English 1

• Subject:  English
• Audience:  High School
• Credits:  1 (.5 per segment)
• Prerequisites:  None
• SCED:  01001 G OR SCED:  01002 G This course may be used for English 9 or 10, in alignment with the curriculum of the school or school district.

Description:

This course is organized into a series of journeys. In each unit of the course, students embark on a new journey. Through the study of literature, nonfiction, and life, students will explore the unknown, search for identity and equality, and seek achievement, opportunity, and understanding. Students will read to analyze the way language is used to express human motivation and will research to examine the results of actions in the real world. The lessons in each module will give students the tools they need to gain insights from what is read and to use knowledge in creative and analytical writing.

Iowa Core Skills or Standards:

College and Career Readiness Standards for Reading (Informational Text, Reading), Listening, Speaking, and Writing in accordance with 9th and 10th grade Iowa Core.

Why it Matters:

Successful learners and employees are effective communicators. This includes reading, writing, listening, viewing, and speaking. Students will learn to use the English language to successfully express themselves.

Required Materials:

All students will need to provide one of the following novels for Unit 2: Journey to Identity (Segment 1 only):

• Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
• I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced by Nujood Ali and Delphine Minoui
• Now Is the Time for Running by Michael Williams
• The Red Umbrella by Christina Gonzalez
• Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs
• Of Beetles and Angels: A Boy’s Remarkable Journey from a Refugee Camp to Harvard by Mawi Asgedom
• In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez
• The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
• The Boy from Baby House 10 by Alan Philps and John Lahutsky
• Tasting the Sky: Palestinian Childhood by Ibtisam Barakat

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Additional Notes:

Iowa Learning Online operates on a semester model, offering enrollments for Fall, Spring, and Summer. Students must be enrolled each semester for the appropriate segment of the course they wish to take.

Course Outline:

Segment 1

Module 01: Journey to the Unknown

Module 02: Journey to Identity

Module 03: Journey to Equality

Segment 2

Module 04: Journey to Achievement

Module 05: Journey to Opportunity

Module 06: Journey to Understanding