About the Course
Journey to Victorian England, where mysterious figures and deceptive disguises abound on and around Baker Street. You'll join iconic detective Sherlock Holmes and his trusty assistant, Dr. Watson, as they follow clues and attempt to solve complex crimes. You'll read two of Arthur Conan Doyle's classic novels, as well as various short stories, including three pastiches inspired by the original works, one of which takes our protagonists to Japan. You'll engage in critical thinking, reading, and writing through a variety of assignments, including writing a newspaper article, using textual evidence to pen a persuasive essay, comparing various characters, creating a character study, and sharing ideas with your classmates in online discussion forums. Time Commitment: 6-8 hours of independent work per week.
Learning Objectives
- Engage in online discussions with various topics, texts, and issues, determining the development of themes and central ideas in a text and citing strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text
- Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and update individual or shared writing products, taking advantage of technology's capacity to link to other information and to display information flexibly and dynamically
- Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events, using effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences
- Analyze an author's choices concerning the text,the development of complex characters, the structuring of the text (i.e. parallel plots, manipulating time, mystery, tension, suspense, etc.,and how those choices advance the plot or develop the theme
- Analyze a particular point of view or cultural experience reflected in a work of literature from outside the United States, drawing on a wide reading of world literature
- Write informative/explanatory texts and arguments to support claims to convey ideas clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence
- Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on addressing what is most significant for a specific purpose and audience
- Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is valid and the evidence is relevant and sufficient; identify false statements and fallacious reasoning
About Advanced Enrichment courses
These courses offer above-grade-level material that is presented in a novel context, explored with other advanced learners, and guided by a CTY educator to help prepare students for higher-order thinking and college-style academic challenges.
Requirements
CTY courses have grade-level requirements and most require minimum test scores. Some courses may also have prerequisites.
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