Preparatory Classes
Pre-Algebra – Instructor pending
This course functions as a bridge between basic math and algebra, reviewing operations with decimals, fractions, percents, and integers and covering topics in geometry, algebra and statistics. Students in the class will learn how to use algebraic concepts and strategies in conjunction with their fine-tuned skills to solve many different types of problems.
Pre-Algebra meets twice each week. Students should expect to spend 4 - 6 hours per week on assignments outside of class. Time will vary depending on the student’s confidence, study skills, and previous experience in math. Extra help is available through email and weekly office hours using Zoom.
Enrollment in Pre-Algebra is limited to students who turn 12 by October 1.
An assessment is required for students taking Pre-Algebra at Core.
Text: McDougal Littell Middle School Math, Course 2, Larson, Boswell, Kanold, and Stiff. 2005
ISBN #0-618-50815-5
Calculator: TI-30XIIS
Copy fee: $30 for the year
This course functions as a bridge between basic math and algebra, reviewing operations with decimals, fractions, percents, and integers and covering topics in geometry, algebra and statistics. Students in the class will learn how to use algebraic concepts and strategies in conjunction with their fine-tuned skills to solve many different types of problems.
Pre-Algebra meets twice each week. Students should expect to spend 4 - 6 hours per week on assignments outside of class. Time will vary depending on the student’s confidence, study skills, and previous experience in math. Extra help is available through email and weekly office hours using Zoom.
Enrollment in Pre-Algebra is limited to students who turn 12 by October 1.
An assessment is required for students taking Pre-Algebra at Core.
Text: McDougal Littell Middle School Math, Course 2, Larson, Boswell, Kanold, and Stiff. 2005
ISBN #0-618-50815-5
Calculator: TI-30XIIS
Copy fee: $30 for the year
Reading Workshop – Danielle Saxton, Instructor
dsaxton.ky@gmail.com
The objective of this course is to teach students how to interact with the written word in order to comprehend and enjoy texts. This is a beginning, upper-level reading class intended to prepare students for the advanced reading and analysis of high school English classes. Students will practice reading fiction and non-fiction closely and purposefully. The course will introduce and instill practical reading strategies that will enhance comprehension and foster intelligent responses to texts. In addition, students will learn how to intentionally expand their vocabularies through weekly lists. Though there will be some writing assignments, the emphasis of the course will be reading comprehension and analysis.
Reading Workshop is a good companion course for the Writing Workshop; together they complete a high school English credit. This course is designed for 8th and 9th grade students though older students are also welcome. Students who successfully complete both the Reading Workshop and the Writing Workshop classes, and who receive a recommendation from the instructor, are eligible to take English 1 without an assessment.
Writing Workshop will meet once each week. Enrollment is limited to students who are 13 by October 1.
There will be a $25 copy fee for the year.
Texts: Holt, Rinehart, Winston’s Elements of Literature Second Course, copyright 2000.
(Must be the student edition) ISBN-13: 978-0030520594
The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo
A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park
The Tempest by William Shakespeare (Folger Shakespeare Library edition)
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor
The Door in the Wall by Marguerite de Angeli
dsaxton.ky@gmail.com
The objective of this course is to teach students how to interact with the written word in order to comprehend and enjoy texts. This is a beginning, upper-level reading class intended to prepare students for the advanced reading and analysis of high school English classes. Students will practice reading fiction and non-fiction closely and purposefully. The course will introduce and instill practical reading strategies that will enhance comprehension and foster intelligent responses to texts. In addition, students will learn how to intentionally expand their vocabularies through weekly lists. Though there will be some writing assignments, the emphasis of the course will be reading comprehension and analysis.
Reading Workshop is a good companion course for the Writing Workshop; together they complete a high school English credit. This course is designed for 8th and 9th grade students though older students are also welcome. Students who successfully complete both the Reading Workshop and the Writing Workshop classes, and who receive a recommendation from the instructor, are eligible to take English 1 without an assessment.
Writing Workshop will meet once each week. Enrollment is limited to students who are 13 by October 1.
There will be a $25 copy fee for the year.
Texts: Holt, Rinehart, Winston’s Elements of Literature Second Course, copyright 2000.
(Must be the student edition) ISBN-13: 978-0030520594
The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo
A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park
The Tempest by William Shakespeare (Folger Shakespeare Library edition)
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor
The Door in the Wall by Marguerite de Angeli
Writing Workshop – Danielle Saxton, Instructor
dsaxton.ky@gmail.com
This course teaches the foundations of academic writing, including organizing and clarifying ideas, constructing sentences and paragraphs, and effectively using essay form. In addition to honing a clear understanding of correct grammar and punctuation, students will practice using thoughtful vocabulary in their writing. During the second semester, students concentrate on research papers. Using the skills learned during the first semester, they write two short research papers. The first is a heavily-directed practice research paper, which leads up to a more individual effort to complete the semester. Students who complete Writing Workshop will gain confidence in the face of the challenging writing assignments typically found in high school English classes.
The Writing Workshop complements the Reading Workshop class; together they complete a high school English credit. This course is designed for 8th and 9th grade students though older students are also welcome. Students who successfully complete both the Reading Workshop and the Writing Workshop classes, and who receive a recommendation from the instructor, are eligible to take English 1 without an assessment.
Reading Workshop will meet once each week. Enrollment is limited to students who are 13 by October 1.
There will be a $25 copy fee for the year.
Texts: Writing With Skill, Level 1: Student Workbook (The Complete Writer) by Susan Wise Bauer
ISBN-13: 978-1933339535
The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation: 11th Edition by Jane Strauss ISBN-13: 978-1118785560
The Little Seagull Handbook by Richard Bullock and Francine Weinberg ISBN: 978-0-393-91151-0
*Students need access to a public library membership for this course.
dsaxton.ky@gmail.com
This course teaches the foundations of academic writing, including organizing and clarifying ideas, constructing sentences and paragraphs, and effectively using essay form. In addition to honing a clear understanding of correct grammar and punctuation, students will practice using thoughtful vocabulary in their writing. During the second semester, students concentrate on research papers. Using the skills learned during the first semester, they write two short research papers. The first is a heavily-directed practice research paper, which leads up to a more individual effort to complete the semester. Students who complete Writing Workshop will gain confidence in the face of the challenging writing assignments typically found in high school English classes.
The Writing Workshop complements the Reading Workshop class; together they complete a high school English credit. This course is designed for 8th and 9th grade students though older students are also welcome. Students who successfully complete both the Reading Workshop and the Writing Workshop classes, and who receive a recommendation from the instructor, are eligible to take English 1 without an assessment.
Reading Workshop will meet once each week. Enrollment is limited to students who are 13 by October 1.
There will be a $25 copy fee for the year.
Texts: Writing With Skill, Level 1: Student Workbook (The Complete Writer) by Susan Wise Bauer
ISBN-13: 978-1933339535
The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation: 11th Edition by Jane Strauss ISBN-13: 978-1118785560
The Little Seagull Handbook by Richard Bullock and Francine Weinberg ISBN: 978-0-393-91151-0
*Students need access to a public library membership for this course.
