Do you enjoy reading about people's lives, discoveries, achievements, or thoughts? Learn about the characteristics of nonfiction by examining excerpts from classics, and read scenarios where fictional students discuss the presented literary work with their teacher. This course gives you the tools to analyze and appreciate works of nonfiction.
Prerequisite: Good writing skills as demonstrated by one of the following: a successful course history with Hadley; completion of "English Composition" or another of our literature courses; or an equivalent score on the English Diagnostic assessment.
Course ID: LIT-111, Media: LP, B, OL and DTB or DTB-DL, Lessons: 4
Literature: Nonfiction
Course ID: LIT-111
Audience
Adult Continuing Education and High School Programs
Course Description
People enjoy nonfiction for many reasons. Nonfiction presents the real-life stories and thoughts of people from different places, times, and cultures. Indeed, nonfiction can introduce new ideas and provoke thinking about life and the human condition. Most of all, nonfiction can entertain. This course describes different types of nonfiction and presents specific nonfiction works. It also includes scenarios where fictional students discuss the meaning of the works. Examining certain nonfiction works will enable the student to increase his or her understanding of this literary genre.
Media
large print, braille, audio, digital talking book and online
Organization
The course is divided into four lessons.
Credit
ACE Program: no credit
HS Program: combined with Literature: Drama, ½ Carnegie unit
Prerequisites Skills
ACE Program: English Diagnostic Test
HS Program: English Diagnostic Test or English Composition
Prerequisite Skills
Good writing skills as demonstrated by one of the following: a successful course history with Hadley; completion of "English Composition" or another of our literature course; or an equivalent score on the English Diagnostic assessment.
Prerequisite Equipment
Students provide their own writing tools. Those taking the audio version provide their own equipment.
Overview
Students submit four assignments. Assignments can be submitted in print, braille, or longhand. ACE students can also submit in audio format, but high school students cannot. ACE students answer multiple-choice and short-answer questions; high school students answer those plus essay questions.
Grading
ACE Program: satisfactory/unsatisfactory
HS Program: letter grades
Objectives and Content
After completing Lesson 1, the student will be able to
- identify nonfiction types and characteristics
- analyze content in an excerpt from The Story of My Life by Helen Keller, especially as related to nonfiction characteristics
- discuss the meaning of the excerpt, especially as related to nonfiction characteristics
After completing Lesson 2, the student will be able to
- describe the characteristics of autobiography
- analyze content in an excerpt from My Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick Douglass, especially as related to the characteristics of autobiography
- discuss the meaning of the excerpt, especially as related to the characteristics of autobiography
After completing Lesson 3, the student will be able to
- describe the characteristics of biography
- analyze content in an excerpt from Louis Braille: A Touch of Genius by C. Michael Mellor, especially as related to characteristics of biography
- discuss the meaning of the excerpt, especially as related to the characteristics of biography
After completing Lesson 4, the student will be able to
- describe the characteristics of the essay
- analyze content in an excerpt from the essay "Self-Reliance" by Ralph Waldo Emerson, especially as related to essay characteristics
- discuss the meaning of the excerpt, especially as related to essay characteristics
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