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Upper
School Division
Goals and Objectives
- To
study excellent examples of both contemporary and classic literature
and poetry.
- To
develop an analytical approach to literature.
- To
encourage students to think of literature as an element of culture that
simultaneously shapes and is shaped by society.
- To
develop students' interest in reading for pleasure.
- To
develop students' understanding of the writing process.
- To
develop students' proficiency in five basic kinds of writing: academic
(expository, analytic, and argumentative), expressive (informal, raw
writing), creative (poems, short stories), real world (letters, reports)
and journalistic.
- To
help students develop effective writing habits.
- To
help students develop a sense of their own writing style.
- To
help students master basic principles of grammar.
- To
develop students' ability to proofread and edit their written work.
- To
extend and encourage students' use of the computer as a writing and
research tool.
- To
review and master basic rules of spelling, capitalization and punctuation.
- To
study vocabulary systematically.
- To
study word origins and Greek and Latin roots.
- To
give students the opportunity to publish their writing in The Scribbler, The Beat and the yearbook.
- To
prepare students effectively for high school.
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