This document is a syllabus for a 12th grade advanced English course that aims to improve students' communication skills and prepare them for life in the United States as non-native English speakers. The syllabus outlines course goals, curriculum standards, teaching methods, student evaluations, assignments, and a tentative course calendar. Students will read various novels, short stories, poems, and other works while focusing on skills like comprehension, analysis, grammar, writing processes, and public speaking. They will complete assignments such as essays, presentations, book reports and more. The course is designed around Puerto Rico's English education standards and frameworks.

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Specialized Science and Math Secondary School
THOMAS ARMSTRONG TORO
Ponce, Puerto Rico
English Program
Twelve Grade Advance English Course Syllabus
Course : Twelfth Grade Advance English
Course Code : INGL 012
Credits : 1
Period : 2013- 2014
Professor : Armando Castillo Escobar
Prof. Cont. Info : armandocastillo007@gamil.com
Textbook : 1. College Writing Skills with Reading
2. Literature for Composition
I. Course Description: This course has been designed to help the students improve their
communication skills and the information obtained by the students during this course will help
them succeed in the United States as non-native speakers. This course has been designed taking
into consideration the English Content Standards and Grade Level Expectations (2007) &
the Curriculum Frame Work (2003) established by the Department of Education of Puerto
Rico and the Circular Letter: 11-2011-2012 of the English Program of the same Department
of Education.
II. Learning and Developmental Goals: A general goal of this course is for all students to
become more confident in their own abilities as they make improvements in the English
/Language arts and working closely to achieve the standards of the DEPR.
During this course the teacher will work with students to help them achieve the learning and
developmental goals:
 To experience success in areas of the four language arts.
 Improve the basic skills in the language arts area.
 Speak and write with confidence.
 Understand the importance of English as they relate it to everyday life.
 Acknowledge the writing process
 Improve reading skills from a range of simple to complex texts.
 Identify the literary concepts and techniques
 Improve skills such as comprehension and analysis
 Work with basic grammar skills
III. Curriculum Standards:
A full description of the curriculum standards of the Department of Education of Puerto Rico is
available at English Program by request.
IV. Teaching Approach:
a. Assessment Techniques
b. Whole language approach
c. Oral Approach
d. Balanced Literacy Approach
e. Natural Approach
V. Teaching Methods:
a. informal lecture
b. note-taking
c. worksheet activities
d. Vocabulary activities
e. teacher created supplementary materials
f. internet use ( when available)
g. groups activities
h. demonstrations / modeling
I. reciting
J. Conference
VI. Student Evaluation:
 Assessment activities
 Oral communication evaluation
 Partial Tests
 Special Assignments
 Class Participation
 Portfolio
 Rubrics for all activities
 Attendance

