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探索 the human experience. 

In the Branson 英语 classroom, 正规赌博十大平台排行调查, 探索, 问题, 分析, and fall in love with our literary texts every day. From 首页。r to Shakespeare, Mary Shelley to Frederick Douglass, Jhumpa Lahiri to Zadie Smith, students immerse themselves in vibrant, 多样化的世界. We aim to offer all students of all identities the pleasure and value of seeing themselves reflected in the texts they read, 去学习, with empathy and compassion, about cultures and experiences rarely 探索d.

In our innovative classes, you will learn through student-driven and student-lead conversations, multimedia presentations, collaborative projects, 设计思考, connections to visual media, 和更多的. You will constantly have opportunities to 探索 the connections between the work of the classroom and prescient issues in the world, 社会, that emanates beyond the academic space.

最重要的是, you will 探索 the essential nature of writing, digging deeper than “thesis, 证据, 分析.” You’ll eng年龄 in a conversation between yourself, the text, and your audience. You’ll 探索 how writing en性别s epiphany through both the strength of langu年龄 and the clarity of vision.

英语 Requirements

12个单元(4年) 

All students take 英语我 in the ninth grade and 英语二世 in the tenth grade. In the eleventh and twelfth grade, students choose from semester electives and must take an 英语 class each semester.

Meet Our 英语 教师

亨利·德·马塞勒斯

亨利·德·马塞勒斯

拉丁 & Humanities Teacher / Class Dean
阿兰娜希

阿兰娜希

英语老师

凯蒂·简

英语老师
Neha Kamdar

Neha Kamdar

英语老师
玛德琳较小

玛德琳较小

英语老师
艾琳·曼苏尔

艾琳·曼苏尔

英语老师
埃文Schnair

埃文Schnair

英语老师
吉尔斯•斯科特

吉尔斯•斯科特

英语 Department Chair and 英语老师
杰夫·西蒙兹

杰夫·西蒙兹

Director of Studies, 英语老师

Branson 课程 Guide

课堂上的学生

Read the 课程 Guide to see all the courses we offer in the 2023-24 academic year.

整整一年的课程

  • 英语我
  • 英语二世

Fall Semester Courses

  • Agony to Ecstasy: Advanced Expository Writing
  • Climate Narratives: Re-imagining the Future
  • I Am a Man: Malcolm X, Toni Morrison, and Black Masculinity in Post Civil-Rights America
  • 我是许多人
  • Maker/Martyr/Monster/Maid: A Contemporary Discourse on Motherhood
  • Taking the Toxic out of Toxic Masculinity

Spring Semester Courses

  • The Emperor Has No Clothes: How Satire Speaks Truth to Power
  • Encountering Beauty
  • Literary Feasts: Food, Culture, and Modern Narrative
  • A Nation United, A Nation Divided: Shakespeare and World Building
  • Not Poetry: Avant-Garde and Experimental Forms
  • The Play’s the Thing: Drama as Literature

Humanities/Cross-Referenced Courses

  • Advanced Journalism II
  • Ancient Greek Political Thought
  • 历史 and Culture of Hip-Hop
  • Moral 哲学 in the Age of Augustus

For a complete list of 英语 courses and their descriptions, read the 2023-24 课程 Guide