High School English Courses

Eng 1 Section 549 Freshman English, First Semester
Instructor: Steven Christiansen
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Syllabus
1/2 credit          $145
Literature Focus: Short story, essays, poetry, drama (The Miracle Worker), Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and a novel of the student's choice.

Literary Elements: theme, character, setting, plot, motivation, conflict, climax, resolution, foreshadowing, suspense, irony, paradox, diction, mood, point of view, voice, images, allusion, flashbacks, literal vs. implied meaning, symbolism, turning point, figures of speech, foil. Composition Focus: Short narrative, character analysis, persuasive essay and short story analysis, comparison essay, interpretive essay (novel of student's choice). Language Skills: modifiers, verb usage, punctuation, adverb clauses, coordinating conjunctions, metaphor, simile, diction, dialect, paraphrasing, transitions. Writing Process: plan, draft, revise, edit, proof, and publish. Speaking: ideas and content, organization, language, delivery of a persuasive speech.
8 assignments
2 exams

Eng 2 Section 550 Freshman English, Second Semester
Instructor: Steven Christiansen
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1/2 credit          $145
Literature Focus: Nonfiction, essays, poetry, epic fiction (The Odyssey) and a novel of the student's choice.

Literary Elements: theme, main point, character, setting, rhyme, image, refrain, stanza, foreshadowing, exaggeration, irony, sensory detail, tone, mood, point of view, anecdotes, literal vs. implied meaning, and symbolism. Composition Focus: Autobiographical essay, short narrative, character analysis, persuasive essay, comparison essay, interpretive essay (novel of student's choice), summary, analysis of the use of literary elements, and poetry. Language Skills: verb usage, punctuation, capitalization, adjective clauses, sentence fluency, parallel structure, connotation, euphemisms, homonyms, metaphor, simile, analogies, sensory details, collage. Writing Process: plan, draft, revise, edit, proof, and publish. Speaking: ideas and content, organization, language, delivery of an original poem.
Prerequisite: Eng 1
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2 exams

Eng 3 Section 551 Sophomore English, First Semester
Instructor: Mark Dowdy
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Syllabus
1/2 credit          $145
Themes: hard choices, basic human conflicts, love, the search for belonging, breakthroughs, becoming ones self, being an eyewitness to historical events, and making a point.

Literature Focus: Short story and nonfiction and a novel of the student's choice. Literary Elements: plot, setting, theme, purpose, character, tone, irony, satire, point of view, symbolism, rhyme, imagery, climax, resolution, cause and effect, compare and contrast, foreshadowing, motivation, and persuasion. Composition Focus: Autobiographical essay, character analysis, persuasive essay, story analysis, interpretive essay (novel of student's choice), creative writing, subjective writing, historical essay, and analysis of the use of literary elements. Language Skills: sentence combining, sentence variation, sentence expansion, sentence fluidity, run-on sentences, topic sentences, dialogue punctuation, pronoun references, adjectives, phrases, proper nouns, active verbs, participles, modals, adverbs, pronoun antecedents, passive verbs, coordination, subordination, analogies, sound effects, rhyme, vivid verbs, repetition. Writing Process: invent, plan, diagram, outline, draft, reflect, evaluate, revise, edit, proof, and publish. Speaking: students will present one speech from three options that will be assessed for ideas and content, organization, language, and delivery.
8 assignments
2 exams

Eng 4 Section 552 Sophomore English, Second Semester
Instructor: Mark Dowdy
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1/2 credit          $145
Themes: poetry of belief, hope, love, dreams, and ambition; doing the right thing; struggling with the consequences of the choices we make; conflicts between our ambition and our sense of honor; seeking answers for who we are, how we should live, and what our lives matter; heroes.

