Acellus® High School English I-SE
Unit 1 - Short Story – Plot, Setting
INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCE
High School English I-SE Course Curriculum
Unit 6 - Short Story – Cause and Effect
1
Genres of Literature
45 Cause and Effect Relationships
2
Short Story – Plot
46 The Lumber Room – Vocabulary
3
Short Story – Conflict
47 The Lumber Room – Inferences
4
The Lady, or the Tiger – Vocabulary
48 The Lumber Room – Cause, Effect
5
The Lady, or the Tiger – Reading
49 The Lumber Room – Discussion
6
The Lady, or the Tiger – Story Elements
50 Using a Dictionary – Tips
7
The Lady, or the Tiger – Conflict
51 Vocabulary Drill – Word Parts
8
Grammar Drill – Semicolons
52 Analyzing Same Subject, Different Mediums
9
Academic Vocabulary I
53 Writing Skills – Concrete Details
Unit 2 - Short Story – Conflict
54 Academic Vocabulary VI
10 Evaluating Irony
Unit 7 - Nonfiction
11 The Interlopers – Vocabulary
55 Genres of Literature – Nonfiction
12 The Interlopers – Analyzing Irony
56 Reading Nonfiction
13 The Interlopers – Irony, Discussion
57 Autobiography of Franklin – Vocabulary
14 The Interlopers – Conflict
58 Autobiography of Franklin – Angle
15 Vocabulary Workshop – Etymology
59 Writing Skills – Summarization
16 Grammar Drill – Colons
60 Grammar Skills – Semicolons
17 Academic Vocabulary II
61 Writing Skills – Autobiography
Unit 3 - Short Story – Irony
62 A Diary from Dixie – Vocabulary
18 The Invalid’s Story – Vocabulary
63 A Diary from Dixie – Fact and Opinion
19 The Invalid’s Story – Flashback
20 Grammar Drill – Dashes
64 Diary from Dixie – Rhetorical Devices
Unit 8 - Nonfiction – Autobiography, Memoirs
21 The Invalid’s Story – Dialogue-Dialect
22 Writing Skills – Dialogue
65 Grammar Drill – Sentence Fragments
66 from Specimen Days – Walt Whitman
23 The Invalid’s Story – Paraphrasing
67 Specimen Days – Historical Narrative
24 The Invalid’s Story – Imagery
68 Writing Skills – Write a News Story
25 The Invalid’s Story – Irony, Humor
69 Vocabulary Drill – Word Parts II
26 Academic Vocabulary III
70 Grammar Drill – Commas in a Series
Unit 4 - Short Story – Point of View
27 The Gift of the Magi – Vocabulary
71 Academic Vocabulary VII
Unit 9 - Nonfiction - Autobiography
28 The Gift of the Magi – Setting
72 Improve Reading Comprehension
29 The Gift of the Magi – Irony
73 Cub Pilot on the Mississippi – Twain
30 The Gift of the Magi – Characterization
74 Cub Pilot – Decoding Vocabulary
31 Academic Vocabulary IV
75 Cub Pilot – Jargon
32 The Gift of the Magi – Point of View
76 Cub Pilot – Imagery
33 The Gift of the Magi– Imagery, Simile
77 Vocabulary Skills – Adopted Words
34 The Gift of the Magi – Theme
78 Figures of Speech – Euphemism
35 Grammar Drill – Run-on Sentences
79 Grammar Drill – Dialogue, Speaker Tags
36 Academic Vocabulary V
80 Writing Autobiographical Narratives
37 Grammar Drill – Misplaced Modifiers
Unit 5 - Short Story – Narrator and Voice
81 Vocabulary Drill – Word Usage
Unit 10 - Nonfiction – Biography
38 Short Story – Narrator
82 Biography – Ben Franklin by Hawthorne
39 Short Story – Character – Foil
83 Biography of Franklin – Tone
40 The Necklace – Vocabulary
84 Biography of Franklin – Author Purpose
41 The Necklace – Identifying Sequence
85 Literary Element – Anecdotes
42 The Necklace – Compare and Contrast
86 Franklin – Inferences about Character
43 The Necklace – Finding Irony
87 Writing Skills – Biographies
44 The Necklace – Theme
88 Interview – Preparation
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Acellus® High School English I-SE
INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCE
High School English I-SE Course Curriculum
89 Conducting an Interview
Unit 13 - Nonfiction – Elements of Poetry
90 From Interview to Report
111 Elements of Poetry
91 Grammar Drill – Dangling Modifiers
112 William Wordsworth – Paraphrasing
Unit 11 - Nonfiction – Persuasive, Expository Essays
113 Emily Dickinson – Metaphor
92 Essays
114 Dickinson – Poetic Form
93 Persuasive Essay – Montaigne
115 Walt Whitman – Free Verse
94 Montaigne – Antithesis
116 Vachel Lindsay – Compare and Contrast
95 Montaigne – Analyze Argument
117 Paul Dunbar – Symbolism
96 Vocabulary Drill – Word Usage II
118 Dickinson – Personification
97 Grammar – Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement
119 Figures of Speech – Oxymoron
98 Franklin Letter – Daylight Saving
Unit 14 - Drama
99 Daylight Saving – Rhetorical Devices
120 Elements of Drama
100 Daylight Saving – Paraphrasing
121 Drama – Tragedy and Comedy
Unit 12 - Nonfiction – Speech
122 Oscar Wilde – Satire
101 Gettysburg Address – Persuasion
123 Drama – Reading Tips
102 A New Generation – John F. Kennedy
124 Drama – Writing Tips
103 A New Generation – Argument
125 Grammar Drill – Possessives
104 A New Generation – Bias
126 Elements of Tragedy
105 A New Generation – Rhetorical Devices
127 Dramatic Devices
106 Finding Common Ground
128 Grammar Tip – Subject-Verb Order
107 Vocabulary Drill – Word Usage III
129 Shakespearean Drama
108 Oral Communication – Persuasion
130 Romeo and Juliet – Overview
109 Compare Literature – Differing Views
131 Reading Shakespeare
110 Writing Skills – Editorials
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