Wauconda High School Request for Approval of a New Course
Wauconda High School Request for Approval of a New Course
Wauconda High School Request for Approval of a New Course
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Modern Literature<br />
<strong>Course</strong> Overview:<br />
This course would survey modern literature through the 21st century. Emphasis<br />
would be placed on the development <strong>of</strong> critical reading and writing skills and<br />
instructional practices would provide opportunities <strong>for</strong> students to interact,<br />
argue, criticize, explain and defend vary points-<strong>of</strong>-view discovered in literature<br />
<strong>of</strong> the 20th and 21st centuries.<br />
The use <strong>of</strong> technology would also be an integral part <strong>of</strong> this course.<br />
Materials:<br />
The course will utilize various novels and short stories as well as excerpts from<br />
contemporary non-fiction works.<br />
Some possible titles to include but not be limited to:<br />
The Things They Carried, Tim O’Brien<br />
Catch 22, Joseph Heller<br />
The Fountainhead or Anthem, Ayn Rand (we currently have a class set <strong>of</strong> each)<br />
The Book Thief , Marcus Zasak<br />
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, John Boyne<br />
Night, Elie Wiesel<br />
Franie & Zooey, J.D. Salinger<br />
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, Jonathan Foer<br />
Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury<br />
Life <strong>of</strong> Pi, Yann Martel<br />
Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins<br />
The DaVinci Code, by Dan Brown<br />
Novels by Jodi Piccoult<br />
*We still need to research nonfiction titles to incorporate<br />
* Subscribe to Time magazine?<br />
* We also have three short story anthologies from which we could select short<br />
stories to incorporate in class.
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