John Kissingford
e-mail: jkissingford@ouray.k12.co.us
Voicemail or Text: 970-325-3501
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International Literature is a college preparatory course for juniors and seniors. It is designed as an inquiry into the nature of world literature, history, thought, and expression, through which students develop the skills of analysis and expression that they will need in all their post-secondary pursuits.
The first semester surveys tours world literature and thought with an emphasis on the way our country's European heritage conditions our responses to other cultures; in the second, each student chooses a great author from a different country, immerses him/herself in research about that author's concerns, and presents findings in the form of a research paper and presentation.
Students will write papers in a variety of modes: narrative, expository, analytical, argumentative. At least two of the papers will require significant research and documentation in MLA style. Lessons in the mechanics of the English language will grow out of the writing, revision, and editing process.
Materials:
You will need the following supplies with you every day:
Journal Looseleaf section Relevant texts
Pen or pencil Library card Planner
For more detailed expectations, see this page.