Description

Please note: Both fall and spring semesters must be completed to obtain a full credit. This class can not be started in the spring.

Course Description:

Starting in Anglo-Saxon England, this course will reach back in time to some of our earliest literature and study how the written word has been used to convey cultural shifts and political and religious ideas. Students will read novels, a play, short stories, and poetry by the prominent writers of British literature. Students will be expected to write several essays and take semester tests. (Familiarity with writing academic essays MLA format is helpful. If your student is in 9th grade, we recommend taking our High School English/Literature and Composition course first.)

This class does not function like a traditional virtual classroom where students interact with one another or participate in group activities. Rather, Jennie works one-on-one with each student to nudge critical thinking, to deepen reading comprehension, and improve his/her writing skills.

Prerequisites:

Familiarity with Google Docs; working knowledge of MLA format and writing a basic academic essay

Book List:

Beowulf translated by Seamus Haney (ISBN: 0-393-32097-9)
Macbeth by Shakespeare (No Fear Shakespeare) (ISBN: 978-1586638467)
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (ISBN: 0-141-43947-5)
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier (ISBN: 978-0-380-73040-7)
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams (ISBN: 978-0-345-39180-3)
Poetry and Short Stories provided