English 12
English 12 is a British literature survey course. The course covers historical literary periods and several literary genres including poetry, speeches, satires, drama, the essay, and the semester problem solving project. This course will introduce students to the requirements of the student essay and offers the opportunity to write poetry and dramatic monologues. Students will involve themselves in self-assessment as well as in teacher guided practice and assessment throughout the course. The central focus of the course is the contribution of the various periods of British literature to modern English. Students will focus on the intellectual development apparent within this literature over the 800 years that are covered. The coursework includes forming generalizations about how historical, scientific, social, and political experiences are reflected in the literature which represents ways of seeing events and creating meaning in the various periods we study.
English 12 A
The literature in English 12 A includes Beowulf, Canterbury Tales, "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love," "The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd," Shakespeare's "Sonnet 130," MacBeth, "The Bait," "Song: To Celia," "To His Coy Mistress," "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time," Paradise Lost, "Eve's Apology in Defense of Women," "To Lucasta, on Going to the Wars," "To Althea, From Prison," Gulliver's Travels, "The Countess of Winchilsea," "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard," and "A Nocturnal Reverie."
English 12 B
The literature in English 12 B includes Jane Eyre, A Tale of Two Cities, Animal Farm, "To a Mouse," "To A Louse," "The World is Too Much with Us," "The Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner," "She Walks in Beauty," "Child Harold's Pilgrimage," "Ozymandias," "To a Skylark," "When I Have Fears that I May Cease To Be," "Sonnett to a Cat," "Flower in a Crannied Wall," "The Lady of Shalott," "My Last Duchess," "Sonnett 43," "To an Athlete Dying Young," "When I Was One and Twenty," "When You Are Old," "The Wild Swans at Coole," "In Memory of W.B. Yeats," "Musee des Beaux Arts," "Shooting an Elephant," "The Demon Lover," "The Soldier," "Wirers," "Anthem for Doomed Youth," "Wartime Speech," "Lady in the Looking Glass: A Reflection," "The First Year of My Life," "The Rocking-Horse Winner," "A Shocking Accident," "An Introduction to Frankenstein," and "No Witchcraft for Sale."
All courses are written to California Department of Education
standards and to national standards, as applicable.