Welcome to Government 12, a one-semester course of study that will introduce you to exciting literature and help you develop new writing and language skills that will benefit you throughout your life.

• To master the California English Language Arts Standards for the 10th grade level.
• To further develop the English language arts skills necessary for success at the next level of the college preparatory course of study
• To pass the California High School Exit Exam
• To encourage a lifelong love of language, literature and learning.

• To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
• Macbeth by William
• Lord of the Flies by William Goldinh
• Short stories  and poems
• Textbooks: 
  • Holt Literature & Language Arts, Fourth Course
  • Holt Handbook for Mastering English Language Conventions

Week of January 24

• Lord of the Flies - chapters 1-3
• 2-page paper paper due Thursday for peer reivew
• Vocabulary test Friday