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ELA Grade 12 CP Pacing Guide
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Two-week summary of major instructional content and skills • 36 instructional weeks
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Week(s)Unit / TextMajor ContentMajor Skills and Assessments
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Weeks 1–2Shakespeare SonnetsCollege essay (5 days)
Shakespeare Sonnets 29 (3 days)
Total: 8 days		Review and critique successful college essays to identify strengths to incorporate into students’ own essays; brainstorm plans/rough outlines; analyze Sonnet 29’s structure, themes, language, and poetic devices to explain how they convey emotion and meaning.
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Weeks 3–4Shakespeare SonnetsShakespeare Sonnets 73 (3 days)
Shakespeare Sonnets 116 (3 days)
Total: 6 days		Analyze Sonnets 73 and 116 for structure, themes, language, and poetic devices, explaining how poetic choices convey emotion and meaning.
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Weeks 5–6Shakespeare SonnetsShakespeare Sonnets 129 (3 days)
Shakespeare Sonnets 90 (3 days)
Shakespeare Sonnets 18 (3 days)
Total: 9 days		Analyze Sonnets 129, 90, and 18 for structure, themes, language, and poetic devices, explaining how poetic choices convey emotion and meaning.
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Weeks 7–8Shakespeare SonnetsShakespeare Sonnets recitation (5 days)
Lyrical Analysis (4 days)
Total: 9 days		Demonstrate understanding of Shakespeare’s sonnets through analysis of structure, themes, language, and poetic devices; identify and discuss poetic/literary qualities in song lyrics.
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Weeks 9–10The DublinersThe Boarding House (4 days)
The Sisters (4 days)
Total: 8 days		Analyze characterization, setting, and narrative perspective in “The Boarding House” to explore social pressure, moral ambiguity, and personal agency; analyze paralysis and death in “The Sisters” and connect them to broader concerns in Dubliners.
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Weeks 11–12The DublinersAraby (5 days)
The Dead (5 days)
Total: 10 days		Evaluate the influence of language and style in “Araby”; evaluate the cultural and historical context of early 20th-century Dublin and its influence on “The Dead.”
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Weeks 13–14The DublinersClose Reading Practice (10 days)
Total: 10 days		Select and articulate the significance of authorial choices related to syntax and diction in selected passages.
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Weeks 15–16HamletHamlet ACt I (5 days)
Hamlet ACt II (5 days)
Total: 10 days		Analyze complex characters, themes, and conflicts in Hamlet Act I; analyze character development as motivations shift and conflicts intensify in Act II.
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Weeks 17–18HamletHamlet Act III (4 days)
Hamlet Act IV (4 days)
Total: 8 days		Summarize major events of Act III, including the “To be or not to be” soliloquy, nunnery scene, play-within-a-play, and confrontation with Gertrude; interpret complex motivations and evaluate shifting alliances in Act IV.
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Weeks 19–20HamletHamlet Act V (5 days)
Hamlet Conclusion (4 days)
Total: 9 days		Deepen understanding of tragedy, including catharsis, fatal flaws, and consequences of character choices; synthesize film and text insights in a comparative analysis supported by textual/film evidence.
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Weeks 21–22Flannery O'ConnorThe Life You Save (5 days)
Good Counrty People (5 days)
Total: 10 days		Evaluate themes of grace, moral corruption, free will, and redemption in “The Life You Save”; analyze irony, symbolism, and characterization in “Good Counrty People” to critique assumptions about morality and identity.
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Weeks 23–24Flannery O'ConnorA Good Man (5 days)
Everything that Rises (5 days)
Total: 10 days		Analyze irony, characterization, and symbolism in “A Good Man” and “Everything that Rises” to explore morality, grace, violence, faith, innocence, and misunderstanding.
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Weeks 25–26Flannery O'ConnorThe River (4 days)
Senior trip (5 days)
Total: 9 days		Evaluate Harry/Bevel’s search for meaning and how adults shape or distort his understanding of religion in “The River”; have fun and make new friends during the senior trip.
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Weeks 27–28The RoadThe Road part 1 (5 days)
The Road part 2 (5 days)
Total: 10 days		Examine survival, morality, and human connection in The Road; evaluate how morality, hope, and survival develop across Parts 1–2.
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Weeks 29–30The RoadThe Road part 3 (5 days)
The Road part 4 (5 days)
Total: 10 days		Explain the significance of “carrying the fire” and explain how McCarthy’s style reinforces theme in Parts 3–4.
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Weeks 31–32The RoadThe Road part 5 (6 days)
Total: 6 days		Evaluate how morality, hope, and survival develop across The Road and provide a concluding statement.
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Weeks 33–34John Huston's "Wise Blood"Introduction (3 days)
Chapter one (3 days)
Chapter two (3 days)
Total: 9 days		Analyze how the film interprets and adapts O’Connor’s themes; analyze how Hazel Motes is portrayed visually.
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Weeks 35–36John Huston's "Wise Blood"Chapter three (3 days)
Chapter four (3 days)
Chapter five (3 days)
Conclusion (3 days)
Total: 12 days		Discuss Southern Gothic elements and how the film visualizes them; evaluate cinematic techniques; compare the film’s portrayal of characters and symbols with O’Connor’s literary techniques.
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