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CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE II

This course is designed to enhance student appreciation for literature.

During the course, students will be reading literature from a variety of genres to examine

common traits within the genre
writing styles of various authors
interest, level of literature
themes found within the literature
character analysis

Once a genre study has been completed, students will be responsible for a project / presentation to demonstrate their newly found knowledge. Some of these projects could include:

posters
dramatic presentations
compare / contrast display
character resumes
screenplays

Students will read from numerous genres, which could include

science fiction
mystery
biography
romance
journal writing
travel
nonfiction

It is important to note that student participation is essential to this course. While daily activities and discussions may focus on a teacher generated topic, the choice of genres, literature, and final projects are determined by the students. The class will brainstorm options, and then students decide on a unit of study with a final project to accompany it.

While the environment of the class is very informal, students need to recognize that 5-7 novels will be read during the course. In addition, students will be responsible for providing their own novels since the reading choice is theirs. There is a portion of class time devoted to reading literature, but students must realize that out of class reading will be required in order to meet deadlines.

Contemporary Literature I is not a prerequiste for this course.

Again, this course is designed to turn students in to lifelong readers.