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The English courses at Cascadilla truly exemplify how our small classes, taught with a lot of individual attention, regularly achieve high academic standards of excellence. Our emphasis in class is on writing and discussion. At every level of our English classes, students study poetry, prose, drama, fiction, and nonfiction and learn to read carefully, think responsibly, and then express their ideas clearly and precisely. Students study authors representing a broad range of cultural perspectives. They write personal and expository essays and participate actively in class discussions. In the upper level English courses, students learn how to move beyond the personal in their writing and instead to become more analytical and focus more on presenting their own persuasive arguments. Students are encouraged to form their own honest opinions and then express them with genuine conviction.

Graduation Requirements: Five credits in English are required for a Cascadilla School diploma. One of these credits must include the Cascadilla Seminar, taught jointly by the English & History departments.

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