12th GRADE ELA Curriculum: This Curricula and Accompanying Instructional Materials Have Been Developed To Align
12th GRADE ELA Curriculum: This Curricula and Accompanying Instructional Materials Have Been Developed To Align
Revised every five years, the standards provide local school districts with clear and specific
benchmarks for student achievement in nine content areas. Developed and reviewed by panels of
teachers, administrators, parents, students, and representatives from higher education, business,
and the community, the standards are influenced by national standards, research-based practice,
and student needs. The standards define a "Thorough and Efficient Education" as guaranteed in
1875 by the New Jersey Constitution. Currently the standards are designed to prepare our
students for college and careers by emphasizing high-level skills needed for tomorrow's world.
The New Jersey Student Learning Standards include Preschool Teaching and Learning Standards,
as well as nine K-12 standards for the following content areas: 21st Century Life a nd Careers,
Comprehensive Health and Physical Education, English Language Arts, Mathematics,
Science, Social Studies, Technology, Visual and Performing Arts, World Languages The
most recent review and revision of the standards occurred in 2014. However, the standards in
language arts and math underwent an additional review in 2015 with adoption by the New Jersey
State Board of Education in May 2016.
LCMR SCHOOL DISTRICT - ELA 12TH GR CURRICULUM (REVISED 07/2019)
Lower Cape May Regional School District 12th Grade ELA Curriculum
Unit 1: European Literature (Middle Ages) Dates for Units - September thru October
Unit 3: 18th and Early 19th Century Dates for Units - February thru April
Unit 4: Late 19th and 20th Century Dates for Units - May thru June
Unit Summary:
In Unit 1, students will analyze the question: “How did medieval man distinguish between the
earthly and the divine?” Students will read the following: Oedipus, selections from The
Canterbury Tales, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, and The Decameron. Outside reading
assignment is The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime. Students will learn to pronounce
and define SAT level vocabulary, and practice resume writing, cover letting writing, and
practice interview skills. Students will also practice essay and research writing.
Interdisciplinary Connections:
History - Medieval England and Europe
Science and Biology - research on Autism Spectrum disorder and various connections to ASD
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Learning Targets
Vocabulary assessments
RL.11-12.4 L.11-12.6
L.11-12.5 L.11-12.1-4
Class participation
NJSLSA.SL1-3
SL.11-12.1
SL.11-12.2
NJSLSA.W1-3
RI.11-12.1-3
Benchmark assessment of comparative analytical essay
for outside reading book and summer reading assignment
Modifications for ELL’s, Special Education, 504, and Gifted and Talented Students:
-Teacher tutoring
-Peer tutoring
-Cooperative Learning Groups
-Modified Assignments
-Modified texts
-Differentiated Instruction
-Response to Intervention
( www.help4teachers.co m) -
Follow all IEP and 504
modifications –Adaptive
Technology
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Unit 2 Overview
Unit Summary:
● In Unit 2, students will analyze the question: “How does Renaissance literature break
with and build on literature of the middle ages?” and “How did seventeenth century
writers regard the relationship between reason and emotion?” Students will read the
following: Macbeth and/or Hamlet, selected poetry of the Renaissance, excerpts from
The Prince. Outside reading assignment is Don Quixote. Students will learn to pronounce
and define SAT level vocabulary, continue to practice writing skills, and practice
interview skills. Students will also practice discerning “true” sources from “fake”
sources.
Interdisciplinary Connections:
● History - Medieval England and Europe
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Learning Targets
Vocabulary assessments
RL.11-12.3
L.11-12.6
L.11-12.5
L.11-12.1-4
Intervention
www.help4teachers.com) -Follow all IEP and 504 modifications
-Adaptive Technology
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Unit 3 Overview
Unit Summary:
● In Unit 3, students will analyze the question: “What role does nature play in 18th and early
19th century literature?” Students will read the following: A Modest Proposal, selected poems
from Coleridge, Tennyson, Blake, Keats, Byron, and Wordsworth, excerpts from Hard Times,
and an excerpt from Cyrano de Bergerac. The outside reading assignment will be Siddhartha.
Students will continue with SAT vocabulary, will practice writing poetry, continue to practice
writing skills, etc.
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Interdisciplinary Connections:
● History - Medieval England and Europe
Learning Targets
Vocabulary assessments
RL.11-12.4
L.11-12.6
L.11-12.5
L.11-12.1-4
SL.11-12.2
Class participation
NJSLSA.SL1-3
SL.11-12.1
SL.11-12.2
Modifications for ELL’s, Special Education, 504, and Gifted and Talented Students:
-Teacher tutoring
-Peer tutoring
-Cooperative Learning
Groups
-Modified
Assignments
-Modified texts -Differentiated Instruction
-Response to Intervention
(www.help4teachers.com)
-Follow all IEP and modifications
-Adaptive Technology
LCMR SCHOOL DISTRICT - ELA 12TH GR CURRICULUM (REVISED 07/2019)
Lower Cape May Regional School District (Insert Subject/Content Area) Curriculum
Unit 4 Overview
Unit Summary:
● In Unit 4, students will analyze the following question: “Why might the 20th century be
regarded as the ‘Age of Anxiety’?” Students will read the following: Peter and Wendy and/or
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, and excerpts from The Metamorphosis. Students will find
connections between modern day cartoons and fairy tales. The outside reading will be Night.
