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Main English 12 page: 2023–2024: English 12
Note: Each set of dates below refers to a grade abatement panel, which is one-third of the triptych of grades earned each quarter.
Q1A: 9/5/23–9/26/23
English 12 Opening-Day Writing
Daily Checkpoints
Weekend Writing
GAP Overview
Q1B: 9/27/23–10/26/23
Close Reading: The Age of the Essay
Guided Analysis: The Age of the Essay
Narrative Brainstorming
First Draft of Personal Narrative
Q1C: 10/19/23–11/9/23
Reintroduction Writing
1984 Resource Page
Q2A: 11/13/23–12/1/23
Narrative Showcase
ePortfolio Introduction
Q2 Essential Questions
1984: Part One
Classwork Rubicon Grades
Q2B: 12/4/23–12/22/23
“The Ways We Lie”: Emulative Analysis
Classification Essay: Overview
1984: Part Two + Part Three
Q2C: 1/3/24–1/19/24
1984: Essential Question Exam
Classification & Division (C&D) Essay: Brainstorming
C&D Essay: Prescriptive Paragraphing
C&D Essay: First Draft
Q3A: 1/22/24–2/9/24
C&D Essay: Revisions
C&D Essay: Final Copies
Weekly Writing Grades: Guided Reflection
Self-Exploration Unit: Descriptive Writing
Self-Exploration Unit: Storytelling
Q3B: 2/26/24–3/8/24
Self-Exploration Unit: SWOT Analysis
Senior Projects: Brainstorming
Frankenstein: Preface to Chapter 8
Frankenstein: Reader-Response Analysis
Q3C: 3/11/24–4/12/24
Frankenstein: Chapters 9–24
Frankenstein: Reader-Response Analysis
Make-Up Essays: Classwork Rubicon
Make-Up Essays: Weekly Writing
Senior Projects: Guided Project Analysis
Q4A: 4/15/24–5/3/24
Empathy and the Collective Good Unit: The Bean Trees
Senior Projects: Student-Selected Literature
Senior Projects: Senior Success Project (Senior Talk)
Q4B: 5/6/24–5/23/24
Senior Projects: Student-Selected Literature
Senior Projects: Addressing an Audience
Senior Projects: Senior Success Project (Senior Talk)
Q4C: 5/29/24–6/7/24
Senior Projects: Senior Success Project (Senior Talk)
Final Reflections