2025-26 Course Descriptions - Catalog - Page 29
12TH GRADE SEMINARS
The required (6-11) English courses at The Field
School build student mastery with close reading,
critical thinking, and articulate communication
of original ideas. This growth is nurtured as
students accept increasing responsibility for their
English study. Concluding 11th grade, students
have experienced independently selecting texts,
conducting original research, and synthesizing their
thoughts into original work. The 昀椀nal step, then, is for
seniors to embark on a capstone English experience
of their choosing. Each Senior Seminar requires
students to engage in intensive reading, deep
analysis, dynamic discussion, and interest-driven
research, culminating in the creation of an original
major work. This submission demonstrates students’
highest achievement in English.
Below are a selection of Senior Seminars offered:
Storytelling as Resistance
Sample texts:
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood, The Color
Purple by Alice Walker, A Thousand Splendid Suns by
Khaled Hosseini
Creative Writing Workshop
Portfolio and workshop based course covering
poetry, short stories, food writing, memoir, travel
journalism and personal essay.
Toni Morrison
Sample texts:
The Bluest Eye, Sula, Song of Solomon, Tar Baby
Speculative Fiction
Sample Texts:
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, Parable of the Sower
by Octavia Butler, The Martian by Andy Weir
Literature of Immigration and Assimilation
Sample Texts:
Rain of Gold by Victor Villaseñor, Young Lonigan by
James T. Farrell, The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
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