English II (2013/2014 School Year)
August 8th- August 30th : Literature: Essays & Short Stories
*WN DUE DATE: August 26th -Monday
To Cover
-Rules/Syllabus/Letter to Parents (8th)
-8 Keys/Introductions (9th)
-Writer’s Notebook Decoration (12th)
-“How to write an essay” examples/assign essay/soapstone
(13th)
-Grammar (14th)
-Short story elements PP/Flocabulary video-SS elements
(15th)
-Harrison Bergeron-tone/mood/inference focus (16th)
-By The Waters of Babylon (19th)
-There Will Come Soft Rains/Bradburyimagey/flashback/POV/plot focus (20th)
-Grammar (21st)
-Through One Way Mirror & The Border Glare Of Truthessay style focus (22nd)
-Essay due: Discusson of elements in essays read (23rd)
-Poe background (26th)
-Pit & Pendulum-suspense/tone/mood/vocab focus(27the &
29th)
-Grammar (28th)
-YouTube clips of stories & discuss differences (30th)
September 3rd-October 4th : Literature: Novels
(ongoing plot & elements discussions)
*WN DUE DATE: September 30th- Monday
To Cover
-Intro to TKAM & vocab/Harper Lee
background/Anticipation guide (3rd)
-Grammar (4th)
-Vocab CODE/What Makes Us Different collage (5th)
-Explaining stereotypes worksheet/Discussion (6th)
-Ch 1-3 (9th)
-Ch 4-5 (10th)
-Grammar & TKAM quizzes (11th)
-Ch 6-8 (12th)
-Ch 9-10 (13th)
-Quiz/Ch 11 (16th)
-Ch 12-14 (17th)
-Grammar/Character Charts (18th)
-Quiz/Ch 15-17 (19th)
-Ch 18-20 (20th)
-Quiz/Ch 21-25 (23rd)
-Ch 26-31 (24th)
-Grammar/Quizzes/Review/Beyond projects (25th)
-Unit test/Movie (26th)
-Movie (27th-30th)
-Projects in lab (1st-4th)
October 14th - November 1st : Literature: Poetry
(ongoing notebook creation & elements discussions)
*WN DUE DATE: October 28th- Monday
To Cover
-Intro poetry elements PP/TPCASTT intro/Poetry notebook
instructions (14th)
-EE Cummings Look at This & others (15th)
-Grammar (16th)
-Shakespeare sonnets (17th)
-Love Without Love & The Taxi (18th)
-Those Winter Sundays-Hayden & Piano-Lawrence (21st)
-Dickinson selections-Tell All the Truth (22nd)
-Grammar (23rd)
-Afro American Fragement-Hughes & Poem @
39/Women-Walker (24th)
-Birches by Frost & others (25th)
-Latino poetry: ‘I am Not’, ‘The Street’ & ‘Tonight I Can’
& Exile (28th & 29th)
-Grammar (30th)
-Write poem & display (31st)
-Poetry notebook due (1st)
November 4th - December 20th: Analytical Writing: Greek Legends
*WN DUE DATE: November 25th -Monday & December 16th -Monday
To Cover
-PP intro: Myths & Legends worksheet (pg 1015) (4th)
-PP in lab (5th)
-Grammar/PP in lab (6th)
-Present (7th )
-Present/Antigone intro/Greek theatre PP/worksheet (8th)
-Antigone reading/Reading guide w/questions (11th-15th)
-Grammar (13th)
-Discussion of Antigone/Suicide articles/Analytical writing
assignment (18th & 19th)
-Grammar (20th)
-Oedipus PP (21st)
-Read Oedipus (22nd & 25th)
-YouTube clips of Oedipus (26th)
-“Coming of Arthur” (2nd)
-Sir Lancelot da Lake (3rd)
-Grammar (4th)
-Mists of Avalon (5th)
-Steinbeck-The Acts of King Arthur (6th & 9th)
-TPCASTT The Knight (10th)
-Grammar (11th)
-Chivalry worksheet (12th)
