Honors English 1B

Honors English I is a two-semester online course designed to improve your ability to communicate, interpret, analyze, read, and write. The course is aligned to the TEKS with products and processes differentiated from the on-level course in preparation for success in advanced pathways. Each unit blends the reading of rich, mentor texts with the opportunity for you to engage intimately with the process of writing. The ability to read analytically and to write expressively exists as the cornerstone for success in the work place, the military, and/or post high school collegiate work. Reading is the key that unlocks world. Dive in and embrace all that language and literature have to offer.

Upon completing this course, you will be able to:

• analyze various genres of literature and understand their significance to culture.
• analyze the critical attributes of each genre to appreciate the artistry of the writer.
• develop and use research-based word attack skills when encountering unknown vocabulary.
• analyze media for messages, purpose, and audience.
• compose various types of essays and narratives dependent on audience, purpose, and message.
• incorporate standard grammar, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling into all written work.
• analyze written research studies, develop a worthy research question, gather credible sources, synthesize those sources, and construct a presentation mindful of audience, message, and purpose.

• Textbook: Mirrors and Windows: Connecting with Literature Grade 9
  • Carnegie Learning Inc. (2021)  
  • ISBN: 978013368443-8
  • Link and access instructions are provided in the course
• Novels
  • Animal Farm by George Orwell
  • Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
• Interactive Notebook – In the form of a small composition notebook, a spiral notebook, or loose-leaf paper kept in a binder.
• Pencil or Pen – In order to do well in the course, you must take notes and work through organizers to build understanding of literary works.
• Adobe Reader

Each semester contains 9 units and one final exam.

Each Unit contains:

• 3 – 7 lessons. Each lesson includes some or all the following components: Engage, Explore, Explain, Elaborate, and Evaluate.
• Self-assessments to help you check your own understanding of the material covered in
• each lesson. You must complete these assessments in order to advance in the course.
• 2 graded assignments and several practice quizzes

The final examination is comprehensive; it covers the material from all 8 units. To pass the course, you must receive a grade of 70 percent or better. You can apply to take the Final Exam after 100 percent of your graded assignments have been submitted, and at least 70 percent have been graded and returned to you.

Format: Multiple-choice and essay, online

Time Allowed: 3 hours

Materials Allowed: none

Unit 10: Procedural and Work-Related Documents

Units 11 and 12: Romeo and Juliet

Unit 13: Identity—What Makes You Who You Are

Unit 14: Research

Unit 15: Writing—Research Paper

Unit 16: The Power of Words

Unit 17: Listening

Unit 18: Media Literacy