LAN 1200: English 12
05/01/2025 to 05/30/2026 • Modified 04/28/2025Course Description
This year-long course provides an overview of British Literature from the Anglo-Saxon era, the Enlightenment, and the Industrial Revolution, up to and including the Modern Period. This course covers major works of fiction, poetry, and drama. Students will discover the historical content, authorial influence, and literary impact of these works. Using these texts, students will strengthen their writing and vocabulary skills and then be guided in developing an argumentative research paper. Students are guided with biblical truths to develop the skills necessary to honor God through excellence in the written and spoken word.
Next Start Date*
Next Monday
Program Restrictions*
- ESD: Elementary School Diploma (ESDP-ESD-D) Excluded
- MSD: Middle School Diploma (MSDP-MSD-D) Excluded
Prerequisite Requirements*
Any of the following:
- All of the following:
- LAN 1101 previously completed with a minimum grade of D
and - LAN 1102 previously completed with a minimum grade of D
or - LAN 1101 previously completed with a minimum grade of D
- All of the following:
- LAN 1101 previously completed with a minimum grade of D
and - LAN 1105 previously completed with a minimum grade of D
and - LAN 1106 previously completed with a minimum grade of D
or - LAN 1101 previously completed with a minimum grade of D
- All of the following:
- LAN 1102 previously completed with a minimum grade of D
and - LAN 1103 previously completed with a minimum grade of D
and - LAN 1104 previously completed with a minimum grade of D
or - LAN 1102 previously completed with a minimum grade of D
- All of the following:
- LAN 1103 previously completed with a minimum grade of D
and - LAN 1104 previously completed with a minimum grade of D
and - LAN 1105 previously completed with a minimum grade of D
and - LAN 1106 previously completed with a minimum grade of D
or - LAN 1103 previously completed with a minimum grade of D
- LAN 1100 previously completed with a minimum grade of D
High School Diploma Requirements*
- Contributes 1 credit to LUOA – English, English Requirement.
Schedule
Module 1: Introduction to Course & Beowulf
- Week 1: Introduction to Course and Beowulf
- Week 2: Beowulf, Continued
Module 2: The Medieval Period
- Week 3: English Medieval History, Arthurian Legends, and The Canterbury Tales
- Week 4: The Canterbury Tales, Continued; Medieval Dramas
Module 3: The Renaissance Period and Macbeth
- Week 5: Renaissance Literature
- Week 6: Elizabethan Theater and Macbeth by William Shakespeare
- Week 7: Macbeth
- Week 8: Macbeth, Continued
- Week 9: Macbeth, Continued; Quarter Exam
Module 4: The Enlightenment Period
- Week 10: Paradise Lost by John Milton
- Week 11: Paradise Lost, Continued
- Week 12: Compare and Contrast Essay; Nonfiction: Dictionaries and Periodicals
- Week 13: Nonfiction
Module 5: The Industrial Revolution Period and Frankenstein
- Week 14: The Industrial Revolution in Britain
- Week 15: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
- Week 16: Frankenstein, Continued
- Week 17: Frankenstein, Continued
- Week 18: Frankenstein Genre Essay; Quarter Exam
Module 6: Research Paper and Technical Writing
- Week 19: Research Paper
- Week 20: Research Paper, Continued
- Week 21: Research Paper, Continued; Rough Draft
- Week 22: Technical Writing and Research Paper Final Draft
Module 7: English Poetry from the 17th – 20th Centuries
- Week 23: Neoclassical Poetry
- Week 24: Romantic Poetry
- Week 25: Romantic Poetry, Continued
- Week 26: Victorian Poetry
- Week 27: Modern Poetry; Quarter Exam
Module 8: The Modern Period: Animal Farm
- Week 28: Animal Farm by George Orwell
- Week 29: Animal Farm, Continued
- Week 30: Animal Farm, Continued
Module 9: The Modern Period: Essays and Drama
- Week 31: The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis
- Week 32: The Great Divorce, Continued
- Week 33: The Great Divorce, Lewis and Orwell
- Week 34: Modern British Drama and Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw
- Week 35: Pygmalion, Continued
- Week 36: Modern American Drama; Reflection Essay; Quarter Exam
