Course ID: 72C
This literature based program focuses on the critical reading and thinking skills necessary to be college and career ready. In preparation for the Common Core English Regents assessment which students will take this year, students are offered a reading and writing program that features close analysis and interpretation, argumentative and analytical essays, intensive vocabulary building, as well as grammar review. Longer selections include, The Crucible, To Kill a Mockingbird, Dead Poets Society, The Great Gatsby, Tuesdays with Morrie, Fahrenheit 451, Lord of the Flies, Of Mice and Men and other selected short stories, poetry, speeches and nonfiction selections.
1 high school credit