-Movie/Clips (13th & 16th)
-Review for mid-term (17th & 18th)
January 6th- February 7th: Informational Reading: Night
-Incorp Critical Reading Lessons (homework/bellringers)
*WN DUE DATE: January 27th- Monday
To Cover
-Rules, etc (6th)
-Intro Night: Oprah Special/Facts vs Opinion
worksheet (7th)
-WW2/Holocaust discussion/Pictures (8th)
-Night background/PP with guide (9th)
-EOC Fridays/PP & pkts (10th)
-Review EOC/Read Section 1 (13th)
-Section 1 (14th)
-Grammar & worksheets (15th)
-Read Section 2 (16th)
-EOC Fridays/PP & pkts (17th)
-Review EOC/Read Section 2 (20th)
-Worksheets/Section 3 (21st)
-Grammar/Section 3 (22nd)
-Worksheets/Section 4 (23rd)
- EOC Fridays/PP & pkts (24th)
-Review EOC/Section 4 (27th)
-Worksheets/Section 5 (28th)
-Grammar/Section 5 (29th)
-Worksheets/Section 6 (30th)
-EOC Fridays/PP & pkts (31st)
-Review EOC/Section 7 (3rd)
-Worksheets/Section 8 (4th)
-Grammar/Section 9 (5th)
-Assign position essay or genocide project (6th)
-EOC Fridays/PP & pkt—Projects Due (7th)
February 10th- March 7th : Informational Reading: Research Elements
-Incorp Critical Reading Lessons (homework/bellringers)
*WN DUE DATE: February 24th -Monday
To Cover
-Review EOC/Practice writing effective research paper
thesis information (10th)
-Library tour/How-To write an Annotated Bib (11th)
-Grammar/How-To write an Annotated Bib (12th)
-Examples of source cards & what I expect/Choose topics
(13th)
-EOC Fridays/PP &pkts (14th)
-Review EOC/Library for research (18th)
-Grammar (19th)
-Library lab to work on bibs (20th)
-EOC Fridays/PP & pkts (21st)
-Review EOC/Work on bibs in library lab (24th)
-Library lab to work on bibs (25th)
-Grammar (26th)
-Bibs due/Example research papers to pass around (27th)
-EOC Fridays/PP & pkts (28th)
-Review EOC/Intro On Demand (3rd)
-On Demand/Thesis statement creation activity (4th, 5th &
6th)
-EOC Fridays/PP & pkts (7th)
March 10th -March 28th: Drama: Julius Caesar
*WN DUE DATE: March 24th- Friday
To Cover
-Intro JC PP/Anticipation guide (10th)
-Act 1/discussion questions (11th)
-Act 1/Act 2/discussions questions (12th)
-Act 2/Act 3/discussion questions (13th)
-EOC Fridays/PP & pkts (14th)
-Review EOC/Act 3/discussion questions (17th)
-Act 3/Act 4/discussion questions (18th)
-Act 4/Act 5/discussion questions (19th)
-Act 5/discussion questions/review summaries (24th)
-Catch up-Argument writing prompt “True Friend?” (25th )
-Roman Food Day (26th)
-EOC final prep (27th & 28th)
April 7th- May 16th : Rhetorical Analysis: Fallacious Reading:Advertising & Debate
*WN DUE DATE: April 28th- Monday & May 12th-Monday
To Cover
-EOC prep (7th)
-Rhetoric Practice Worksheets & Analytical review
(8th & 9th)
-On Demand review (10th, 11th, 15th)
-EOC prep (14th)
-Advertising (16th, 17th, 22nd, 23rd)
-EOC prep (21st)
-Argument/Specific Claims/Reasoning/False
Statements/Debates (24th)
-Give topics & prep (25th)
-EOC prep (28th)
-Prepare research (29th)
-Debates (30th, 1st, 2nd)
-ACT prep (5th, 6th, 7th)
-Grammar (8th, 9th, 12th)
-Review (13th & 14th)