Exploration of Child and Adolescent Literature is a grade 10 English Language Arts college preparatory course integrated with the Education Pathway standards. This course allows students to utilize Language Arts skills to investigate and evaluate the value and purpose of world literature for children and adolescents. Students synthesize their knowledge of the stages of physical, intellectual, social, and emotional development with their understanding of appropriate teaching materials and readings for each of the stages. Students read a variety of child and adolescent literature, conduct research, closely read and analyze complex texts, and evaluate the components of effective child and adolescent literature.