Students will research, prepare, write, and present a thesis on a chosen topic for their final
essay grade. Students will finish with vocabulary prior to writing the thesis.
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Interdisciplinary Connections:
● History - Medieval England and Europe
- Sociology - the Holocaust
- Life Skills - thesis paper
Learning Targets
Vocabulary assessments
RL.11-12.4
L.11-12.6
L.11-12.5
L.11-12.1-4
Class participation
NJSLSA.SL1-3
SL.11-12.1
SL.11-12.2
RI.11-12.1-3
essay for outside reading book and
in class assignemnts
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Evidence of Learning
Modifications for ELL’s, Special Education, 504, and Gifted and Talented Students:
Teacher tutoring
Peer tutoring
Cooperative Learning Groups
Modified Assignments
Differentiated Instruction
Response to Intervention (www.help4teachers.com)
Follow all IEP and 504 modifications
Teacher Notes:
● As required by the NJ Department of Education, teachers in all content areas will
integrate the 21st Century Life and Careers Standards. As the NJDOE indicates, “Providing
New Jersey students with the life and career skills needed to function optimally within this
dynamic context is a critical focus and organizing principle of K-12 public education. New
Jersey has both an obligation to prepare its young people to thrive in this environment, and a
vested economic interest in grooming an engaged citizenry made up of productive members of
a global workforce that rewards innovation, creativity, and adaptation to change.” The links
below indicate the CPIs for grade ranges and need to be addressed throughout the units of
study:
Life and Career Standards
● As indicated in the NJSLS, standards and interdisciplinary connections will be
integrated throughout content area curriculum. Links to relevant content standards can be
found below:
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Vocabulary:
● In-text vocabulary should be incorporated into every unit. Word journals, vocabulary
walls, and/or various other activities should be utilized by the instructor to teach vocabulary.
Technology:
● Students must engage in technology applications integrated throughout the curriculum.
Applicable technology utilized in this curricula are included below:
-laptops/phones/Chrome Books will be used on a (near) daily basis - quizzes and
watching videos to garner information, etc. -Time in the media center
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Resources:
● Ancillary resources and materials used to deliver instruction are included below:
Differentiation Strategies
Differentiation strategies can require varied amounts of preparation time. High-prep strategies
often require a teacher to both create multiple pathways to process information/demonstrate
learning and to assign students to those pathways. Hence, more ongoing monitoring and
assessment is often required. In contrast, low-prep strategies might require a teacher to
strategically create process and product choices for students, but students are allowed to choose
which option to pursue given their learning profile or readiness level. Also, a low-prep strategy
might be focused on a discrete skill (such as vocabulary words), so there are fewer details to
consider. Most teachers find that integration of one to two new low-prep strategies and one
high-prep strategy each quarter is a reasonable goal.
Varied journal prompts, Students are given a choice of different journal prompts,
spelling or vocabulary lists spelling lists or vocabulary lists depending on level of
proficiency/assessment results.
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Choices of review activities Different review or extension activities are made available to
students during a specific section of the class (such as at the
beginning or end of the period).
Homework options Students are provided with choices about the assignments
they complete as homework. Or, students are directed to
specific homework based on student needs.
Student-teacher goal setting The teacher and student work together to develop individual
learning goals for the student.
Varying scaffolding of same Provide graphic organizers that require students to complete
organizer various amounts of information. Some will be more filled
out (by the teacher) than others.
Mini workshops to re-teach or A short, specific lesson with a student or group of students
extend skills that focuses on one area of interest or reinforcement of a
specific skill.
Games to practice mastery of Use games as a way to review and reinforce concepts.
information and skill Include questions and tasks that are on a variety of cognitive
levels.
Multiple levels of questions Teachers vary the sorts of questions posed to different
students based on their ability to handle them. Varying
questions is an excellent way to build the confidence (and
motivation) of students who are reluctant to contribute to
class discourse. Note: Most teachers would probably admit
that without even thinking about it they tend to address
particular types of questions to particular students. In some
cases, such tendencies may need to be corrected. (For
example, a teacher may be unknowingly addressing all of
the more challenging questions to one student, thereby
inhibiting other students’ learning and fostering class
resentment of that student.)
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Tiered assignment/ product The content and objective are the same, but the process
and/or the products that students must create to demonstrate
mastery are varied according to the students’ readiness level.
Independent studies Students choose a topic of interest that they are curious about
and wants to discover new information on. Research is done
from questions developed by the student and/or teacher. The
researcher produces a product to share learning with
classmates.
Alternative assessments After completing a learning experience via the same content
or process, the student may have a choice of products to
show what has been learned. This differentiation creates
possibilities for students who excel in different modalities
over others (verbal versus visual).
Tic-Tac-Toe Choice Board The tic-tac-toe choice board is a strategy that enables students
(sometimes called to choose multiple tasks to practice a skill, or demonstrate
“ThinkTac-Toe” and extend understanding of a process or concept. From the
board, students choose (or teacher assigns) three adjacent or
diagonal. To design a tic-tac-toe board: - Identify the
outcomes and instructional focus - Design 9 different tasks -
Use assessment data to determine student levels - Arrange
the tasks on a tic-tac-toe board either randomly, in rows
according to level of difficulty, or you may want to select
one critical task to place in the center of the board for all
students to complete.