This one-semester English elective is an intensive writing course in which students produce original works in the forms of poetry and fiction. The study of rhetorical techniques to achieve point of view, mood, tone, and variations of thematic patterns will be addressed. Class sessions will include workshops requiring frequent writing, sharing of work and analysis and critique of self and others. Students will be required to create a poetry portfolio during the first half of the session and a short story in the second half of the session.

This course continues to emphasize and increase rigor in the progressive development of skills identified in Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts (11-12).

Open to: 11th-12th grade

Learning Format: Traditional

Course Length: Semester

Prerequisite: None