English

Middle School English

6th – 8th Grades
Monday: 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm

Mr. Eason

This course provides a wonderful foundation in spelling, grammar, and the writing process. It emphasizes simple but useful composition and language strategies, with great opportunities for modeling practical, real-world writing situations, enabling students to improve their skills in communicating through writing. Students will experience a variety of appropriate reading selections and will be systematically walked through the critical thinking process with comprehension techniques at their level, as well as note-taking instruction.

High School English

9th – 12th Grades
Monday: 9:30 am – 11:00 am

Mr. Eason

This course emphasizes the continued application of core skills in the area of English which will cover reading, writing, speaking, listening, and critical thinking. Students reinforce their skills by formulating clearly written sentences and applying the correct usage of grammar in their written work. Students will continue to refine their writing skills by using the writing process to compose core writing assignments and to respond to timed writing prompts as well as training on information gathering and research paper preparation. The comprehensive study of literature will focus on the analysis of short stories, nonfiction, poetry, drama, and novels.

Dual Credit HS English with ACC ENGL 1301

11th – 12th Grades
Monday: 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm

Mr. Eason

For this class, a student must have strong writing skills and be in the upper grades of high school. He or she will have to enroll at ACC as a homeschooled high school student (dual credit), take the TSI placement test, and score high enough to be allowed to register for English Composition I (ENGL 1301). Then, the student will actually register for that class through ACC. At Focus Prep, students will be briefed by the teacher about pertinent topics that the college class is covering, assisted in understanding the syllabus and making a plan / calendar for the semester, given graphic organizers or ideas for planning out papers, and tutored in proofreading and revising papers. The student is responsible for completing the ACC assignments himself / herself — the Focus Prep teacher is there as a guide and tutor. This is an exciting opportunity for those planning to attend college, as the cost on the ACC side is small or nonexistent, depending on the situation. Plus, it gives the advantage of getting a college class or two checked off their degree plan before leaving home.