Advanced Composition

Welcome to Advanced Composition at Lowndes High School.

Advanced Composition is designed to prepare you for writing, listening, reading, and speaking in college, technical college, the military, and/or the work place, dependent upon which path you choose post-graduation. We will focus on skills required for both the effective writing and critical reading of both fiction and nonfiction texts as well as workplace readiness.

Spring 2021: 1st block: Co-teachers: Mrs. Haworth and Mrs. Reitz, room E733

Unit 1: Short Stories and Literary Analysis

Unit 2: Nonfiction

Unit 3: Frankenstein: the gothic and science fiction genres

Unit 4: Fences: the drama genre

Unit 5: Career Readiness and research (to be completed throughout the semester)