12th Grade English Syllabus
August 14, 2012
12th Grade English
Mrs. Cordry-Room 307
2011-2012
“Great effort springs naturally from great attitude.”
Pat Riley
Welcome to twelfth grade English. The purpose and objective of twelfth grade English is to challenge you into working hard to set, maintain, and achieve high goals in creation of scholarship letters, resumes, and letters plus maintaining or increasing reading comprehension and writing skills to server you after high school.
Materials needed for class:
4 different colored highlighters: yellow, pink, green,
orange
Paper
Blue pen
Pencil with eraser
3 ring binder
6 dividers for the binder, labeled: Reading/Literature/Poetry, Writing, Vocabulary, Grammar, Projects, Homework
First Nine Weeks:
L-J Vocabulary Pre-test and work throughout nine weeks
Study Skills Unit
Test-Taking Skills Unit
Literature terms, including project for terms
Traits of Effective Writing Unit
Traits of Effective Communication
Essay: Goals for Five and Ten Years
PenPal units
Personal Reading Time
Creating a resume
Blogging
Second Nine Weeks:
L-J Vocabulary work throughout nine weeks
Poetry Unit, including a project
Edgar Allen Poe Unit
Scholarship essays
Essay: Responding to Literature
Essay: Personal Short Story (Biography)
Blogging
Personal Reading Time
Semester Exam
Third Nine Weeks:
L-J Vocabulary throughout the nine weeks
Scholarship essays and search
Writing: Descriptive Essay
Shakespeare Unit: A Midsummer's Night Dream
Blogging
Personal Reading Time
Fourth Nine Weeks:
Scholarship and letter writing
Writing: Book Report
L-J Vocabulary work throughout nine weeks
Blogging
Writing Workplace Unit:
Application Form and Letter of Application
The Request Letter Asking for a Reference
Resume Writing-editing
The Follow-Up Letter After an Interview
Interviewing Techniques and Practice, including Dressing for
an Interview
Personal Reading Time
Semester Exam
Makeup work must be complete within two days of return to school. It is up to the student to come to me to get makeup work. If it is not made up, it will result in a work detention for
that assignment until made up for a maximum of 50% of the original grade. If a student knows they will be out prior to the absence, they must get work before absence and turn it in
before absence.
Any student caught cheating, including plagiarizing, will receive a 0 and a detention.
I am looking forward to a fun and rewarding year. If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me at the school at (402) 645-3326, at my home (402)806-6876, or via email at scordry@southernschools.org
Sincerely,
Mrs. Cordry
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Student signature and date
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Parent/Guardian signature and date
