English II Syllabus
1st Grading Period
Monday
Aug. 26
Opening procedures; Class expectations
Lesson 1: Roots and Affixes
Tuesday
Aug. 27
Warm up #1 Introduce procedure
Chrome cart introduction, student accounts; Introduction to short
stories and literary terms; Lesson 8 Figurative Language
Wednesday
Aug. 28
Warm up #2
Review short stories; Lesson 5 Characters; read “Contents of a Dead
Man’s Pocket.” p. 118
Thursday
Aug. 29
Warm up #3
Lesson 6: Plot, Narration, and Tone; Finish reading “Contents…”;
Finish lit. terms, due tomorrow
Friday
Aug. 30
Warm up #4
Literary terms due; Lesson 2: Connotation and Denotation;
Discuss ACTP for short answer responses; page 134 1-5, and
Literary Focus page 135, numbers 1-3
Monday 9/2
Labor Day
Tuesday
Sept. 3
Warm up #5
Lesson 4: Using a Dictionary, Glossary, or Thesaurus;
Assign vocabulary 1, Review Lit. terms; Read, “Two Friends” p 1233
Wednesday
Sept. 4
Warm up #6
Lesson 7: Compare and Contrast Themes; Quiz “Contents…/Two
Friends”; introduce short story project.
Thursday
Sept. 5
Warm up #7
Review Literary Terms; Read, “Street of the Canon.” p 272;
Vocabulary 1 due
Friday
Sept. 6
Warm up #8
Vocabulary 1 Test; pass out vocabulary 2; Literary Focus 3rd
Person Point of View
Monday
Sept. 9
Warm up #9
Lit. Focus 3rd Person POV due; Introduce Google
Presentations/ Animoto; Work on short story presentations.
Tuesday
Sept. 10
Warm up #10
Work on short story presentations
Wednesday
Sept. 11
Warm up #11
Short story presentations due
Thursday
Sept. 12
Warm up #12
Short story presentations
Review vocabulary 2
Friday
Sept. 13
Warm up #13
Vocabulary 2 Test; Finish presentations; Vocabulary 3
Monday
Sept. 16
Warm up #14
Introduce and read “How Much Land Does a Man Need?” p 338
Tuesday
Sept. 17
Warm up #15
Finish “How Much Land…”; Review Lit. Terms/vocabulary 3
Wednesday
Sept. 18
Fair Day – No School
Thursday
Sept. 19
Warm up #16
Introduce and read, “Civil Peace” p 358; Vocabulary 3 Due; Quiz
“How Much Land…/Civil Peace”
Friday
Sept. 20
Warm up #17
Vocabulary 3 Test; Hand out vocabulary 4
Monday
Sept. 23
Warm up #18
Lesson 9: Symbolism, Allegory, and Allusion; Introduce, “The
Masque of the Red Death”
Tuesday
Sept. 24
Warm up #19
Read “The Masque of the Red Death” p 372; Critical Thinking p
380 1-5; Lit. Analysis p 381
Wednesday
Sept. 25
Warm up#20
Review “…Red Death”; Critical Thinking p380 1-5; Lit.
Analysis p 381 Due; Review Lit. Terms
Thursday
Sept. 26
Warm up #21
Literary Terms Test
Friday
Sept. 27
Warm up #22
Review Literary Terms Test; Review for unit exam
Monday
Sept. 30
Warm up #23
Unit Exam Writing Portion
Tuesday
Oct. 1
Warm up #24
Unit Exam Reading Portion
Wednesday
Oct. 2
Warm up #25
Lesson 12: Literary Nonficiton; Study Sync – reading selection
teacher’s choice
Thursday
Oct. 3
Warm up #26
Study Sync: literary nonfiction selection; Vocabulary 4 due
Friday
Oct. 4
Warm up #27
Vocabulary 4 Test; pass out vocabulary 5