World Literature & Composition (NW)

Class Year:  2020-2021
Time:  Mon 08:00 am - 10:00 am;
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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Prerequisite: This class assumes that students, 10th / /grade and up, are able to write a basic short essay and handle the challenge of / /weekly reading assignments. If not, I recommend beginning with Classic Lit (see / /course sequence below).

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World Literature will challenge your students as they read / /broadly and write carefully. From Shakespeare to a little tribe in Africa to evaluating / /sources on the internet, this class will prepare your students for upper level / /reading and writing, including college level papers and SAT writing.

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We will span the globe as we read works from around the / /world. Our texts will be comprised of poetry, short stories, essays as well as / /full-length novels. Shakespeare, Eli Wiesel, and Amy Tan will be among the / /authors we read. Writing a research paper will be the focus of this year’s / /writing. Building from the ground up, we will lay a solid foundation of how to / /collect and organize information, how to structure the paper, and how to / /present it using MLA style. Additionally, students will be doing response writing, / /formal essays and some creative writing. Students should expect weekly quizzes / /as well as unit tests.

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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 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.