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(4 credits required for graduation) - BST/GRAD Prep Reading
- Creative Writing A
- English 9
- English 10
- English 11
- English 12
- Getting to Know the Bard: A Study of William Shakespeare and His Works .5
- Harry Potter
- Media and Society (Semester 1 Only)
- Native American Literature .5
- Newspaper .5
- Popular Teen Literature .5
- Reading For Success
- Sticks & Stones. . .Playing with the Power of Poetry .5
- Writing to Publish (Semester 1 Only)
- Writing for Rookies ( Semester 2 Only)
- Plato: English 9A, English 9B, English 10A, English 10B, English 11A, English 11B, English 12A, English 12B; .5 each
College Bound Progression English 9 English 10 English 11 English 12 Language Arts Courses Getting to Know the Bard: A Study of William Shakespeare and His Works Media in Society Native American Literature Newspaper Popular Teen Literature Read & Do Read & Respond: Extreme Read & Write 1 Read & Write 2: Children’s Books / Young Adult Authors Sticks & Stones. . .Playing with the Power of Poetry Plato: English 9A, English 9B, English 10A, English 10B, English 11A, English 11B, English 12A, English 12B BST/GRAD Prep Reading This class is geared to help students who need to pass a reading test in order to graduate. The fundamentals of reading are the focus of the class. Along with developing the skills that will be tested, strategies for taking standardized tests are covered. Angie Klopstad Creative Writing A This inspiring creative writing course presents a common language of writers called "The 6 Traits of Writing." Utilizing 6 trait skills hones personal writing abilities and provides richer critique and peer evaluation language. Weekly lessons showcase works by current professional writers, yet launch you, the student, into your own original creations which could become a working portfolio. English 9 This class is a comprehensive English Language Arts course that will build skills in the areas of reading, writing, and communication. The text offers many selections that stretch readersÂ’ imaginations and encourage active reading. Students will interact with what they read across a wide variety of genres as they gain reading comprehension strategies and make connections with what they are studying. The course also covers the fundamentals of composition and is aligned to Minnesota State Standards. Grades 9-12; year Carrie Schlicht
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English 10 This class is a comprehensive English Language Arts course that will build skills in the areas of reading, writing, and communication. The text offers many selections that stretch readers' imaginations and encourage active reading. Students will interact with what they read across a wide variety of genres as they gain reading comprehension strategies and make connections with what they are studying. The course also covers the fundamentals of composition and is aligned to Minnesota State Standards. Grades 10-12; year Heidi Housh
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Tara Bladow
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English 11 This class is a comprehensive English Language Arts course that will build skills in the areas of reading, writing, and communication. The text covers American literature and its reflection of history from our origins through present day. Students interact across a wide variety of genres, gaining reading comprehension, discussion and written expression strategies while formulating multilateral connections with what they are studying.
The course also covers the fundamentals of composition and is aligned to Minnesota State Standards. Grades 11-12; year - Marti Prekker
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- Jaclyn Gomez
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English 12 This class is a comprehensive English Language Arts course that will build skills in the areas of reading, writing, and communication. The text covers a variety of world literature selections including Shakespeare, Homer and Dickens. Students will interact with what they read across a wide variety of genres as they gain reading comprehension strategies and make connections with what they are studying. The course also covers the fundamentals of composition and is aligned to Minnesota State Standards. Students planning to go on to college can choose to focus on academic writing while other students can focus more on technical writing. Grade 12; year Amee Wittbrodt
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Carrie Schlicht
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Getting to Know the Bard: A Study of William Shakespeare and His Works In this class, you will study the biographical history of William Shakespeare and Elizabethan England. A brief study drama and the Elizabethan Theater will also be a part of our background introduction. You will read and study several of Shakespeare’s greatest works including his plays and sonnets. Shakespeare’s texts will be available via the Internet, and you will participate in various Web-based projects. Your reading, responding, critical thinking and critical writing skills will be developed and sharpened. Even if you have never studied the works of William Shakespeare before, this class will be informative, interesting and fun! To enroll or not to enroll – there’s no question! Grades 10-12; semester Carrie Schlicht
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Harry Potter This is a course designed to take a critical look at the Harry Potter book series. Students discuss what makes the Harry Potter books popular and/or controversial, while looking at the development of characters, language, plot and symbolism. This course is designed to get the most out of Potter while savoring every enchantment and spell! Perhaps we’ll even get the opportunity to design our own patronis! Media and Society The average 8-18 year old in the United States spends almost 6 1/2 hours consuming media in a typical day. Media is a term for anything that communicates, such as books, magazines, computers, radio, film, television, music, Internet… Media are very integral part of our lives and therefore they generate popular interest and debate about any social problem that we can think of. This class will take a critical look at media's role in society. It will help you improve your ability to access, analyze, evaluate, and produce media messages of all kinds.
