This course is offered to highly motivated students who demonstrate a maturity that is reflected in their work ethic as well as in their analytical understanding of material and expression in speech and in writing. This is a genre-based survey of major writers from a variety of countries and time periods which encourages students to look beyond their own worlds. An emphasis on weekly analytical writing, cooperative learning, and effective speech prepares students for college level work. Students are given the opportunity to pursue independent projects. This course is offered to students who have demonstrated outstanding proficiency in English.
Emphasis is placed on outside reading and independent projects.
This course is a seminar that examines the various ways in which women have been portrayed in literature, in music, in the arts, and in the media. The class encourages students to reflect on their roles as women in today's society.