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This class is designed to educate students on proper, polite, and effective correspondence communication. It provides resources that students can use to aid in acceptable ways of formatting informal and formal letters and digital messages.
Fiction spans many cultures and genres. In this 4 week workshop, learn about the creative process of fiction and try your hand writing your own fictional masterpiece!
Learn about different forms of poetry, the culture that gave rise to these forms, and some of the famous poets that came out of those movements. Then, put this knowledge to the test with creative writing assignments!
Shakespeare is just as relevant now than he was over 400 years ago! This course serves as an introduction to William Shakespeare, his sonnets and writing style, and a brief history of acting troupes and the Globe Theater.
This class explores the work of American writer Richard Connell. We will look closely at the writer’s most famous short story, “The Most Dangerous Game,” and will discuss why this story and the writer have had such a lasting impact on American culture.
We're starting off our literary series with the famous Lord of the Flies! During this 4 week course, students will read and analyze the novel, and then compare it to a film version.
This class digs into the 1998 novel written by author Louis Sachar – Holes. Stanley Yelnats is sent to a juvenile detention center is the Texas desert, where boys dig holes for the warden, and despite a family curse, he must uncover the truth of what is going on at Camp Green Lake.
This 1-week course will introduce students to one of the great short stories from Jack London, whose work has become known as one of the “classics” in American literature.
In this 1 week course, students will read and explore a short story by American author Shirley Jackson, and then we will explore how this story has influenced other famous works in American culture (such as Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games series!)
Nouns and pronouns are the names by which we call people, places, and things! This class teaches students the different types of nouns and pronouns, as well as their proper use within a sentence.
This class focuses on the 1953 novel written by Ray Bradbury – Fahrenheit 451. Set in an American dystopian society in which books are outlawed and “firemen” burn books, the novel questions the importance of reading as it explores the perspective of the world through ideas found in books.
What better way to spend Halloween month than studying the classic book Frankenstein! In 4 weeks, students will read the novel and compare it to the film version!
