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 organized into thematic units. Each unit contains poetry, short stories, and a novel that revolve around the unit theme. Themes include the self, relationships, alienation, choice, and death. As students read these works, they have the opportunity to reflect on these important themes by writing in multiple modes.
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. Students will read a variety of short stories, plays, poems, essays, and informational writing. All texts are included within the course.
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.
