Thursday HS (PM1B) – World Literature & Composition

This continuing one-year intermediate course exposes students to a wide variety of literature from around the world. From Arabic fairy-tales and Native American Legends, to French plays and Spanish Knightly adventures, the class gives students the opportunity to learn how other cultures have expressed their interests and values in writing. We will also be reading the memoir of Chamroeun Pen, chronicling his childhood family’s struggles in poverty and harsh school system in Cambodia. Students will also gain invaluable insight into their own family heritage and culture when they are given a personal essay in the Fall and an in depth research project of their own making in the Spring. The research project is student led (and teacher approved) and may incorporate a number of books, poems, films, comics, computer games, and more. The goal is to learn another culture’s values and ideas and to share these experiences with the class in a final presentation at the end of the academic year. The added complexity of the literature and emphasis on independent work makes this course ideal for Sophomores and Juniors. *New students are welcome to join this class mid-year!