English 10 Independent Study Credit Recovery (CR)
Cost: $199 per semester
Prerequisites: Previously failed the course
Length: Two semesters (8 weeks each)
Required Course Materials: Students will read three novels from the given list that they may purchase or borrow from the library.
Course Description: Market Square Education’s Independent Study English 10 Credit Recovery course is for students who have previously failed this course, and only want to regain the credit. English 10 introduces students to reading and writing at the high school level. Students will read from both fiction and nonfiction texts, write literary analyses using appropriate literary terms from a given list, and create a narrative and/or a personal essay. Students will learn to identify and utilize literary devices and plot-based terms within their writing. Each essay related to literature requires in-text citations with support from the work of literature. To offer support in this area, all students must successfully complete an Academic Integrity Unit that defines important words such as plagiarism, integrity, and citation. Students learn resources to adequately cite sources using MLA documentation. Links to instructional, online information are readily available during the semester and beyond to promote student success in the area of academic integrity.
Because this course is independent study, students will create a course proposal at the beginning of the course to learn important time-management skills. At the end of the course, a course reflection essay will solidify student growth as a reader, writer, and a student.
English 10 Online Credit Recovery (CR)
Cost: $199 per semester
Prerequisites: Previously failed the course
Length: Two semesters (8 weeks each)
Required Course Materials: Semester 1
- American Born Chinese. Gene Luen Yang. (Suare Fish, 2008). ISBN-10: 0312384483 / ISBN-13: 9780312384487. Other editions acceptable.
- Fast Food Nation. Eric Schlosser. (Mariner Books, 2012). ISBN-10: 0547750331 / ISBN-13: 9780547750330. Other editions acceptable.
Course Description: Market Square Education’s online English 10 Credit Recovery course features pretests at the beginning of each unit, allowing students to test out of mastered concepts and instead focus where they need the most support. Credit Recovery eliminates teacher scored work with the exception of teacher scored tests at the end of each unit. Passing score is 70% or greater with the completion of all unit tests. Students will not pass without completing all tests.
The focus of the English 10 course is the writing process. Three writing applications guide the curriculum: persuasive, expository, and narrative writing. Each lesson culminates in a written assignment that lets students demonstrate their developing skill in one of these applications.
English 10 follows the model of English 9 by including at least one anchor text per lesson, but the essays, articles, stories, poems, and speeches are often presented as models for students to emulate as they practice their own writing. So that these readings may serve as proper examples for students, a high proportion of texts for this course are original pieces.
English 10 also continues to develop students’ reading, listening, and speaking skills. Readings include poems, stories, speeches, plays, and a graphic novel, as well as a variety of informational texts. The readings represent a wide variety of purposes and cultural perspectives, ranging from the Indian epic The Ramayana to accounts of Hurricane Katrina told through different media. Audio and video presentations enhance students’ awareness and command of rhetorical techniques and increase their understanding of writing for different audiences.
English 10 Independent Study Regular (RE)
Cost: $349 per semester
Prerequisites: English 9
Length: Two semesters (18 weeks each)
Required Course Materials: Students will read five novels from the given list that they may purchase or borrow from the library.
Course Description: Market Square Education’s Independent Study English 10 course introduces students to reading and writing at the high school level. Students will read from both fiction and nonfiction texts, write literary analyses using appropriate literary terms from a given list, and create a narrative and/or a personal essay. Students will learn to identify and utilize literary devices and plot-based terms within their writing. Each essay related to literature requires in-text citations with support from the work of literature. To offer support in this area, all students must successfully complete an Academic Integrity Unit that defines important words such as plagiarism, integrity, and citation. Students learn resources to adequately cite sources using MLA documentation. Links to instructional, online information are readily available during the semester and beyond to promote student success in the area of academic integrity.
Because this course is independent study, students will create a course proposal at the beginning of the course to learn important time-management skills. At the end of the course, a course reflection essay will solidify student growth as a reader, writer, and a student.
English 10 Online Regular (RE)
Cost: $349 per semester
Prerequisites: English 9
Length: Two semesters (18 weeks each)
Course outline
Required Course Materials: Semester 1
- American Born Chinese. Gene Luen Yang. (Suare Fish, 2008). ISBN-10: 0312384483 / ISBN-13: 9780312384487. Other editions acceptable.
- Fast Food Nation. Eric Schlosser. (Mariner Books, 2012). ISBN-10: 0547750331 / ISBN-13: 9780547750330. Other editions acceptable.
Course Description: The focus of Market Square Education’s online English 10 course is the writing process. Three writing applications guide the curriculum: persuasive, expository, and narrative writing. Each lesson culminates in a written assignment that lets students demonstrate their developing skill in one of these applications.
English 10 follows the model of English 9 by including at least one anchor text per lesson, but the essays, articles, stories, poems, and speeches are often presented as models for students to emulate as they practice their own writing. So that these readings may serve as proper examples for students, a high proportion of texts for this course are original pieces.
English 10 also continues to develop students’ reading, listening, and speaking skills. Readings include poems, stories, speeches, plays, and a graphic novel, as well as a variety of informational texts. The readings represent a wide variety of purposes and cultural perspectives, ranging from the Indian epic The Ramayana to accounts of Hurricane Katrina told through different media. Audio and video presentations enhance students’ awareness and command of rhetorical techniques and increase their understanding of writing for different audiences.
English 10 Honors (HR)
Cost: $349 per semester
Prerequisites: English 9
Length: Two semesters (18 weeks each)
Course outline
Required Course Materials: Semester 1
- American Born Chinese. Gene Luen Yang. (Suare Fish, 2008). ISBN-10: 0312384483 / ISBN-13: 9780312384487. Other editions acceptable.
- Fast Food Nation. Eric Schlosser. (Mariner Books, 2012). ISBN-10: 0547750331 / ISBN-13: 9780547750330. Other editions acceptable.
Course Description: The focus of Market Square Education’s online English 10 Honors course is the writing process. Three forms of writing guide the curriculum: persuasive, expository, and narrative writing. A typical lesson culminates in a written assignment that lets students demonstrate their developing skill in one of these forms.
English 10 Honors includes at least one anchor text per lesson focused on a thematic core of the capacity of language to influence others. Readings include poems, stories, speeches, plays, and a graphic novel, as well as a variety of informational texts, and these texts are often presented as models for students to emulate as they practice their own writing. The readings represent a wide variety of purposes and cultural perspectives, ranging from the Indian epic The Ramayana to accounts of Hurricane Katrina told through different media. Audio and video presentations enhance students’ awareness and command of rhetorical techniques and increase their understanding of writing for different audiences.
English 10 Honors provides opportunities for self-directed study, including outside readings, open-ended journal entries, and free-form projects, all of which challenge Honors students to use their creativity and critical thinking skills to gain independent mastery of reading and writing.