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PDLA Honors English 9 2102 9 2 1
This freshman honors English course invites students to explore a variety of diverse and complex texts organized into thematic units. Students will engage in literary analysis and inferential evaluation of great texts, both classic and contemporary. While critically reading fiction, poetry, drama, and literary nonfiction, honors students will master comprehension, use evidence to conduct in-depth literary analysis, and examine and critique how authors develop ideas in a variety of genres. Interwoven throughout the lessons are activities that encourage students to strengthen their oral language skills, research and critically analyze sources of information, and produce clear, coherent writing. In addition to activities offered to students in core courses, honors students are given additional opportunities to create and to participate in project-based learning activities, including writing a Shakespearian sonnet and creating an original interpretation of a Shakespearian play. Honors students will read a range of classic texts, including Homer’s The Odyssey, Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, Jack London’s “To Build a Fire” and Richard Connell’s “The Most Honors Edgenuity Course Catalog PAGE 36 Honors Courses Dangerous Game.” Students will also read Sue Macy’s full length nonfiction work Wheels of Change: How Women Rode the Bicycle to Freedom (With a Few Flat Tires Along the Way), and will study a variety of short but complex texts, including influential speeches by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Ronald Reagan. Contemporary texts by Richard Preston, Julia Alvarez, and Maya Angelou round out the course.
English 10 - Literature 110 10 2 1
Students will gain understanding and think critically through reading, writing, and speaking. Students will express ideas through expository and persuasive writing in preparation for the Keystone Exam. The fundamental focus of English 10 builds upon the elements of literary analysis and reading for meaning. English 10 Literature corresponds to the Keystone Assessment Anchors and eligible content and culminates with The Keystone Exam in Literature while drawing from short stories, dramas, novels, nonfiction, and poetry to teach literary techniques and terminology. A score of Proficient or Advanced is a graduation requirement as per the PA Department of Education. REQUIRED SUMMER READING: The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
PREREQUISITE: Student must have the following: ● Successful completion of English 9.
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Honors English 10 - Literature 112 10 2 1
Concentrating on a variety of literary genres, this course is designed for the student who has demonstrated an exceptional academic aptitude and significant interest in the areas of reading, writing, speaking, and listening. Students will continue to read critically and analyze literature such as nonfiction, fiction, drama, and poetry at an accelerated pace. Accompanying the extensive reading of literature during the course, the student will develop and polish composition and oral presentation skills. Along with taking the Keystone Literature Exam at the end of the course, students will also be assessed through composition, discussion, exams, performance, and projects. A score of Proficient or Advanced is a graduation requirement as per the PA Department of Education. REQUIRED SUMMER READINGS: Merchant of Venice by Shakespeare, All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Remarque, The Boy Who Dared by Susan Campbell Bartoletti, and The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch. College credit (3 cr) is available for this course through Seton Hill University. Click h ere for more information on College in High School.
PREREQUISITE: Student must have the following:
● A final grade of a B or higher in English 9 Honors Or an A in English 9.
● Composite score of Proficient or Advanced on PSSA Reading (8th grade) Or
● Teacher recommendation.
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