Teacher’s Name: Shelley Brown
Building: High School
Content
September
Subject/Course: English II
Essential
Questions
1. Why is it important to
understand and use a process
when writing?
Exam: The steps to and
understanding of the Writing
Process
* Persuasive Essays
* Create a persuasive essay
2. How do you gather info for
different types of essays?
* Narrative Essay
* Create an historical narrative
using factual and fictional
information
* 1 – 1 ½ page (DS) typed
Expository or Persuasive or
Descriptive Essay
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Prewriting
Writing 1st Draft
Evaluate
Revise
Proofread/Edit
Final Draft
The Research Project:
* Prepare and use a working
bibliography & working outline
3. What kind of information is
needed for different types of
essays?
1. Why is it important to know
how to research?
* Research
* Gather Information
October
Assessment
* Know/ understand/ &
perform the steps in the
writing process
The Writing Process:
August
Skills
Grade: 10
* Organize Information
* Written Communication
Skills
* Document Information
* Conduct an interview with a
career professional.
2. Why must one use proper
formatting when completing
formal writings?
* Note Cards
3. How are proper written and
oral communication skills used
in the work world?
* Brochure
* Prepare, organize, and use
appropriate note cards.
4. Why are organizational skills
important in life?
* Typed Research Paper
*Title page
*Outline
*Text
*Works Cited
* Prepare and use an outline.
* Computer Skills
* Typed Thank You Letter
* Use correct written
communication skills in
preparing a thank you letter.
* Bibliography
* Research Paper
* Working Bibliography
* Typed Interview Questions
* Correctly gather and
organize information.
* Outline
November
* 2 ½ - 3 pg. (DS) typed
Historical Narrative
* Utilize accurate
documentation.
* Use a computer program to
create a multi-colored
brochure.
* Design & create a
PowerPoint
5. How / why are computer
skills necessary?
* Oral Communication
Skills
December
* Prepare a 4-page typed
research paper including:
* Title page
* Outline
* Text
* Works Cited
* Résumé
* Follow standard rules of
speaking in giving a 5-7 minute
oral presentation.
* Create a résumé
6. Why is it important to create
your personal resume?
* PowerPoint w/ Presentation
* Typed Résumé
Teacher’s Name: Shelley Brown
Building: High School
Content
The Short Story Unit
(Fiction and Nonfiction)
Information about the Author
Vocabulary
January
Literary Terminology
Skills
* Define and identify literary
terminology
Grade: 10th
Subject/Course: English II
Essential
Questions
1. Why is it important to
increase and develop
vocabulary?
* Understand and define
new vocabulary
Assessment
Selection Quick Checks
Vocabulary Worksheets
Exams: Define
Multiple Choice
Matching
Identify
Fill in the Blank
Compare / Contrast
Essay
* Apply strategies for reading
short stories.
Everyday Use
by Alice Walker
Chee’s Daughter
by Juanita Platero &
Siyowin Miller
February
Catch the Moon
By Judit Ortiz Cofer
* Identify parts of speech with
Vocabulary
The Boar Hunt
by Jose Vasconcelos
* Identify author’s works
The Monkey’s Paw
by W. W. Jacobs
(& Video)
“Dead Poet’s Society” (video)
March
* Identify / state author
biographical information
* Read and understand for
enjoyment
And of ClayAre We Created
by Isabel Allende
2. How will this unit enable
students to escape from the
commonplace and enjoy the
experience of others?
Selection Quick Checks
3. How will this unit help to
sharpen the students’ sensitivity
to the skill an author employs in
building suspense,
foreshadowing events, and in
using imaginative language?
Exams: Define
Multiple Choice
Matching
Identify
Fill in the Blank
Compare / Contrast
Essay
1. Why is it important to
increase and develop
vocabulary?
* Completion of “End of Act ?’s”
Vocabulary Worksheets
Columbia’s Mortal Agony
by George Russell
Shakespeare
April
Much Ado About Nothing
Text and Video (1993)
Information about the Author
* Define and identify literary
terminology
* Understand and define
new vocabulary
* Identify / state author
biographical information
* Completion of Guided Notes
2. Why is it important, as a
member of society, to know
historical information about
William Shakespeare?
* Class Discussion
Vocabulary
Literary Terminology
* Read and understand for
enjoyment
3. How will this increase
understanding of the elements
and techniques of Shakespearean
drama?
May
4. Why is it important to
understand Shakespearean
language?
* Exam: Fill in the Blank
~Author information
~Story background info
~Matching (lit. terms)
~Matching (vocabulary)
~Matching Characters
~Multiple Choice
~Essay