Everyday Language and Literature
High School Course
This course is designed to strengthen your ability to understand and communicate with the world through language. Using designated readings and research, you'll examine diverse cultures and the unique traits of others while enhancing the skills required to communicate with clarity, purpose and care. You'll also review the basic principles of grammar and sharpen your understanding of visual media.
This High School Course is also offered as part of the General Online Diploma program.
Credits: 1 Unit
Course ID: ENG02
Course Area: English
Course Type: General
Study Method: Online
Course Outline:
- Unit 1:
- Lesson 1: The four types of sentences
- Lesson 2: Punctuation
- Lesson 3: Complete subjects and complete predicates
- Lesson 4: Simple subjects and predicates
- Lesson 5: Combining sentences
- Lesson 6: Compound sentences
- Lesson 7: Getting subjects and verbs to agree
- Lesson 8: Fixing sentence fragments
- Lesson 9: Correcting run-on sentences
- Lesson 10: Common grammatical mistakes
- Unit 2:
- Lesson 11: Metaphors
- Lesson 12: Similes
- Lesson 13: Alliteration
- Lesson 14: Onomotopoeia
- Lesson 15: Personification
- Lesson 16: Sensory details
- Lesson 17: Introduction to poetry
- Lesson 18: Figurative language and imagery
- Lesson 19: Narrative poetry
- Lesson 20: Lyric poetry
- Unit 3:
- Lesson 21: Introduction to narrative writing
- Lesson 22: The ballad
- Lesson 23: The biographical sketch
- Lesson 24: An autobiographical incident
- Lesson 25: The short story
- Lesson 26: The novel: The Call of the Wild
- Lesson 27: The Call of the Wild: shaped by our environment
- Lesson 28: The Call of the Wild: civilized behavior
- Lesson 29: The Call of the Wild: how to load a sled
- Lesson 30: The Call of the Wild: bonding
- Unit 4:
- Lesson 31: Introduction to persuasive writing
- Lesson 32: Advertisements
- Lesson 33: Film reviews
- Lesson 34: Letters to the editor
- Lesson 35: Campaign speech
- Lesson 36: The persuasive essay
- Lesson 37: Introduction to informational writing
- Lesson 38: Elements of informational writing
- Lesson 39: Audio/visual media news
- Lesson 40: Print media
Items Provided by Students:
Books
- The Scribner Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction (Lex Williford and Michael Martone)
