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Gr 12 | 6 Credits | Year-Long | 5x per Cycle
Gr 12 | 6 Credits | Year-Long | 5x per Cycle
* Students selecting this course must register for course #154 (honors level) and will be given the option to take this course at the ACP level (154A) at the start of the course. *Satisfies Senior English Requirement
* Students selecting this course must register for course #154 (honors level) and will be given the option to take this course at the ACP level (154A) at the start of the course. *Satisfies Senior English Requirement
This core Senior course will study literature written in the 21st century. Specific historical events - such as 9/11 and the subsequent global war on terror, the mass introduction and use of smartphones and the rise of social media, and the pandemic - make life in the 21st century tangibly different from life even in the 1990’s. Add phenomena begun in the 20th century but only coming into mass consciousness in the last two decades - like climate change, global migration and open discussion of race and gender - and the distinction of 21st century literature becomes obvious. Students will study the stories we tell about ourselves, our world, and ourselves in the world primarily through what we call literature - novels, poems, plays, short stories and essays. Representative novels include The Wall by John Lanchester, Exit West by Moshin Hamid, and Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro. Occasionally, film, music, history and current events may be used to supplement our studies.
Essential Skills:
Reading
Students will recognize subjective and objective responses to a text.
Students will make text to self connections
Students will read analytically without direct instruction by the teacher, tracing characterization, theme, vocabulary
Students will craft discussion questions and engage in sustained, self-directed discussion.
Writing
Students will be able to write formally about oneself
Students will develop personal voice in writing while using personal anecdotes as evidence
Students will continue to develop analytical writing skills, including crafting arguments based on close reading of texts for literary devices and thematic elements
Students will fuse analytical writing with personal writing while examining ways to organize and analyze that expand on the structured 5-paragraph essay format
Students will practice writing about literature in the context of current world affairs
Speaking & Listening
Students will be able to deliver a polished speech employing appropriate body language, eye contact, inflection, and enunciation.
Students will be able to listen and respond appropriately and constructively to their peers.
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