 projects, 3 examinations
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Grades: 11, 12
Rigor: Advanced - AP - NCAA Approved
Course Type: Online
Grading: Computer and Faculty Evaluated
Course Description: Similar to a freshman-level college course, students will read challenging literary selections from classical to modern times and across genres—short fiction, novels, poetry, and drama. In addition, students will write extensively. Following a semester timeline, students will work directly with their teacher and other classmates by participating in regularly scheduled chat rooms. This course is the first of two half units designed to help students prepare for the College Board’s Advanced Placement Examination for English Literature and Composition.
12 lessons, 12 submitted, 2 exams
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Grades: 11, 12
Rigor: Advanced - AP - NCAA Approved
Course Type: Online
Grading: Faculty Evaluated
Course Description: Continuing the study of English literature and advanced composition, this course follows a semester timeline. The fall semester is not a prerequisite, but is recommended. Students will work directly with their teacher and other classmates by participating in regularly scheduled chat rooms. This course is designed to help students prepare for the College Board’s Advanced Placement Examination for English Literature and Composition. Students will write extensively.
12 lessons, 12 submitted, 2 exams
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Grades: 11, 12
Course Type: Online
Grading: Computer and Faculty Evaluated
Course Description: Both semesters of AP English Literature and Composition have been designed to challenge students to read and interpret a wide range of literary works. This course allows students to explore a variety of genres and literary periods and to write clearly about the literature that they encounter. By the end of the second semester, the student will be well prepared for the AP examination and will have acquired analytical skills that will be used throughout life.
The first semester of this course focuses on the elements of fiction. The student will spend a considerable amount of time reading and analyzing a variety of short stories and novels. The student will evaluate how the elements of plot analysis, characterization, theme, point of view, symbolism, allegory, irony, and humor work together to create a story or novel that is worthy of literary acclaim. In addition to reading, the student will complete a wide variety of writing pieces in order to develop better writing skills in the following areas: narrativ, exploratory, expository, and argumentative.
Notes: The required textboox is Arp and Johnson, PerrineŐs Literature: Structure, Sound, and Sense, Ninth Edition. Thompson Wadsworth, 2006
Novels: The HandmaidŐs Tale, Native Son, The Color Purple, One Hundred Years of Solitude, Crime and Punishment
14 Lessons, 3 Tests
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Grades: 11, 12
Course Type: Online
Grading: Computer and Faculty Evaluated
Course Description: In this second semester of the course, the student will explore the elements and mysteries of poetry. In doing so, the student will read widely and deeply, studying a variety of poems from the sixteenth to twenty-first centuries. The student will be asked to annotate-an essential strategy that one must practice in order to unravel the complexity, understand the meaning, and appreciate the beauty of poetry. The student will also study the elements of drama. As in the first semester, the student will complete a variety of writing pieces in order to develop better writing skills.
Notes: The required textbook is same as AP English Literature and Composition - First Semester
14 Lessons, 3 Tests
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Grades: 9, 10, 11, 12
Rigor: General
Grading: Computer Evaluated
Course Description: This course presents the basics of expository writing. Students learn step-by-step to write unified, coherent papers. While learning to write, students learn to think in an organized, systematic fashion. They also study effective uses of language, as well as methods of connecting ideas and expanding ideas by means of details and examples.
2 assignments, 3 projects, 2 exams
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Grades: 9, 10, 11, 12
Rigor: General
Grading: Computer Evaluated
Course Description: Students learn the terminology and structure of the English language in an easy-to-understand, step-by-step fashion. Parts of speech, sentence structure, choice and use of words, capitalization and punctuation are covered.
5 assignments, 2 examinations
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Grades: 11, 12
Rigor: General
Grading: Computer Evaluated
Course Description: Introduction to the King James Version of the Bible as a great classic of English literature.
Notes: Students must use the King James Version of the Bible.
8 lessons, 1 exam
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Course Description: Reading is a vital part of a child's development. It is an essential skill to learn, with the hopes of carrying an enjoyment of reading into adulthood.
Students who wish to take this class and earn one-half credit (0.5) can do so only with the recommendation of their teacher; as it was developed for student looking for an academic challenge.
To earn one-half credit (0.5) the student must read 1200-1500 pages from 3-6 different books.
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Grades: 9, 10, 11, 12
Rigor: General
Course Description: Reading is a vital part of a child's development. It is an essential skill to learn, with the hopes of carrying an enjoyment of reading into adulthood.
To earn one-half (0.5) credit in Book Reports for Reluctant Readers, the student must read 1200-1500 pages from 3-6 different books. The student may choose his/her own books, but they must be age and school appropriate. You must write a total of at least 1500 words.
To earn 1 credit in Book Reports for Reluctant Readers, the student must read 2400 to 3000 pages from 6 - 12 books. The student may choose his/her own books, but they must be age and school appropriate. You must write a total of at least 3000 words.
