Description: An English literature course designed to teach students how to read and analyze literature by gaining a basic understanding of plot, character, and setting. Basic analysis of poetry is also included in this course. The first semester of a two-semester course.
Recommended Age: Ideal for 9th -10th grade but also appropriate for older students.
Content Covered: A representative sampling of classic short stories and essays by great authors such as Kipling, Hawthorne, Poe, Conan Doyle, Irving, Melville, Forster, Twain, Joyce, Chekhov, James, Hemingway, and others. Basic composition techniques for expository essays will also be presented.
Course Material: Most of the material for this course will be provided online. There will also be a small amount of material sent to you electronically, or, if you prefer, by mail, in which case it would be provided for you at cost. Any material costs to the course are not included in the course price.
Instructor: Mr. Worley
Class Chat Time:
Wednesday, 11:00 a.m. or 12:30p.m. EST (Fall);
Tuesday or Thursday at 1:15-2:30p.m. EST (Spring)
High School Course Credit: Full semester high school credit. Taking the fall and spring semester courses (you should sign up for spring separately) would constitute a full year credit.
* A list of literature covered in the course will be provided in early summer.

Enroll in English I/II, Fall 2009 ($199.95)
Enroll in English I/II, Spring 2010 ($199.95)

Special Offer:
Enroll in Composition, Writers' Workshop, Fall 2009 Semester ($124.95: discounted price for those who have also enrolled in an English course)
Enroll in Composition, Writers' Workshop, Spring 2010 Semester ($124.95: discounted price for those who have also enrolled in an English course)