This survey course features an intensive study of classic and influential world literature from a variety of time periods, while preparing students for college-level writing. Students will read, analyze, and interpret short stories, novels, plays, poetry, and essays and engage in a variety of formal and informal projects, including literary analysis essays, collaborative discussion and presentation, independent reading, and a senior research paper, which meets the minimum qualifications for an acceptable entry-level college essay.
Ms. Kimberly Weaver holds a Bachelor of Arts in English and a Master of Arts in Teaching, both from Fairleigh Dickinson University's Metropolitan Campus. She currently teaches AP Literature and Composition and Honors English 12; she is also the moderator for Prism Club. In her free time, Ms. Weaver enjoys reading creative non-fiction, eating delicious food, and traveling to exciting places, both new and familiar.
A 2014 graduate of Bishop McNamara, Ms. Weaver is proud to continue her involvement in the Mustang family and looks forward to giving back to the community that helped shape her so profoundly.