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Grades: 11, 12
Rigor: General - NCAA Approved
Course Type: Online
Grading: Computer and Faculty Evaluated
Course Description: Using a chronological approach from Anglo-Saxon to modern times, this challenging course explores not only a rich variety of British literature but also the historical and cultural changes that influenced the writers. The course includes a series of projects that explore the connections between the readings and the student's life. Students who enjoy advanced reading will find the course appealing.
Notes: There is no textbook for this course
14 Lessons, 1 Test
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Grading: Computer Evaluated
Course Description: A literary study of basic values. Examines the consequences of having or lacking courage, self-discipline, respect, honesty, work, trust, and compassion.
9 lessons, 1 exam
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Grading: Computer Evaluated
Course Description: A literary study of additional basic values. Examines the consequences of having or lacking confidence, generosity, humility, obedience, determination, reliability, tolerance, forgiveness, and excellence.
10 lessons, 1 exam
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Grading: Computer Evaluated
Course Description: A literary study of additional basic values. Examines the consequences of having or lacking mercy, patience, grace, gratitude, accountability, loyalty, patriotism, and self-sufficiency.
9 lessons, 1 exam
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Grades: 11, 12
Rigor: General - NCAA Approved
Course Type: Online
Grading: Computer and Faculty Evaluated
Course Description: This course introduces students to short story writing, emphasizing the common elements of a short story. Topics covered include narrative voice, character, conflict, revision, setting, tone, and theme. Three of the seven submitted lessons are original short stories that the students write, and the final is a supervised writing assignment.
Notes: SOFTWARE/HARDWARE — You will need Microsoft Word 97 or a more recent version to complete this course. The ability to create and save Word documents and use them as attachments is required to submit faculty-evaluated lessons.
12 lessons, 7 submitted, 1 exams
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Grades: 11, 12
Rigor: General - NCAA Approved
Course Type: Online
Grading: Computer and Faculty Evaluated
Course Description: The writing assignments train the student to use techniques to make prose writing more vivid, descriptive, and organized. Art works and short literature selections provide models for writing. Armed with writing tools acquired throughout the course, the student will produce a short story as the final creative project.
Notes: There is no textbook for this course
14 Lessons
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Grades: 11, 12
Rigor: Advanced - NCAA Approved
Grading: Computer and Instructor Evaluated
Course Description: Writing fiction by learning and using the elements of creative writing: plotting, character development, dialogue, description, scenes, transitions, and point of view. Two short stories required.
9 lessons, 1 exam
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Grades: 11, 12
Rigor: Advanced - NCAA Approved
Grading: Computer and Faculty Evaluated
Course Description: This course deals with the skills necessary to think and write critically. The required text examines a variety of controversial topics including abortion, the Internet, cloning, the death penalty, euthanasia, and multiculturalism. Writing assignments center around these issues. The course author takes no stance on the issues Note:This is a gifted course.
10 lessons, 8 submitted, 2 exams
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Grades: 9, 10
Course Type: Online
Grading: Computer and Faculty Evaluated
Course Description: For students who have had difficulty mastering the fundamentals of English grammar and usage, the course concentrates on basic skills involving recognition and use of verbs, nouns, adjectives, and adverbs; spelling; punctuation; vocabulary; and construction of simple, compound, and complex sentences.
Notes: There is no textbook for this course
16 Lessons, 6 Tests
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Grades: 10, 11, 12
Rigor: General
Grading: Computer Evaluated
Course Description: This course helps students become more effective readers by emphasizing strategies that will help improve basic language and literacy skills. They study central themes, main ideas, major and minor details, inferences, fact, opinion, context clues and vocabulary.
5 assignments, 3 projects, 3 examinations
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Grade: 12
Rigor: General - NCAA Approved
Grading: Computer Evaluated
Course Description: This one-semester introduction to public speaking will help students become aware of such kinds of public speaking as informative and persuasive speaking, and realize that public speaking involves both formal speeches to an audience and informal discussions with smaller groups of people. Students are also taken through step-by-step processes for developing several kinds of formal speeches.
5 assignments, 3 projects, 2 examination
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Grades: 11, 12
Rigor: General - NCAA Approved
Grading: Computer Evaluated
Course Description: The historical development of American literature from the Colonial Period to 1900 is the central theme of this course. Students gain an understanding of the ideas that fostered the growth of the United States and of the ways in which its literature became distinctively American. Students develop composition skills by analyzing the literary selections and applying the basic organizational pattern of a good essay.
6 assignments, 3 projects, 3 examinations
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Grades: 11, 12
Rigor: General - NCAA Approved
Grading: Computer Evaluated
Course Description: The course covers modernist prose and poetry and American nonfiction and drama. Writing is central to the course. Three written projects allow students to explain personal literary interpretations, develop fictional characters, and write creatively.
6 assignments, 3 projects, 3 examinations
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Grades: 11, 12
Rigor: General - NCAA Approved
Grading: Computer and Instructor Evaluated
Course Description: Reading and analyzing various American literature selections (1600-1900); understanding their historical and cultural context; applying literary terms; developing vocabulary; improving writing skills.
