Need advice on credit for summer English class

[Maverick]

My 11th grade ds has been enrolled in Running Start this year and for various reasons didn't take any English. I have enrolled him in a 5-week online summer Shakespeare course and I'm wondering how much credit to give on his transcript. They will read 5 complete plays (Hamlet, Taming of the Shrew, Merchant of Venice, and 2 others). There will be some writing each week but not a huge amount. At first I was thinking he'd get 1/2 of a year-long English credit but now I'm wondering if 5 plays isn't almost enough for a full credit. It's not as much as we would normally do in a year-long class but then we usually tend to do way more than the "minimum." :001_smile: What would you add to make it worth a full credit?

[K-FL]

Is it considered a semester of college credit? If yes, it's equal to 1 hs credit. I took a year of German (30 weeks) in a 10 week summer intensive when I was in college. Don't short your ds on credit just because it will be done in a shorter period of time.

[Maverick]

Sorry I wasn't clear--it is not through the college, it is a high school level class offered to homeschoolers & others.

[TravelingChris]

It sounds like half a credit to me. I would add at least five more books to make it a full credit.

[FloridaLisa]

:seeya: (Waving hello not goodbye!)

 

Good to see you here Maverick. Hope your year has been great!

 

What about tracking the number of hours and then adding what's left to make a full credit (assuming he needs a full English credit this year). I would add in what you think he needs to work on: SAT grammar study, writing/lit analysis essays, or other. If the online class doesn't include it, you could always add in DVDs of the plays he'll be studying.

 

HTH,

Lisa

[Beth in TN]

My 11th grade ds has been enrolled in Running Start this year and for various reasons didn't take any English. I have enrolled him in a 5-week online summer Shakespeare course and I'm wondering how much credit to give on his transcript. They will read 5 complete plays (Hamlet, Taming of the Shrew, Merchant of Venice, and 2 others). There will be some writing each week but not a huge amount. At first I was thinking he'd get 1/2 of a year-long English credit but now I'm wondering if 5 plays isn't almost enough for a full credit. It's not as much as we would normally do in a year-long class but then we usually tend to do way more than the "minimum." :001_smile: What would you add to make it worth a full credit?

 

As is the course sounds like it would be worth only 0.5 credit. To make it a full credit course, I would add the viewing of the plays (either live if possible or DVD), plus more writing. Maybe theatre critiques, compare/contrast, literary analysis, character analysis, etc. Like Chris stated, I would also add additional books probably set in the same time period with writing for each of those as well.

[Maverick]

Thanks for the feedback, everyone. I've missed hanging out here with all the wonderful, knowledgeable and dedicated homeschooling parents! (Hi, Lisa :seeya:) I was going to have him watch at least some of the plays on DVD, and possibly listen to some TC lectures, but I definitely don't want to add any more books. I think we'll just keep it at a 1/2 credit.