College Preparatory Writing

Prerequisite: Completion of English 3 (Honors) or a ‘B’ or higher in English 3 or consent of instructor

This course emphasizes the writing and critical thinking skills needed in a college/university setting. Students will learn the ways in which academic writing is achieved by joining a larger conversation with other analysts, researchers, and scholars and how to join that conversation. Assignments will include frequent short writing assignments and 2-3 longer papers with a focus on finding and integrating research, drafting, and revision. Students in this course will have the opportunity to write about topics in several fields--literature, biology, chemistry, physics, history, psychology, medicine, politics, and more.