Senior Writing
This elective course, created for students who desire additional writing instruction, engages students in reading and composing personal essays, argumentative essays, literary critical essays, short stories, plays and other genres. In the fall, emphasis is placed on preparing and revising the college essay. Throughout the year, students read and critique each other’s work during the revision process; this peer feedback complements the instructor's comments. Texts include: Barron's Essays That Will Get You Into College; Critical Thinking, Reading and Writing: A Brief Guide to Argument; Harvey, The Nuts and Bolts of College Writing; Rostand, Cyrano de Bergerac; Sudden Fiction; and Zinsser, On Writing Well.