Grammar:

For this course we will be using Barron's E-Z Grammar. This book is designed to teach grammar to high school students and college freshmen. It discusses everything from the parts of a sentence to writing style. It is a full grammar component for a language arts curriculum.

• The Sentence - The Boys in the Boat Online Book Club
• Parts of Speech - The Book Thief Online Book Club
• Phrases and Clauses - I Am Malala Online Book Club
• The Verb - Refugee Online Book Club
• Types of Sentences, Coordination and Subordination - Crime and Punishment Online Book Club
• Pronouns - The Alchemist Online Book Club
• Agreement: Subject-Verb, Pronoun-Antecedent - The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind Online Book Club
• Parallel Structure, Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers - Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress Online Book Club
• Sentence Variety, Mechanics - A Long Way Home Online Book Club
• Word Usage and Writing The Paragraph - Midnight's Children Online Book Club

Literary Elements:

• Propaganda - The Boys in the Boat Online Book Club
• Personification - The Book Thief Online Book Club
• Point of View - The Book Thief Online Book Club
• Author's Purpose, Writing Style, Tone & Diction - I Am Malala Online Book Club
• Symbolism - Refugee Online Book Club
• Dramatic Irony - Crime and Punishment Online Book Club
• Allusion - The Alchemist Online Book Club, The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind Online Book Club
• Metaphor, Simile - Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress Online Book Club
• Motif, Theme - A Long Way Home Online Book Club
• Conflict, Foreshadowing - Midnight's Children Online Book Club
• Setting - The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind Online Book Club

Writing Projects:

• Descriptive Essay - The Boys in the Boat Online Book Club
• Twisted Story/Narrator Change - The Book Thief Online Book Club
• Personal Essay - I Am Malala Online Book Club
• Character Analysis - Refugee Online Book Club
• Theme Essay - The Alchemist Online Book Club, A Long Way Home Online Book Club
• Setting Essay - The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind Online Book Club
• Compare and Contrast Essay - Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress Online Book Club
• Conflict Essay - Midnight's Children Online Book Club
• Murder Mystery Story - Crime and Punishment Online Book Club