Grade- 12
Course focus- The Human Condition
Semester 1 Semester 2
Writing: Writing:
___ literary response using three of the ___ literary analysis using Bloom’s
following modes: Taxonomy: analysis, synthesis, and
___ narrative evaluation
___ expository ___ personal narrative
___ persuasive ___ journals
___ imaginative ___ review career-oriented/business:
___ journals resume, memo, business letter, thank you
Reading fluency: Reading fluency:
___ assess using a class list 2x ___ assess reading a play aloud 1x
___ memorize a monologue from a ___ continue with first semester goals
Shakespearean play
Speaking: Speaking:
___ presentation of research paper ___ individuals complete requirements for
___ individuals complete requirements for CIM speeches
CIM speeches
Listening: Listening:
___ Cornell note-taking system ___ note-taking on class lectures 1x
___ note-taking on class lectures 1x ___ response to peer speeches 1x
___ response to peer speeches 1x ___ assess on non-print materials 1x
___ assess on non-print materials 1x ___ compare/contrast novel and movie
Comprehension: Comprehension:
___ essays based on literature ___ essays based on literature
___ short answers based on literature ___ short answers based on literature
___ quizzes based on literature ___ multiple choice based on literature
___ discussion of literature ___ verbal communication from literature
Literary terms: Literary terms:
___ stress resolution of common errors from ___ stress resolution of common errors from
student written work student written work
___ mastery of previously covered terms ___ mastery of previously covered terms
___ use in writing, quizzes, literary ___ use in writing, quizzes, literary
responses responses
Grammar/Vocabulary: Grammar/Vocabulary:
___ review of previously covered grammar ___ mastery of previously covered grammar
___ application of grammar in writing ___ application of grammar in writing
___ teacher to keep a running list of ___ teacher to keep a running list of
common errors/address through mini-lessons common errors/address through mini-lessons
Research: Research:
___ master APA citation format ___ use variety of media: internet, books, etc
___ five-page research paper using APA ___ stream of consciousness narrative on
citation standards and at least five sources- current work experience
topic optional ___ review/practice paraphrasing, review
___ use primary and secondary sources avoiding plagiarism
Grade-12
Course focus-The Human Condition
Essential Questions:
How does literature define and deepen our awareness and appreciation of human
behavior and experience?
How does writing about literature broaden and deepen our understanding of text
and of our own personal experience?
What impact does an exploration of various cultures dealt with in literature have
on our personal experiences?
How do the main genres of literature (short fiction, novels, drama, poetry,
nonfiction) communicate meaning and message?
How can literacy prepare people for the world of work?
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Grade-12
Course focus-The Human Condition
Suggested secondary source materials
Regular-
Semester 1 Semester 2
Novels-Teacher will choose at least one: Novels-Teacher will choose at least one:
___The Canterbury Tales, Chaucer ___A Rumor of War, Caputo
___Lord of the Flies, Golding ___Beowolf, Gardner
___Hiroshima, Hersey ___Grendel, Gardner
___Anthem, Rand ___The Illiad, Homer
___I Had Seen Castles, Rylant ___Brave New World, Huxley
___Frankenstein, Shelley ___Metamorphosis, Kafka
___Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Stevenson ___One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Kesey
___1984, Orwell
Drama- Teacher will choose one:
Shakespeare-
___Hamlet
___King Lear
___Much Ado About Nothing
___Othello
Honors-
These may be added to or substituted for literature in the list above:
___ Red Sky at Morning, Bradford
___ The Stranger, Camus or Van Allsburg
___ The Heart of Darkness, Conrad
___ Snow Falling on Cedars, Guterson
___ The Things They Carried, O’Brien
___ Dead Man Walking, Prejean
___ Fast Food Nation, Schlosser
___ Oedipus Rex, Sophocles
___ Slaughterhouse Five, Vonnegut
___ The Once and Future King, White
Short stories, poetry, non-fiction and other selections-
Teacher may choose any out of the textbook, those not on another list, or the Appendix
for grade 12
Alternative reading list for summer and independent reading:
Fiction-
___ I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Angelou
___ Pride and Prejudice, Austen
___ The Good Earth, Buck
___ Alice in Wonderland, Carroll
___ Silent Spring, Carson
___ My Antonia, Cather
___ Don Quixote, Cervantes
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Grade-12
Course focus-The Human Condition
___ A Tale of Two Cities/Great Expectations, Dickens
___ Crime and Punishment, Dostoevsky
___ The Invisible Man, Ellison
___ She Stoops to Conquer, Goldsmith
___ A Stranger in a Strange Land, Heinlein
___ Catch-22, Heller
___ Nick Adams Stories, Hemingway
___ Kon-Tiki, Heyerdahl
___ Kite Runner, Hosseini
___ Profiles in Courage, Kennedy
___ Inherit the Wind, Lawrence, Lee
___ Babbit, Lewis
___ A River Runs Through It, Maclean
___ Malcolm X, Malcolm X
___ Dr. Faustus, Marlow
___ One Hundred Years of Solitude, Marquez
___ Mary Reilly, Martin
___ The Heart is Lonely Hunter, McCullers
___ Paradise Lost/Paradise Regained, Milton
___ The Bible, numerous
___ Long Day’s Journey into Night, O’Neill
___ Dr. Zhivago, Pasternak
___ Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Pirsig
___ The Republic, Plato
___ The Shipping News, Proulx
___ Giants in the Earth, Rolvaag
___ Twelve Angry Men, Rose, Mamet
___ Cyrano de Bergerac, Rostad
___ Ivanhoe, Scott
___ On the Beach, Shute
___ Ceremony, Silko
___ One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, Solzhenitsyn
___ Gulliver’s Travels, Swift
___ A Thurber Carnival, Thurber
___ Johnny Got His Gun, Trumbo
___ Trinity, Uris
___ The Color Purple, Walker
___ All the King’s Men, Warren
___ Dawn, Weisel
___ Black Boy/Native Son, Wright
Non-fiction-
___ A Brief History of Time, Hawking
___ No Matter How Loud I Shout: A Year in the Life of Juvenile Court, Humes
___ The Other Side of the River: A Story of Two Towns, a Death and America’s
Dilemma, Kotlowitz
___ Savage Inequalities: Children in America’s Schools, Kozol
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Grade-12
Course focus-The Human Condition
___ The Joy of Sects: A Spirited Guide to the World’s Religious Traditions, Occhiogrosso
___ The Telling of the World: Native American Stories and Art, Penn
___ The Glass Castle, Walls
Poetry-
___ Cool Salsa: Bilingual Poems on Growing Up Latino in the United States, Carlson
(editor)
___ How Does a Poem Mean?, Ciardi, Williams
___ Reflections on a Gift of Watermelon Pickle and Other Modern Verse, Dunning
___ The War Poets, Giddings
___ Unsettling America: An Anthology of Contemporary Multicultural Poetry, Gillan
___ I Feel a Little Jumpy Around You, Nye, Shihab, Janeczko (editors)
___ Mary Oliver: New and Selected Poems, Oliver
*This list may have titles also found on other lists; students may choose to read these
independently or during the summer if they have not read them in class.
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