Grade 12 Pacing Guideline—
Suggested & Required Readings
Required Readings with Implementation Guides
*College Essay and Resume/ Work Related Documents Recommended for 2nd Marking Period.
**Research Paper Recommended for 3rd Marking Period.
1st Marking Period
Pacing Guidelines: Approximately September through November
Ancient Voices—Collections 1, 2, 3, and 4
Required Reading—Oedipus Rex by Sophocles on Pages 204-262
Suggested Readings—
1. Hebrew Sacred Texts (3) on Pages 53-85
2. from The Illiad by Homer on Pages 126-169
3. “The Mice That Set Elephants Free” by Panchatantra on Pages 391-398
4. from the Analects by Confucius on Pages 409-410
5. Zen Parables on Pages 465-467
6. from Sundiata: An Epic of Old Mali on Pages 522-531
7. “Unmarked Boxes” by Rumi on Page 561
2nd Marking Period*
Pacing Guidelines: Approximately December through February
European Literature 500—1900: Collections 5 and 6
Required Reading—Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes on Pages 690-701
Suggested Readings—
1. “Sonnet 15” by Francesco Petrarch on Page 678
2. “To Helene” by Pierre de Ronsard on Page 683
3. “Sonnet 130” by William Shakespeare on Page 732
4. from The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri on Pages 645-666
5. “The Piece of String” by Guy de Maupassant on Pages 797-801
6. “The Long Exile” by Leo Tolstoy on Pages 805-811
7. “A Problem” by Anton Chekov on Pages 815-820
3rd Marking Period**
Pacing Guidelines: Approximately March through June
1900 to the Present: Collection 7
Required Reading—“The Train from Rhodesia” by Nadine Gordimer on Pages 10101014
Suggested Readings—
1. “A Good Day” from Survival in Auschwitz by Primo Levi on Pages 906-910
2. from Writing As an Act of Hope by Isabel Allende on Pages 974-977
3. “Dead Men’s Path” by Chinua Achebe on Pages 997-999
4. from On Seeing England for the First Time by Jamaica Kincaid on Pages 10171019
5. “Quang Binh” by Y Nhi on Pages 1075-1076