We are excited to have Amy Loesch return for the 2021-2022 School Year!

High School English 1 and English 2

at The Homeschool Resource Center
307 S. Parsons Ave. Brandon, 33511
2020-2021 School Year
 
Each course is:
1 complete high school English credit
Meets the requirements for Bright Futures Scholarship
 as an "English which includes substantial writing" course
 
English I
Thursdays beginning August 2021
10:15 AM - 11:45 AM
 
           English I is a composition-focused course geared towards 9th grade students. Writing will occur every week as we learn how to compose journal entries, short writing assignments, and essays in MLA format. Learning how to edit/proofread will become necessary to grow our composition skills. In literature, we will examine various short stories, poems, and novels as we explore different styles and learn literary terms and analysis. 
Class includes:
SAT Vocabulary Words
Grammar
  • Literary Analysis - plot, setting, symbolism, imagery, etc.. 
  • Writing from a prompt - journaling
  • Composing in MLA format - Your student will need access to Google Docs or Microsoft Word!
  • Proper research techniques - Citing valid sources, how to distinguish fact from fiction 
  • 4 essays 2 pages or longer 
  • 3 Novels - the sooner these are purchased, the better. Amazon has had the best prices. (Don’t forget to use Amazon Smile for the HEAT!)
 
o   The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (1st semester)
o   Lord of the Flies by William Golding (1st semester)
o   Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (2nd semester)
 
  • 1 Play - A Midsummer’s Night Dream by William Shakespeare. I have already purchased these in bulk and will disperse them in class so that we can read it together. (2nd semester) You are not required to purchase this book.
 
Tuition is $350 for 32 weeks of instruction. A non-refundable (unless we cancel the class) $50.00 deposit to the Tampa Bay HEAT will save your spot for this class! The balance of $300 may be paid in full directly to the instructor by the first class date. If you are a HEAT member and wish to break up payments, please add $30 and submit post dated checks as follows: $66 checks dated August 1st, September 1st, October 1st, November 1st and December 1st. All checks must be submitted by the first class but will be held until the date on the check.
 
Contact: Amy Loesch via text (314-596-6535) or email (heatgrammarian@gmail.com) with any questions regarding these courses.
 

English II
Thursdays beginning August 2021
12:15-1:45
 
           English II is geared towards the 10th grade student. Composition of essays will be fine-tuned to find students’ personal voices in their writing. MLA format will be expected for each essay while grammar and vocabulary will be expanded. 
 
Learning objectives
  • SAT Vocabulary
  • Grammar - heavy focus on proofreading/editing along with classic grammar lessons
  • Writing from a prompt - journal entries, freewriting exercises
  • 6 Essays -narrative, descriptive, expository, persuasive, autobiography, and research
  • MLA Format - student must have access to either Google Docs or Microsoft Word
  • Research - student will learn how to properly cite all factual sources
  • Literary analysis of short stories, poetry, drama, and novels 
  • 4 Novels - the sooner these are purchased, the better! Amazon usually has the best pricing. (Don’t forget to use Amazon Smile for HEAT!)
 
1.   The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
2.   Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie
3.   1984 by George Orwell
4.   Student’s Choice! (with teacher approval-must be age appropriate in content and length)
 
  • Collection of Poetry - Selections from poets such as Maya Angelou, Emily Dickinson, Edgar Allen Poe, Robert Frost, etc. 
  • 1 Drama - TBD. 
 
Tuition is $350 for 32 weeks of instruction. A non-refundable (unless we cancel the class) $50.00 deposit to the Tampa Bay HEAT will save your spot for this class! The balance of $300 may be paid in full directly to the instructor by the first class date. If you are a HEAT member and wish to break up payments, please add $30 and submit post dated checks as follows: $66 checks dated August 1st, September 1st, October 1st, November 1st and December 1st. All checks must be submitted by the first class but will be held until the date on the check.
 
Contact: Amy Loesch via text (314-596-6535) or email (heatgrammarian@gmail.com) with any questions regarding these courses.


Teacher Bio: My name is Amy Loesch and I will be teaching English 101, 201, Creative Writing, Public Speaking, World Religions, Old Testament, New Testament, and History. I graduated in 2009 with a BA in Religious Education. I continued my MA in Teaching in Secondary English, but had to stop shy of my semester of student teaching due to deployment. Since then, I've been a substitute teacher at Providence Classical Christian Academy in St. Louis, MO, have been homeschooling my four children since winter of 2016, and have taught numerous classes with the HEAT program. My philosophy is that no student learns exactly the same as another and that learning should be hard work but FUN!


Spaces are limited for these courses and will fill as a $50 non-refundable deposit to the Tampa Bay HEAT is received. .You may pay via PayPal, drop payment by the Homeschool Resource Center or mail to Tampa Bay HEAT, 1011 Knowles Rd. Brandon, 33511. 

Please pay the balance due directly to Amy Loesch. I have Paypal, Venmo, Facebook messenger pay, and Zelle.