12th Grade Course Content

(*required)

 

VOCABULARY

GRAMMAR

WRITING

SPEAKING

LITERATURE

*analogies

*vocabulary from

   literature

 

  roots, prefixes, &

   suffixes (review)

 

*verb choice & tense

*parallel structure

*subordination

*levels of usage

*sentence structure,

  variety, & emphasis

*grammar, usage, &

  mechanics (review)

*Personal Narrative

*Argumentative Essay

*Classification Essay

*Documented Literary

  Analysis Essay

*Other:

·         Connotation

·         Denotation

·         generalization

 

 *Class discussion

 *Oral presentations

    using technology

*Periods of British

  Literature

·          Anglo-Saxon

·          Medieval

·          Renaissance

·          17th century

·          18th century

·          Romantic

·          Victorian Era

·          20th century

*Shakespearean Drama

*British Novel  (see list)

NOVELS:

APPLIED/GENERAL

COLLEGE PREP

A.P./QUEST

SUMMER

 

1984

Lord of the Flies

The Time Machine

The Importance of Being Ernest

*Wuthering Heights

 Return of the Native

 Tess of the D’ubervilles

 Heart of Darkness

 Invisible Man

 The Time Machine

The Importance of Being Ernest

Hamlet

 

The Inferno

A Man For All Seasons
Madame Bovary

Portrait of the Artist…

Lord Jim

Dr. Faustus

Things Fall Apart

Paradise Lost

Murder in the

                   Cathedral

Pride & Prejudice

Pygmalion

Out of the Silent Planet

Othello

(and/or any selections  

    from the other lists)

Jane Eyre

The Firm

Frankenstein

The Pillars of the Earth

The Awakening

The Count of Monte Cristo

Sense and Sensibility

Brave New World

Patriot Games

Gulliver's Travels

 

(A.P. English Literature &

Composition has a separate

reading list)

 

 

Textbooks:

Elements of Literature: 6th Course 

Elements of Writing: 6th Course

English Workshop: 6th Course