This is an introductory course designed to provide students with an overview of literary genre and develop the students’ skills in composition. Grammar study will emphasize elimination of usage and mechanics errors in composition. Students will read selected short stories, poetry, drama, a novel, and an epic. They will also write a variety of compositions including reflective journals, paragraphs, multi-paragraph essays, and complete a research unit.
Literature from Glencoe
(provided)
To Kill a
Mockingbird
by Harper Lee (*second semester)
Short Stories
Poetry
Both semester one and two will cover various writing styles, journaling, vocabulary, literary terms, grammar, and poetry.
*Each student is responsible for purchasing Lee’s novel, which is available in the school’s bookstore.