Language Lessons for a Living Education 12

For high school grade 12: one-year course / one high school credit.

This comprehensive language arts program is rooted in a biblical worldview, specifically the Book of Job.

This course is based on the belief that communication is important to God. But because communicating effectively does not always come naturally, teens need instruction and practice to refine their communication for clarity, precision, and godliness. Language Lessons 12 fills that gap, giving teens the communication confidence they need for whatever lies after graduation.

What This 12th Grade Homeschool English Course Covers 

• Composition Formats: Research papers (including a review of three citation styles covered in previous levels: Chicago from Level 9, MLA from Level 10, and APA from Level 11); essays, including timed essays, the personal statement, and thematic essays; summaries; short stories; work-related writing such as business letters and emails, cover letters, proposals, memos, meeting minutes, and résumés; and daily communication such as text messages and social media posts.
• Composition Skills: Word choice; concise writing; sentence structure (including fragments, parallelism, and modifier errors); thesis development; essay structure, including outlining and drafting; summarizing; revising writing based on higher- and lower-order concerns; editing and proofreading for grammar, mechanics, consistent verb tense, etc.
• Integrity: Plagiarism and copyright awareness, using AI in writing.
• Speaking: Reading aloud; planning and delivering an oral presentation (on a political topic); speech inflection, including pace, tone, pitch, and volume; nonverbal communication such as body language, facial expressions, eye contact, gestures, posture, and proximity; job interview skills.
• Literary Analysis: Through a study of the Book of Job, students learn to identify and evaluate literary devices such as figurative language, imagery, and point of view, and apply this understanding in analytical writing.
• Vocabulary: Word precision is a primary focus of the course, with first-semester vocabulary drawn from Dr. Morris’ commentary and second-semester vocabulary drawn from the KJV text of Job itself. Students learn connotation and denotation.
• Other Topics: Art analysis, hymn lyrics, poetry, and scripture memorization.

The open-and-go structure of Language Lessons makes it ideal for independent learners and supports parents who are serving as coaches or facilitators for their teens. Features:

• All-in-one — student text and teacher resources in a single volume.
• Suggested daily schedule for 36 weeks.
• Assessments with grading tips, rubrics, and answer keys.
• Teaching resources and extension activities.
• Reading lists.

The flexible daily schedule organizes the course into approximately 50-minute daily lessons, five days each week for a full school year (36 weeks in all). The weekly routine follows a repeating pattern:

1. Day 1 – Special feature (such as poetry, art analysis, hymn lyrics), vocabulary, scripture memorization
2. Day 2 – Writing mechanics and word choice
3. Day 3 – Communication
4. Day 4 – Worldview and literary analysis
5. Day 5 – Review

High School Credit  – Language Lessons for a Living Education 12, when completed as suggested with The Remarkable Record of Job and additional readers you select, counts as one credit of high school English. The two books can be purchased in a bundle (LA237).