Notes: *The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn* may be available at a local library or bookstore.
7 lessons, 1 exam
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Grades: 11, 12
Rigor: General - NCAA Approved
Grading: Computer and Instructor Evaluated
Course Description: Continuation of skills developed in ENGL 51 (Eleventh-Grade English 1), with reading emphasis on literary functional and informational selections. Research report with outline, works cited, and in text documentation will be required. There are analyses, original stories, and poems. Developing writing style to improve effectiveness, clarity, and variety.
Notes: *Our Town* may be available at a local library or bookstore.
7 lessons, 1 exam
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Grading: Computer Evaluated
Course Description: Use of literary selections to discover who you are, what skills you need, and how to be successful in life and in the workplace.
6 lessons, 1 final
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Grades: 10, 11, 12
Rigor: General - NCAA Approved
Grading: Computer Evaluated
Course Description: This course is designed for students who want to learn the finer points of grammar: parts of speech, clauses and phrases, usage, punctuation, capitalization, spelling, and vocabulary.
14 lessons, 14 submitted, 2 exams
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Grade: 9
Rigor: Advanced - Honors - NCAA Approved
Grading: Computer and Faculty Evaluated
Course Description: This course seeks to expand a student's personal, social, literary and historical vision. Freshman Survey will provide students with activities which highlight many types of vision, including: foresight, tunnel vision, double vision, blurred vision, x-ray vision, and insight. The idea of vision will control each activity and also extend into the community, as students participate in GLOBAL VIEW, a cultural community arts project. The course will look at how internal ("I") and external ("other") visions connect to create the "real world" all people share.
Notes: This course enables students to: construct meaning from a variety of literary texts; use writing strategies to address a range of audiences and types of information being communicated; understand characteristics of major literary genres (poetry, drama, short story, novel); respond critically to literature selections via formal analysis; incorporate electronic media, such as the internet, into learning environment as means of retrieving information; select appropriate language skills to interpret meaning in both formal and informal situations; select appropriate language skills to ensure effective written communication; assess historical (Greek, Latin) language for modern speaking/writing application; appreciate a variety multicultural events in the surrounding community; and effectively apply study skills; effectively apply research skills. The course is delivered in nine modules with a total of 88 assessments. Highly interactive.
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Grade: 10
Rigor: Advanced - Honors - NCAA Approved
Grading: Computer and Faculty Evaluated
Course Description: English II is typically considered a sophomore English course that includes reading selections from around the world. The motif of the course revolves around the idea of dreams -- the obtainable and unobtainable. Accordingly, the readings relate to themes of dreams and goal setting. For instance, the Shakespeare selection students study is A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Notes: Prerequisite: English I.Some topics included in this course are drama and Shakespeare, I-search research, mythology, and analysis of fiction and non-fiction as related to the themes of dreams and goal setting. Students will study various methods of communication: oral, visual, electronic, and textual. The course is delivered in eight modules with a total of 65 assessments. Highly interactive.
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Grade: 11
Rigor: Advanced - NCAA Approved
Grading: Computer and Faculty Evaluated
Course Description: Tired of those heavy literature textbooks? Want an online, interactive, project-based approach, which shows you the connection between American History and American Literature? Want to earn one credit in American Literature? Become a participant in resolving controversy in American Literature by signing up for English III. See how history and literature connect. Read the perspectives of ordinary people who lived during the time, visit interesting websites, and become a creative participant in the history and literature of America.
Notes: Prerequisites: English I and English II. Primary course objectives are: (1) Students will gain an appreciation of the American Nation, including but not limited to the various cultures and literary traditions associated with those cultures; (2) Students will use historical and literary knowledge to demonstrate creative thinking and problem solving skills of current issues; and (3) Students will demonstrate how political and economic events of the past have shaped and defined America today. The course is delivered in eleven modules with a total of 96 assessments. Highly interactive.
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Grade: 12
Rigor: Advanced - NCAA Approved
Grading: Computer and Faculty Evaluated
Course Description: Doors and Choices is the motif for English IV allowing students to explore the various "doors of knowledge and opportunity" awaiting them as they transition from high school to college and work. Students will study a variety of literature representing a broad spectrum of genres including poetry, short stories, drama, fiction and nonfiction and complete assignments which allow students to choose from different types of assessments to demonstrate their knowledge.
Notes: Prerequisites: English I, II, and III. The purpose of this course is to provide integrated educational experiences in the language arts strands of reading, writing, listening, viewing, speaking, language and literature. Students will be able to: Use the reading process to construct meaning using technical, informative and imaginative texts; Use the writing process for various purposes with attention to style and format; Use the research process and individual inquiry to locate, analyze, and evaluate information; Use effective listening, speaking, and viewing strategies in formal and informal situations; Demonstrate understanding of the power of language to impact readers, writers, listeners, viewer, and speakers; Analyze and demonstrate understanding of literary texts; and Respond critically and aesthetically to literature. The course is delivered in eight modules with a total of 127assessments. Highly interactive.
