2021-2022 Course Guide 122120 FINAL (1) - Flipbook - Page 77
ENGLISH 12
In all of the literature electives, students will explore themes of universal significance while strengthening their skills
of discussion, analysis, and interpretation. In addition, students will master expository, creative, research, and
reflective writing skills.
Important Note:
Although all courses are offered both semesters, students should take only one literature elective per semester
because of the reading and composition demands.
English 12:
Choose TWO Semester Courses
•
Literature of Mystery & Suspense
•
Novel & Film
•
Science Fiction
MYSTERY AND SUSPENSE
One-Semester Course
Grade 12 required option
Prerequisite: None
Course Number: EN393
*Zero Hour Couse Number EN04Z
Honors 12:
One Year-long Course
• H AP® Literature & Composition
In Mystery and Suspense, students may read tales of Edgar
Allan Poe, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Sherlock Holmes), Macbeth
by William Shakespeare, and Cormac McCarthy’s No Country
for Old Men, to name a few. Students in this course become
proficient at analyzing an author’s choices in characterization
and structure which create tension, fear, humor, etc. Students
explore themes of universal significance and strengthen their
skills of discussion, analysis, and interpretation.
THE NOVEL AND FILM
One-Semester Course
Grade 12 required option
Prerequisite: None
Course Number: EN395
The Novel and Film course will examine the structures and
techniques of both novel and film, perhaps reading and
watching classics such as The Godfather, Citizen Kane, All My
Sons, The Natural, and many others. Through class discussion
and in written exposition, students develop proficiencies in
analysis of text, both written and visual. Students also pursue
a research question, gaining expertise in reading
informational text and in synthesizing information.
SCIENCE FICTION
One-Semester Course
Grade 12 required option
Prerequisite: None
Course Number: EN396
In Science Fiction, students will read classic and contemporary
short stories and novels by authors such as Isaac Asimov, Ray
Bradbury, Alduous Huxley, George Orwell, Kurt Vonnegut,
Philip K. Dick, Orson Scott Card, H.G. Wells, and others.
Anchor texts may include Ender's Game, I, Robot, The Martian
Chronicles, or The Time Machine. Students will also read from
a variety of choice texts by classic and modern authors from
both American and foreign backgrounds. Through discussion
and writing, students will explore common themes within the
genre of science fiction as well as the genre's development
over time. Students will also expand their range of literary
analysis with the application of critical lenses.
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