Students: First, head to canvas.instructure.com and create an account if you don't have one. I suggest using the Google button to log in. Click here to enroll in the Canvas course for Sophomore Pre-AP English. Make sure to go to Account -> Settings and change your Full Name to your name as it appears on Skyward. Make sure your Sortable Name is Last, First. Your Display Name can be whatever (school appropriate) name you like. 

Parents: Click here to see instructions on how to set up an observer account to track your student's progress on Canvas. Please give that a shot first, but it it doesn't work, send me an email with a request to link your account to a student account and I can manually set it up. 

Below you can find a general outline of what this year's curriculum will look like. Every year I add and cut things as I get to know my students and their instructional needs, but this should be pretty close to what we get to this year. 

Each unit takes about a quarter to complete. The unit is organized around a novel and central theme. We will read fiction, nonfiction, and poetry as it relates to the theme, as well as various other multimedia. Students will participate in discussions, projects, and written assignments to demonstrate their knowledge of the content covered, as well as the skills practiced in class. 

Unit 1: Things Fall Apart

Unit 2: Frankenstein 

Unit 3: Shakespeare

Unit 4: All Quiet on the Western Front