12th Grade Courses
English 12 (EES87-EES88)
Senior English looks back on many of the themes addressed during the previous three years of English Language Arts study while also looking ahead to the future demands of college and careers. Course materials and assessments make use of real world problems and current events to stimulate critical thinking about issues of personal, local, and global importance. Literary selections may include Hamlet, The Stranger, The Joy Luck Club, and The Kite Runner.
The links below contain the essential and guiding questions, culminating performance task, and NYS Common Core Learning Standards alignment for each unit:
Senior English looks back on many of the themes addressed during the previous three years of English Language Arts study while also looking ahead to the future demands of college and careers. Course materials and assessments make use of real world problems and current events to stimulate critical thinking about issues of personal, local, and global importance. Literary selections may include Hamlet, The Stranger, The Joy Luck Club, and The Kite Runner.
The links below contain the essential and guiding questions, culminating performance task, and NYS Common Core Learning Standards alignment for each unit:
| flhselagrade12unit1-revised07-2016.pdf |
| flhselagrade12unit2-revised07-2016.pdf |
| flhselagrade12unit3-revised07-2016.pdf |
AP Literature and Composition (EES87X-EES88X)
The AP English Literature and Composition course engages students in the careful reading and critical analysis of imaginative literature. Through the close reading of selected texts, students deepen their understanding of the ways writers use language to provide both meaning and pleasure for their readers. As they read, students consider a work’s structure, style, and themes as well as such smaller-scale elements as the use of figurative language, imagery, symbolism, and tone. Literary works that may be read in this course include Hamlet, Frankenstein, Heart of Darkness, The Grapes of Wrath, Invisible Man, and The Kite Runner. The study of poetry features works that are representative of eras from the Renaissance to the present.
The AP English Literature and Composition course engages students in the careful reading and critical analysis of imaginative literature. Through the close reading of selected texts, students deepen their understanding of the ways writers use language to provide both meaning and pleasure for their readers. As they read, students consider a work’s structure, style, and themes as well as such smaller-scale elements as the use of figurative language, imagery, symbolism, and tone. Literary works that may be read in this course include Hamlet, Frankenstein, Heart of Darkness, The Grapes of Wrath, Invisible Man, and The Kite Runner. The study of poetry features works that are representative of eras from the Renaissance to the present.
| ap_literature-syllabus.pdf |
College Now
The following courses are offered in conjunction with Queensborough Community College. They require a minimum score of 75 on the English Regents or a minimum score of 480 on the SAT Verbal section.
English Composition I (EES21U)
Fall Term
Composition I entails the development of a process for producing intelligent essays that are clearly and effectively written. Students engage in library work and produce approximately 6,000 words of writing, through both formal themes written for evaluation and informal writing such as the keeping of a journal. In addition, students review grammar and syntax, sentence structure, paragraph development and organization, and the formulation of thesis statements.
English Composition II (EES22U)
Spring Term
Composition II entails continued practice in writing combined with an introduction to literature: fiction, drama, and poetry. In addition, students review basic elements of writing and analytical and critical reading skills and research strategies. Students must take Composition I in order to be eligible for Composition II.
For more information, visit the College Now home page on the Queensborough Community College website.
The following courses are offered in conjunction with Queensborough Community College. They require a minimum score of 75 on the English Regents or a minimum score of 480 on the SAT Verbal section.
English Composition I (EES21U)
Fall Term
Composition I entails the development of a process for producing intelligent essays that are clearly and effectively written. Students engage in library work and produce approximately 6,000 words of writing, through both formal themes written for evaluation and informal writing such as the keeping of a journal. In addition, students review grammar and syntax, sentence structure, paragraph development and organization, and the formulation of thesis statements.
English Composition II (EES22U)
Spring Term
Composition II entails continued practice in writing combined with an introduction to literature: fiction, drama, and poetry. In addition, students review basic elements of writing and analytical and critical reading skills and research strategies. Students must take Composition I in order to be eligible for Composition II.
For more information, visit the College Now home page on the Queensborough Community College website.