The goal for English Language Arts 12 (World Literature) is to refine, apply, and extend the solid foundation of  knowledge, skills, and strategies developed in English Language Arts 9 through 11. Using the lens of leadership skills, English Language Arts 12 students will develop a world perspective by analyzing classic and contemporary texts in a variety of genre, including post-colonial literature. Twelfth graders will synthesize information, ideas, and themes to understand the past, the present, and to think innovatively about the future. They will identify and apply their own leadership skills and prepare for responsible action as American citizens in the context of a global world.

World Literature (third edition)

Holt, Rhinehardt, Winston

Copyright 2001

MICHIGAN MERIT CURRICULUM COURSE /CREDIT REQUIREMENTS ELA • 12 3.07

1.1      Understand and practice writing as a recursive process.

1.2      Use writing, speaking, and visual expression for personal understanding and growth.

1.3      Communicate in speech, writing, and multimedia using content, form, voice, and style appropriate to the audience and purpose.

1.4      Develop and use the tools and practices of inquiry and research —generating, exploring, and refining important questions; creating a hypothesis or thesis; gathering and studying evidence; drawing conclusions; and composing a report.

1.5      Produce a variety of written, spoken, multigenre, and multimedia works, making conscious choices about language, form, style, and/or visual representation for each work.

2.1      Develop critical reading, listening, and viewing strategies.

2.2      Use a variety of reading, listening, and viewing strategies to construct meaning beyond the literal level.

2.3      Develop as a reader, listener, and viewer for personal, social, and political purposes, through independent and collaborative reading.

3.1      Develop the skills of close and contextual literary reading.

3.2      Read and respond to classic and contemporary fiction, literary nonfiction, and expository text, from a variety of literary genre representing many time periods and authors.

3.3      Use knowledge of literary history, traditions, and theory to respond to and analyze the meaning of texts.

3.4      Examine mass media, film, series fiction, and other texts from popular culture.

4.1      Understand and use the English language effectively in a variety of contexts and settings.

4.2       Understand how language variety reflects and shapes experience.