Language Arts 12
In this online English course, grade 12 students in the first semester will examine major works of literature organized into thematic units. Themes examined in the units include self, relationships, alienation, choice, and death. The second semester focuses on contemporary world literature where students will read works from countries around the world.
Grade:
12
Duration:
2 Semester
Prerequisites:
Language Arts 9
Language Arts 10
Language Arts 11
Credit:
1.0
Materials:
See in the Materials tab below
Description
Students examine major works of literature organized into thematic units. Each unit contains poetry, short stories, and a novel that revolve around the theme for the unit. Themes include the self, relationships, alienation, choice, and death. As students read these works, they have the opportunity to reflect on these important themes by writing in multiple modes and creating cross-disciplinary projects.
Outline
Semester A
Module 1 – Creating the Self
Module 2 – Relationships
Module 3 – Alienation
Module 4 – Choices and Decisions
Module 5 – Jane Eyre
Semester B
Module 1 – Literature of North America
Module 2 – The Literature of Latin America, South America, and the Caribbean
Module 3 – The Literature of Europe
Module 4 – Hamlet
Materials
independent novel, choose one from the following:
Science Fiction Novels
The Lost World by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Scarlet Plague by Jack London
Planet of the Apes by Pierre Boulle
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Anomalies by Sadie Turner
Life as We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
Postcolonial Novels
Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
In the Castle of My Skin by George Lamming
Cracking India: A Novel by Bapsi Sidhwa
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga
Remembering Babylon by David Malouf
In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez