Tonka Online offers the courses listed below. Click on a course title below to read specific details. Note the term each course is offered, as some are available throughout the year and others are only during the summer term.
Please note that due to the supplemental nature of Tonka Online, courses run if they meet enrollment requirements. If you have questions about pending courses, please contact the Tonka Online Lead Teacher.
To filter courses by grade level, please type your grade (Grade 9, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12) into the search bar above and click "search."
Course: #AP104
Online Option: #T1100*, Tonka Online
*Select term F=fall, W=winter
Grade(s) offered: Grade 12
Credits: 0.5 (single semester course)
Prerequisites: Any English 11 Course
In this course, students read and examine a broad range of nonfiction prose including essays, letters, speeches, images, media messages, memoirs, and autobiographies from a variety of authors and historical contexts.
Course: #T1042*, Tonka Online
*Select term S=summer, F=fall, W=winter
Grade(s) offered: Grade 12
Credits: 0.5 (single semester course)
Prerequisites: Any English 11 Course
This course emphasizes writing in a variety of nonfiction modes to help students prepare for success in college and other post-secondary settings.
Course: #1026, S1
Course: #1028, S2
Online Option: #T1026F, part 1, Tonka Online
Online Option: #T1028W, part 2, Tonka Online
Online: Complete part 1 before part 2
Grade(s) offered: Grade 11
Credits: 0.5 (per semester, full-year course)
Prerequisites: Any English 10 Course
From graphic novels to film to classic literature, students will focus on the individual’s place in society. Student writing will include traditional essays, as well as more creative and exploratory pieces.
Course: #1030, S1
Online Option: #T1030*, Tonka Online
*Select term S=summer, F=fall
Grade(s) offered: Grade 12
Credits: 0.5 (single semester course)
Prerequisites: Any English 11 Course
This course helps students develop skills in reading, writing, speaking, and viewing and to consider how key themes in both classic and contemporary literature connect to their own journeys.
Elective or Required Option
Course: #1032
Course: #T1032W, Tonka Online
Grade(s) offered: Grade 12
Credits: 0.5 (single semester course)
This survey course is designed to parallel the structure of English 12 FALL using a different set of materials.
Benjamin Stanerson
Tonka Online Lead Teacher
tonkaonline@minnetonkaschools.org
952-401-4047
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