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English/Language Arts

Ninth-Grade English 

06020000040

ENGL 041: In this course, students will learn effective strategies for reading fiction, nonfiction, and poetry; students will also explore and implement elements of effective writing. Writing assignments include a learning journal, a photo essay, a personal narrative, and a process paper. Students will learn new vocabulary and review grammatical concepts. ENGL 043: This course incorporates reading, writing, speaking strategies, vocabulary, Internet research skills, essay and speech writing, and texts from various genres; students will also have the opportUnity to use instructional multimedia and video interviews on an interactive DVD. This course is designed to open students’ eyes to new perspectives so they may develop their own ideas and a greater understanding of the world they live in.

• Course Length: 2 Semesters
• Course Provider: Provo Online (BYU IS curriculum)

Tenth-Grade English 

6020000050

ENGL 045: Students will develop new perspectives through interpreting literature, expanding vocabulary, and writing creatively; students will also enhance their writing skills by examining point of view, character development, figurative language, and audience. ENGL 047 This course offers a myriad of reading and writing activities that are challenging and engaging; it is designed to strengthen students’ background knowledge in the genres of poetry, short story, myth, nonfiction, and novel.

• Course Length: 2 Semesters
• Course Provider: Provo Online (BYU IS curriculum)
• Required Materials:
  • Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird (1994, 0-446-31078-9)
  • N/A, To Kill a Mockingbird, 1962 Film (1988)
  • N/A, Dictionary (any one will work) (2004)
  • Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice (1995, 9780486284927)
  • Michael Shaara , The Killer Angels (2004, 9780345348104)

Eleventh-Grade English

6020000060

ENGL 051: In this eleventh-grade English course, students will learn about American literature by studying selections from the play The Crucible, reading the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, writing a research book report, and completing writing assignments that contrast historical and fictitious events described in literature. Students will also be studying Latin and Greek terms, developing their vocabulary, and enhancing their writing skills. ENGL 053: This course emphasizes literary, functional, and informational reading selections. A research report with outline, works cited, and in-text documentation will be required. The course includes analyses, original stories, and poems. Students will develop their writing style to improve effectiveness, clarity, and variety. 

• Course Length: 2 Semesters
• Course Provider: Provo Online (BYU IS curriculum)
• Required Materials:
  • Lee , To Kill a Mockingbird (1988, 9780446310789)
  • Miller, A , The Crucible : A Play in Four Acts( 1976, 9780140481389)
  • Arthur Miller , Death of a Salesman (9780141180977) 
  • Wilder , Our Town (2004, 0-06-051263-6) 
  • Neil Simon , Lost in Yonkers (9780452268838)

Twelfth-Grade English

6020000070

ENGL 055: Students will develop a basic understanding of poetry as they analyze and isolate figures of speech, enhance their writing skills as several different rhetorical modes are practiced, and enlarge their vocabulary while becoming more proficient at punctuation. ENGL 057: Students will gain a basic understanding of rhetoric as they become more proficient in their writing, enlarge their vocabulary, and recognize how to skillfully approach poetry. Students will also learn to assess writing more effectively by using the Six Traits Analytical Model Writing Assessment.

• Course Length: 2 Semesters
• Course Provider: Provo Online (BYU IS curriculum)
• Required Materials:
  • Lewis, The Great Divorce (2002, 0-06-065295-0)
  • Viktor E. Frankl, Man’s Search for Meaning (2006, 9780807014295)
  • Brokaw, The Greatest Generation (2001, 0-8129-7529-4)
  • Chacour, Blood Brothers (1984, 9780800793210)

Creative Writing

06010000120

This course guides students in writing fiction by learning and using the elements of creative writing: plot, character development, dialogue, description, scene, transition, and point of view. Two short stories are required. 9 lessons, 9 assignment submissions (7 computer-graded [Speedback] assignments, 2 instructor-graded assignments); proctored instructor-graded final exam.

• Course Length: 1 Semester
• Course Provider: Provo Online (BYU IS curriculum)

Journalism

06010000090

In this course, students will learn the fundamentals of modern journalism: reporting, interviewing, writing techniques, censorship issues, page design, and broadcast journalism. 8 lessons, 8 assignment submissions (6 computer-graded [Speedback] assignments, 2 instructor-graded assignments); proctored computer-graded final exam.

• Course Length: 1 Semester
• Course Provider: Provo Online (BYU IS curriculum)

Public Speaking

This course is an introduction to public speaking. It is media intensive and filled with several speeches and examples of various stages of speech development.

• Course Length: 1 Semester
• Course Provider: Provo Online (BYU IS curriculum)