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Grades: 11, 12
Rigor: General - NCAA Approved
Grading: Computer Evaluated
Course Description: This is a challenging junior- or senior-level course that follows the development of English literature from its earliest known epic, Beowulf, through The Canterbury Tales to Shakespeares tragedy, Macbeth. A brief exploration of how English literature developed, including some important historical information, is included for study.
9 lessons, 7 submitted, 2 exams
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Grade: 9
Rigor: General - NCAA Approved
Course Type: Online
Grading: Computer and Faculty Evaluated
Course Description: This course covers traditional grammar and its use; a step-by-step introduction to the writing process with assignments that relate to everyday life; and related skills such as spelling, vocabulary, letter writing, and library use.
Notes: The required textbook is Odell, et al., Elements of Language, Third Course, Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 2004
13 Lessons, 3 Tests
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Grades: 11, 12
Rigor: Advanced - NCAA Approved
Course Type: Online
Grading: Computer and Faculty Evaluated
Course Description: This course is a survey of women's experiences in the United States from colonial to modern times. Students will examine women's relationships, conflicts, and contributions from a variety of cultural perspectives. Readings are taken from various genres--personal correspondence, essay, poetry, narrative, speech, satire, and drama. Note: This is a gifted course.
Notes: Some of the books in this course contain adult material that some parents may find objectionable. Parents are encouraged to review the books before enrolling a student in this course. SOFTWARE/HARDWARE — You will need Microsoft Word 97 or a more recent version to complete this course. The ability to create and save Word documents and use them as attachments is required to submit faculty-evaluated lessons.
12 lessons, 12 submitted, 2 exams
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Grades: 10, 11, 12
Rigor: General
Course Type: Online
Grading: Computer Evaluated
Course Description: This course is designed to help students effectively identify and improve their reading and study habits. The course offers many suggestions for improving reading and study skills, from memorization techniques, graphic organizers to help with studying for tests, and tips for writing papers and taking essay and objective tests.
9 lessons, 9 submitted, 2 exams
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Grades: 9, 10, 11, 12
Rigor: General
Grading: Computer Evaluated
Course Description: This course challenges students with an in-depth study of grammar. Students review parts of speech and usage, sentence patterns, basic punctuation and capitalization. They study clauses, phrases and sentence problems; and complex pronoun, verb and adverb forms.
5 assignments, 2 examinations
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Grades: 11, 12
Rigor: General - NCAA Approved
Grading: Computer Evaluated
Course Description: This course covers the fundamentals of scholastic journalism: writing styles, copy editing, proofreading, photojournalism, advertising, public relations, journalism ethics, yearbook and broadcast journalism.
12 lessons, 12 submitted, 2 exams
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Grades: 10, 11, 12
Rigor: General - NCAA Approved
Grading: Computer Evaluated
Course Description: This course surveys the history and possible future of mass media, including newspapers, magazines, television, radio, film, advertising, the recording industry, and the Internet. Particular attention is focused on the increasingly interactive nature of mass media and the changes brought by the digital revolution. Other topics include the influence of mass media on popular culture and the ownership and regulation of media companies.
8 lessons, 8 submitted, 2 exams
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Grades: 9, 10, 11, 12
Rigor: General - NCAA Approved
Course Type: Online
Grading: Computer and Faculty Evaluated
Course Description: Introduction to Poetry is designed to introduce the student to the structure and techniques associated with poetry.
Notes: You will need Microsoft Word 97 or a more recent version to complete this course. The ability to create and save Word documents and use them as attachments is required to submit faculty-evaluated lessons.
10 lessons, 7 submitted, 2 exams
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| Journal Writing for a Grade (English) |
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Course Description: People are increasingly interested in recording their thoughts and feelings. It is estimated that there are 12 million journals and diaries sold a year that reflects this writing trend. Journals have played an important role in our understanding of history. From cave dwellers' scratchings in stone to the invention of parchment paper to the beginnings of formal education, the instinct to write, to document, to tell has been strong.
Students who wish to take this class and earn one-half credit (0.5) can do so only with the recommendation of their teacher; as it was developed for students looking for an academic challenge.
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| Journal Writing for Credit (English) |
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Course Description: The central objective of this course is to give students a chance to write. Many students are frustrated with writing or afraid to write. Everybody, we believe is a natural writer if given the chance. It is an essential skill to learn, with the hope of carrying the enjoyment of writing into adulthood. The best way to get into the habit of writing is to keep a journal.
To earn one-half (0.5) credit in Journal Writing for English Credit, the student must complete 40 of the possible 75 journal topics listed. For each topic you select you must write at least 200 words.
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Grades: 11, 12
Rigor: General
Course Type: Online
Grading: Computer Evaluated
Course Description: Fundamentals of modern journalism: reporting, interviewing, writing techniques, censorship issues, page design, and broadcast journalism.
