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All 36 weeks of 10th grade English, planned and ready, with the exact topic for every week below. Start with Week 1 free, no card needed.
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Lessons build reading, writing, grammar, and vocabulary step by step, with read-aloud audio, typed responses, and quizzes that grade themselves.
Topics and standards come straight from the live course. Standards codes are listed for reference; Life Academy is built to help meet homeschool requirements in all 50 states.
| Week | Topic | Standards |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | World lit survey launch; reading like a comparatist | CCSS RL.9-10.9 |
| 2 | Narrative craft across cultures; frame tales | W.9-10.2 |
| 3 | Argument: universal claims vs cultural particulars | CCSS RI.9-10.6 |
| 4 | Comparative paragraph with dual texts | RI.9-10.7 |
| 5 | Epic/world narrative selections (Ramayana/Sundiata/Journey West notes) | W.9-10.1 |
| 6 | Satire & irony; Swift / modern parallel (careful selection) | CCSS RL.9-10.2 |
| 7 | Comparative essay structure; lens thesis | RL.9-10.6 |
| 8 | Rhetorical analysis of a protest speech/essay | CCSS RL.9-10.6 |
| 9 | World lit: colonized/colonizer paired short texts | RI.9-10.6 |
| Week | Topic | Standards |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | Sustained argument essay (1200+ words guided) | RL.9-10.9 |
| 11 | Research mini: annotated bib (8 sources) | CCSS W.9-10.1a–e |
| 12 | Comparative + argument portfolio defense | W.9-10.5 |
| 13 | Modernist short fiction/poetry; fragmentation | CCSS W.9-10.7 |
| 14 | Unreliable narrator; metafiction lite | W.9-10.8 |
| 15 | Revise sustained argument with counterclaim densification | W.9-10.9 |
| 16 | World lit mid-portfolio + workshop | CCSS SL.9-10.1 |
| 17 | Cold War–era literature/speeches analysis | SL.9-10.4 |
| 18 | Analyzing visual/data rhetoric in essays | CCSS RL.9-10.5 |
| Week | Topic | Standards |
|---|---|---|
| 19 | Comparative research essay draft | |
| 20 | Midyear Socratic + portfolio | |
| 21 | Contemporary world lit selections; migration themes | |
| 22 | Research ethics; avoiding extractive citation | |
| 23 | Op-ed / public argument with sourced evidence | |
| 24 | Workshop public argument → final | |
| 25 | Research paper (world topic) launch | |
| 26 | Outline → draft research | |
| 27 | Research draft with limitations section |
| Week | Topic | Standards |
|---|---|---|
| 28 | Peer review tribunal protocol | |
| 29 | Socratic series on year texts | |
| 30 | Research revise 2 | |
| 31 | Oral research checkpoint | |
| 32 | Research near-final | |
| 33 | English 10 portfolio + reflections | |
| 34 | Portfolio oral defense | |
| 35 | Weak piece clinic | |
| 36 | Final English 10 packet |
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Week 1 is free with no card needed: open the Week 1 English lesson. Weeks 2–36 unlock with a Student plan ($35/month) or a Family plan for up to 4 students ($69/month).
Plan on about 50–60 minutes a day for English. There is one lesson per week of the school year, broken into short daily steps.
No. Life Academy is not accredited. It's built to help meet homeschool requirements in all 50 states, and parents are the school of record. Why that's usually fine.
Yes. Every lesson prints as a worksheet with a separate parent answer key.
Each full-year course is worth 1.0 credit on the parent-issued transcript. Colleges set their own admission rules, so check with the schools your teen is considering.
Life Academy is a parent-directed online K–12 curriculum, built to help meet homeschool requirements in all 50 states. It is not accredited, and parents issue the homeschool transcript. Nothing here is legal advice. Check your state's law at HSLDA. Questions? Email david.dukes77102@gmail.com.