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All 36 weeks of 12th grade English, planned and ready, with the exact topic for every week below. Start with Week 1 free, no card needed.
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Lessons build reading, writing, grammar, and vocabulary step by step, with read-aloud audio, typed responses, and quizzes that grade themselves.
Topics and standards come straight from the live course. Standards codes are listed for reference; Life Academy is built to help meet homeschool requirements in all 50 states.
| Week | Topic | Standards |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great books cluster launch; seminar norms & prep notes | CCSS RI.11-12.2 |
| 2 | Classical rhetoric review; civic speech analysis | RI.11-12.6 |
| 3 | Philosophy/lit dense text protocol; paraphrase → argue | SL.11-12.1 |
| 4 | Research prospectus for senior English thesis | CCSS W.11-12.1 |
| 5 | Tragedy cluster (Greek + modern) | W.11-12.7 |
| 6 | Ethical theory primers; case seminar | W.11-12.9 |
| 7 | Literary treatments of money/class | CCSS RL.11-12.3 |
| 8 | Prospectus defense + revised plan | RL.11-12.9 |
| 9 | Personal narrative as civic artifact (not college-essay only) | RI.11-12.8 |
| Week | Topic | Standards |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | Policy brief genre; stakeholder analysis | CCSS RI.11-12.7 |
| 11 | Single-work intensive (student/cohort choice from list) | W.11-12.1 |
| 12 | English quarter portfolio | W.11-12.2 |
| 13 | Rhetoric of economic persuasion in media | CCSS W.11-12.3 |
| 14 | Philosophical texts on justice (Rawls/Nozick overview careful) | W.11-12.4 |
| 15 | Senior thesis draft 1 | RI.11-12.9 |
| 16 | Thesis draft 2 + midyear seminar | CCSS RL.11-12.1 |
| 17 | Writing for real audiences (nonprofit/business) | RL.11-12.5 |
| 18 | Explainer essay: inflation for citizens | CCSS W.11-12.10 |
| Week | Topic | Standards |
|---|---|---|
| 19 | Global literature / human rights writing | SL.11-12.4 |
| 20 | Thesis near-final; oral rehearsal | CCSS SL.11-12.4 |
| 21 | Support writing for capstone public materials | SL.11-12.5 |
| 22 | Thesis revision; honesty about limitations | SL.11-12.6 |
| 23 | Public lecture / TED-style short from thesis | |
| 24 | Peer tribunal on thesis chapters | |
| 25 | Thesis final draft due | |
| 26 | Econ op-ed / policy memo final | |
| 27 | Integrated humanities defense prep |
| Week | Topic | Standards |
|---|---|---|
| 28 | Portfolio final selection | |
| 29 | English thesis public defense | |
| 30 | Revisions from defense | |
| 31 | Reflection essay: what education was for | |
| 32 | English 12 packet final | |
| 33 | Humanities celebration reading | |
| 34 | Final grade narratives (honest) | |
| 35 | Reading list for the next chapter | |
| 36 | Final seminar: what will you owe your community? |
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Week 1 is free with no card needed: open the Week 1 English lesson. Weeks 2–36 unlock with a Student plan ($35/month) or a Family plan for up to 4 students ($69/month).
Plan on about 50–60 minutes a day for English. There is one lesson per week of the school year, broken into short daily steps.
No. Life Academy is not accredited. It's built to help meet homeschool requirements in all 50 states, and parents are the school of record. Why that's usually fine.
Yes. Every lesson prints as a worksheet with a separate parent answer key.
Each full-year course is worth 1.0 credit on the parent-issued transcript. Colleges set their own admission rules, so check with the schools your teen is considering.
Life Academy is a parent-directed online K–12 curriculum, built to help meet homeschool requirements in all 50 states. It is not accredited, and parents issue the homeschool transcript. Nothing here is legal advice. Check your state's law at HSLDA. Questions? Email david.dukes77102@gmail.com.