8 lessons, 1 final exam
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Grade: 11
Rigor: General - NCAA Approved
Course Type: Online
Grading: Computer and Faculty Evaluated
Course Description: The focus of this course is clear, effective written and spoken English. Spelling, mechanics, and grammar are reinforced as each student advances through the prewriting, writing, revising, and publishing stages of essay development; persuasive, descriptive, evaluative, and informative essays; articles; and reviews. Critical and evaluative thinking is emphasized. A thesis paper that focuses on a topic of interest to the student is required using MLA (Modern Language Association) documentation. Emphasis is given to public speaking as each student plans and presents recorded speeches to develop confidence in spoken expression.
Notes: The required textbook is Hacker, A WriterŐs Reference, Sixth Edition, Bedford/St. MartinŐs, 2007
14 Lessons, 4 Tests
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Grades: 11, 12
Rigor: Advanced - NCAA Approved
Grading: Computer and Faculty Evaluated
Course Description: This course traces the early Celtic tales through the French variations and fourteenth and fifteenth century English interpretations. It examines Arthur as both a historical and legendary figure. Note: This is a gifted course.
11 lessons, 11 submitted, 2 exams
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Grades: 9, 10
Course Type: Online
Grading: Computer and Faculty Evaluated
Course Description: This course is designed for those students who find reading boring, frustrating, or overwhelming. The intent of this course is to help students overcome negative reading experiences. As an introduction to literature, this course teaches students how to recall and understand what they have read. It helps them understand imagery, figurative language, and symbolism and will help students strengthen their vocabularies. A considerable amount of time is spent discussing and analyzing the themes of the selections. In addition, students are expected to make inferences and to think and respond critically to the short stories, plays, poems, personal essays, and folk tales that are covered.
Notes: The required textbook is Chin, et al., Glencoe LiteratureŃThe Reader's Choice, Course 3, Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, 2002
12 Lessons, 4 Tests
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Grades: 11, 12
Rigor: General - NCAA Approved
Grading: Computer Evaluated
Course Description: This course will examine literary contributions from many cultural groups. Students will read a variety of short fiction and essays. The course addresses common human themes, such as heritage, identity, gender, race, traditions, and community. Students will study the importance of these themes to different groups in society.
5 assignments, 2 projects, 2 exams
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Grades: 9, 10, 11, 12
Rigor: General - NCAA Approved
Grading: Computer Evaluated
Course Description: This course discusses the genre of mystery fiction, with emphasis on the detective story. The plots and characters of several stories and one short novel are examined.
10 lessons, 6 submitted, 2 exams
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Grades: 11, 12
Rigor: General - NCAA Approved
Course Type: Online
Grading: Computer Evaluated
Course Description: This course provides a survey of the traditional Greek and Roman myths as well as the myths of other cultures, primarily Native American and African. These myths are compared in several areas, including creation, death and the afterlife, and gods and goddesses. The course concludes with a look at the epic through a discussion of the "Odyssey."
11 lessons, 11 submitted, 2 exams
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Grades: 11, 12
Course Type: Online
Grading: Computer and Faculty Evaluated
Course Description: This course covers classical Greek and Roman mythological characters and stories as well as myths and legends from different areas and different times. It incorporates elements of modern applications of mythological terms and ideas with a look at modern myths and the genre of science fiction. The final lesson is a project, a "homemade" myth, using elements learned in the course. Although self-contained, there are supplemental readings from Edith Hamilton's Mythology.
Notes: The required textbook is Hamilton, Mythology
13 Lessons, 4 Tests
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Grades: 11, 12
Rigor: General - NCAA Approved
Course Type: Online
Grading: Computer and Faculty Evaluated
Course Description: This course introduces students to various forms of news reporting and writing skills from the traditional, inverted-pyramid style to writing for online publications. The course also emphasizes the contemporary journalistic craft of news gathering and editing in print, broadcast, and Web-based media. It is ideally suited for students who are considering a journalism career, or who have a strong interest in writing.
9 lessons, 9 submitted, 2 exams
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Grade: 9
Rigor: General - NCAA Approved
Grading: Computer Evaluated
Course Description: This course introduces three aspects of language arts: literature, grammar and composition. In the literature segments, students read short stories, poetry, drama and selections from The Odyssey. The emphasis is on enjoying and understanding various types of literature. In the grammar and composition lessons, students deal with parts of speech, characteristics of sentences and paragraph development.
6 assignments, 3 projects, 3 examinations
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Grade: 9
Rigor: General - NCAA Approved
Grading: Computer Evaluated
Course Description: Students review basic approaches to literature and fundamentals of grammar and composition before learning new information about these elements. In the literature lessons, students read short stories, essays and biographies, Romeo and Juliet and selections from Great Expectations. In the grammar and composition lessons, students concentrate on punctuation, on the structures and purposes of sentences and on developing specificity and coherence in paragraphs.
6 assignments, 3 projects, 3 examinations
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Grading: Computer and Instructor Evaluated
Course Description: Learn effective strategies for reading fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Explore and implement elements of effective writing. Writing assignments include a learning journal, photo essays, personal narrative, and process paper. Students will also learn vocabulary and review grammar.
