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(4 credits required for graduation) - 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
- Native American Literature .5
- Newspaper .5
- Popular Teen Literature .5
- Read & Do .5
- Read & Respond: Extreme .5
- Reading For Success
- Sticks & Stones. . .Playing with the Power of Poetry .5
- 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 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 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 Jeff Schulz
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Angie Klopstad
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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! 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; Closed 1st 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; Closed 1st semester Heidi Housh
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Read & Do Do you like to do hands-on projects and have a digital camera? This class shows that reading and learning can also involve hands-on projects Read about early American Native cultures and build a model village out of materials you acquire for yourself. Read about prominent scientists and do your own experiments using commonly found items. Intrigued by plant life? Terrarium time. Having a digital camera for taking photographs and sending me your pics with you in them is a MUST. Grades 7-12; 2nd semester only Marti Prekker
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Read & Respond: Extreme Read for understanding. Write for personal expression. Answer questions, and provide written responses to writing about Extreme Activities like mountain climbing, stunt acting, motorized vehicles, racing, skiing, snowboarding. If it's extreme, it'll hit our scene. Grades 9-12; 1st semester only Marti Prekker
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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; Closed 1st semester Jeff Schulz
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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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