PLEASE READ: This full semester course includes other WHC products. Read carefully to determine what you already have. 
High School English Language Arts
Full Semester Course – Grades 9–12
 
A complete, ready-to-use high school English Language Arts course that guides you through an entire semester of learning with everything organized, structured, and prepared for you.
 
This course explores how meaning is created, communicated, and interpreted through a wide range of texts and creative work. Students engage with humour, literature, poetry, contemporary language, and reflective writing, examining how perspective, tone, and context shape both expression and understanding.
Across five unit studies (designed for a full semester), students explore expression from multiple angles through the study of:
 
Humour and comedic writing
The Importance of Being Earnest - classic literature
Universal Poetry Study (student choice of poems or song lyrics)
Teen Slang Linguistic Lab - how language evolves
Mindscapes (guided research and essay writing project on how we perceive reality.
 
Students are invited to move beyond surface-level responses and engage more deeply with ideas, language, and meaning. Through reading, discussion, analysis, and creative work, they develop their ability to think critically and communicate clearly.
 
What’s Included
5 complete unit studies
A full course map and unit overviews
Unit calendars for pacing
A skills checklist to track learning
Activities at a glance checklist
Assessment instructions and custom grading rubrics
Grade book pages for easy reporting
 
Everything is laid out so you can see what to do, when to do it, and how to assess it.
 
How It Works
Each lesson includes a clear overview with readings and activities designed to fit into a typical high school schedule (approximately 60–75 minutes, with some extended lessons).
 
Students engage through:
reading and discussion
structured analysis and written responses
creative writing and design-based tasks
media and real-world text analysis
reflective and perspective-based activities
 
Activities are varied and high interest, ranging from comedy writing and sketch development to poetry analysis, language exploration, and visual projects. The course balances strong academic expectations with engaging, meaningful work.
The course is flexible. You can adjust pacing, skip or extend activities, and adapt it to fit your student and schedule.
 
If you are looking for a rigorous, engaging high school ELA course without the stress of planning, this provides a clear and complete path through an entire semester of learning.
 
Just open, begin, and adjust as needed.
 
Individual WHC Resources Included:
Humour Unit
The Importance of Being Earnest Unit Study
Universal Poetry Study
Teen Slang Linguistic Lab
Mindscapes Guided Research & Essay Project
 
Digital PDF Download
No refunds as links are sent immediately at purchase. 
Refunds or discounts are not available if you already own some of the units. A course organizer will be available for the first 2 weeks from release as a separate purchase for these situations.