AMERICAN LITERATURE 1&2, SEM 2

The second semester of American Literature emphasizes skills and strategies for independent reading, analyzing, and writing about works of American literature from the late 19th century to the present.  Relevant social, political, cultural, and religious issues in works from the Age of Realism, the Modernist Period, and the Post Modern Era are discussed.  Instruction in each standards-based unit of study interrelates reading, writing, oral communication, and language study.  (FT)