Oswalt 1.6 Syllabus
English II PreAP
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August 25-26
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Orientation/Policy & Procedure/Contracts – please visit the class website
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“Roaches” by Peter Wild & “Nursery Rhymes for the Tender Hearted” by Christopher Morley
 1.1 – Connotation/Denotation PowerPoint and Poetic Device Worksheet
August 27-28
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“The Plot Against People” pp 532-537 – please visit your online textbook
 1.2 – Elements of Nonfiction: Tone & Diction/Reading Skill: Recognize Classification
August 29 & September 2 (Labor Day/No School on September 1)
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Scatter Relay http://quizlet.com/45154500/tone-words-oswalt-set-a-flash-cards/
Mock Quiz: “The Plot Against People” – you will take the real thing next class.
Reading Level Diagnostic (20 minutes)
September 3-4 –Library Visit last 30 minutes of class
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Quizlet over the first 24 Tone Words from 1.1 (20 minutes)
Selection Quiz B/C: The Plot Against People - same format as the mock (20 minutes)
Accelerated Reader – Try your hand at Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” (20 minutes)
September 5 & 8 (last day to drop this class)
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BellRinger http://dynamo.dictionary.com/ or http://freerice.com and turn in Signed Contracts (100%)
Review Quizzes
Start “America Needs its Nerds,” New York Times, 1990; “All Work and No Play Makes Jack a Nerd,” New York
Times, 1990; Excerpt from “Is Google Evil?” Mother Jones, 2006
 1.31, 1.32 and 1.33 – NMSI Packet (11 Pages/3 Activities) – Structure in Persuasion
September 9-10
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Quizlet #2 if needed otherwise BellRinger http://freerice.com and turn in Signed Contracts (85%)
Continue “America Needs its Nerds,” New York Times, 1990; “All Work and No Play Makes Jack a Nerd,” New
York Times, 1990; Excerpt from “Is Google Evil?” Mother Jones, 2006
 1.31, 1.32 and 1.33 – NMSI Packet (11 Pages/3 Activities) – Structure in Persuasion
September 11-12 – Progress Report Grades Due
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BellRinger http://freerice.com and turn in Signed Contracts (last day = 70%)
Wrap Up “America Needs its Nerds,” New York Times, 1990; “All Work and No Play Makes Jack a Nerd,” New
York Times, 1990; Excerpt from “Is Google Evil?” Mother Jones, 2006
 1.31, 1.32 and 1.33 – NMSI Packet (11 Pages/3 Activities) – Structure in Persuasion
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Oswalt 1.6 Syllabus
English II PreAP
“Roaches” by Peter Wild & “Nursery Rhymes for the Tender Hearted” by Christopher Morley
 1.1 – Connotation/Denotation
“The Plot Against People” pp 532-537
 1.2 – Elements of Nonfiction: Tone & Diction/Reading Skill: Recognize Classification
“America Needs its Nerds,” New York Times, 1990; “All Work and No Play Makes Jack a Nerd,” New York Times, 1990;
Excerpt from “Is Google Evil?” Mother Jones, 2006
 1.31, 1.32 and 1.33 – NMSI Packet (9 Pages/3 Activities) – Structure in Persuasion
“Abolishing the Penny Makes Good Sense” (editorial) pp 646-651
 1.4 – Elements of Nonfiction: Evidence/Reading Skill: Analyze Deductive Reasoning
“Harrison Bergeron” (short story) pp 36-45
 1.5 – Literary Analysis: Plot and Conflict/Reading Skill: Draw Conclusions
Banned Books Persuasive Essay (300-400 words)
 1.61 & 1.62 – Write an argumentative essay on book censorship and try to persuade your audience to agree with
your position and take a stand or action on it.
 You do not have to read the book to write the essay; you just need to nail down the issue, your
argument, the counter and the call to action. We will use the novel Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson as a
class model and go step by step through the process.
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1984, by George Orwell
Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret, by Judy Blume
(or any other JB novel)
Beloved, by Toni Morrison
Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley
Captain Underpants (series), by Dav Pilkey
Crank, by Ellen Hopkins
Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury
Fallen Angels, by Walter Dean Myers
Go Ask Alice, by Anonymous
Gossip Girls (series), by Cecily Von Ziegesar
Harry Potter, by J.K. Rowling
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, by Maya Angelou
Invisible Man, by Ralph Ellison
Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck
Slaughterhouse-Five, by Kurt Vonnegut
16. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by
Sherman Alexie
17. The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger
18. The Chocolate War, by Robert Cormier
19. The Color Purple, by Alice Walker
20. The Giver, by Lois Lowry
21. The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald
22. The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins
23. The Jungle, by Upton Sinclair
24. The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini
25. The Lord of the Flies, by William Golding
26. The Perks of Being a Wallflower, by Stephen Chbosky
27. The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne
28. To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee
29. Twilight (series) by Stephenie Meyer
30. What My Mother Doesn’t Know, by Sonya Sones
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