English II– World Literature
Unit Two – Nonfiction
Living Well. Living Good. – Maya Angelou – Page 321
Straw into Gold, The Metamorphosis of Everyday– Sandra Cisneros Page 382
Address on the Anniversary of Lincoln’s Birth– Carl Sandberg – Page 433
Cinderella’s Stepsisters– Toni Morrison – Page 442
Night by Elie Weisel – Media Center Book
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne – Media Center Book
Assessments
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Quizzes __ Sept 29, Oct. 6, Oct. 27 – a few “pop” quizzes will be given too
View The Art – 4 works _____ pgs. 323, 384, 433, 444 __ Final Due Oct. 28
HSAP Questions of the Day
 Unit 2 Set 1  _____ Due October 6
 Unit 2 Set 2  _____Due October 20
 Unit 2 Set 3  _____ Due November 3
Midway Unit 2 Test ____ Oct. 13
E2 5. 3 4.1, 4.3, 4.4 Descriptive Writing /Person __ Due Oct. 7
E2 5.2 4.1,4.3, 4.4 Narrative Writing Personal Essay ___Due Nov. 4
Reading Inventory ___Due Nov 3
Unit Test ____Nov. 3
Participation – on time and in time and in class (working in desk before the
bell rings), prepared (id, books/journal/notebook/paper/pen), on task (notetaking, reading, working on assignments as they are given…), responsible,
respectful. Keep 100%
[Standards:
Standards Unit 2
 E2 1.5 Author’s Craft: Tone, Imagery,
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Flashback, Foreshadowing
E2 5. 3 4.1, 4.3, 4.4
Descriptive Writing – Friendly Letter of
Person
E2 3.1 Context Clues
E2 5.2 4.1,4.3, 4.4
Narrative Writing /Personal Essay
Study these Literary Elements
Author’s Craft or Literary devices : These are the tools and techniques of language that
authors use to convey meaning. Skilled use of literary devices brings richness and clarity to a
text.
 Tone: This is the attitude that an author takes toward the audience, the subject, or a character.
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Imagery: This uses sensory images to help readers to picture a person, a place, or an event.
This is the use of language that appeals to the five senses--touch, taste, smell, hearing, and sight.
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Flashback: This is a scene, a conversation, or an event that interrupts the present action to
show something that happened in the past.
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Foreshadowing: This is the use of hints in written works about what will happen later.
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Context Clues: These are in the text surrounding a word and give hints for the meaning of the
word.
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Irony: This is the contrast between appearance and reality or what is expected and what
actually happens.
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Simile: This is a comparison of two unlike things using the terms "like" or "as".
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Personification: This is a type of figurative language in which human qualities are given to
nonhuman things.
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To Describe : to tell about
Study these Literary Elements
Author’s Craft or  These are the tools and techniques of language that
authors use to convey meaning. Skilled use of literary
Literary
devices brings richness and clarity to a text.
devices :
Tone:
Imagery:
Flashback:
Foreshadowing:
Context Clues:
 This is the attitude that an author takes toward the
audience, the subject, or a character.
 This uses sensory images to help readers to picture a
person, a place, or an event. This is the use of language that
appeals to the five senses--touch, taste, smell, hearing, and
sight.
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This is a scene, a conversation, or an event that interrupts
the present action to show something that happened in the
past.
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This is the use of hints in written works about what will
happen later.
 These are in the text surrounding a word and give hints for
the meaning of the word.
To Describe :
 To tell about
English II
Mon
Week 7
Sept. 26 - 30
The Boy in the
Striped
Pajamas by
Boyne
Unit 2: Nonfiction
Tues
Wed
Quiz
Night by Wiesel
Pages 23 – 28 –fire
Page 34 – never shall
I forget that Night
Pages 112 - 115
Oct. 3 - 7
Fri
E2 1.5 Author’s Craft: Tone, Imagery,
Flashback, Foreshadowing
Compass Learning Assignment
Lab H110
Planning Page
Descriptive
Writing –
Friendly Letter
of Person
Week 8
Thurs
HSAP
Unit 2 set 1
due
E2 5. 3 4.1, 4.3, 4.4
DUE: Descriptive Writing – Friendly
Letter of Person
Quiz
Lab H110
Rough Draft –
Letter of Person
Week 9
Oct. 10 - 14
Week 10
Oct 17 – 21
Week 11
Oct 24 – 28
Week 12
Oct. 31- Nov. 4
Living Well. Living
Good. – Maya
Angelou – Page 321
Midway
Test
Straw into Gold, The
Metamorphosis of
Everyday– Sandra
Cisneros Page 382
HSAP Unit 2
set 2 due
Address on the
Anniversary of
Lincoln’s Birth– Carl
Sandberg – Pg 433
Quiz
Cinderella’s
Stepsisters– Toni
Morrison – Page 442
Planning Page
Narrative Writing
– Personal
Essay
HSAP Unit 2
set 3 due
Unit Test
Rough Draft
Personal Essay
Compass Learning Assignment
Lab H110
No School
In-service Day
E2 3.1 Context Clues
View the Art Due
Lab H110
DUE: Narrative Writing /Personal
Essay
E2 5.2 4.1,4.3, 4.4
Lab H110
Reading Selections
Living Well. Living Good.