Literature Focus: Poetry, sources of wisdom, drama (Antigone and Julius Caesar), literature of romance, and a Shakespearean play from a list provided. Literary Elements: setting, audience, character, plot, stage set, figurative language, symbolism, imagery, poetic rhyme and meter, alliteration, onomatopoeia, simile, metaphor, ambiguity, analysis, analogy, imagery, conflict, personification, cause and effect, compare and contrast, analogies, interpretation, evaluation, and irony. Composition Focus: compare and contrast, interpretation, haiku, and persuasive essay. Language Skills: sentence streamlining, sentence fluency, sentence variation, sentence fragments, transitions, compare and contrast, analogies, parallel structures, appositives, punctuation, commas, colon, semi-colon, gerunds, gerund phrases, English word origin. Writing Process: invent, plan, diagram, outline, draft, reflect, evaluate, revise, edit, proof, and publish. Speaking: students will present one speech from seven options that will be assessed for ideas and content, organization, language, and delivery.
Prerequisite: Eng 3
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2 exams

Eng 5 Section 553 Junior English, First Semester
Instructor: Steven Christiansen
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1/2 credit          $145
First-semester course in American literature covering the beginnings through the 1800s. Students will read short stories, essays, and poetry that reveal the American spirit and experience, drawing students into a continuing dialog about elements of literature and encouraging personal reflection and creative thinking. Students will be asked to think critically, respond reflectively, write short and long essays, and practice selected skills in grammar, writing conventions, and style. Students will also read their writings to an audience. Major novels: [i]Moby Dick[/i] (provided in the required textbook) and a novel (borrowed or purchased) selected by the student from a list provided.
8 assignments
2 exams

Eng 6 Section 554 Junior English, Second Semester
Instructor: Steven Christiansen
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1/2 credit          $145
Second-semester course covering modern American literature from the 1900s to current times. Students will read short stories, essays, drama, and poetry that reveal the American spirit and experience, drawing students into a continuing dialog about elements of literature and encouraging personal reflection and creative thinking. Students will be asked to think critically, respond reflectively, write short and long essays, and practice selected skills in grammar, writing conventions, and style. Students will also read their writings to an audience. Major readings: Arthur Miller's The Crucible (provided in the required textbook) and a novel (borrowed or purchased) selected by the student from a list provided.
Prerequisite: Eng 5
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2 exams

Eng 7 Section 555 Senior English, First Semester
Instructor: Jessica Mills
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1/2 credit          $145
Themes: Heroic deeds, stories giving meaning to life: the paradoxes of love, death, and time; a tragic view of life (Shakespeare); the power of the word; the sting of satire; and intellectual curiosity.

Literature focus: Poetry, biography, essays, short stories, parables, psalms, proverbs, diary, Gulliver's Travels and The Tragedy of Macbeth, and a novel of the student's choice from a list provided. Literary Elements: Imagery, figurative language, connotation, ballads, couplets, elegy, style, poetic language. Composition Focus: Persuasive, compare-and-contrast, cause-and-effect, and interpretive essays, and a reader-reflection essay on a novel selected by the student from a list provided. Writing Process: Invent, plan, diagram, outline, draft, peer review, reflect, evaluate, revise, edit, proof, and publish. Speaking: Students will present one speech from options that will be assessed for ideas and content, organization, language, and delivery.
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Eng 8 Section 556 Senior English, Second Semester
Instructor: Jessica Mills
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1/2 credit          $145
Themes: Romantic Period: the power of the imagination, the quest for beauty and meaning in life; Victorian Period: love and loss, the spirit of inquiry, reverence for stability and decorum, and the price of progress; 20th Century: loss, confusion, despair and irony, the search for relationship between self and society; Current Period: cross-cultural conflict.

Literature focus: Poetry, autobiographical sketch, essays, short stories, and a novel of the student's choice from a list provided. Literary Elements: Parallelism, Romantic lyrics, imagery, assonance, and alliteration, irony, word play, interpretation, metaphor, figurative language, symbolism, compare and contrast, cause and effect, evaluation, rhyme, onomatopoeia, meter, and the modern short story. Composition Focus: Persuasive and informative essays, and a reader-reflection essay on a British novel selected by the student. Writing Process: Invent, plan, diagram, draft, reflect, evaluate, revise, edit, proof, and publish. Speaking: students will present one speech from six options that will be assessed for ideas and content, organization, language, and delivery.
Prerequisite: Eng 7
9 assignments
2 exams