Course Overview

Credit: 1Open to: 10Prerequisite: Successful completion of Global Literacies; application and selection by review committee (see Honors Brochure for deadlines).Students will engage in a challenging and fast-paced course that emphasizes writing, reading and discussion skills. Students will address the essential question of how storytelling informs and enriches our lives. Independent work habits, excellent basic skills and a deep appreciation of literature are key to success in this class. Students will engage in a multi-genre research paper, several literary thesis papers, in class essays, spirited class discussions, an in-depth study of The Epic of Gilgamesh and a Shakespearean play. Prerequisite reading is required... See Summer Reading Forum