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CLASS

10-12 Adv Writing/American Literature

Mentor

Upper

Total Fee

85

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Class Prerequisites

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Text / Materials Required

See Description

Class Description

Text: required book list by semester—no abridged versions—any edition:


Fall 2025: Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane, Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, Bartleby, the Scrivener by Herman Melville. We will also read a selection of African American poetry. All books must be purchased while all poetry will be provided in class.


Spring 2026: House of Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather, Murder in the Cathedral by Arthur Miller, and A Deadly Inside Scoop by Abby Collette (a fun and engaging contemporary mystery through which we will examine the development of the

mystery genre in America).


This class will be a college prep course focusing on reading and analyzing books, poems, plays, and short

stories taken from recommended reading lists for college-bound students. This will be a book-based, writingintensive

course which will focus on helping students hone their critical thinking skills and writing abilities.

There will be weekly reading quizzes and reading assignments as well as several papers.


*This class may be taken for two years as the subject matter will change.

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