Grade 12                                          First Semester : The Hero and Fate

                                                           ( Anglo-Saxon  Period to Medieval Period)

 

Themes:                                       Belief in Fate

   11.5                                            Religious Devotion

   11.6                                            The Warrior Hero

                                                       Chivalry Code of Honor

 

Styles/Genres:                           Oral Tradition

   10.5                                             Poetry Dominant ( unique verse forms)

   10.6                                             Folk Ballads

   15.6-8                                         Mystery and Miracle Plays

      6.6                                             Morality Plays

 

Oral Language:                       Discussion on:                                             

    1.5                                            Historical Event

    2.5                                            Christianity and Pagan Beliefs

    2.6                                            Roman Alphabet

                                                      Tribes and Clans

                                                       Illiteracy

 

Structures and Conventions:     

   21.4-6                                          Quick study of the origins of the English Language

   22.10                                            Usage and mechanics ( active voice practices) based on readings

   5.22                                              Proofreading exercises

 

Reading and Literature:

   12.6                                             “ The Seafarer”

   14.5                                              Beowulf ( with excepts from Seamus Heaney’s  novel)   

   16.12                                            Canterbury Tales 

   9.5                                                English and Scottish Ballads

                                                          Mythology and its purpose

                                                          Legend ( with examples from King Arthur)

 

Composition:

   19.30                                             Journal Writing/Note- taking Skills

   21.5-7                                            The Resume

   21.8                                                The College Essay- Vietnam Syndrom by Christopher Hitchens ( monsters)

                                                           Paraphrasing/Reading Logs

 

 

 

Media:                                            

   24.4                                                 SAT  Vocabulary Quack  1-5 ( DVD)

   25.6                                                 The Essay Video

   25.5                                                  Beowulf Video

                                                             Seventh Seal Video   

                                                              Brown University Lecture, “The Hero”

Art and Music:

   3.1                                                     Oral Presentations:

   3.17                                                    Dark Tide

   3.18                                                    Beowulf ( Grendal’s  Monster relative)

                                                               Canterbury Tales

                                                                Mac Beth      

Outside reading:                               Frankenstein