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- Subject: HIT:British Lit in Grade 12
- From: Diantha McBride <asmlibrary@REDESTB.ES>
- Date: Fri, 3 Oct 1997 14:26:51 +0200
Since I got some responses asking for hit regarding the English curriculum
for grade 12, here is the hit.
Many thanks to all of you, including a few responses that came without
names or schools, & which I was therefore unable to use. My faculty is
very impressed!
1. Our English curriculum is as follows:
9th grade---- Study of genre/types
10th grade--- American Literature
11th grade--- British Literature
12th grade--- World Literature
We have only two electives for grades 11 and 12:
Communications Arts (Covers public speaking and creative
writing)
Journalism
We are a Catholic school with small enrollment: 500
Hope this helps.
Kathy Faraglia
McCorristin Catholic H S
Trenton, NJ
2. Yes, we offer English Literature over two semesters (Anglo-Saxons
through Renaissance in first semester, Enlightenment through 20th century
in second). It used to be a requirement for all seniors, but since then
we've added three electives they can use to replace one semester of either
their year of English Lit or American lit (they end up with at three
semesters of American/English lit).
We're a school of about 320 (60-odd seniors this year). They have English
elective options of: Advanced Writing (combination of creative and
expository), speech, or communications arts. American lit is offered
during junior year. Freshman and sophomore English is organized by genre,
plus a very healthy dose of composition, even some grammar.
Hope this helps. Let me know if you need anything else.
Lynn Henry, Librarian
Concordia Academy
Roseville, MN
LynnH123@aol.com
3. British literature is taught at the 12th grade level at Poteet High
School in Mesquite, Texas
Sue Wilbanks
Librarian
Poteet High School
Mesquite, Texas
wil@tenet.edu
4. Our school district teaches American literature during the 11th
grade English curriculum and British literature is part of the 12th grade
curriculum and always has been in the 18 years I've been teaching here.
They cover Beowulf, Chaucer, Shakespeare, etc. My school is 1600 students
grades 9 -12 and we have another high school in our district that has an
enrollment of 2400 students. This is not an elective, this is the 12th
grade curriculum in English. Hope this helps.
Jennie Hoffman, librarian email - jhoffman@enter.net
Louis E. Dieruff High School phone - (610) 821-2772
815 N. Irving St. fax - (610) 820-2244
Allentown, PA 18103-1894
5. Hi, Diantha. We still teach British Lit at 12th grade and American Lit
at 11th grade.
Bettty
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6. Our 12th grade English students study British Lit. with some world
lit. as
well.
Margaret Shaffer Easton High School
Library Media Specialist 723 Mecklenburg Ave
Easton MD 21601
7. My high school is grades 9-12 and we still teach British Lit to the
seniors. Just out of curiosity, why is British lit considered more
difficult than American lit? Because Americans, both writers and readers,
aren't as smart as the rest of the world? Perhaps that's the one reason we
SHOULD continue
to teach British lit. I think that if we don't have a good background in
the world's LITERATURE, we can't truly appreciate the GENRES.
HTH
Marian Mackey, Librarian Knowledge is of two kinds:
Perkiomen Valley High School we know a subject ourselves, or
509 Gravel Pike we know where we can find
Graterford, PA 19426 information upon it. - S. Johnson
email: mkmackey@aol.com
8. Diantha,
We require a certain amount of English credits of our graduating
seniors, and among their choices is a year-long course titled "British
Literature." That way, they can choose their preferences.
Chris
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Chris Turner, Librarian (mailto:turner@scnc.glps.k12.mi.us)
Assistant Varsity Wrestling Coach
(http://scnc.glps.k12.mi.us/hs-sports/wrestling/home.htm)
Grand Ledge High School/225 W Kent St/Grand Ledge MI 48837
517-627-3354/517-627-1763 (Fax)
9. Many English electives are offered at The American School in London:
London in Literature to 1800
19thC English Novel 1800-1850
Shakespeare Survey
Also offered are courses in
Greek Mythology
Russian Literature in the 19th C
19th Century American Literature: songs of the self
European Literature through 17th Century
Ancient World Literature
Individual and Society
Art of Poetry
Literature of the Holocaust
Freshman and sophomores must take English 9 and English 10. Juniors
and Seniors choose from the electives listed above.
Hope this helps.
Joan Dyer-Westacott
High School Librarian
American School in London
Joan_Dyer-Westacott@asl.org
10. I am in Wynne, AR and am the librarian, but I taught 10th grade
English for 24 years and was dept.chair. Just think of all the things
that students might miss...Chaucer, Macbeth, Hamlet,
Wordsworth, Shelley, Keats, Beowulf. They might pick up some of these
somewhere, but there is nothing like a concentrated study. ... Good luck.
George Anne Draper
LMS, Wynne, AR
gdraper@wynne1.crsc.k12.ar.us
11. This 1200-student high school in a rather affluent small city in
Kentucky does use English literature as the 12th grade course. I used to
teach in Baltimore County, MD; they also use English lit. So does the
Florida system I was in last! I think it's pretty standard; I also think
(as a former academic librarian) that most college English departments
expect students to have some familiarity with English literature.
I hope this is useful.
Mary Madsen
Media Specialist
Paul G. Blazer High School
Ashland, KY
12. My librarian forwarded me your note. We teach British lit.
to our seniors at Manassas Park High School in Manassas Park, VA through
two courses: General English 12 (taught by me) and College English (taught
by a professor from a local community college.)
I cover the Anglo-Saxons through modern British lit., highlighting Beowulf,
some ballads, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, The Canterbury Tales,
Macbeth, some sonnets, Frankenstein, lots of short stories and poetry, etc.
We use Elements of Literature, a Holt Reinhart and Winston textbook. Kids
of all Levels do fine with it, as long as there isn't too much independent
reading and as long as ample interpretation is provided for some of the more
difficult text.
If I can help, let me know!
C
13. Name of school: Bellarmine College Prep
850 Elm St.
San Jose, CA 95126
408-294-9224 x256 Libary telephone
e-mail Jlundgard@aol.com
We are a school of 1300 all boys. Jesuit school that still teaches Brit
Literature, Holocaust Literature, Creative Writing, Horror Literature,
Science Fiction, as Senior electives. We always have enough students
interested in taking Brit Lit and the curriculum covers Chaucer, Beowoulf,
and finishes up with more modern British writers. We also have Faulkner
course and sometimes a full semester of James Joyce. Joan Lundgard
Diantha McBride, Head 28080 Madrid, Spain
* Library Media Center * Tel: (341) 357-2154
American School of Madrid Fax: (341)357-2678
Apartado 80
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