Contact Information
Instructor:
Robert Howard
Contact Information:
phone: (936) 564-2073 ext: 3207
fax: (936) 564-1250
email: [email protected]
My Website: rhowardsenglishsite.weebly.com/
Tutorials:
Available most mornings from 7:30 – 7:50 and by appointment Monday through Thursday from 3:40 – 4:30.
Course Descriptions:
English I: Freshman English is a comprehensive English course of literature, composition, and language, including listening and speaking. The study of literature includes reading and comprehending a wide variety of literary forms including short stories, nonfiction, poetry, drama, novels, and spoken and visual texts. The course offers supportive reading strategies for a variety of purposes. This course also focuses on the writing process through response to literature, creative writing, and connections to real-life situations and problem-solving. The study of language targets usage, mechanics, and strategies for vocabulary development integrated into literature and composition components. In addition, the course will teach grammatical concepts and applications. Students will review punctuation, capitalization, spelling, and usage as well as work on logical thinking and various modes of composition, including the research paper. Listening and speaking skills are also developed throughout the course.
World History: This is an overview of the entire history of humankind from ancient times to the present. Geography and its impact on people and events is a major theme in this course. We will study the significant people, events, and issues that have shaped society as we know it. We will examine the history and impact of major religious and philosophical traditions, analyze the connections between major developments in science and technology and the growth of industrial economies. Students will use a variety of interdisciplinary sources, both primary and secondary, such as biographies, autobiographies, novels, speeches, and letters, poetry, music, and works of art to support this study.
Instructor:
Robert Howard
Contact Information:
phone: (936) 564-2073 ext: 3207
fax: (936) 564-1250
email: [email protected]
My Website: rhowardsenglishsite.weebly.com/
Tutorials:
Available most mornings from 7:30 – 7:50 and by appointment Monday through Thursday from 3:40 – 4:30.
Course Descriptions:
English I: Freshman English is a comprehensive English course of literature, composition, and language, including listening and speaking. The study of literature includes reading and comprehending a wide variety of literary forms including short stories, nonfiction, poetry, drama, novels, and spoken and visual texts. The course offers supportive reading strategies for a variety of purposes. This course also focuses on the writing process through response to literature, creative writing, and connections to real-life situations and problem-solving. The study of language targets usage, mechanics, and strategies for vocabulary development integrated into literature and composition components. In addition, the course will teach grammatical concepts and applications. Students will review punctuation, capitalization, spelling, and usage as well as work on logical thinking and various modes of composition, including the research paper. Listening and speaking skills are also developed throughout the course.
World History: This is an overview of the entire history of humankind from ancient times to the present. Geography and its impact on people and events is a major theme in this course. We will study the significant people, events, and issues that have shaped society as we know it. We will examine the history and impact of major religious and philosophical traditions, analyze the connections between major developments in science and technology and the growth of industrial economies. Students will use a variety of interdisciplinary sources, both primary and secondary, such as biographies, autobiographies, novels, speeches, and letters, poetry, music, and works of art to support this study.