High School Literature — American (Grades 9–12)
Thursday 11:00–11:55 Wait List
Teacher: Josh Greer
Description: This American Literature class explores engaging literature from the colonial period through the 20th century. The course mixes novel studies, short stories, and poetry, emphasizing comprehension and analysis. Titles have been chosen for the appeal, quality, and historical significance and allow for opportunities to discern the diversity of human experience. Weekly assignments will include reading, written responses, and participation.
Class Cost: $270
- Books: All complete and unabridged
- Huckleberry Finn
- Little Women
- The Old Man and the Sea
- Fahrenheit 451
- The Giver
No Prerequisite Required
English Credit
High School Literature — General (Grades 9–12)
Friday 2:45–3:40
Teacher: Carol Shulman
Description: Do you enjoy reading? Have you noticed that you need a bit of a refresher course on proper grammar and punctuation? Are you hoping to polish your writing skills? This class is for you! The course will include famous short stories, novels, and poetry, from the Middle Ages up to the present. Each author’s background will be explored, and any history needed to help students understand the assigned texts will be explained. A list of questions will be sent home each week, so students can arrive in class, prepared to discuss current assigned literature, as well as the author’s possible motives for writing as he/she did. Along the way, we will also go over the finer points of English grammar and punctuation and practice our writing skills as we try our hand at essays, literary critiques, and vignettes. Many of the readings are available online, but certain books will be needed, which can be either borrowed or purchased.
Class Cost: $270
Required Books:
- Beowulf (translation by Frederick Rebsamen)
- The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer) — Dual language edition
- Silas Marner (George Eliot)
- The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
- Dandelion Wine (Ray Bradbury)
- Till We Have Faces (C. S. Lewis)
No Prerequisite Required
English Credit
High School Literature — World (Grades 9–12) Not Offered This Year
Thursday 11:00–11:55
Teacher: Josh Greer
Description:
Description: World Literature explores engaging stories, epics, and poetry from throughout the world and throughout history. Titles are chosen for their historical and literary significance. A Christian worldview is emphasized both in response to the literature and in understanding the place of stories in various cultures. Weekly assignments include reading, written responses, and participation. ***This class is on a two-year rotation with High School Literature — American.
Books:
- The Odyssey by Homer (Robert Fagles translation)
- A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare (complete and unabridged)
- 20,000 Leagues under the Sea by Jules Verne (William Butcher translation)
- Beowulf (Seamus Heaney translation)
Book: None
Prerequisite: None
Supplies: None
No Prerequisite Required
English Credit