Notes: A novel must be read for this course. There is a list of over 100 novels from which to choose in the appendix of the course materials. A novel can be found at your local library.
7 lessons, 1 final
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Grading: Computer and Instructor Evaluated
Course Description: Exploring social issues and making a positive difference through world literature with focus on peers, popularity, technology, and dealing with unexpected challenges. Uses journal entries, newspaper editorials, and personal essays.
Notes: *Enchantress from the Stars* may be available at a local library or bookstore.
7 lessons, 1 exam
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Grades: 10, 11, 12
Rigor: General
Grading: Computer Evaluated
Course Description: Overview of basic English skills emphasizing effective usage of the English language, the eight parts of speech, and commonly misused words.
6 lessons, 1 exam
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Grades: 9, 10, 11, 12
Rigor: General
Course Type: Online
Course Description: An introduction to the speech communication process; planning and preparing a speech; using the body and voice to communicate; wording, arranging, and outlining. Beginning and ending a speech effectively.
Notes: You must have access to a sound recorder - you will turn in speeches for critiquing.
8 lessons, 1 exam
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Grades: 10, 11, 12
Rigor: General
Grading: Computer Evaluated
Course Description: A literary journey around the world. Read about the adventures of Harry Potter, Gandhi's words of wisdom, Chilean folk tales, and much more while learning about important pre-, during, and after-reading techniques.
8 lessons, 1 exam
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Grades: 9, 10, 11, 12
Rigor: General - NCAA Approved
Grading: Computer Evaluated
Course Description: This course will identify important strategies to assist you in understanding and remembering what you have read. It will help you improve your reading speed and comprehension through carefully designed exercises. Fluency and vocabulary will be included with comprehensive skills.
8 lessons, 1 exam
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Grades: 11, 12
Rigor: General - NCAA Approved
Grading: Computer Evaluated
Course Description: This course defines science fiction as a literary genre, identifying and exploring common themes and motifs in four classic science fiction novels and examining how those themes relate to people and politics in the real world.
Notes: Some of the books in this course contain adult material that some parents may find objectionable. Parents are encouraged to review the books before enrolling a student in this course.
10 lessons, 10 submitted, 2 exams
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Grades: 10, 11, 12
Rigor: General - NCAA Approved
Grading: Computer Evaluated
Course Description: This course traces the development of the American novel by examining five well-known works. Major American themes that occur in these novels are discussed.
17 lessons, 7 submitted, 2 exams
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Grades: 9, 10, 11, 12
Rigor: General - NCAA Approved
Course Type: Online
Grading: Computer Evaluated
Course Description: In this course students read a variety of short stories and learn about the elements of plot, characters, and setting, as well as other literary elements such as suspense and irony.
9 lessons, 9 submitted, 2 exams
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Grades: 9, 10, 11, 12
Rigor: General
Grading: Computer and Instructor Evaluated
Course Description: Emerson once said, "Tis the good reader that makes the good book." This is what this course is all about: giving you the tools to become a better reader so that you can enjoy and appreciate wonderful books. You will learn reading strategies that will not only help you become a better reader, but these strategies will also help you enjoy reading even more.
Notes: You are required to read six novels for this course. These novels should add up to a combined minimum of 1500 pages of text.
7 lessons, 1 exam
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Grade: 12
Rigor: Advanced - NCAA Approved
Grading: Computer Evaluated
Course Description: Because the search for information is a lifelong activity that cuts across many disciplines, the primary emphasis in this course is on the variety of techniques that can be used to find information. Students also explore the wide range of sources of information, alternate ways of presenting the results of their search for information and at least two of the many possible formats for documenting resources.
3 assignments, 3 projects, 1 exams
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Grades: 9, 10, 11, 12
Rigor: General
Course Type: Online
Grading: Computer Evaluated
Course Description: This course defines science fiction as a literary genre and examines common themes and motifs in science fiction stories and novels.
7 lessons, 6 submitted, 2 exams
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Grades: 11, 12
Rigor: General - NCAA Approved
Course Type: Online
Grading: Computer Evaluated
Course Description: The future through speculative literature; looking at the best and worst future possibilities if present trends in society and present human traits continue.
Notes: The required novels may be available at a local library or bookstore.
9 lessons, 2 exam
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Grades: 11, 12
Rigor: General - NCAA Approved
Course Type: Online
Grading: Computer Evaluated
Course Description: This course examines two aspects of the individual's search for identity. It explores relationships people have with their peers, and it probes struggles they have with their conscience and with the obstacles that prevent them from realizing their full potential.
7 lessons, 7 submitted, 2 exams
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Grade: 12
Rigor: General - NCAA Approved
Course Type: Online
Grading: Computer and Faculty Evaluated
Course Description: This course involves writing informative, evaluative, persuasive, and critical essays. Lessons concentrate on mastering grammar and mechanics and improving writing style. A required thesis paper using MLA (Modern Language Association) documentation concludes the course.
