![]() As historian Jill Lepore writes, “American democracy is bound up with the history of reading and writing, which is one of the reasons the study of American history is inseparable from the study of American literature.” With this idea in mind, our class will pay special attention to the creative output and collective histories of communities living and creating at both the center and periphery of their respective American moment. Our class will explore the wealth of literary and artistic voices that continue informing our American identity and experience. Texts may include "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" by Tennessee Williams, "The Tempest" by William Shakesepare, "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley, "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston, "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro, "The Stranger" by Albert Camus, and "The Meursault Investigation" by Kamel Daoud. The breadth of texts will include a multitude of genres and time periods. We will use the framework of memory, remembering, and nostalgia to guide our essential questions. ![]() Most importantly, as tenth grade English students, students are expected to engage fiercely with these texts to broaden and deepen their consciousness. Central concerns will be honing and strengthening analytical writing skills and developing creative criticism. Grade 10 English invites students to increase their proficiency as a reader and writer through rigorous study of challenging and rewarding texts. Grade 10: How We Remember and the Stories We Tell: Close Reading and Analysis ![]() Students will complete the course by creating a portfolio of their writing and reflection. We will read writers who reveal their motivations for writing, so that you may answer these questions for yourself: Why write? How does writing invite me to discover myself and others? We will come to see through critical reading and expository writing how people from different groups come to experience the world and find their selves, so you can figure out who you are and how you are going to contribute. This course also seeks to address the active practice of writing. Particular attention is paid to intersectionality-the way different components of identity intersect and overlap-and how books act as windows and mirrors that allow us to see others and ourselves. The readings explore the complexity, contradiction, and creativity of selfhood and identity. And most of us have been told, at one time or another, “Don’t worry just be yourself!” But how do we know who our self is? Do we uncover it or do we construct it? Is it fixed or changing, private or public, singular or plural? Is self the same as identity? This course explores these questions through the study of literary works in which characters and their authors grapple with gender, sexuality, race, religion, class, and identity in the context of a particular place and time. Most of us worry, at one time or another, about fitting in and being accepted. ![]() Grade 9: Expository Writing and Exploring Identity in Literature Through the relationships they develop with their classmates, boys from other divisions, as well as the faculty and staff, Browning graduates are not just well prepared for college, but also for the myriad other opportunities and challenges that await tomorrow’s men beyond the Red Doors. Rooted in a mission that fosters each boy’s growth and development of honesty, curiosity, dignity and purpose, the Upper School continually responds to the needs of today’s young men and the challenges they face as they develop their own understanding of what it means to be a man in today’s world. Browning's New York City location allows teachers and students to take advantage of all that the greater New York area has to offer to expand the global perspective of today's learners in our increasingly diverse and connected world. ![]() The faculty of the Upper School, trained in the latest and best research of boys’ 9th - 12th grade education, adapt that knowledge to the students they mentor, challenge and support every day in their classes. For over 100 years, Browning has distinguished itself among the very best schools in Manhattan by providing a program of superior academic offerings, complemented by a rich array of co-curricular and athletic opportunities. The Upper School at Browning provides its high school students with a transformational educational experience that spans the formative years from middle school to college. ![]()
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