English
Upper School students fine-tune their English language abilities by practicing the elements of effective interpersonal communication, close reading of literary and visual texts, audience-centered composition, public speaking and oral interpretation.
The English department encourages students to develop both self-awareness and personal style through the writing process, from pre-writing through revision. Students take four years of English, consisting of required courses in ninth and tenth grades and semester elective courses in eleventh and twelfth grades.
Required Semester Courses
Required Semester + Intensive Course
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Elective Semester Courses
- The Big Novel: One Hundred Years of Solitude
- Canon, Cultural Capital, Critical Thought
- Critical Reading and Effective Writing
- Homegoing: Literature of Africa and her Branches
- Immigrant Stories: The Power of Representation
- Literature of Identity: Hyphenating America
- Poetry: From Blake to Drake
- Science Fiction: More Than a Genre
The Big Novel: One Hundred Years of Solitude
Canon, Cultural Capital, Critical Thought
Critical Reading and Effective Writing
Homegoing: Literature of Africa and her Branches
Immigrant Stories: The Power of Representation
Literature of Identity: Hyphenating America
Poetry: From Blake to Drake
Science Fiction: More Than a Genre
Elective Semester + Intensive Course
Elective Intensive Courses
Learn more about our intensives program.
English at UPrep
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