KNIFFIN, KARA

Mrs. Kniffin

Welcome to the 2025-2026 school year!

This is my thirteenth year at Wall High School and I am excited for you to join me on an adventure through literature. This year I will be teaching English 9 CP and support classes as an RTI teacher for all grades in English.

You can reach me at kkniffin@wallpublicschools.org

My extra help days are during the first B day unit lunch in C-8 or after school by appointment.

You can access Genesis for your grade book here.

English 12 Honors

English 12 H

This course is designed for students who have developed exceptional proficiencies in both critical reading and in advanced writing. In this course, students will strengthen their reading skills by analyzing numerous literary works in fiction and nonfiction. Reading tasks include whole group studies as well as independent assignments. Students will strengthen their writing skills by composing a variety of analytical and creative writing tasks. Writing tasks at the honors level will be composed with greater independence and demonstrate a more sophisticated level of analysis. This course will also cultivate students’ ability to synthesize their analytical and creative skills by conducting problem-based research projects.

English 12 Honors Syllabus

English 12 H Period 2 Google Classroom

Unit 2: Shakespeare’s Hamlet

Reading Component: Hamlet

Writing Component: Hamlet Persona Essay

English 9 CP

Course Overview

This English course exposes freshmen to various texts and writing modes while honing speaking and listening skills. Students garner and improve upon emerging critical thinking skills required at the secondary level by interacting with and producing a variety of texts around a “coming-of-age” theme. The units in this course alternate between reading-focused and writing-focused units. Reading units include literature, short stories, literary nonfiction, drama, and poetry. Writing units include process pieces in the argument (literary analysis), information (the research paper), and narrative (flash fiction) modes with attention to varying contexts and audiences. Vocabulary and grammar instruction are infused in the units of study.

Unit 3: “Facing Adversity, Part 1” - Reading Information (Night by Elie Wiesel)

Unit 4: “Facing Adversity, Part 2” - Writing Information (The Research-Based Informational Essay)

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KNIFFIN, KARA

Mrs. Kniffin

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English 12 Honors

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