A 8-10 page MLA style research paper will be written by students. Students will read Beowulf , Canterbury , and Macbeth and other written works of Medieval time. Several classic novels will be read. Students will write several analytic research papers during the year. Various poets from different time periods are discussed.
Exams are typically essay.
First semester - grammar including parts of speech, sentence components, punctuation, capitalization, and mechanics, spelling and vocabulary development. Second semester - Literature including short stories by authors such as London, Twain, Kjelgaurd and Kipling, poetry by poets such as Millay and Frost, dramas by Simon, Barrie and Buck, the novel Old Yeller by Gipson and a mythology unit inclusive of Greek and Norse gods and goddesses. Spelling and Vocabulary continue this semester. Compositions are descriptive, narrative and expository nature. Spelling and vocabulary are studied all year.