English 12

We will cover a wide range of literature that will prepare students for the college reading and writing experience. The course will tackle serious issues of race, death, family, violence, social pressure and politics. Students must be able to express opinions clearly and back them up with facts. We will concentrate on improving structure and style and utilize the revision process for all written assignments. Students will be asked to make oral presentations, keep reading journals, master literary terminology and incorporate technology into the study of language. All students must dig beneath the surface to find not what the author does but how he does it. We must take intellectual risks and learn to love language.

The reading list: Zeitoun by Dave Eggors, Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld, Sula by Toni Morrison, Old School by Tobias Wolff, Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, and As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner.

Textbook(s): Perrine's Literature: Structure, Sound, and Sense, Edition: 09, Author(s): Arp, Thomas R.

Prerequisites: English 11

Instructor: Brad Weidlich