2013-2014 Curriculum Pacing Guide Grade/Course 12 th Grade English Grading Period: 1 st Nine Weeks Unit/ Weeks 1-9 Unit 1: Anglo-Saxon Period 1450-1066 s covered in s covered in this nine The Lyric Poem/ Elegy The Seafarer The Wanderer The Epic Poem Beowulf Working resumés, applications, and business letters Comparison/contrast essay Compare the epic hero Beowulf and Batman (or any other modern hero) 12.5 a-c 12.6 a,g-h 12.6, h Essential vocab (to include epic, alliteration, allusion, symbolism, universal theme of good versus evil. *daily writing with prompt Working Portfolio to include: resume,application, letter of introduction,and other types of business letters Students in 12 th grade English do not have an EOC, although some seniors may Technical writing: business templates and working resumes. Expanded Blueprints Released test items
2013-2014 Curriculum Pacing Guide Grade/Course 12 th Grade English Grading Period: 2 nd nine weeks Unit/ Weeks 10-18 The Middle Ages 1066-1485 s covered in s covered in this nine Chaucer and The Canterbury Tales (satire and end rhyme poetry) Sir Thomas Malory From Morte d Arthur (first prose) Ballads Research paper 12.8 a-h Research Essential vocab to include thesis, ethics, citations, primary and secondary sources) Middle Ages vocab: religious diversity, political struggles, feudalism, legend and myth, satire) Expanded Blueprints Students in 12 th grade English do not have an EOC, although some seniors may Steps for collecting information on notecards, citing resources, avoiding plagiarism, and writing research paper included Semester exams will be comprehensive and should be used as a guide to reteach skills not mastered during the first semester. Released test items
2013-2014 Curriculum Pacing Guide Grade/Course 12 th grade English Grading Period: 3 rd nine weeks Unit/ Weeks 19-27 s covered in the third nine The Renaissance: The Rise, the Height, and the Decline 1485-1625 The Petrarchan (Italian) Sonnet Elizabethan poetry The Shakespearean Sonnet Elizabethan Drama Shakespeare- the Man Translation of King James Version of the Bible John Donne John Milton Ben Jonson Research paper final draft due this nine weeks b,h 12.5 12.7 a-c *Resources are to be used Elizabethan drama vocab: character, scene, dialogue, staging, dramatic conflict, the five parts of the plot, the Shakespearian five act structure Expanded Blueprints s covered in Students in 12th grade English do not have an EOC, although some seniors may Research portfolio (all notecards, sources, rough drafts, revisions, and final draft due) Literature of the Renaissance Decline may be carried over to the fourth nine Oral presentation of research material 12.8 a-h 12.1 a-i` Research Communication *speaking, Released test items
12.2 a-b listening, media literacy 2013-2014 Curriculum Pacing Guide Grade/Course 12 th Grade English Grading Period: 4 th nine weeks Unit/ Weeks 28-36 s covered in the fourth nine Continuation of John Donne, John Milton, and Ben Jonson (the Puritan poets) Elizabethan drama Shakespeare s Tragedies: MACBETH or HAMLET The Romantics Adaptation from Shelley s Frankenstein Lyric Poetry The Ode The Victorian Poets The Brőnte sisters and the Gothic novel (WUTHERING HEIGHTS/ JANE EYRE) b, h b,d a-e, i Expanded Blueprints Released test items s covered in Students in 12th grade English do not have an EOC, although some seniors may Literature of the Renaissance Decline may be carried over to the fourth nine ****Nine weeks may be modified in terms of what is covered based upon time constraints and term graduate testing.
The Moderns in British literature will be addressed if time permits. Final exam, if required, will be comprehensive for second semester.