Online Registration

Introduction to Literature and Composition is a course that covers literature study, reading, writing, and language. Students read literature from around the world, including the following genres: short story, poetry, memoir, autobiography, drama, and epic. They read examples of informational writing, such as a letter, Web site, magazine article, newspaper article, speech, editorial, and movie or book review. Along the way, they acquire and practice reading skills and strategies that are directly applicable to these literary and informational reading materials.
Prerequisites: None
Materials:  (total price ~ $50.00)

• Impact: Fifty Short Short Stories Second Edition, ©1996, Holt, Reinhart and Winston; ISBN: 003008623X; ~ $37.00
• The Best Poems Ever: A Collection of Poetry’s Greatest Voices by Edric S. Mesmer (Editor) Scholastic Classics ©2005; ISBN 0439296749; ~ $5.00
• Romeo and Juliet and West Side Story, edited by Norris Houghton. ©1965, Laurel Leaf; ISBN: 0440974836 (other editions acceptable); ~ $8.00