English 12

"iPower” is the central theme at Grade 12. Core curricular units are designed around enduring understandings and essential questions and align with the SOLs for twelfth grade.

• There is a sustained emphasis on reading comprehension of fiction and nonfiction texts. Students will review multiple texts to identify and evaluate resources to make decisions and solve problems. The students will examine and analyze fiction texts by British and world authors evaluating how authors use key elements to contribute to meaning and interpreting how themes are connected across texts.
• The student will continue development of vocabulary, with attention to connotations, idioms, classical allusions, and figurative language.
• The student will continue to use the writing process to write/compose with an emphasis on persuasion and argumentation for multiple purposes and audiences to create focused, organized, and coherent writing. Students will write to a standard acceptable to both the workplace and postsecondary education.
• Students will create media messages and analyze the cause-and-effect relationships between mass media coverage and public opinion trends. Students will create persuasive/argumentative multimodal presentations both independently and in collaborative groups.
• The student will produce a research product synthesizing information from primary and secondary sources while maintaining ethical and legal guidelines for gathering and using information.
• Students will continue to demonstrate the ability to work within diverse teams and collaborative groups working toward common goals.

The following alternative courses use the basic structure and content of English 12 but offers more rigorous study.