One Year of High School English/Language Arts (a good fit for 9th grade) makes ELA interesting and meaningful for teens. This no-busywork bundle of study guides follows 7SistersHomeschool's motto:

"Don't kill the book!"

Teens hate over teaching, so we work to present literature analysis and writing concepts in small chunks. Teens gain the ELA skills they need without boredom and busywork.

Credit Information:  This is a one-credit high school level ELA course, adaptable for basic, college prep, and honors levels.

This full-year, adaptable, no busy-work English/Language Arts curriculum for your high school student provides:

• Reading with literary analysis,
• Writing instruction (for 4 types of papers),
• Vocabulary,
• Grammar,
• Public speaking
• A suggested schedule and
• Tools to help with grading!

Literature guides contain: 

• brief background information
• important literature terms and themes
• vocabulary
• inferential and analysis questions.

Writing guides contain:

• concise daily lessons with brief information, instruction, and assignments
• four different types of writing skills important for high school students to master: 
  • short story
  • essays
  • research papers
  • poetry 
• Rubrics for grading

7Sisters High School English/Language Arts one-year bundle includes:

• Study Guides for literary analysis of books (and movies!)
• Research Paper Writing Guides
• Essay Writing Guide
• Poetry Writing Guide
• Short-Story Writing Guide
• Public Speaking Experiences
• Grammar Pocket Guide
• Grammar Resources
• Vocabulary Resources
• Clear and friendly How-To-Use section for parents
• Suggested schedule for a 9-month academic year
• Rubrics and suggestions for grading

Literature Study Guides include:

NOTE: You will need to buy copies of the books for your teen to read, or borrow a copy from the library.

1. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
2. Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery
3. The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
4. Antigone (a play) by Sophocles
5. Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
6. Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats (a collection of poems) by T. S. Eliot
7. An assortment of British Poetry (poems easily accessible online for free)
8. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Cinema Studies guides are a part of this year’s bundle:

NOTE: You will need to buy or rent these movies; many are available on streaming services like Amazon Prime, Hulu, or Netflix, or borrow them from a friend or from the library.

1. Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (starring Katherine Hepburn & Spencer Tracy)
2. Mr. Holland’s Opus (starring Richard Dreyfuss)
3. The Truman Show (starring Jim Carrey)
4. Hook (starring Robin Williams and Dustin Hoffman)
5. A Christmas Carol (starring George C. Scott) 

The Writing Guides included:

1. An Introductory Guide to High School Essay Writing
2. Introductory Guide to High School Short Story Writing - Family Narrative
3. An Introductory Guide to High School Poetry Writing
4. Research Writing Readiness
5. APA Style Research Paper: An Introductory Guide
6. Writing Your Personal Mission Statement

What else will I find in this bundle?

1. Grammar Granules - Essential Elements of English
2. Recommended Resources for Supplemental Grammar and Vocabulary Learning
3. Kid Lit Public Speaking Experience
4. Spoken Word Poetry Public Speaking Experience
5. Parents Manual - Intro and How to Use This Bundle (including direction for grading and determining a final ELA grade for the transcript)
6. Chart for Determining the Level of Rigor for our year of High School ELA
7. Suggested Schedule for the Year
8. Recommendations for HOW MANY BOOKS TOTAL your student should read this year

What people are saying:

This is our first year using your curriculum, 9th grade LA, and we are loving it! Such a gentle approach, yet to the point and thorough. - M.We have used it for our 9th grader this year. She has liked it and I love it! I like that it is mostly student-led. My daughter has gotten a well-rounded writing and literature class with very good progress in her skills. We have already bought the 10th grade curriculum. - S.We started the 9th grade bundle this year and my daughter has asked to use the curriculum for next year too. It is very gentle in the instruction, not overwhelming. We like the mix of books & movies for the literature piece. I like week by week syllabus of what to do/complete. We use daily grams from easy grammar for the addlt grammar they recommend. The only minor dislike is the pace of going through some of the books, my daughter is dyslexic so it takes her longer to read assigned books than an average student, but we adjust the schedule as needed to accommodate that. - M.

Here's a Homeschool Highschool Podcast episode about scheduling 7Sisters ELA Bundles.

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