Students will continue in essay writing and exploring a variety of topics to enrich their writing skills. They will complete a unit of creative writing, a short unit on poetry, and an MLA style research paper at the end of the year. They will read 4 books throughout the year, then discuss and analyze each work. Your student will receive continual feedback and the teacher/mentor will grade all writing assignments. This course will take your students' writing to the next level. Students must have experience with writing a 5-paragraph essay. Writing Curriculum and first semester's novels are included in class cost. You will need to purchase the literature curriculum in which we have been provided a discount code to use. You will need to purchase the second semester novel's and that information will be sent out to you in September.