Welcome to Contemporary Literature, a senior-level college preparatory course featuring beginning college-level works of fiction and non-fiction fromt he 20th and 21st centuries. You will develop skills in reading and analysis, writing, research, oral presentations, and vocabulary development.

• To master the California English Language Arts Standards for the 12th grade level.
• To further develop the English language arts skills necessary to pass the English portion of college entrance exams
• To encourage a lifelong love of language, literature and learning.

• 1984 by George Orwell
• Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
• The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

Week of January 24

• Three Cups of Tea - chapters 1-3
• 2-page paper paper due Thursday for peer reivew
• Vocabulary test Friday