American Literature & Composition (NW)

Class Year:  2020-2021
Time:  Mon 10:00 am - 12:00 pm;
Teacher:  Sarah Maney
Tution:  $650 / Year ($670 if PayPal) or $65 / Month for 10 Months ($68 if PayPal)
Supply Fee:  $65 / Year Due Upon Registration (non-refundable after August 1)
Location:  PREP North West (Cypress)

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Tuition: $650/year OR $65/month for 10 months (if / /paying by PayPal, kindly add $3 to your monthly tuition and $20 if you are / /paying for the entire year)

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One Time Supply Fee: $65 (Note: Your supply fee holds / /your spot in the class. No supply fee refunds after August 1.) Parents supply / /all novels and supplemental texts (must purchase specific edition and it must / /be unmarked).

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Withdrawal Fee: Two months’ tuition after 10/1/2020

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American Literature is a college-preparatory literature / /survey course. The works we read in this course, including novels, short / /stories, and poems, have been selected for literary quality and for their place / /in the historical development of literature. Students will gain an / /understanding of the development of American literature and will practice the / /skills of close literary analysis through essays and discussion. We will / /examine the worldviews of both the authors and their times and how this shaped / /their writing.

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This course will cover a large section of American literature / /beginning with the colonial times to the present.  We will read authors such as Fitzgerald, / /Hawthorne, Poe, and Bradbury are among the authors we will read.  Students will read closely, think carefully, / /critically & analytically, and discuss thoroughly. This prepares them to write / /beautifully and persuasively.

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Our writing focus will be on literary analysis which will be / /done through short response essays to a full research paper. Tests include / /short quizzes each week, unit finals, and semester finals.

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My goal is for students to be excited about seeing / /literature come to life, sharing their words through writing, and broadening / /their world view. I set high standards but work to provide students the tools / /necessary to succeed.

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**Upon successful completion of this course, parents may / /choose to award 1 High School Honors English credit.

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A complete list of novels and texts TBD

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How this class fits into the sequence of PREP High School / /Literature:

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9th grade (& up)– Classic Literature. This / /course covers the basics of writing, including how to gather information, / /outline thoughts, and write with style. Students will begin learning analysis / /in their reading through various works of short stories, full length novel, / /plays and poetry.

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10th grade (& up)– World Literature. This course continues / /to build on the writing skills and expand the depth at which we look at / /literature. Students will dig deeper into literary analysis through short / /stories, novels, plays, and poetry from around the world. Students will write a / /research paper in this class.

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11th grade – American Literature.   This course will cover a large scope of / /American literature from Colonial times to now. This course is faster paced. / /Students will become proficient in analyzing the works that are read which will / /include a mixture of novels, short stories, plays, and poetry. The writing / /focus is on literary analysis, but we will also include some creative writing / /as well.