HS 35 - High School English 3

5 Credits

High School English 3 develops skills to evaluate and analyze literature in terms of cultural, social, political, and historical contexts. English 3 builds on students’ prior knowledge of language arts skills, with a focus on critical thinking, problem solving, and effective communication skills. Students read various styles of text and composition including literature, informational text, and media, in an effort to improve comprehension and analysis skills. Students improve critical thinking by responding to literature through writing. Students will engage in at least one fiction and one nonfiction independent book study per quarter. This course is equivalent to an 11^th grade high school English class, and fulfills the requirement for one high school English credit.

Instructor Permission Required Yes
Fees

Quarters Typically Offered
Summer Online
Fall Day
Winter Online
Spring Day

Designed to Serve Students working to complete a high school diploma
Active Date 20180611T14:27:42

Grading Basis Decimal Grade
OEE Yes
Class Limit 30
Shared Learning Environment Yes
Contact Hours: Lecture 55
Total Contact Hours 55
Degree Distributions:
Course Outline

Critical approaches to the study of literature
Contemporary American Literature as social commentary
Elements of cultural context
Political and historical influences on contemporary literature
Shifts in time, style, and point of view
Developing the connection between writing and thinking
Consulting sources to enrich understanding

Student Learning Outcomes
Develop narrative, expository, research, argument, and persuasive writing

Create tone in writing through appropriate word choice and syntax

Analyze how graphics and visual images relate to written texts or serve as alternative forms of text themselves

Effectively use primary sources to support ideas and opinions

Demonstrate reflective learning skills by incorporating instructor and peer feedback