This rigorous, semester course offers students with superior language skills the opportunity to continue development of skills related to sound literary analysis and effective writing. The study of various genres introduces students to the conventions of fiction and nonfiction literature in order to recognize the hallmarks of literary excellence and the demands of writing for various purposes and then to apply this understanding to their own critical interpretations and analysis, including extended research. Students will also be introduced to the foundations of rhetoric and the essential elements of argument writing.
Works studied include
Daniel Keyes' Flowers for Algernon
John Knowles' A Separate Peace
William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
Homer's The Odyssey (excerpts)
Sophocles' Oedipus Rex
Selections from Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Elements of Literature, Third Course (2007)
This semester course offers students the opportunity to become more proficient in skills related to sound literary analysis and effective writing. Students will learn to approach literature with a critical eye by examining numerous pieces of fiction and nonfiction. Strategies to refine writing skills and revise more effectively will be emphasized. Students will also be introduced to the foundations of rhetoric and the essential elements of argument writing.
Works studied include
Daniel Keyes' Flower for Algernon
Sandra Cisneros' The House on Mango Street
William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
Homer's The Odyssey (excerpts)
Selections from Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Elements of Literature, Third Course (2007)