CLASS DETAILS |Both A and B sections are identical |
GRADES | 9th-12th
CLASS SIZE | Maximum of 15 students
PREREQUISITE | None
LENGTH | 31 weeks
TUITION | $270/year OR $135/semester OR $45/month (6)
CLASS DESCRIPTION
The goal of this class is to satisfy the requirement of one year of high school English instruction. After taking this class, the students should be better prepared for PSEO, if they choose. We will focus on the three primary ways we use our language: reading, writing, and speaking. The course will include:
TEXTS | MATERIALS | SUPPLIES
A good resource for used books is Abebooks. The books in this list are available for $3.00-$4.00 each.
Great places to buy these books: Thriftbooks, Abebooks, Amazon, BetterWorldBooks.
TUTOR
Mrs. Cole has a bachelor's degree in Communicative Arts: English and Public Speaking, along with secondary school teaching certification. She has taught public high school and middle school English and speech, has coached competitive speech, and is a regular speaker at MOPS and other women's church events. Mrs. Cole has taught both elementary and middle school students through Classical Conversations and has tutored at a local homeschool co-op. She is a lifelong learner, an avid reader, and now in her 50s has taken up pickleball, rock climbing, and trout fishing. She enjoys working with teens and challenging them in their faith, their thinking, and their writing and speaking skills.
In Her Own Words:
"As I grow older, I become more and more enamored with God’s Word. I can’t choose a favorite verse, there are far too many. However, one verse that has made an impression on me in the last year is John 3:30, “He must become greater, I must become less.” John is clarifying to his followers that he (John) is not the Messiah. His job has been to prepare people for Jesus’ coming and now that Jesus has arrived, He is the Messiah, and they should follow Him."
GRADES | 9th-12th
CLASS SIZE | Maximum of 15 students
PREREQUISITE | None
LENGTH | 31 weeks
TUITION | $270/year OR $135/semester OR $45/month (6)
CLASS DESCRIPTION
The goal of this class is to satisfy the requirement of one year of high school English instruction. After taking this class, the students should be better prepared for PSEO, if they choose. We will focus on the three primary ways we use our language: reading, writing, and speaking. The course will include:
- Grammar review (editing)
- Vocabulary building
- A large variety of writing assignments, including a research paper (MLA format)
- A large variety of American Literature including: fiction, non-fiction, poetry and a play
- Class discussions
- Frequent classroom presentation opportunities
TEXTS | MATERIALS | SUPPLIES
A good resource for used books is Abebooks. The books in this list are available for $3.00-$4.00 each.
- Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain
- Mary Emma & Company, by Ralph Moody
- My Antonia, by Willa Cather
- My Heart Lies South: the story of my Mexican Marriage: young people's Edition, by Elizabeth Borton De Trevino
- Our Town, by Thornton Wilder
- The Chosen, by Chaim Potok
- The Old Man and the Sea, by Ernest Hemingway
- The Wave, by Todd Strasser
- To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee
- Up From Slavery, by Booker T. Washington
Great places to buy these books: Thriftbooks, Abebooks, Amazon, BetterWorldBooks.
TUTOR
Mrs. Cole has a bachelor's degree in Communicative Arts: English and Public Speaking, along with secondary school teaching certification. She has taught public high school and middle school English and speech, has coached competitive speech, and is a regular speaker at MOPS and other women's church events. Mrs. Cole has taught both elementary and middle school students through Classical Conversations and has tutored at a local homeschool co-op. She is a lifelong learner, an avid reader, and now in her 50s has taken up pickleball, rock climbing, and trout fishing. She enjoys working with teens and challenging them in their faith, their thinking, and their writing and speaking skills.
In Her Own Words:
"As I grow older, I become more and more enamored with God’s Word. I can’t choose a favorite verse, there are far too many. However, one verse that has made an impression on me in the last year is John 3:30, “He must become greater, I must become less.” John is clarifying to his followers that he (John) is not the Messiah. His job has been to prepare people for Jesus’ coming and now that Jesus has arrived, He is the Messiah, and they should follow Him."
