Students develop outlines, single and multiparagraph essays, poems, and a research paper. An emphasis is placed on reading for meaning, understanding, and interpretation in order to compare, contrast, and evaluate essential literary elements. A formal study of the mechanics of writing is provided as well as a systematic program of vocabulary building. Added emphasis is placed on reading in depth and reflecting critically on the reading.
Students read and discuss drama, poetry, short stories, novels, and nonfiction.
Extensive outside reading and research are required, as are short, extemporaneous papers. I This course is a study of the literary genres and of literature as it corresponds to World History and places emphasis on the process paradigm of learning to write, including extensive graded and ungraded practice. Students learn to read for meaning, understanding, and interpretation. Considerable guided independent reading is designed to cultivate lifelong reading habits. Grammar is taught as a function of writing.