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Description
This is an adaptive credit recovery course, in which students will complete a pretest for each module, and will be exempted from activities for topics where mastery is demonstrated. This type of credit recovery course targets individual areas of need in the curriculum and minimizes repetition of content where students have demonstrated their understanding.
Students examine major works of literature from various geographic regions. Each unit contains poetry, short stories, and a novel. Regions include North America, Latin American, South America, the Caribbean, and Europe. As students read these works, they have the opportunity to reflect on literary techniques and themes by writing in multiple modes. Students will read a variety of short stories, plays, poems, essays, and informational writing. All texts are included within the course.
Major concepts:
- Use language to express ideas, beliefs and feelings.
- Utilize language to facilitate independent thinking.
- Develop and apply strategies to construct meaning from increasingly complex and challenging tests.
- Strategically use language to communicate for a variety of purposes.
- Participate actively and successfully in today’s information-rich society.
- Utilize literature to reveal the complexities of the world and human experience.
Students learn through online lesson activities, videos, and interactive activities. Each module begins with a pretest, proceeds to lessons that conclude with a brief self-check, and wraps with a module exam. The course concludes with a cumulative exam.
This course uses content from Accelerate Education taught by a VHS Learning instructor who is certified in their content area and who follows VHS Learning policies. The course will be hosted in the Buzz learning management system. Students may spend 40 hours completing this course, though actual time-spent will vary based on individual student performance in module pretests.
Credit recovery courses do not meet initial eligibility requirements for NCAA. Students who require flexible courses meeting initial eligibility requirements should consider VHS Learning self-paced courses, which can be found in the VHS Learning Catalog.
Prerequisites
- Successful completion of English 11
- Students should confirm that their high school will accept this course for credit recovery before registering for this course.
Course Objectives
- Identify common themes, ideas, and subjects in Native American texts.
- Compare and contrast Native American and Western European literature.
- Identify characteristics of poems written during different literary eras or periods.
- Identify and analyze conflict, characters, setting and theme in various literary works.
- Identify historical events, cultural elements, and economic issues that influence the literature of different regions.
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Details
Discipline:
Language Arts
Level:
High School Credit Recovery
Program:
Available this Summer, Credit Recovery, High School
Grade:
7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
When Offered:
Open Enrollment
Duration:
8 weeks
Lab Kit Purchase Required:
No
Accredited:
Middle States Commission on Secondary Schools, Western Association of Schools and Colleges
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