𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲: As a homeschool parent, I realize schedules change when the school year approaches. Therefore, students who need to withdraw up to TWO weeks prior to the first class date will received a full refund. Please contact me ASAP to arrange a refund.

𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗟𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 & 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗟𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹:  This is an early/intermediate level English course that covers a variety of classic American literature. Students in 8th-12th grade have successfully completed this course, as each student's level of proficiency is different.

𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁: This class will touch upon various pieces of American literature from Pre-Civil War Period to the Modern Period. The 2nd semester will continue the Modern Period to the Contemporary Period. During 1st semester, students will determine how time periods influence writers, understand literary devices and find them in the text, analyze text, synthesize ideas, complete active reading, use creative thinking and writing, develop supportive arguments, write extended responses, complete question/answer assignments, practice proper grammar, provide textual evidence, and write three 5-Paragraph Essays.  As the year progresses, essays will increase in difficulty so as to challenge each student.  Classroom interaction is expected via verbal response, nearpod answers, 𝗼𝗿 chat communication.  Homework times will vary.  Students have reported 2-5 hours per week.  The 3 main essays will be written during weeks in which no reading is required, and modified essay assignments are available.  Feel free to contact me to determine whether this class will meet your needs.  

𝗣𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗲: My teaching approach for Huck Finn is to discuss how/why Mark Twain chose to write the novel in the way that he did. Further, we will discuss his use of satire to expose the flaws of society.  There is a book option that omits offensive words, and offensive words will not be used in class or on any presentation materials. The main goal is to understand the book in the context of its time period, as well is how it adds to the discussion of various issues Mark Twain is attempting to expose.


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1. "To S. M., A Young African Painter, On Seeing His Works" by Phillis Wheatley 
2. "When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer" by Walt Whitman
3. "After Twenty Years" by O. Henry
4. 𝘜𝘱 𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘚𝘭𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 by Booker T. Washington
5. Letter from Frederick Douglas to Harriet Tubman
6. "Sympathy" by Paul Laurence Dunbar
7. "Sign of the Times" by Paul Laurence Dunbar
8. “The Miser and His Gold” by Aesop
9. "Life in the Iron Mills" by Rebecca Harding Davis
10. "To Build a Fire" by Jack London
11. "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe
12. "Hope Is the Thing With Feathers" by Emily Dickinson
13. "The Rainy Day" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
14. The Children's Hour" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
15. "O Captain! My Captain" by Walt Whitman
16. "The World Below the Brine" by Walt Whitman
17. "The Immigrant Contribution" by John F. Kennedy
18. "Eden, Then and Now" by Ruth Stone

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁:  Semester 2 Literature includes To Kill a Mockingbird, Fahrenheit 451, and The Princess Bride

𝘗𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯
1 - - - American Lit & Comp Semester 1
2 - - -American Lit & Comp Semester 2
3 - - -English 2 - Lit & Comp Semester 1
4 - - -English 2 - Lit & Comp Semester 2
5 - - -British Lit & Comp Semester 1
6 - - -British Lit & Comp Semester 2