Description:

This class offers highly motivated students material that closely mirrors Language Arts 9, with emphasis on higher level thinking skills of analysis, synthesis, and evaluation. Focus is on communication through composition of well-structured paragraphs, short stories and essays. Novels and short stories are building blocks of the course. Foundational grammar and standard usage are taught through writing, as well as through the continuation of grammar practice. Vocabulary is built through exploration of literature and weekly vocabulary lessons. The curriculum in this honors class often mirrors the ENGL 100 course but with assignments being more analytical and critical thinking.

Special Instructions:

This course is a part of the honors track, and intentional focus will be on the required knowledge, critical thinking, and analytical skills needed to prepare a student to be successful in future upper-level and Advanced Placement® (AP®) courses.

*As part of the EVP program, this course will have a live class requirement once a week at a set time; please see the website for time choices. This live class will include teaching, discussion with classmates from around the world, demonstrations, questions and answers, and other aspects of a live classroom. Students will have weekly due dates and stay on a traditional coursework schedule.

Semester 1: August 26 - January 26

Weekly live meetings begin September 3

Fall Break: November 25 - 29

Christmas Break: December 23 - January 3

Semester 2: January 27 - June 7

Spring Break: April 6 - 10

Times: Wednesday 9:00 am US Central Time

If there are books and materials for this course, they can be purchased from our Online Bookstore.