Maranatha Christian Academy Typical Course of Study

9–12 GRADE ELECTIVES 26 Upper School Language Arts • Advanced Placement (AP) Language and Composition (Grades 11–12) • Literature • Work of C.S. Lewis • The Crucible by Arthur Miller • Textbook: Everything’s an Argument, with readings (5th edition) • Film unit (film as literature and rhetorical device usage) Social Studies • Psychology (Grades 11–12) • Psychological theories and theorists • Study human behaviors throughout multiple stages of life • Societal functions • Economics (Grades 11–12) • Discussion of societal organization of: • Economics and Choice • Various speeches (mainly political), short stories, and essays • Market Economics • In class essays • Money, Banking, and Finance • Research papers • The Roles of Government • Writing • Essay Tests 9–12 GRADE ELECTIVES • Rhetorical Analysis • Grammar/ Mechanics • The American Economy • Economic Performance • The Global Economy • Israel Inside/Out (Grades 11–12) • Review 8 parts of speech • Land of Israel • Punctuation • Complexities of the Middle East conflict • Active vs. Passive Voice • Speaking • Presentations • Informative speech • Vocabulary • Word Within a Word: Recognizing, defining, and using etymological stems to define, and produce • Advanced Placement Literature and Composition (Grades 11–12) • Literature • Wuthering Heights by Bronte • Ethan Frome by Wharton • Metamorphosis by Kafka • Lord of the Flies by Golding • Othello by

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