Sometimes the truth is stranger than fiction! Read about some unexplained, natural occurances in the world. Even if you don't think of yourself as a reader, these strange stories will pull you in!

Spark your curiosity by reading a series of high-interest, nonfiction stories and articles designed to enlighten and entertain while building your reading comprehension and critical thinking skills. 

Students who complete this course sucessfully will be awarded a high school ELS credit.

Please call our office if you are interested in participating in this class: 422-4794.

Whether you love to read or don't read very often, you'll find a style of writing that catches your attention. In Styles of Literature, you can continue building your reading and writing skills for work or college. (This is one of our high school completion classes.)

Read a collection of high-interest texts to discover how writers carefully craft their works in compelling and dramatic ways. In addition to reading a variety stories and articles, you will write a number of short papers to develop your own style of writing fiction and non-fiction.

What's your favorite style of writing? In class, you'll explore a verity of genres (styles): Action and adventure, allegory, articles, autobiography, biography, drama, diary/memoir, fiction, horror, letters, non-fiction, poetry, satire, science-fiction, speeches...

Participants can earn one high school level English credit by completing this course successfully.

Please call us for more information or to register for this class:  207-422-4794.

Fine tune your reading and writing skills for your HiSET testing. In class, you'll build on the skills you have to fully develop your reading comprehension and writing skills to pass the HiSET tests.  (There are five tests total to pass the HiSET.)

In all of our HiSET classes, we discuss and practice test taking strategies and overcoming test anxiety.

The HiSET Reading test includes a variety of non-fiction, informational texts.  Test questions focus on reading comprehension, interpretation, and analysis.  In class, we target skills for identifying main ideas, supporting details, organizational styles, and vocabulary.  Class discussions will help develop your skills in interpreting different writing styles.

A few more details about the HiSET Reading test: it is 65 minutes - this is the shortest HiSET test. There are 50 multiple-choice questions.

The HiSET Writing test requires you to write an essay and answer multiple choice questions centered on editing and revising sentences.  The multiple-choice section includes spelling, grammar, punctuation, and sentence organization.

Whether you think of yourself of a beginner writer or an accomplished writer, we can help you fine tune your writing for HiSET success. We focus on the writing process: developing your thoughts, creating a draft, editing, and revising.  As you edit your writing, you will also review rules of writing for the multiple-choice section of the test.

A few more details of the HiSET Writing test: 120 minutes (2 hours) to complete 60 multiple choice questions and write an argumentative essay.  The essay requires you to respond to a question by giving your opinion based on two opposing articles.

This class is for our high school completion program.  Please contact us for registration information @ 207-422-4794.  We offer in person classes and remote options over Zoom.