ONE-CREDIT MIDDLE SCHOOL COURSE
In this course, students read and analyze literary and informational texts. These texts will come from a number of genres and sources, including short stories, novels, myths, poems, magazine articles, and autobiographies. As students read the selections in the course, they practice ways to use supporting evidence, identify central ideas, make inferences, analyze word choice, and identify figurative and connotative language in both literary and informational texts. In addition, students learn about basics in grammar, usage, and punctuation. Course content also includes context clues to determine word meaning as well as Greek and Latin prefixes, suffixes, and roots. Students complete a narrative writing project, learning the elements of a fictional narrative and use that information to plan, write, revise, and edit their own fictional narrative. Students will explore both literary and informational texts to discover how each communicates its unique message to the audience. Students will deepen their understanding of writing by learning about authors’ tools like figurative language and implied meaning. They will also gain experience with the bigger picture by learning about the works’ central ideas and themes.
ONE-CREDIT HIGH SCHOOL COURSE
CREDIT RECOVERY AVAILABLE
HONORS OPTION
NCAA APPROVED
In the first level, you will learn the language basics, greetings and introductions, work and school, shopping, travel, and about past/future as you build grammar and vocabulary of the language. You will also learn about the culture of the language speaking countries.
ONE-CREDIT HIGH SCHOOL COURSE
CREDIT RECOVERY AVAILABLE
HONORS OPTION
NCAA APPROVED
In the second level, you will continue to build your grammar, vocabulary, and speaking skills as you explore friends and social life, dining and vacation, home and health, life and world, everyday things, and places and events. Continue to explore the culture of the language speaking countries.
ONE-CREDIT HIGH SCHOOL COURSE
CREDIT RECOVERY AVAILABLE
HONORS OPTION
NCAA APPROVED
English 9 is a course that utilizes texts of high complexity to provide an integrated language arts study in reading, writing, speaking, listening, and language in order to ready students for college and career. Students must think critically while actively reading for explicit and implicit meaning as they examine both literary and informational texts. Students will write for a variety of purposes including developing and supporting argumentative claims, creating informative and expository responses, and crafting narratives that develop real or imagined events. The course places an emphasis on identifying and using textual evidence to support critical analysis whether it be for a written or spoken response. Finally, students will acquire effective listening, viewing, and speaking skills and be able to transfer those specific skills into a collaborative setting.
