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English 12

Teachers: If you find something here you’d like to use in your classroom, please find detailed notes/lessons HERE, or feel free to contact me.

Students, here ya go…

main_senior_sem-lrgWelcome, seniors, to our English 12 page. Here you will find nearly everything you’ll need to navigate the wondrous waters of our Senior English class. We’ll dig deep into the literary landscape and our own writing as we explore the fascinating theme of self-discovery.

The timing couldn’t be better as you enjoy this perfect and pivotal moment in your lives, the end of your high school career, to consider who you’ve been and who you wish to become.

I’m eager to join this journey with you.

Course Materials

Just click on the links below to find daily lessons, homework assignments and other helpful resources.

INTRO STUFF

DAILY LESSON SUMMARY (Updated Regularly)

GENERAL ENGLISH CLASS STUFF

GRAMMAR GRIND

STUDENT SELECTED INDEPENDENT READING

COLLEGE ESSAYS

LITERARY CRITICISM – LIT LENSES

SOME SHORT STORIES

*You may have encountered these first two before, but I ask that you look at them anew with fresh eyes, through a fresh lens.

LORD OF THE FLIES

**Some Resources for Good-Evil Project**

NIGHT

HAMLET

Is Wrigley Field a modern-day Globe Theater? What?! Huh?  Have you heard of the Globe’s “groundlings” or Wrigley’s “bleacher bums?” And what about the way they’re designed or the way they fly their flags? In the end, it’s just people trying to enjoy a performance.  Here’s more Shakespeare stuff…

Globe Theater:

Shakespeare Smorgasbord:

And here’s a Hamlet Hodgepodge:

The Best Damn Shakespeare Reference Ever!!! (For finding quotes & characters & cross-referencing everything. Enjoy!)

Some Helpful Hamlet Handouts:

A Final Hamlet Question:

ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST

Dipping Our Toes in Some Slippery Psychiatric Science:

Since it’s nearly impossible to explore this book without the context of the author’s LSD experiences, here are a few links with LSD facts (Of course, your Chemistry teacher would be a good resource, too):

RESEARCH PROJECT

Senior Research Kick Off Questions (PDF)

Research Guide Packet:
Helpful Tools to Get Started:

NOTE: Please see Mr. Gunner’s GREAT resources for Argumentative Essays Below

More Helpful Tools:
Thanks to Mr. Gunner, Retired Colorado HS Teacher, for these GREAT resources:
Some Video Tutorials for Bib Cards & Note Cards (aka Old School = Good School)

 

Google Scholar

INTO THE WILD

FENCES

Full Text PDF

“THIS I BELIEVE”

THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHTTIME

 

THE THINGS THEY CARRIED

Deep Dive: Loud Line Exercise Model

  • You’ll do 2 “Deep Dive” Quote Pages for whole book

We’ll do the following (REQUIRED):

  • The Things They Carried
  • How to Tell a True War Story
  • On the Rainy River
  • Speaking of Courage
  • Sweatheart of the Song Tra Bong
  • PLUS any 3 others of your choosing

*** By all means, read more if you wish. I think you’ll be taken with this text!!***

A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE

Tennesse Williams: A Life of Theater (Video)

REVIEW: Ben Foster Brings His Beast Mode to “A Streetcar Named Desire”

REVIEW: A Darwinian Streetcar with a Feminist Streak

POETRY

Parking Lot Poetry Assignment (PDF)

Bringing Poetry to the People (Some Ceiling Samplings)

Parking Lot Poetry Samples/Models (Browse & Brainstorm)

Poetry Potpourri:

FILM

AFI 100 Best Films

 

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