This is a flexible instructor-led credit recovery English 12 course. Instructors regularly interact with students and provide assistance and feedback on work. This course covers a full year of English 12 for credit recovery. Students may work at their own pace to complete the course, and may take up to 15 weeks to complete the course. This course is designed for students in grade 12.


This course will concentrate on three areas of study: literature, language, and writing. Our study of literature will concentrate on British Literature and will include short stories, poetry, nonfiction, and a self-selected novel. Students will increase their writing and language skills by working on improving vocabulary, grammar, and written communication. Writing assignments include: reflective writing, persuasive writing, and a comparison essay. All materials are online. There is a self-selected novel that students will find locally at their school or public library.

Possible titles may include:

Great Expectations, A Tale of Two Cities, or David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
1984 by George Orwell
Animal Farm by George Orwell
Anthem by Ann Rand
Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt
Captains Courageous by Rudyard Kipling
Kim by Rudyard Kipling
Free Fall by William Golding
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Goodbye, Mr. Chips by James Hilton
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
African Child by Camara Laye
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
The Hobbitt by J.R.R. Tolkein
Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Green Mansions W.H. Hudson
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Tess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austin
Emma by Jane Austin
The ABC Murders
And then there were None by Agatha Christie
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel DeFoe
Silas Marner by George Eliot
Adam Bede by George Eliot
The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot
A Passage to India by E. M. Forster
A Room with a View by E. M. Forster
Howard’s End by E. M. Forster
War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
Time Machine by H.G. Wells
Invisible Man by H.G. Wells
Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
The Grass is Singing by Doris Lessing
The Golden Notebook by Doris Lessing
The Good Terrorist by Doris Lessing
Shikasta by Doris Lessing
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner by Alan Sillitoe
Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
The Horse’s Mouth by Joyce Cary
The Collector by John Robert Fowles
Yoruba Girl Dancing by Simi Bedford


This course covers a full year of English 12 concepts for credit recovery; it does not cover an English 12 curriculum with the same depth as a standard full year course. It is advised that you check with the student's school to confirm that the topics covered in the syllabus match those required by the school. It is also suggested to confirm with the school the process for receiving credits, which may involve an assessment administered separately by the school.

Successful completion of English 11

• Introduce students to origins of British Literature and specific historical, cultural, and literary design processes that have shaped these works
  
• Provide students with critical and analytical frameworks necessary to examine literature from a variety of time periods and socio-political perspectives.

Students will:

Be able to write with college level competency.

Be able to write and research competently, observing the conventions of Standard English.

Be able to appreciate and interpret fiction, poetry, and drama.

Have an understanding and appreciation for British Literature.