ENGLISH

Summer Reading List for ALL Incoming English Students

English classes are held Mondays & Wednesdays.

All English students who have not completed the previous full year of Home Run Ministries’ English classes must take an admissions   test for assessment and placement.  The interview/test will include  grammar, reading comprehension, and a written essay.  Students should be prepared to bring any major works they have written in the past year.  The interview/test is 1.5 hours long and costs $50.00. Parents are expected to attend the interview. Tests are by appointment only and held after a student is accepted following the application and interview process and the registration form and check have been received.

The Institute for Excellence in Writing

This program, used by all English classes, includes note taking, outlining, summarizing from notes, story sequence charts, critiques, students’ original stories, essays, writing from pictures, creative writing, and research writing.

Writing Intensive Workshop (grades 7+) 
Mrs. Susie Sellner

Monday—Thursday, August 16-19, 2010, 10:00 AM -12:00 noon.
Required for all new, incoming English students in English 1 –4.  $75 per student ($65 per student if  registered by May 31, 2010).  Basic English students may take the first two days of the workshop for $40 per student ($35 per student if registered by May 31, 2010); the last two days will be too advanced for Basic English students.

Basic English (6-7)
All new incoming sixth and seventh grade  students will study introductory-level writing, literature, grammar, and vocabulary.  Spelling rules emphasized.  Texts: Easy Grammar Plus. Spelling: Workout Series, Level F (Modern Curriculum Press).

Literature: The Lion, the Witch and the   Wardrobe; Number  the Stars; Sign of the Beaver; Carry on, Mr. Bowditch; and Book of

Virtues.  (To be rented from HRM)

Teacher: Mrs. Sunny Hopper

English 1 (7-8)
Students will engage in an intermediate-level study of essay writing, grammar mechanics, literature interpretation,     vocabulary, and study skills. Texts: Vocabulary/Spelling:  Wordly Wise. Grammar: Winston Grammar Literature:  The Adventures of Tom Sawyer; Prince Caspian; The Hiding Place; a biography of missionary to China—Gladys Aylward; Imitation in Writing: Poetry Primer (Teacher will photocopy); and Great Short Poems. (To be rented from HRM)

Teacher: Mrs. Laura Edge

English 2  (9-10) 
Students will study high school-level grammar, vocabulary development, literature interpretation, and writing with an emphasis on writing topical essays.  Texts:  Vocabulary/Spelling:  Wordly Wise.  Literature: A Tale of Two Cities; Great American Short Stories; To Kill a Mockingbird; and The Mentor Book of Major American Poets. (To be rented from HRM)

Teacher: Mrs. Kathy Carman             

English 3/4 (10-12)
Students will engage in college preparatory-level work in grammar, vocabulary, world literature, and writing    including the formal critique essay, the persuasive essay as required on the new SAT and THEA college entrance tests, and  library research projects. PSAT/SAT readiness also covered as well as college entrance essays.

Texts: Little Brown Handbook (Reference); Hot Words for the SAT

Literature: Macbeth; Jane Eyre; Frankenstein; a biography of C. S. Lewis; Imitation in Writing: Grammar of Poetry (Teacher will photocopy.), The Mentor Book of Major British Poets. (To be rented from HRM)

Teacher: Mrs. Susie Sellner

The English Department prefers to acquire the literature books, many of which we can find used, so that the entire class is using the same edition.  We will bill you  a rental fee for the books we supply and then distribute them to the students as needed.

During the summer, parents will receive a book list. Home Run Ministries will bill you a rental fee for the books we supply.  We will distribute those books to the students as needed. It will be the responsibility of the parents to purchase all other student books.

COURSE LIST SUBJECT TO CHANGE BASED ON ENROLLMENT