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Resource Classes
CLASS
10-12 Adv Writing/American Literature
Mentor
Upper
Total Fee
85
Class Prerequisites
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.