Course Catalog
English I semester 1
Details
| Course Code: AVENG1SEM1 |
Provider: Aventa Learning Note:
This course has additional technical requirements. See below for details. |
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| Subject: Language Arts |
Grade: 9, 10, 11, 12 |
Credits: 0.5 (High School) | Level: Standard |
| Course Features: | - NCAA: The online provider has applied for NCAA approval. Use the NCAA code below and check the DLD NCAA Eligibility page for information on the status of the provider's courses. NCAA High School Code: 030618 NCAA Eligibility Information |
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| Terms Available: |
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| Completion Time: | Approximately 90 instructional hours per semester | ||
Note: This course is the first half of a year-long course. Students registering for this course in the fall semester will automatically be registered into the second half of the course in spring semester. View the details for the second half of the course. |
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Costs
| Course Cost: | $284.00 |
| Materials Cost: | $26.10 -A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith(Optional) $23.93 -How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia Alvarez(Optional) $26.10 -Red Sky at Morning by Richard Bradford(Optional) $21.75 -Slam by Walter Dean Myers(Optional) $19.57 -The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison(Optional) $21.75 -The Brothers K by David James Duncan(Optional) $22.84 -The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan(Optional) $19.57 -The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd(Optional) |
| Total Cost: | $465.61 |
Special Notes
State Course Code
01001
Requirements
Technology Requirements
The school or student is responsible for providing:
General Workstation/Laptop Requirements:
We strive to minimize the technical requirements for our courses. Our multimedia is almost exclusively flash-based to minimize the need for plug-ins. Other requirements include:
Browser:
- Firefox Extended Support Release (ESR) is recommended for stability, but both the ESR and final release channel are supported (both Mac and Windows)
- Internet Explorer 8 or 9 (Windows) (Must not be in compatibility mode)
- Safari 4 or higher (Mac OSX)
- Google Chrome stable channel (both Mac and Windows)
- Popup Blocking Disabled
- JavaScript Enabled
OS:
- Windows XP, Vista, and 7
- Macintosh OS X 10.5, 10.6, and 10.7
RAM:
- 512MB or higher
Resolution:
- 1024 X 576 or higher
Media:
- Soundcard and Speakers/Headphones
- Microphone required for certain courses
Plugins:
- Sun Java 6 (Blackboard 9.1 does not work properly with Java 7)
- Flash Player Version 10 or higher
- QuickTime Version 7 or higher
- Real Player required for certain courses
- Jaws 11 or higher (for accessibility)
Third Party Applications:
- Google Earth 6.0
Network Requirements
The school or student is responsible for providing:
Aventa will provide a complete list of external sites that require access upon request to individual districts/schools.
Special Technology Requirements
These are course-specific requirements that go above and beyond the Provider Baseline Technical Requirements.
The school or student is responsible for providing:
Microphone and audio recording software required for completing oral assignments. If computer does not come with sound recording software, free software is available online.
Materials to be ordered via the DLD
The DLD Registrar may order the following materials via the DLD upon registering the student:
- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith: $26.10 (Optional)
- How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia Alvarez: $23.93 (Optional)
- Red Sky at Morning by Richard Bradford: $26.10 (Optional)
- Slam by Walter Dean Myers: $21.75 (Optional)
- The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison: $19.57 (Optional)
- The Brothers K by David James Duncan: $21.75 (Optional)
- The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan: $22.84 (Optional)
- The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd: $19.57 (Optional)
Other Materials
The school or student is responsible for providing:
REQUIRED: The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail, by Jerome and Robert E. Lee (055327838X)
Materials
Students will choose one of the following books; the books are available for purchase at the time of registering in the DLD system, but we recommend students check the books out of their local library in lieu of purchasing a copy.
Description
Standards Alignments
Syllabus / Outline
Semester 1
Diagnostic Assignment: This is used to assess student skills, and it will be used throughout the
course to demonstrate improvement
• Introduction
• Six Trait Focus: Ideas
• Six Trait Focus: Organization
• Six Trait Focus: Sentence Fluency
• Six Trait Focus: Conventions