Notes: The required textbook is Hacker, A WriterŐs Reference, Sixth Edition, Bedford/St. MartinŐs, 2007
11 Lessons, 3 Tests
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Grades: 10, 11, 12
Rigor: General
Course Type: Online
Grading: Computer Evaluated
Course Description: This course is a survey of short fiction containing a sampling of short stories from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The course discusses the elements that make up prose fiction in addition to exploring human nature, encouraging philosophical thought, and interpreting social commentary.
5 assignments, 2 projects, 3 exams
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Grades: 9, 10, 11, 12
Rigor: General
Course Type: Online
Grading: Computer Evaluated
Course Description: This introductory course is designed for students who may not usually enjoy reading. By reading and analyzing short, high-interest stories, students learn to recognize the major elements of fiction, such as plots, characterization and theme.
11 lessons, 8 submitted, 2 exams
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Grade: 10
Rigor: General - NCAA Approved
Course Type: Online
Grading: Computer and Faculty Evaluated
Course Description: Students learn to recognize and use correctly the various parts of speech and the numerous parts of a sentence. The course also covers spelling, vocabulary, capitalization, and punctuation. In addition, the student has several opportunities to fully implement the entire writing process (prewriting, writing, and revising) in descriptive, persuasive, and expressive essays, as well as in a formal critical analysis.
Notes: The required textbook is Odell, et al., Elements of Language, Fourth Course, Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 2004
12 Lessons, 3 Tests
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Grade: 10
Rigor: General - NCAA Approved
Course Type: Online
Grading: Computer and Faculty Evaluated
Course Description: The readings and related assignments are specially designed to encourage practical thinking skills, daily life skills, and work-related skills. Each of the assigned readings connects, in some way, with the student's own experiences, interests, and future life goals. There is practice of the reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills expected by employers, clients, colleagues, and associates. Critical thinking skills are refined.
Notes: The required textbook is Johnson and LaRocco, Literature for Life and Work, Book 2, South-Western, 1998
10 Lessons, 5 Tests
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Grades: 11, 12
Rigor: General
Grading: Computer Evaluated
Course Description: This course teaches clear thinking and communication skills by highlighting the importance of recognizing faulty arguments, propaganda, stereotypes, and doublespeak. The course also presents strategies for reflective thinking, solving problems, and testing arguments.
10 lessons, 10 submitted, 2 exams
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Course Type: Online
Grading: Computer Evaluated
Course Description: Skills for effectively increasing speed, at the same time increasing comprehension.
Notes: Student provides a novel of choice from guidelines provided.
5 lessons, 1 exam
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Grades: 9, 10, 11, 12
Rigor: General
Grading: Computer Evaluated
Course Description: A basic spelling course. Patterns for spelling most words; how to master words that don't follow patterns; using meaning to choose between commonly confused, similar words.
8 lessons, 1 exam
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Grades: 10, 11, 12
Rigor: General - NCAA Approved
Course Type: Online
Grading: Computer and Faculty Evaluated
Course Description: Students will read and analyze fiction, nonfiction, and poetry that focuses on sports. They will investigate themes such as sports as metaphor for the human character and what sports reveal about our culture's values and prejudices. Reading selections include writings from both amateur and professional athletes, journalists, poets, and novelists. Students should understand the elements of fiction and nonfiction such as plot, figurative language, tone, characterization, theme, and conflict. They will examine poetry about sports and study poetic devices such as figurative language, symbolism, rhyme scheme, and imagery. Finally, students will apply the techniques studied to their own writing (a personal essay and a poem).
Notes: No Prerequisites
10 lessons, 9 submitted, 2 exams
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Grades: 10, 11, 12
Rigor: General - NCAA Approved
Grading: Computer and Instructor Evaluated
Course Description: Write to convey information clearly, concisely, and accurately; experience comprehensive editing and copyediting; write instructions and memos. Improve your writing style.
7 lessons, 1 exam
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Grades: 10, 11, 12
Rigor: General - NCAA Approved
Grading: Computer Evaluated
Course Description: Students continue to develop their skills in the three aspects of language arts. In the literature segments of the course, students read short stories, poetry, drama and tales of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table. In the grammar and composition lessons, students study the parts of speech, basic parts and characteristics of sentences, capitalization and punctuation and the step-by-step development of a paper.
6 assignments, 3 projects, 3 examinations
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Grades: 10, 11, 12
Rigor: General - NCAA Approved
Grading: Computer Evaluated
Course Description: Students review before learning new information about the fundamentals of grammar and composition and the study of literature. In the literature lessons, students read short stories, essays and biographies, Julius Caesar and John Steinbeck's The Pearl. In the grammar and composition lessons, students concentrate on the patterns, structures, kinds and purposes of sentences; on additional ways to punctuate sentences and on developing polished papers.
