English 9 – S1 & S2

Course Code: OEN002/202
State Code: 01001
Grades: 9th
Length: Year-long
Online Platform: Accelerate Education
Credit: 1
Prerequisite: None
Graduation Requirement: ENG/GE
Course Designation: CADR, online
Description: This freshman-year English course invites students to explore diverse texts organized into thematic units. Students engage in literary analysis and inferential evaluation of great texts, both classic and contemporary. While critically reading fiction, poetry, drama, and literary nonfiction, students master comprehension and literary-analysis strategies. Interwoven in the lessons across two semesters are activities that encourage students to strengthen their oral language skills and produce clear, coherent writing. Students read a range of classic texts including Homer’s The Odyssey, Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, and Richard Connell’s “The Most Dangerous Game.” They also study short but complex texts, including influential speeches by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Ronald Reagan. Contemporary texts by Richard Preston, Julia Alvarez, and Maya Angelou round out the course.

Honors English 9 – S1 & S2

Course Code: OEN003/203
State Code: 01001
Grades: 9th
Length: Semester
Online Platform: Accelerate Education
Credit: 1
Prerequisite: None
Graduation Requirement: ENG/GE
Course Designation: CADR, Honors, online
Description: 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 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 – S1 & S2

Course Code: OEN073/273
State Code: 01002
Grades: 10th
Length: Year-long
Online Platform: Accelerate Education
Credit: 1
Prerequisite: None
Graduation Requirement: ENG/GE
Course Designation: CADR, online
Description: his sophomore-year English course invites students to explore a diverse selection of world literature organized into thematic units. While critically reading fiction, poetry, drama, and expository nonfiction, students learn essential reading comprehension strategies and engage in literary analysis and evaluation of both classic and contemporary works. Interwoven in the lessons across two semesters are activities that encourage students to strengthen their listening and speaking skills and produce clear, coherent writing. Throughout the course, students read a range of classic and contemporary literary texts including Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House, George Orwell’s Animal Farm, and Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis. In addition to reading a wide range of literary texts, students read and analyze complex informational and argumentative texts including Sonia Sotomayor’s A Latina Judge’s Voice, Niccolò Machiavelli’s The Prince, and the contemporary informational text Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science.

Honors English 10 – S1 & S2

Course Code: OEN074/274
State Code: 01002
Grades: 10th
Length: Year-long
Online Platform: Accelerate Education
Credit: 1
Prerequisite: None
Graduation Requirement: Art/OCCED/GE
Course Designation: CADR, Honors, online
Description: This sophomore-year Honors English course provides engaging and rigorous lessons with a focus on academic inquiry to strengthen knowledge of language arts. Honors reading lessons require analyzing complex texts, while concise mini-lessons advance writing and research skills to craft strong, compelling essays and projects. Students will write argumentative and analytical essays based on literary texts, as well as an informative research paper using MLA style. Throughout the course, students read a range of classic and contemporary literary texts including Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House, George Orwell’s “Animal Farm”, and Marjane Satrapi’s “Persepolis.” In addition to reading a wide range of literary texts, students read and analyze complex informational and argumentative texts including Sonia Sotomayor’s “A Latina Judge’s Voice”, Niccolò Machiavelli’s “The Prince”, and the contemporary informational text “Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science.”

English 11 – S1 & S2

Course Code: OEN052/252
State Code: 01003
Grades: 11th
Length: Year-long
Online Platform: Accelerate Education
Credit: 1
Prerequisite: None
Graduation Requirement: ENG/GE
Course Designation: CADR, online
Description: This first semester of a junior-year English course invites students to delve into American literature from early American Indian voices through contemporary works. Students engage in literary analysis and inferential evaluation of great texts as the centerpieces of this course. While critically reading fiction, poetry, drama, and expository nonfiction, students master comprehension and literary analysis strategies. Interwoven in the lessons across two semesters are tasks that encourage students to strengthen their oral language skills and produce creative, coherent writing. Students read a range of short but complex texts, including works by Emily Dickinson, Herman Melville, Martin Luther King, Jr., F. Scott Fitzgerald, Amy Tan, and Dave Eggers.

