English Grade 12 Cahill Syllabus/Course Content
Semester One
§ Classroom rules and procedures signed by student and parent
§ Set up notebook sections, including vocabulary and literary terms
§ Journals: prompts and free writes
§ Vocabulary: daily words from lesson and literature related
§ Term, part of speech
§ word in sentence as it appears in text
§ own original sentence
Cornell notes on Anglo Saxons, BEOWULF and characteristics of an epic.
IR and text: selection on BEOWULF
Create an original epic/epic hero: writing process with different thinking maps, including a flow map for the plot. Students will create one chapter of their epic with a summary in the form of an introduction and epilogue.
Work in Reading and Writing Groups for structure, ideas and revisions (see guidelines and criteria)
EXTRA CREDIT: create a short film or play based on your epic. Write a script with setting, character descriptions; you must use costumes, props. You may add a soundtrack
Literary Terms: archetype, epic, epic hero, myth, symbol(ism), simile, metaphor, imagery, personification, tone
Additional literary terms: conflict, characterization, theme
CANTERBURY TALES / Coat-of-Arms project
MACBETH and Elizabethan Theatre (presentations of monologues and partner scenes)
Sonnets
Bible as world philosophy and literature
Oral Reports on passages from different literature
Semester Two
· Continue vocabulary, Cornell notes and journals
· Research Paper/RUSD Technology requirement: 4-7 page typed paper in response to a literary prompt (TBA)
· Literature: A MODEST PROPOSAL, GULLIVER’S TRAVELS
· Poetry: Blake, Burns, Wordsworth, Coleridge: students will compose original poetry patterning their style after selected poets
Literary Terms for poetry-additional: free verse, rhyme ,iambic pentameter, stanza, end rhyme, etc.
· Oral Presentations: Groups-favorite book-using power point, posters, and other visual aids
· Literature: Short Stories-The Rocking Horse Winner, Lot’s Wife, The Demon Lover, Araby, Night (Interactive Reader)
· Oral Presentations: Reflection of high school experience
*Monthly essay-both semesters