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VII. Tentative Course Calendar
Date Topics Activities/
Evaluation
Observation
12.1 My Journey so far: Biography, Autobiography & Memoir
First Week
General Introduction of the Course
a. Classroom Rules
b. Discuss Syllabus
c. General Orientation
d. Portfolio Presentation /Prep
1. Parts & Documents
Syllabus,
Handouts, Rules,
Index Cards
Second Week
Diagnostic Testing
a. Tabulation
b. Individual Discussion of results
Oral Reports: News Articles
Diagnostic Test Oral Reports
(2) Grades
Third Week
General Grammar Review
a. The Sentence
b. The Parts of Speech
Board Exercises
and
Power Point
Presentation
Test #1
Fourth Week
The Writing Process, Pg 974
Literature for Composition,
By Barnet, Burto & Cain
Advance Eng. Text
1. When I was Puerto Rican
By Esmeralda Santiago
Vocabulary
Handouts
Bio-Cube
Edmodo Assig.
WIWAPR-
E. Santiago
Chapters 1-6
Test #2
Fifth Week
General Introduction of: Timeless Voices
timeless Themes, Silver Level.
A. Introduction to the Short Story & Literary
Genres
1. Elements of Fiction
2. Thank You Mám
By Langston Hughes, Pg. 186-189
3. Charles, By Sherly Jackson,Pg. 15-21
4. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,
By Maya Angelou, Pg. 22-31
5. The House On Mango Street
By Sandra Cisneros
Essay 1
Sixth Week
What is Poetry?
A. The Elements of Poetry
1. The Road not taken, By R. Frost Pg.34-35
2. All But Blind, By W. La Mare, Pg. 35
3. The Choice, By D. Parker, pg. 36-37
B. College Board Review
Handouts
Textbook
Portfolio
Essay 2
12.2 Walking into the Future: Career Research Project
Seventh Week
Career Research Project: will be posted on
the class blog:
http://tatenglish12.blogspot.com/
Rubrics For
Presentation
(2) Grades
1 presentation
2 Hand In
Eight Week
Leading the way
1. Email from Bill Gates
By John Seabrook, Pg 42
2. The Ninny
By Anton Chekhov, Pg. 174
3. The Governess
By Neil Simon, Pg. 176
Text Exercises
Notebook Class Assignment
(1) Grade
Ninth Week
Leading the way (cont.)
1. Harriet Tubman Guide to Freedom
By Ann Petry, Pg. 132
2. Club Pilot on the Mississippi
By Mark Twain, Pg. 109
Handout
Test 2
Class Assignment
(1) Grade
Tenth Week
Introduction to the Speech
1. Elements of Public Speaking
a. The American Dream
By Dr. martin Luther King Jr. Pg.689-691
b. Sharing The American Dream
By Collin Powell, Pg. 694-695
C. Special Assignment: Idea Bank Pg.693
Textbook Hand In Questions
on the selection
(2) Grades
Oral Presentation
(Famous Speeches)
Eleventh Week
Review The Writing Process,Pg.974
The Essay: Elements of a good Essay
1. Brown vs. Board of Education
By W. Dean Mayer, Pg. 238-247
2. Build Your portfolio, Pg. 248
The Personal Statement
Textbook,
notebook

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Twelfth /Thirteenth
Week
Introduction to Shakespeare
a. Biography
1. Romeo and Juliet(textbook)
Summary
2. Midsummer Night’s Dream, Pg.784
3. The Tell Tale Heart, By Edgar Allen Poe
Pg. 540-549
Special
Assignments:
Shakespeare’s
Works
DVD- Midsummer
Night’s Dream
Movies will be
watched upon
completing reading
Assignments will be
Posted on the Blog
12.3 The Long & Short of it: Fictional novels & Short Stories
Fourteenth Week
What is a Critical Analysis?
1. Parts
2. Examples
3. Assignments
Hand In Critical
Analysis
Fifteenth Week
Role Play Activities
1. criteria’s/rubrics
2. Group Activities
Presentations
Sixteenth Week/
Seventeenth Week
Power Point Presentations
1. Group selection
2. Topics should be discussed and presented
to the teacher
Eighteenth /
Nineteenth Week
Diagnostic testing
1. Independent Reading
2. Book Reports
Twentieth Week Final Reports and Assignments
 Course syllabus is Subjected to Changes
 Special Assignments may be announced with prior knowledge
 Essays will be announced
 Assignments will NOT be accepted after due dates NO EXCEPTIONS!
Materials need for the Course:
 VOX (Green) Spanish/English Dictionary (1) grade
 Overall School Supplies
References:
1. Literature: Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes. (2000). Upper Saddle, New Jersey:
Prentice Hall
2. Barnet,S., Burto,W. & Cain, W. E. (2011). Literature for Composition. New York: Pearson.
3. Lang, J. (2008). College Writing Skills with Reading. New York: Mc Graw Hill.
I have read and understood the responsibilities of my child and agree to follow the
course requirements. (10pts will be awarded if handed in signed)
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Parent’s Signature Student’s Signature Date
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