English IV B (Online)

Prerequisite: English IV ACourse Description: This is a standards-based course aligned with the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts. This course will focus on literature, informational texts, narrative and literary analysis writing, and standard English language usage. Learning Goal Outcomes: 1. To explore the major facets of several of the world’s most popular genres, from Science Fiction to Western Lit to Romanticism. 2. To become familiar with the elements that characterize these genres. 3. To look at the ways in which the types of literature overlap and come together. 4. To serve as a forum for student writers to produce and share their own creative writing in the style of one of the genres studied.