Assignments

The Overview pages of each module outline exactly what is due in each module. Do not skip these overview pages as they are very helpful.

This is an English course so there are a variety of assignments. There is a lot of thinking and processing required by students to personalize this course and get the most out of it. Most of the assignments require students to think through what they are reading or learning and fill in graphic organizers with specific questions about the content. Some graphic organizers may in Canvas may be annotated notes, which means they can be filled out right there on the Canvas page and submitted. But students can choose the best method for them, and they may download the graphic organizer to their Google Drive or as a Word document and save it, and then submit it when it is due. 

There are some assignments in the form of a short quiz. All of these are open notes, open books. They relate to the material on that page of the module. 

There are several writing assignments where students communicate their knowledge in a variety of formats: visual, pictures, PowerPoint or Loom presentations, written essays, summaries, responses, etc. Students will have the opportunity to submit assignments in a variety of ways. There are always choices to make in the assignments.  

There is also an English Skill Enrichment Focus at the end of each module. These lessons will focus on specific English skills such as vocabulary, reading fluency, writing fluency, grammar, sentence structure, etc. These skill assignments are a fun way to meet the standards for English and students often have choices about what they complete and how. 

NOTE: Several assignments have "Turnitin" set for flagging plagiarism and will provide students with feedback after their assignments have been graded. 

Content Guides

The Content Guides require students to take notes on specific questions and processes where prompted in the modules. These notes should be downloaded and kept on the student's computer so they can be filled in where asked, in the modules, and then submitted at the end of each unit. Students will be prompted when to take notes. Many course standards are met with the Note-Taking Guides and yet there is still room for students to add notes they choose to add which will be helpful to them. Content Guides will be submitted at the end of Modules 5, 10, and 15.

Interactives and Self-checks

There are interactives or self-checks on nearly every page. They are great reviews and the final exam questions come from these interactives and self-checks. These are not graded but they should also not be skipped. They're a fun way to interact with the content and remember the concepts taught. 

Midcourse Quiz

This computer-graded quiz will cover the material up to the mid-course quiz. The questions on the midcourse quiz will be similar in format to the questions on the final exam.