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CLASS

10-12 Adv Writing/British 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: Hamlet by William Shakespeare, Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe, Jane Erye by Charlotte Bronte


Spring 2026: Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, Silas Marner by George Elliot, War of the Worlds by H.G.

Wells, and The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien.


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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