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Greenbrier High School

Learn From Home - Sophomore English

Course Description

Welcome to GHS Sophomore English!  Even if you choose to learn from home, you are still PART OF THE PACK!  We will be working on very similar activities to learn the standards of sophomore English, but with an online only twist.  
 
This 9-weeks we will begin learning about Social Satire and Romanticism.  This unit offers an interesting mix of literature (including a novel, short stories, and poetry), works of art, non-fiction informational pieces, and editorial writing.  Within the time we spend studying these texts, you will be introduced to literary analysis and argument.  You will also learn to apply the concepts and themes raise in the various works to the modern world.  Literature is often a criticism of the time period in which it was written, so this unit will teach you how to think critically.  

The major work we will read this 9-weeks is the modern novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury.  This short work of fiction will bring together many of the introductory skills you will have learned into a culminating experience.  You will learn to find not just WHAT the author says to us, but WHY he tells his story.  Along with this you will learn to prove your analysis with textual evidence, discuss the works and their meanings, and communicate your ideas on censorship, satire, freedom of thought and expression, the power and responsibility that comes with knowledge, equality, and the power of technology. 

We will also learn about writing, conventions of standard English, and vocabulary this term.  
 
Please email me with any questions, or feel free to send a question through your Google Classroom.  

YOUR GOOGLE CLASSROOM CODE IS:        2dbo35g

Your LEARN FROM HOME ORIENTATION HANDOUT is posted on the right!  


GHS LEARN FROM HOME INFO!  

Information for Tomorrow (textbook distribution, laptop request form, etc….:  https://greenbrierhs.ccboe.net/apps/news/article/1266620

Technology FAQ:  https://greenbrierhs.ccboe.net/apps/news/article/1266888

Annual Update Now Open:  https://greenbrierhs.ccboe.net/apps/news/article/1267288

OPEN HOUSE - 1pm on my Google Meet link!  Please join my google classroom to attend!  

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