ABE 35 - High School English 1

5 Credits

High School English 1 provides a college-level academic atmosphere to develop academic reading and writing skills. Learners build a foundation for high school and post-secondary academic work. The course emphasizes non-fiction reading and evidence-based writing. Students integrate technology into project-based learning assignments to solve real-world problems. This course is equivalent to a 9^th grade high school English course and fulfills the requirement for one high school English credit.

Instructor Permission Required Yes
Fees

Quarters Typically Offered
Designed to Serve HS21+ students working to complete a high school diploma
Active Date 20180606T08:01:13

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

Study skills of top students
Online learning skills and tools
Writing conventions of Standard English
Reading Apprenticeship
Writing in response to reading
Campus Resource Project

Student Learning Outcomes
Engage in formal and informal writing tasks using standard conventions and clear syntax appropriate for academic English

Develop ideas and content with well-chosen, relevant, and sufficient facts, extended definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples

Create, evaluate and revise writing using established criteria and rubrics

Craft logical inferences based on close reading of text

Support conclusions drawn from text with specific textual evidence