7th Grade English Literary Games

Take a look into our Literary Arcade! To start off the year, seventh grade read Italo Calvino’s book of linked short stories entitled Cosmicomics. Calvino’s stories fit into the postmodern style with their use of magical realism and mythological parody. Each story is narrated by Qwfwq, an omniscient entity who is embodied throughout each story […]

Steps or Ramps?: Social Progress in Literature

When you look around the sociopolitical landscape, perhaps you hear this refrain in your mind: Why can’t progress happen faster!? Our humanities classes are delving into the root of this question these next few months by examining cultural identity and social justice in the United States.  English classes are addressing this question from a historical […]