Tutor:
Alisa DeBorde
Meeting Time:
Section I
Mondays, 8:30-9:20
Section II
Mondays, 10:30-11:20
Course Description
This class will enforce students’ knowledge of the elements of literature, expand their research skills, investigate logical fallacies, review high-school level grammar and mechanics, and feature the reading and study of several classic literary texts. The course curriculum rotates every other year so that students can take the course in 9th and 10th grade.
Homework Expectation
Academic Class: Expect 2-3 hours a week of homework, depending upon the student’s reading and writing pace.
Resources
Easy Grammar 180 Daily Teaching Lessons, Grade 10
ISBN: 0936981644
(If you had ENG 9/10 this in 2024-25, this is the same book. We will do the pages we did not do in 2024-25)
Literature:
Quarter 1
Animal Farm George Orwell
Summer of the Monkeys Wilson Rawls
Quarter 2
To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee
Romeo and Juliet Shakespeare
Quarter 3
Great Expectations Charles Dickens
Quarter 4
The Boys in the Boat Daniel Brown
The Chosen Chaim Potok
Other readings--dramas, poetry, essays, and short stories--will be provided in class.
Any unabridged edition of the novels will do. All other readings will be assigned from online sources or PDFs will be provided.