English 12

Course Overview

2024 – 2025 English 12 Overview*

Quarter 1:

• Building Literary Base- Personal Narrative Excerpts

• Writing: Personal Narrative Essay

• Vocabulary Study – Quiz every other Friday

• October- College application fee waived for one week

Quarter 2:

• Building Literary Base – I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai

• Writing: Argumentative Paper 

• Expanding Non-Fiction Comprehension

• Vocabulary Study – Quiz every other Friday

• AR conferences Week 12

Quarter 3:

• Building Literary Base – Hamlet by William Shakespeare

• Writing: Literary Analysis papers

• Scholarship applications (March/April)

• Vocabulary Study – Quiz every other Friday 

• AR conferences Week 25

Quarter 4:

• Building Literary Base – Creative Short Stories

• Writing: Creative Writing 

• Expanding Non-Fiction Comprehension

• Vocabulary Study – Quiz every other Friday

• AR conferences Week 34

*This Overview is Subject to Change*

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