Semester 1 only Amee Wittbrodt
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Native American Literature Ever wonder why the opossum’s tail is bare or where fire came from? This class is designed for students who want to expand their literary horizons by reading novels, essays, poetry, and short stories written by Native American authors. Students will have the opportunity to become more familiar with issues facing American Indians through literature. Since a lot of reading is required, students must possess good reading skills. Grades 10-12; semester; Amee Wittbrodt
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Newspaper This elective class is designed for the student who enjoys writing. Students will learn newspaper fundamentals, journalistic ethics, conduct interviews and write articles for the Blue Sky School Newspaper. Grades 8-12; semester Sarah McFarland
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Popular Teen Literature What is it like to live with parents who expect perfection? How about living in foster care or helping your parentsstrugge to make ends meet? Experience the challenges and successes of being a young adult through the eyes of another teen. Each story allows students to enter the lives of teens their own age, to experience the issues and situations they encounter, while examining and evaluating the decisions they face. Grades 7-12; semester; Heidi Housh
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Read & Write 1 Read the work of successful writers for many purposes: study techniques and methods; learn about the process of writing; model or create your own works by following the examples in the work of others. Write many types of writing about many types of subjects. Evaluate and encourage your peers by reading and commenting on their work. Learn about a common way to communicate ideas of writing called the 6 Traits. Grades 9-12; 1st semester only Marti Prekker
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Reading For Success Students in this class will become successful, active readers in any subject. The purpose is to teach students the reading process, critical reading strategies and when to use them, reading tools and organizers, text organization, and other essential skills that will aid in reading comprehension. Sticks & Stones. . .Playing with the Power of Poetry "Sticks and Stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me." In this course, we will explore the power of words, in contrast to this childhood idiom we have all heard. We will exlpore the work of many poets, looking at typical poetic conventions of imagery, form, and style, to name a few. But then we will be playing with words ourselves, creating a range of poetry, and critiquing our own work and the work of others. Grades 9-12; semester; Jeff Schulz
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Writing to Publish A student once wrote - "Having a voice in this generation can be hard. Expressing your voice can be harder, but being heard can sometimes be the hardest." This class will help you find your writing voice and use it. Turn your writing inward and find yourself on a road to self discovery. Turn your wirting outward and write to be heard. Really heard. Assignments are practical with real life consequences. Got something to say? say it here. This class offers practical writing exercises/assignments with real life consequences. Not for the weak of heart. Grades 9-12; 1st semester only Barb DeGrote
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Writing For Rookies A student once wrote – “Having a voice in this generation can be hard. Expressing your voice can be harder, but being heard can sometimes be the hardest.” This class will help you find your writing voice and use it. Turn your writing inward and find yourself on a road to self discovery. Turn your writing outward and write to be heard. Really heard. Assignments are practical with real life consequences. Got something to say? Say it here. Grades 9-12; 2nd semester only Barb DeGrote
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Plato: English 9A, English 9B, English 10A, English 10B, English 11A, English 11B, English 12A, English 12B Refreshes basic skills and introduces strategies for fluent readers. Provides a foundation for writing by teaching strategies, such as using graphic organizers, separating ideas into paragraphs, and varying sentence structures. Learn the key reading comprehension and critical thinking skills needed to work with the written resources in a typical workplace. Provides instruction in grammar and mechanics. Grades 7-12; semester Tara Bladow
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