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= **English 12-AP Language: Endings and Beginnings ** = = = = //What we call the beginning is often the end // = = //And to make an end is to make a beginning. // = = //The end is where we start from. // = =[. . .] = = //We shall not cease from exploration // = = //And the end of all our exploring // = = //Will be to arrive where we started // = = //And know the place for the first time. // = = = =T.S. Eliot, “Little Gidding” = = = = = =Seniors will spend their final year in English exploring the ideas of transition, transformation, and change, themes that emerge as increasingly relevant during this exciting time in their lives. Through the study and practice of writing as a craft, seniors will explore the various approaches writers take to develop such themes as well as the techniques writers employ to establish voice. = = = = All seniors will study two common American texts, one work of fiction and one work of non-fiction. Outside of these two texts, content will vary from teacher to teacher, but all seniors will also examine drama, poetry, film, and art. In their study of all these genres and forms, students will work to understand writing as a discipline that informs the transition that awaits them. = = = =As a culminating experience in the course, every senior will be expected to submit an original work of writing that demonstrates an emerging voice, a developing mastery of the craft, and an implicit and/or explicit response to questions central to the course: Who am I? How have I changed? How have I stayed the same? What is ending for me? What is beginning? =