English 12 COURSE OUTLINE

Unit 1 - Review Thesis, Introduction, Body Paragraphs, Conclusion Essay Writing.

        Thesis Essay Project

        Plot & Suspense - (Read Most Dangerous Game - Richard Connell - Short Story)

        Conflict Types - (Man vs. Man, Man vs. Society, Man vs. Himself, Man vs. Nature)

        Suspense Writing Essay Project

Unit 2 - British Literature - Anglo-Saxon Medieval Period

        Beowulf - (Part 3 Only)

        The Paston Letters

        Legend of King Arthur - Sir Thomas Mallory

        Hero Profile Essay Project

Unit 3 - The English Renaissance

        Shakespeare’s Words & Phrases

        Shakespeare Play - 12th Night

        Shakespeare Poetry - Iambic Pentameter, Sonnets

Unit 4 - The Restoration & The Enlightenment

        Essay on Man, An Essay on Criticism - Alexander Pope

        The Diary of Samuel Pepys

        Argumentative Essay Project

Unit 5 - The Flowering Romanticism - Poetry Unit

A Modest Proposal - Jonathan Swift - Short Story

        Satirical Essay Project, Irony & Understanding Poetry

Poetry Project

Unit 6 - The Victorians & Emerging Modernism

        The King is Dead, Long Live the King - Mary E Coleridge - Short Story

        The Duchess and the Jeweler - Virginia Woolf - Short Story

        A Testament to Youth - Vera Brittian - Memoir

        The Speeches, May 19, 1940 (Winston Churchill) - Excerpt from Speech

Unit 7 - Contemporary Voices

        Multi-Genre Short Story Project  -         Possible Short Story Choices Include -