Grade 12 · Year 13 · Ages 17–18
Grade 12 English
A Common Core-referenced, AP-style English course for Grade 12: multiple perspectives, complex arguments, voice and the turn in poetry, Brontë and Shakespeare's rhetoric, syntax and register, punctuation mastery, rhetoric and literary devices, and critical, comparative and evaluative essays.
5 units16 lessonsFinal exam: 60 minutes
Each lesson practised, unit test passed and the final exam count as steps.
Units
Unit 1: Critical Reading
Perspectives, arguments, poetry and classics.
- Multiple PerspectivesDone
- Evaluating Complex ArgumentsDone
- Voice and the Turn in PoetryDone
- Brontë and Shakespeare's RhetoricDone
Unit test · 15 questionsPassedUnit 2: Grammar and Style
Syntax, register and voice.
Unit test · 15 questionsPassedUnit 3: Punctuation Mastery
Colons, semicolons, commas, dashes and quotation.
- Colons and Semicolons for ArgumentDone
- Commas and Dashes for PrecisionDone
- Quoting Texts and SourcesDone
Unit test · 15 questionsPassedUnit 4: Rhetoric and Literary Devices
Persuasion, devices and precise vocabulary.
- Rhetoric and PersuasionDone
- Symbolism, Juxtaposition and UnderstatementDone
- Precise Academic and Literary VocabularyDone
Unit test · 15 questionsPassedUnit 5: Critical Essays
Thesis, synthesis and evaluation.
- Critical Thesis and ArgumentDone
- Comparative and Synthesis EssaysDone
- Evidence, Analysis and EvaluationDone
Unit test · 15 questionsPassed
Final exam
Passed40 questions from every unit, 60 minutes. Take it online or print the paper.