This Advanced
Literature course will run concurrently with
AP Literature with Composition
course for 2011-12;
students must be registered for the AP Literature option to
receive AP high school credit.
Ability for
student to process complex critical thinking, comprehensive
reading skills and be able to handle material written for
mature readers.
Class Type:
Full Year
Class Description:
This course will explore literature with
representative works from a variety of genres, cultures, and
periods. Taught from a Judeo-Christian world view,
students will evaluate the literature through critical thinking
and key questions.
Through critical analysis of imaginative
literature, students will discuss structure, style, and theme,
as well as elements like figurative language, imagery,
symbolism, and tone. This close reading leads to
interpretation and evaluation in which we weigh the quality and
artistic achievements in a piece. In addition, students
explore different contexts of a work, including biographical,
social and historical contexts, among others.
In this course, student are expected to
explain a text (which includes interpretation and
analysis of language and structure) and to evaluate
a text (which involves making and supporting judgments about its
artistry and underlying values through analysis, interpretation
and argument.) Students will examine textual details, establish
connections among observations, and draw observations leading to
an interpretive conclusions about the meaning and value of a
text.
To demonstrate critical reading, students
will practice free-writing and journal responses, along with
reflective and annotated papers, learning to cite sources
according to standard MLA (Modern Language Association)
requirements. While we will focus on critical analysis,
students will practice some expository, analytical,
argumentative, and critical responses in order to explore a
variety of styles.
Texts:
The Norton Anthology of
Literature, Shortened Edition, edited by Alison
Booth and Kelly J. Mays; ISBN 978-393-93514-1 (Student is
responsible for procurement of this text)
Basics: The Student's Guide to
Writing by Danielle Lee, is included in the course
fee.
Total Due: $210.00
Some tutor
compiled materials are included with this course. Se
list above for text to be provided by the student
Payment Options:
$210.00 due with Registration per semester - paid in full per
semester at the time of registration
Join us on an exciting survey of American
Literature! Our primary text is The Norton Anthology of
American Literature which exposes students to a wide
variety of short stories, essays, poems, and novel
excerpts.
Fall semester opens with authors dating from
pre-1700's to about 1965.
Spring semester picks up from 1865 to our
present age.
While there may some familiar authors (like
Emerson, Melville, Hemingway and Twain), students will also be
introduced to the works of some less familiar faces (like Henry
James, Langston Hughes, and Li-Young Lee). Students are
expected to actively participate in class discussions and to
think critically as they reflect on the literature and work
collaboratively in small groups. Assignments include thought-provoking
homework questions, occasional essays, small group projects and
presentations.
Required Text: The Norton
Anthology of American Literature, Shorter 7th edition, ISBN
#: 978-0-393-93057-3
Total Due: $225.00
Some tutor
compiled materials are included with this course. Se
list above for text to be provided by the student.
Payment Options:
$225.00 due with Registration per semester - paid in full per
semester at the time of registration.
PSEO student must 1st be
accepted into the PSEO programs of NCU and YEAH
PQ: ENG 124 (NCU) or equivalent from
another college approved by NCU. Contact Aimee
Robertson, NCU PSEO coordinator, for approval .
Class Type:
One semester
course
NCU Class Description:
This course . . . description to follow
Text:
Total
Due:
All tuition and text
materials costs for this course are paid to NCU by MN PSEO
funding.
Adjunct professors are paid
by NCU.
YEAH processing fee for this
course is $15.00 ($5.00 per credit) plus a $20.00
one-time/student/semester initial gateway fee.
YEAH processing and gateway
fees will be billed online as one lump sum to the
student's family upon acceptance of the student to his/her
PSEO NCU courses at YEAH.
PSEO student must 1st be
accepted into the PSEO programs of NCU and YEAH
PQ: ENG 124 (NCU) or equivalent from
another college approved by NCU. Contact Aimee
Robertson, NCU PSEO coordinator, or professor for approval .
Class Type:
One semester
course
NCU Class Description:
This course . . . description to follow
Text:
Total
Due:
All tuition and text
materials costs for this course are paid to NCU by MN PSEO
funding.
Adjunct professors are paid
by NCU.
YEAH processing fee for this
course is $15.00 ($5.00 per credit) plus a $20.00
one-time/student/semester initial gateway fee.
YEAH processing and gateway
fees will be billed online as one lump sum to the
student's family upon acceptance of the student to his/her
PSEO NCU courses at YEAH.
Full Year course;
new students may enter mid-year if space is available.
Class Description:
This course is a short story and book
discussion class for high school students.
This class will function on two
levels. Parents/student can choose between (1) a basic
book club or (2) an enhanced class with additional projects and
assignments for a literature credit. Students will read two-four
books per month and are expected to always come to class with
the selection read and questions prepared to aid in discussion.
In the spirit of a true
book club, students will also have the opportunity to choose at
least one book for the class to discuss.
Examples of last year's books chosen by
the instructor: The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald;
1984, by George Orwell; The Chosen, by Chaim Potok
Last semester student choices included: Phantom
of the Opera, by Gaston LeRoux, The Man who was Thursday,
by G.K. Chesterton; Tuck Everlasting, by Natalie Battitt;
Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury; the House, by
Frank Peretti/Ted Dekkar; Love Comes Softly, by Janette
Oke; The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka; and Lileth, by
George MacDonald.
Total Due: $185.00
This fee
includes copying costs for tutor
compiled materials included with this course. Students
will be responsible to find or purchase the actual
literature.
Payment Options:
$185.00 due with Registration per semester - paid in full per
semester at the time of registration
