English 11A

Credit Recovery Course Overview:
Credit recovery courses include a daily attendance requirement in addition to asynchronous instruction to provide students with a high level of learning. IDLA will provide the course content, Learning Management System, teachers, and internal support staff. Districts will provide local personnel to support the students with intervention support, social-emotional support, physical and/or virtual technical access to courses, and transcription of credits.

 

Lessons include graded learning activities integrated within the content and are worth 60% of the overall grade. Certified teachers check in on students frequently and attendance is recorded when a student logs in and completes some work each day.  There is no high-stakes final exam; just shorter incremental assessments in each unit that are worth 40% of the overall grade. Students must complete all unit assessments to pass the course.

Course Description:
This course explores themes such as identity and self-discovery, the American Dream, friendship, and loyalty. Students will learn to identify and analyze literary, poetic, and rhetorical devices, evaluating their effectiveness. Through each unit, students will examine the meaning of these themes and apply their insights in various written and creative projects, including comparison-and-contrast and argumentative paragraphs, research outlines, and even creative works like two-voice poetry.