클래식 단편 소설로 ELA 명예상 수상

This course is at a ninth grade honors level, and is also perfect to help your learner sharpen their skills and prepare for high school.  

We will explore many compelling short stories, listed on the syllabus, spending a minimum f two weeks on each. Students will engage in deep literary analysis, focusing on essential skills and literary devices. Through these narratives, learners will demonstrate proficiency inferring, uncovering themes, and identifying symbolism. They will also analyze rhetoric, supporting interpretations with evidence, analyzing plot and character development, conducting character analyses, and understanding and composing expository texts. Additionally, students will build connections between the texts and broader literary and societal concepts. This course is designed to challenge and enhance the analytical abilities of honors students, preparing them for advanced literary studies.

Most of the short stories are at a ninth grade reading level. Vocabulary lists will be provided for some texts (looking at you, Ray Bradbury). All stories will also be shared in the classroom as a PDF. Printed stories will be helpful, so learners can make annotations as they read. Learners are expected to read our stories on their own prior to class so they can be prepared for our in class close reading- a second reading that allows for deep analysis now that the outcomes of the story are know on a basic level from the first reading.