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Iona Preparatory School
12th Grade Regents Syllabus
Mrs. Gray - pag99@ionaprep.org
Text: An Introduction
to Literature - Longman Publishing
Objective: To refine students' written and verbal expression; to develop students'
creative and critical thinking and reading skills; to continue to expose students to the classics in literature; to introduce
students to college level material and assignments.
Course Overview: Senior English is designed to have students learn
the skills they will need to think, read and write in a college course. Students are required to participate in discussions
and to complete long-term assignments, similar to those which students will encounter in college. Students will also become
familiar with writing literary essays, based on class readings as well as outside readings. Additionally, they will learn
how to develop and write a research paper. Drama is emphasized throughout the course. Also, students will read four novels
during the year.
First Quarter:
Greek Drama - Oedipus Rex, Antigone
Terms: Dionysus, Thespis, ode,
strophe, Aeschylus, Sophocles, amphitheater, trilogy, tragic hero, tragic flaw, hubris, satyr, recognition, reversal, catharsis,
parados
Novel: Boy's Life - Robert McCammon
Outlining a research essay
Outside Reading: Fences - August
Wilson
Second Quarter:
Novel: The Things They Carried - Tim O'Brien
Contemporary Drama: Death
of a Salesman -Arthur Miller
Outside Reading: Fences-continued
Writing: Using search engines to research
Third
Quarter
Shakespearean Drama: English Renaissance - Hamlet
Elements of Elizabethan theater, use of set and
theater design, role of politics
Outside Reading: Trifles - Susan Glaspell
"A Rose for Emily" - William Faulkner
Writing: Research Essay - editing skills and final copy due
Writing literary criticism
Fourth
Quarter:
Novel: The Snows of Kilimanjaro - Earnest Hemingway
Writing: Literary Essay
Literary Criticism
Outside Reading: "The Story of an Hour" - Kate Chopin
"The Yellow Wallpaper" - Charlotte Perkins Gilman
"Flies"
- Patricia Grace
Grades - During all quarters grades will be based on class participation, homework assignments completed
and handed in on time, quizzes, tests and essays. If a student plagiarizes in any way, his parents and guidance counselor
will be informed. Additionally, he will receive a failing grade in the assignment and will NOT have the option to resubmit
the work.
Students will take both a mid-term and final. A student with a 90% average or above at the end of the fourth
quarter MAY be exempt from the final.
Parents should check Edline to check on their sons' progress.
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