High School English: A Study in Dystopian Short Stories
In this 9-week high school ELA course, students will meet once a week to read and discuss dystopian short stories, analyze themes, and write THREE different types of academic essays.
Danielle Lovejoy
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5.0
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What's included
9 live meetings
6 in-class hoursAssessment
I will be reviewing each Formal Essay (with a rubric) one time to try to help guide each learner to creating his or her best writing. *Please note, grades (letter/percentage) are not issued for this course. **Due dates are assigned. Work must be submitted on or before the due date to receive feedback.Grading
includedClass Experience
US Grade 9 - 12
In this nine-week-long course, students will focus on short story readings and discussion and formal essay writing. Each week the class will consist of partial lecture to explain the writing tasks and partial discussion of weekly short story readings. What This Course Includes: -An overview of Dystopian Literature and its themes -3 Dystopian Short Stories -4 Different Formal Essays -Getting Teacher Feedback on Your Writing For Homework (about 1 - 2 hours, depending on the student) -Either reading the week's short story, or writing the week's essay (each week we will rotate between reading/writing) Week 1: Introduction to Dystopian Literature Week 2: Discussion of Bruce Coville's "Old Glory" Week 3: Response to Literature Essay Week 4: Writing Feedback Week 5: Discussion of Kurt Vonnegut Jr's "Harrison Bergeron" Week 6: Comparison Essay Week 7: Writing Feedback Week 8: Discussion of Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery" Week 9: Literary Analysis Essay **DUE DATES are assigned for this course. Along with teaching classes and providing feedback, teachers have additional classes they may teach and other responsibilities which require scheduling for completing the feedback. This is why due dates are assigned to be considerate of teacher’s time and also to ensure that the workload isn’t overlapping for learners. Feedback for student essays will be provided within a week of the due date.
Learning Goals
Students should come away from this class with an understanding of the themes of dystopian literature, as well as knowledge of three different types of essays: Response to Literature, Comparison, and Literary Analysis.
Other Details
Parental Guidance
The Class PowerPoint, including examples and graphic organizer templates, will be uploaded for each session.
Students will need a writing program or application to submit assignments (.doc, .docx, .pdf, .txt, GoogleDocs, etc) or the assignments may be typed directly in the chatbox options. Only typed essays will be accepted. No handwritten essays.
Images will not receive feedback (.jpg, .jpeg, .png, etc).
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Joined May, 2021
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Teacher expertise and credentials
California Teaching Certificate in English/Language Arts
- B.A. in English Literature, Sonoma State University
- Writing Tutor at the Sonoma State Writing Center
- English Single Subject Teaching Credential
- 15 years experience as an English Teacher (6th - 12th Grade) in public school
- Sonoma Valley Salute to Education, Teacher of the Year 2013
- 2+ years of online teaching experience
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Live Group Class
$162
for 9 classes1x per week, 9 weeks
40 min
Completed by 4 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 12-17
1-18 learners per class
