English I Honors
1st
Course Philosophy
This is a rigorous high school-level and credit course that will challenge the way you think. The reading and writing is frequent and requires a plethora of independent thinking. Regardless that you will learn to be individually committed to the work, you will also learn from listening and learning from each other. We will function as a community.
This class requires you to be open minded, and ultimately learn to express your voice and hear the voice of others through thoughts, ideas, and observations. If you actively engage yourself in this class and complete all of the work, you will have taken leaps toward preparing yourself for high school and beyond.
SC State Standards
Here is a link to the English 1 South Carolina College & Career Ready English Language Arts (ELA) Standards including inquiry, reading, writing, and communication.
These standards are designed to identify, evaluate, synthesize, and create the most high-quality, and rigorous education to prepare students for post secondary education life, which my curriculum and instruction both align and adhere to.
Tentative Course Units
- Unit 1: Introduction- Unity
- Unit 2: Literary Analysis- Empathy (To Kill a Mockingbird)
- Unit 3: Informational/Research- Service (Nonfiction)
- Unit 4: Text Dependent Analysis- Heroism (The Odyssey)
- Unit 5: Argumentative- Love/Drama (The Tragedy of Romeo & Juliet)
- Unit 6: Narrative- Self (Poetry)
- Unit 7: Persuasion- Human Nature (Lord of the Flies)
REMIND 101
1. Use the free Remind app, which is a course requirement, to receive class announcements, updates, minor and major grade alerts, and important dates.
Download the free Remind application on any Smart device or laptop/computer by just pressing the link below:
Google Classroom
2. Download the Google Classroom application or log on through the Internet to have access to any digital assignments and due dates for this class.
VOCABULARY
Context Clues, Stems, Greek Root Lists, Testing Jargon, etc.