English II Honors
Q1 2011 Revised 9/19/11
M 9/19
Groups Discuss the readings and answer the questions
HW: Read Moses p109
T 9/20
Discuss Moses
HW: Story of Ruth p172
Test Days: Wednesday and Thursday
W 9/21
Test on Genesis Creation Heaven and Earth, Garden, Forbidden Fruit and Moses
HO Holt Lit Texts!!!!!!
Discuss Ruth
HW: Read and take notes in journals p496-502 and 541
TH 9/22
RQ Intro section
Background notes: Five Pillars of Islam – Muslim Beliefs
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Read The Exordium, The Cessation – understand didactic literature, repetition, antithesis, tone
o Antithesis, repetition, diction, detail, syntax, etc. (WNB)
o View of Allah (WNB)
Group Research – Islamic culture topics
HW: Intro to Indian Literature – p350-356, p366 – Take notes to use on reading quiz
RQ Indian Literature
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Discuss Intro to Indian Literature
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Read and annotate “Night” from the Rig Veda
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The Koran
o Antithesis, repetition, diction, detail, syntax, etc. (WNB)
o View of Allah (WNB)
Review Islamic literatures – Koran; Hindu sacred text Rig Veda for Test on Thursday
HW Read Intro to Ancient Greece and Rome HRW p104-118
Ancient Rome: Ovid’s Metamorphoses – (pp 305-312)
 Plot, interpretation - comparison/contrast with Biblical account
o Plot, Symbol, Tone
HW: In journals briefly describe as many fairy tales or movies you know of that have a theme of transformation
Discuss Ovid and track topics using additional tales from Ovid’s Metamorphoses
HW: Summarize what you learned about transformation and other topics in group discussion;
Test on Koran, Hindu sacred texts
Plato – in class The Cave
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Using the discussion guide – read in groups and come to consensus agreement regarding the questions
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Create a visual of the Cave
HW: Intro to Greek Theater p199-201
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Intro to Greek Tragedy – theater, vocabulary, mythology, tragedy
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Introduce and Ho Mask project – due Monday 10/10
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Oedipus Rex
o Read prologue (exposition, character development, flashback) and parados
o WNB Response
o HO Organizer – to be completed after each day’s reading
HW: Finish reading though parados; and complete organizer questions for that section
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Oedipus Rex - Read and discuss scene 1 and ode 1; start reading scene ii; WNB Response
HW: Finish reading scene 2 and ode 2 (through pp. 235);
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Oedipus Rex – review Part 1; start reading scene 3, ode 3, scene 4 and ode 4; WNB Response
HW: Finish reading through pp. 252
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Oedipus Rex – discuss through ode 4; read and discuss exodus
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Review terms and characters
HW: Study for test on Greek Tragedy and Oedipus (terms, characters, quotes); Finish Organizer
PrReport
F 9/23
M 9/26
T 9/27
W 9/28
TH 9/29
F 9/30
M 10/3
T 10/4
W 10/5
TH 10/6
F 10/7
M 10/10
T 10/11
W 10/12
TH 10/13
F 10/14
M 10/17
T 10-18
W 10/19
TH 9/20
F 9/21
M 10/24
T 10/25
W 10/26
TH 10/27
F 10/28
Mask Project due
HO Study Guide for Oedipus/Greek Tragedy test – study guide and organizer due Wed 10/12
Critical articles about Oedipus – groups discuss
Groups work on mid-term study guide
Mask Projects due – Presentations of
Intro to The Middle Ages – power point – take notes
HO Dante’s Inferno Cantos 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 33, 34
HO Organizer Read and annotate Canto 1 together
HW: Read and annotate Canto 2
Canto 2 HW Read Canto 3
Canto 3 Read Canto4
Canto 4 Read Canto 5
Canto 5 Read Canto 33
Canto 33 Read Canto 33, 34
Canto 34
Wrap and review—study guide for test on Thursday
Collaborate on completing study guide for test
Mid Term – cumulative: includes all literature and concepts for entire quarter
NO SCHOOL TEACHER WORKDAY