~ Page 321
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Memoir
Theme
Straw into Gold …
~ Page 382
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Draw
Conclusions
about Author’s
Beliefs
Interpret
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Analogies
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Write a
Character
Sketch
Apply Tone
Thesis
Author’s
Purpose
Address on the Anniversary of
Lincoln’s Birth– Page 433
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Analyze Text
Structure
Context Clues
Analogies
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Write a
Cookbook
Write a
reflective Essay
Quotation
Persuasion
Distinguish Fact and
Opinion
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Denotation and
Connotation
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Write an Analytical
Essay
Biographical Sketch
Write an Evaluation
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Cinderella’s Stepsisters
~ Page 442
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Author’s
Purpose
Parallelism
Analogy
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Identify
Problem and
Solution
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Context
Clues
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Write a Letter
Apply
Repetition
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Note: Groups will choose one of the stories. Present the story in PPT. Must define all terms listed
above and in the story, and present character, plot, theme, setting, narrator, voice. Essential
questions and the voc that corresponds to the work.
Unit Test
Unit Two – Nonfiction
Living Well. Living Good. – Maya Angelou – Page 321
Straw into Gold…– Sandra Cisneros Page 382
Address on the Anniversary of Lincoln’s Birth– Carl Sandberg – Page 433
Cinderella’s Stepsisters– Toni Morrison – Page 442
Night by Elie Weisel – Media Center Book
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Literary Focus/Elements– Memoir, Theme, Thesis, Author’s Purpose, Quotation,
Persuasion, Parallelism, Analogy (Student should be able to define these terms and
identify and explain how they are being used in a given text).
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Reading Skills and Strategies - Draw Conclusions about Author’s Beliefs, Interpret,
Analyze Text Structure, Distinguish Fact and Opinion,, Identify Problem and Solution
(Student should be able to use these skills).
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Vocabulary– Connotation, Denotation, Word Origin, Analogies, Academic vocabulary and
new words: meticulous, commodious, convivial, scenario, inhibit, intuitively, taboo, paradox,
imperative, turbulent, emancipation, valor, fetish, dominion, deflect, emanate, abstraction
(Student should be able to define these terms and identify and explain how they are
being used in a given text).
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Writing– Write a Character Sketch, Apply Tone, Write a Cookbook, Write a Reflective
Essay, Write a Letter, Apply Repetition, Write an Analytical Essay, Write a Biographical
Sketch, Write an Evaluation
Literary
Elements
Tone
Imagery
3. Flashback
4. Foreshadowing
5. Context Clues
6. Memoir
7. Theme
8. *Thesis
9. Author’s Purpose
10.Quotation
11.Persuasion
12.Parallelism
13.Analogy
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* Review from unit 1
Vocabulary
1. Meticulous
2. Commodious
3. Convivial
4. Scenario
5. Inhibit
6. Intuitively
7. Taboo
8. Paradox
9. Imperative
10.Turbulent
11. Emancipation
12. Valor
13. Fetish
14. Dominion
15. Deflect
16. Emanate
17. Abstraction
Essential Questions
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What are the types of nonfiction?
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What are the motivations for writing nonfiction?
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What are the three types of essay?
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What motivates a writer to write an essay?
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What Makes Writing Convincing?
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Why is it important when writing nonfiction to consider your audience?
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How does autobiography differ from fiction, why might a writer choose to
write about himself or herself, and how creative can the writer be?
Describe this
Painting.
How does it relate
to the tiles of this
literary work by
Angelou?
Diego Rivera
(1886 -1957) was
one of Mexico’s
greatest artists,
Rivera created and
displayed his works
in public places, so
they could be view
by his favorite
subjects – common
workers.
Describe this
painting. How
could it be related
to the title of the
literary work by
Cisneros?
Describe this painting. How could it be related to
the title of the literary work by Cisneros?
What qualities of Abraham
Lincoln does this picture
emphasize?