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High School English Language Arts |
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Writing 1 - credit
Connection Series. School-based writing and writing at work with grammar connections
provide content for language usage. |
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Basic English (Language Exercises) - 1 credit
Covers vocabulary, sentence structure, recognizing sentences; subjects and predicates;
position of subjects; combining sentences; direct objects' grammar and usage; common,
proper, possessive, concrete, abstract, and collective nouns; verbs; capitalization
and punctuation; composition and developing study skills, and more. |
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Reading - 1 credit
Finding information, word meaning, main idea, paragraph organization, interpretation,
understanding poetry and fiction, and more. |
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A Midsummer Night's Dream - 1 credit
This is the complete version of the popular comedy of errors by William Shakespeare.
The course is designed to help students understand how poetry, characters, and setting
unite to create a play. Through the study of the play, students will enhance reading
skills, increase comprehension and vocabulary skills, and develop appreciation for
literature.
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American Literature 1 - .5 credit
Student reads the Call of the Wild, a timeless classic. The student
will enhance reading skills, increase comprehension and vocabulary skills, and develop
appreciation for literature. |
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American Literature 2 - .5 credit
Student reads Treasure Island, a timeless classic. The
student will enhance reading skills, increase comprehension and vocabulary skills,
and develop appreciation for literature. |
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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn – 1 credit
Most literary scholars consider this novel a classic. In its purest form, it is
the story of a boy and a runaway slave as they travel down the Mississippi River
on a raft. By reading the novel, students will understand how Mark Twain uses Huck
and Jim’s adventures as a backdrop to explore such important themes as race, class,
and slavery in nineteenth century America.
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