Reading and Writing About Short Stories is an eight-week course in which participants will read and write about one story every week.  Because each story contains a quiz, an initial response to the story that I "correct" and send back for modifications before publication in the forums, and then responses to others' comments, timeliness is extremely important and due dates are rigidly set.  Most stories, therefore, are very short, the longest just five pages. 

An example of a short story I have used in the past is War by Luigi Pirandello available HERE.  If you are interested in reading the story, taking the quiz, writing a response and sending it to me, I will edit it and return it for your modifications before publication. 

The goal of Advanced Composition (Comp 101) is successful academic writing. Over a period of eight weeks, participants will write a series of essays emphasizing both accuracy and fluency. Accuracy occurs through writing and revising academic essays much like those in a student's site, Sports. Fluency comes through participants' responses to others' essays.

For those about to write the Test of Written English (TWE) or begin university studies requiring academic essays in English, this online class is a good choice for a solid foundation in academic writing.