Honors English 11 – S1 & S2

Course Code: DEN047/247
State Code: 01003
Grades: 11th
Length: Year-long
Online Platform: Accelerate Education
Credit: 1
Prerequisite: None
Graduation Requirement: ENG/GE
Course Designation: CADR, Honors, online
Description: his junior-year Honors English course invites students to delve into American literature from early American Indian voices through contemporary works. Students will engage in literary analysis and inferential evaluation of great texts, the centerpieces of this course. While critically reading fiction, poetry, drama, and expository nonfiction, students will master the comprehension and literary analysis strategies that the Common Core State Standards require. Interwoven in the lessons across two semesters are tasks that encourage students to strengthen their oral language skills and produce creative, coherent writing. Students will read a range of short but complex texts, including works by Ralph Waldo Emerson, Emily Dickinson, Herman Melville, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Martin Luther King, Jr., F. Scott Fitzgerald, Sandra Cisneros, Amy Tan, and Dave Eggers.

AP English Language & Composition – S1 & S2

Course Code: OEN122/222
State Code: 01005
Grades: 11th
Length: Year-long
Online Platform: Accelerate Education
Credit: 1
Prerequisite: Approval needed
Graduation Requirement: ENG/GE
Course Designation: online
Description: In this introductory college-level course
designed to prepare students for the Advanced Placement exam, students advance their understanding of rhetoric and writing through the reading, analyzing, and writing of rhetorical texts. Throughout the course, students explore the basic tenets of writing and argumentation, such as rhetorical situation, claims and evidence, reasoning and organization, and style. Students will read and analyze a variety of nonfiction genres, including essays, journalism articles, political writings, science writings, nature writings, autobiographies, biographies, diaries, speeches, history writings, and criticisms from multiple perspectives and backgrounds. The primary focus is on writing evidence-based analytical, synthesis, and argumentative essays and analyzing the rhetorical choices of a wide range of nonfiction writers. In addition to explicit instruction and a variety of independent and collaborative learning opportunities, the course offers specific exam preparation lessons and practice.

AP English Literature & Composition – S1 & S2

Course Code: OEN035/235
State Code: 01006
Grades: 11th
Length: Year-long
Online Platform: Accelerate Education
Credit: 1
Prerequisite: Approval needed
Graduation Requirement: ENG/GE
Course Designation: online
Description: In this introductory college-level course designed to prepare students for the Advanced Placement exam, students develop the fundamentals of literary analysis and introductory college compositions. The course focuses on analyzing, evaluating, and interpreting literary fiction, poetry, and drama from a range of literary periods, authors, and perspectives. The diverse canon allows students to explore the function of character, setting, structure, narrator, and figurative language. Through a wide range of instruction and collaborative writing activities, students articulate their interpretation of literature through writing. The course includes exam preparation and practice that anticipates common student misconceptions.

Creative Writing – S1 & S2

Course Code: OEN024/224
State Code: 01104
Grades: 11-12th
Length: Year-long
Online Platform: Accelerate Education
Credit: 1
Prerequisite: English I & II
Graduation Requirement: ENG/GE
Course Designation: online
Description: Students will become acquainted with the various devices and techniques writers use in writing poetry, personal essays, and short fiction. This class covers various modes of creative writing, including short stories, poetry, and creative non-fiction. Through extensive reading of corresponding literature, students will analyze the aspects of creative writing including plot development, characterization, utilizing figurative language, imagery, and effective narration. Students will incorporate these skills into their own writing. In this course, students will become acquainted with the various devices and techniques writers use in writing poetry, personal essays, expository writing, argumentative writing, and short fiction; revision and peer review will be taught as key components to the writing process.