Literary Writing Seminar – High School Language Arts Curriculum

Description

Master Literary Voice and Craft with This Literary Writing Seminar Curriculum for High School

Challenge your students to write with depth, style, and critical insight in this dynamic literary writing seminar curriculum for high school. Designed for advanced middle and high school learners, this interdisciplinary course develops creative and analytical writing skills using global literature, hands-on labs, and real-world writing models.

Students explore essential literary concepts—voice, conflict, imagery, structure, and thesis—while reading and analyzing texts from Maya Angelou to Gabriel García Márquez. They’ll learn to write fiction, poetry, personal narratives, literary analyses, and persuasive essays, all while grounding their work in strong thesis development and textual evidence.

✍️ What Students Will Learn:

• Crafting voice and tone through diction and syntax

• Writing structured narratives with conflict and resolution

• Using sensory detail and figurative language for vivid imagery

• Developing thesis statements and literary arguments

• Analyzing fiction and poetry with global texts and cultural context

• Applying rhetorical techniques and persuasive appeals (ethos, pathos, logos)

• Citing and analyzing textual evidence to support claims

📘 Curriculum Features:

• 📄 Format: Full-color PDF with printable labs, guided notes, and AP-style questions

• 🌍 Global focus: Features authors and texts from Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Europe

• 🧠 Skill integration: Critical reading, writing, data analysis, and cross-cultural understanding

• 🧪 Weekly labs: Include writing prompts, close reading tasks, and quantitative writing activities

• 🏡 Ideal for: Homeschoolers, co-ops, enrichment programs, and high school classrooms

📈 Learning Outcomes:

By the end of the course, students will confidently analyze and write across genres, cite evidence effectively, and present persuasive, thesis-driven work. This seminar is perfect for college prep, AP English support, or creative writing electives.

🌐 Extend Learning With These Resources:

🔗 Purdue Online Writing Lab – Literary Terms
🔗 Poetry Foundation – Glossary of Poetic Terms

🔗 Link to related curriculum: High School Language Arts
🔗 Link to full catalog