Grade 12 English, unit by unit
What does a twelfth grade homeschool English curriculum teach?
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Start 30 days freeLiterature, Rhetoric, and the Examined Life is senior-year English, eight units and 58+ hours, built around one question: when someone has to justify a choice, what are they actually appealing to, fate, the law, reason, God, other people's opinion or just themselves?
The eight units
Tragic Form and the Question of Fault. The Architecture of Argument: Ethos, Logos, Pathos, and the Counterargument. Shakespearean Tragedy: Interiority and Persuasion on Stage. Satire: Weaponized Irony. The Rhetoric of Principle: Rights, Conscience, and Civil Disobedience. Existentialism and the Absurd: When No Authority Holds. The Research Seminar: Building a Defensible Position. Synthesis: The Novel in Public Argument.
A wide reading list
A Greek tragedy, Shakespeare, a satire, foundational American political writing, an existentialist novel and a pile of speeches and op-eds.
Essays that survive disagreement
Not what happened essays but essays that take a real position and must survive someone disagreeing.
A project from scratch
By spring a student runs their own research project, and the year ends using everything at once.
What this is not
- It is one course among many. You decide which to take, which to hold back and how many to do in a day.
- It cannot promise any college will accept a homeschool transcript. It prints one of what was taught and mastered, and your family issues it.
- It has no course labeled AP or honors.
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Questions parents ask
Does it count toward a high school transcript?
Hours log themselves and a transcript of what was taught and mastered prints in one click. There is also a free transcript maker at /homeschool-transcript that needs no account.
Can I see the course before paying?
Yes. Every unit, skill and objective is published with no account, and a full sample lesson at /sample needs no account.
What does it cost?
$29 a month or $290 a year for every child. The first 30 days are free with no card.