Congratulations! You have arrived at the final unit in English 10-1! There are unlimited possibilities for your future and you now have numerous skills and strategies to allow you to take ownership of your learning and understanding. This is essential for engaging with the world around you and gives you the motivation and responsibility to move forward and mold your own future. This unit encompasses a broader, more engaging view of what it means to be a part of something far larger than your immediate world and yourselves.

Very likely, you have a fairly strong sense of who you are. You know what is important to you; you are aware of the people you value in your life. You may have some ideas of what you would like to become in the future. You may have career goals, relationship goals, and spiritual goals. Your goals are influenced by the people around you, by your surroundings and, of course, by your own personal motivation.

Characters in the novel you will study are not much different. They are living their lives in the present, intent on making the most of their futures.

To complete this unit, you will have to be finished reading one of the following novels:

• To Kill a Mockingbird
• Speak
• The Secret Life of Bees
• A Monster Calls

Review the list of novel summaries to choose a novel that interests you.