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English II: World Literature and Composition Semester A
Angelia Derrick (she/her)
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In this 16-week ELA course, students will analyze mythology, two novels (Frankenstein & Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time), short stories (Sherlock Holmes), & nonfiction; learn MLA format for essays, write stories, & grammar.
Class experience
US Grade 10
SPECIAL NOTE: I am not offering this class live this year, but you can take it in the flexible schedule format (asynchronous). Here is the link to the flex version of the class - https://outschool.com/classes/10th-grade-english-language-arts-world-literature-and-composition-semester-a-flex-SA6Aynyd In this 16-week class, students will do the first half of World Literature and Composition where we will analyze mythology, novels, short stories, and nonfiction, and write short stories and...
I studied literature throughout my bachelor's program as part of the creative writing emphasis. I have been teaching middle and high school level students for several years how to analyze texts (movies and books) as well as writing essays. Published writer in nonfiction (articles and books) and fiction (short stories, novellas, and novels). Writing young adult fantasy and space opera under the pen name Angelia Almos. Master of Fine Arts in Screenwriting Bachelor of Arts in Applied Arts: Creative Writing Certificates from Institute of Children's Literature Certificates from Institute for Writers
Homework Offered
Students will need to read and study the texts, do the weekly activity pages, do short written responses outside of class, and research and write papers/essays.2 - 4 hours per week outside of class
Assessments Offered
Your Final Grade will be determined from your homework grades, essay grades, project grades, and test grades. Projects and essays grading rubrics will be provided with the assignment. Assignments, papers, projects, and tests will have due dates and late assignments will receive a deduction. Accommodations and extensions can be given when asked for before the due date. Students can opt out of having a grade issued.Grades Offered
Students will need a word processor to write paper assignments, a journal/notebook/google doc is recommended for journaling thoughts and extra/non-workbook assignments, a printer to print up the workbook pages or pdf editor to do them on their computer, and a cell phone with a camera/scanner to turn in workbook pages. Students will be provided workbook pages for each unit to print up in pdf format before class starts published by Prestwick House. The following texts/books will be used throughout the class. Families may purchase (print, ebook, or audio) or borrow from their local library. Prices listed below were found on Amazon. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes by Edith Hamilton. $8.49. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. $5.95. Six Great Sherlock Holmes Stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. $3.99. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon. $7.29.
In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:
Google classroom will be used to assign, organize, and turn in homework and reading assignments. Students will need a gmail email address to join the classroom. Students will research some topics online, read articles on websites, and occasionally watch an informational YouTube video to complete homework assignments. Students will read and discuss in a matter-of-fact way the following texts which tackle some sensitive topics. Some of the topics tackled will be murder, revenge, racism, anti-Semitism, foul language, and sexism. The books tell stories that include these elements and the students will discuss these issues in a matter-of-fact way in context to when/where it happened or is depicted as happening. It is important for learners to know that these issues exist even if they don't have a personal connection to one or any of the topics. These books are taught to high school/secondary school aged children all over the world and are considered to be age appropriate with the knowledge of the sensitive issues that will be covered. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes by Edith Hamilton Frankenstein by Mary Shelley Six Great Sherlock Holmes Stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
This class uses literature teaching units and activity guides from Prestwick House, and literature units and ELA/grammar resources from Lit & More, Powerpoint Guru, Shannon Shakespeare, and Teen Tech University. We will be utilizing a google classroom to organize homework assignments.
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Average rating:5.0Number of reviews:(157)
Pronoun: she/her/hers NOTE: If you were looking at one of my flexible schedule classes and they are suddenly gone, yes, I still have them, and I am currently figuring out which classes will be able to go into the new self-paced designation that...
Group Class
$640
for 32 classes2x per week, 16 weeks
55 min
Completed by 8 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 15-17
3-12 learners per class
This class is no longer offered
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