| English 2 is a 7 week course in advanced paper writing
and research skills offered the first and second half of each spring semester.
This course is designed for students who scored over 600 on the SAT verbal
examination, and students who have exempted the writing requirement or
already completed English 1 but would like to take their research and expository
writing skills to a new level. Students in the class learn how to
conduct academic research on a topic of their choice using the Internet
and the library to find sources. Emphasis will be on the selection of texts,
the evaluation of those texts, analysis and synthesis of sources, and the
development of a solid thesis derived from the evidence and supported by
it in an academic research paper. The principles and strategies taught
in this class are also applicable to students writing or planning to write
honors theses. Most sections of the course are taught in a networked classroom
using the students' own computers connected to the Drew computer network.
Research papers may be presented in the form of linked html documents at
the discretion of the instructor. |
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