4000

The purpose of this elective course is to study informational, nonfiction texts and the literacy practices that foster comprehension and critique of them. Students read multiple nonfiction texts on a variety of topics and respond to them through different writing and speaking projects. Students also craft instructional plans for how to support youth to read and respond to informational, nonfiction texts in secondary classrooms.

Introductory course in philology; comparative study of English words and their use.

The child as a major American literary theme.

The adolescent as a central figure in contemporary novels, biographies and plays, with emphasis on the literary treatment of adolescent problems.