6 assignments, 3 projects, 3 examinations
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Grades: 10, 11, 12
Rigor: General - NCAA Approved
Grading: Computer and Instructor Evaluated
Course Description: Develop new perspectives through interpreting literature, expanding vocabulary, and writing creatively. Enhance writing skills by examining point of view, character development, figurative language, and audience.
Notes: *To Kill a Mockingbird* by Harper Lee, *To Kill a Mockingbird* (the 1962 black and white film), and a dictionary can all be borrowed at a local library or purchased online.
8 lessons, 1 exam
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Grades: 10, 11, 12
Rigor: General - NCAA Approved
Grading: Computer and Instructor Evaluated
Course Description: Course offers a myriad of reading and writing activities that are challenging and engaging; designed to strengthen students' background knowledge in the genres of poetry, short story, myth, nonfiction, and novel.
Notes: *The Merchant of Venice* and *A Night to Remember* may be available at a local library or bookstore.
8 lessons, 1 exam
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Grades: 11, 12
Rigor: General - NCAA Approved
Course Type: Online
Grading: Computer and Faculty Evaluated
Course Description: A classic novel not only entertains but also provokes thought and social change by introducing new and sometimes revolutionary ideas. The novels selected for this course represent a variety of genres, but they all reflect a common theme-"breaking through boundaries" (including sociological, scientific, moral, and ethical boundaries). In addition to the novels listed, the student will read another online classic novel that the instructor approves. MLA (Modern Language Association) documentation is required on all papers submitted.
Notes: There is no textbook for this course
14 Lessons, 3 Tests
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Grades: 9, 10, 11, 12
Rigor: General
Grading: Computer Evaluated
Course Description: This course is an overview of how things work in a real world setting. It covers such topics as personal perspective, relationships, and communication. These principles are demonstrated by engaging stories, examples, and case studies of people who have discovered things as they really are.
8 lessons, 1 exam
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Grade: 12
Rigor: General - NCAA Approved
Grading: Computer Evaluated
Course Description: Students read many of the great works from the Anglo-Saxon period through the 18th century. They gain an understanding of the development of English literature as they study Shakespeare's Macbeth and selections from Beowulf, The Canterbury Tales and Paradise Lost. Students work on improving their writing skills by preparing papers that analyze the literary works.
6 assignments, 3 projects, 3 examinations
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Grade: 12
Rigor: General - NCAA Approved
Grading: Computer Evaluated
Course Description: In this course, students further their understanding of the historical development of English literature as they read selections by major authors of the Romantic age, the Victorian era and the 20th century. They apply and improve their writing skills as they analyze the many facets of the literary selections they read.
6 assignments, 3 projects, 3 examinations
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Grade: 12
Rigor: General - NCAA Approved
Grading: Computer and Instructor Evaluated
Course Description: Literature and writing assignments centered around the metaphor of life as a journey. This course was designed for students in their senior year of high school.
Notes: *Man's Search for Meaning* and *The Great Divorce* may be available at a local library or bookstore.
8 lessons, 1 exam
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Grade: 12
Rigor: General - NCAA Approved
Grading: Computer and Instructor Evaluated
Course Description: Second semester of 12-grade English, continuing the study of literature, language, reading, usage, and composition.
Notes: *Blood Brothers* may be available at a local library or bookstore.
8 lessons, 1 exam
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Grades: 10, 11, 12
Rigor: General - NCAA Approved
Grading: Computer Evaluated
Course Description: Reading, analyzing, and interpreting short stories, poetry, novels, and plays for content, thematic meaning, and personal relevance.
Notes: The required novels may be available at a local library or bookstore.
4 lessons, 1 exam
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Course Type: Online
Grading: Computer Evaluated
Course Description: This course is a comprehensive guide to writing, concentrating on the "6 + 1 Traits" of writing. The course contains six units, each devoted to a trait-Ideas, Organization, Sentence Fluency, Word Choice, Voice, and Convention. The optional trait of Presentation is also discussed. Students take objective assessments to measure their knowledge of the Six Traits and apply these skills in written projects. The course includes non-graded writing assignments that help students build the graded projects.
6 assignments, 3 projects, 2 examinations
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Grades: 9, 10, 11, 12
Rigor: General
Course Type: Online
Grading: Computer and Instructor Evaluated
Course Description: This course focuses on business writing (e-mail, business letters, job applications, and résumés) and persuasive writing (advertising, movie reviews, and opinion essays). Students will hone their writing skills as they interact with friends and prospective employers in the community.
Notes: Special Instructions: Software: You will need Microsoft Word 97 or a more recent version to complete this course. The ability to create and save Word documents and use them as attachments is required to submit faculty-evaluated lessons.
12 lessons, 9 submitted, 2 tests
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Grades: 10, 11, 12
Rigor: General
Grading: Computer and Instructor Evaluated
Course Description: Learn how poets use language devices of sound, sensory images, figurative expressions, and musical rhythms to share their insights through word-art. Improve and enhance your own poetic skills by learning to use these devices. Experiment with traditional formats and with many free verse styles.
7 lessons, 1 exam
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