Reading for Pleasure (Period 4)

Reading for Pleasure is a semester long elective course that will focus on providing students the opportunity to improve their reading skills simply by reading.  Students will be encouraged to regain or to grow in their love of reading through consistent, daily reading in class.  Students will be assessed for their current reading level and then again, at the end of the semester, for progress.  Students will work to understand and explore several different genres of literature including realistic fiction, science fiction, dystopian, poetry, historical fiction, Biography/autobiography/memoir, Classics, fantasy, non-fiction, and graphic novels as well as others. This course aims to aid students in developing a lifelong habit and appreciation for reading.  To this end, students will learn and develop a number of reading strategies to help them leave high school as motivated, self-sufficient readers prepared for future reading demands.