2023 MS108-1 Spring Friday Afternoon Class
Friday 5:00PM-6:30PM (2/10/2023- 5/12/2023) (No class on 2/24 and 4/21)
Course Overview:Â
This course emphasizes the theme of exploring contemporary issues through fiction, but takes a more advanced approach in that students will both connect literary themes to specific contemporary issues and be encouraged to consistently formulate, articulate and defend their own stances on said issues. They will practice respectfully articulating their opinions and sharing perspectives in a constructive way. This theme takes inspiration from the âzoom inâ and âzoom-outâ principles often taught in upper-level writing (wherein âzoom inâ is a careful analysis of literature and assigned texts and then a âzoom out,â is an analysis of how the text comments on broader societal trends). The course will cover academic, expository, and persuasive writing. In addition to in-class lessons students also have access to a library of video lectures intended to supplement studentsâ learning. Â
2023 Spring Book List for MS107-8ïŒ7-8th Grade âTerm 2ïŒ
Book List B
- IÂ Will Always Write Back by Caitlin Alifirenka
- The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
- Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson
- Gulliverâs Travels by Jonathan Swift
- Walden, by Henry David Thoreau