English and Literature
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Tutors: Ferguson, Smith and Jerdal
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High School
High School English Grammar and Composition (9th-10th): In this course, students will use various techniques to improve writing skills, such as, introducing and exploring word origins and various parts of speech, guiding students through the steps for writing various genres, from brainstorming to the final draft, and learning how to edit essays and more. It will also introduce students to practical applications for writing, such as business letters, memos, proposals, resumes, and blogs. This course will include a building-block approach to grammar that reinforces capitalization, punctuation, parts of speech, sentence structure and more to help students improve their writing skills. Students will practice weekly grammar and writing skills through fun and engaging activities leading up to their writing assignments. World Literature and Composition: In this course students will be exposed to a diverse range of literature from around the world. They will analyze works of allegory, biography, fiction, memoir, persuasion and poetry. It is through the reading of this material that students will be awakened to various cultures and how the variables of life (socio-economic status, ethnicity, religion, etc.) can affect one’s viewpoint. Students will use the readings and discussions to compose a variety of short essays throughout the course. These could include: analytical, compare and contrast, definitive, descriptive, expository, explicatory, persuasive, and/or reflective. Students will be directed in the art of both peer-editing and self-editing as well as the overall writing process and its importance to the writer. They will be further exposed to literary terminology as it arrives with the assigned readings. American Literature and Composition: In this course students will be exposed to works of drama, fiction, poetry, and prose that span the course of American History and its cultural development. Students will use the readings and discussions to compose a variety of short essays throughout the course. These could include: analytical, compare and contrast, definitive, descriptive, expository, explicatory, persuasive, and/or reflective. Students will be directed in the art of both peer-editing and self-editing as well as the overall writing process and its importance to the writer. They will be further exposed to literary terminology as it arrives with the assigned readings. Middle School Middle School Literature and Writing (6th-8th): This Middle School Literature and Writing course will focus primarily on literature highlighting stories and adventures from the Eastern Hemisphere. Writing assignments will center around creative expression, research and literary analysis, while continuing to reinforce essential grammar and mechanics. Throughout the year as students learn about Eastern cultures and beliefs through literature, they will compare and contrast these world views against the teachings and person of Jesus through thoughtful discussion and writing. The emphasis of this class will be on literature and rely on consistent reading, requiring some time for reading most school days. Students will read eight literature books throughout the year, one book during each month of the academic year, with short stories in December. Comprehension questions will accompany the reading assignments each week. The readings will be discussed in class and used for literary analysis assignments. The texts become increasingly vigorous as the year progresses. The goal is for all students to read the literature independently, but if accommodations are necessary as the reading advances, such as reading to a parent or accompanying an audio book, that is acceptable. Students will also complete writing assignments, ranging from poems to personal essays to short research essays. |
