ART 201/202: Drawing
This course focuses on drawing as a means of visual inquiry. Students learn to see with an artist’s eye and to know what it is like to look at the world through that lens. Students learn about gesture, contour line, positive and negative space, visual space, shadow and light, composition, and perspective. They use these […]
ENG 220: Expressions of Place
This course examines what it means to be shaped by the regions, homes, landscapes, and architectures that humans exist within. Students explore the reciprocal relationship between place, culture and identity formation, and literature expression. Understanding that these factors shape humans, literature, and imagination, students will question just how much interaction occurs between place, human life, […]
ENG 210: Expressions of Community
In this course, students explore the universal themes that have fascinated writers of poetry, novels, short fiction, and drama for centuries: themes such as triumph over adversity, hope and courage, jealousy, revenge, love, friendship, loyalty, free will versus duty, war, national identity, and coming-of-age journeys. Students search for and create deeper symbolic meanings and contextualize […]
ENG 200: Expressions of Identity
This course probes what it means to be human by asking questions about identity formation, the relationship between individuals and society, and the ways in which various modes of expression make and convey meaning. Who we are is, in large part, shaped by our cultural heritage, but also by the decisions we make and the […]
ENG 110-ELL: Proficient Writing, Composition, & Expression
Cheshire Academy’s Writing, Composition, and Expression courses offer an intensive, context-based, genre-focused sequence of study in writing for academic purposes. These courses are for students whose home/comfort language is not English. Students focus on models of academic genres in all disciplines and develop an understanding of the purpose of each genre, how each genre is […]
ENG 100-ELL: Intermediate Writing, Composition, & Expression
Cheshire Academy’s Writing, Composition, and Expression courses offer an intensive, context-based, genre-focused sequence of study in writing for academic purposes. These courses are for students whose home/comfort language is not English. Students enhance grammatical, mechanical, and lexical control. The course focuses on improving writing styles such as memoirs, scientific articles, short stories, analytical responses, and […]
