Language Arts 12
Course Description
Semester A focuses on British Literature from the Anglo-Saxon period up to Romanticism. Students will analyze how the English language evolved over time and how events of the time influenced the writings for each period. Epics, short stories, poetry, drama, and essays will be analyzed in depth to enrich students’ comprehension. Each module includes a style of composition for students to explore with the help of student examples to act as a guide.
Semester B continues with the Victorian era to Modernism of British Literature. Students will explore fiction and nonfiction of the Victorian Era in addition to applying what they have learned from the course to the study of a novel. The course ends with students practicing and polishing their public speaking and performance skills.
Course Requirements
Grade Level
12th Grade
Materials
Duration
2 Semesters
Credit Value
1.0
Prerequisites
Semester A
Major Concepts
Module 1: Send Us a Hero
Module 2: Tell Us a Story
Module 3: Built to Last
Module 4: What a Tragedy!
Module 5: Thinking Ahead
Module 6: Hopelessly Romantic?
• Anglo Saxon Literature (Beowulf)
• The Middle Ages (The Canterbury Tales)
• Renaissance Poetry (Shakespearean/Spenserian Sonnets)
• Renaissance Drama (Macbeth)
• The Enlightenment/Age of Reason (essays/satire)
• Romanticism/Gothic Romanticism (Frankenstein, Romantic poets)
Semester B
Major Concepts
Module 7: Being and Becoming
Module 8: Power of Proof
Module 9: A New Genre
Module 10: Break the Mold
Module 11: The Moderns
Module 12: Speak Now
• Victorian Fiction and Drama (excerpts from novels and plays)
• Victorian Nonfiction (newspaper articles, Darwin, reference materials)
• British Novel (The War of the Worlds)
• Modernist Poetry (Yeats, Lawrence, Eliot)
• Modernism (Woolf, Kipling, Conrad, Joyce)
• Public Speaking and Performance
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