English II (CP)
Mr. Ficociello
English II (CP)
2011-2012 Syllabus
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Theme: On the Edge (1st Quarter)
Theme: Striving for Success (2nd Quarter)
Theme: Clashing Forces and Turning Points (3rd Quarter)
Theme: Expanding Horizons (4th Quarter)
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(Note to Students and Parents: This syllabus may be open to change. Other selections will
likely supplement the readings listed below.)
I.
1st QUARTER
Theme: On the Edge
Short Stories
a. “View from the Summit,” Edmund Hillary (Textbook, page 30)
b. “The Monkey’s Paw,” W.W. Jacobs (50)
c. “The Masque of the Red Death,” Edgar Allen Poe (82)
Novel
d. Animal Farm, George Orwell
Poetry
e. “Spring and All,” William Carlos Williams (94)
f. “Fear,” Gabriela Mistral (95)
g. “The Street,” Octavio Paz (96)
II.
2nd QUARTER
Theme: Striving for Success
Short Stories
a. “How Much Land Does a Man Need?” Leo Tolstoy (138)
b. “A Visit to Grandmother,” William Melvin Kelley (182)
c. “The Apple Tree,” Katherine Mansfield (206)
d. “The Tell-Tale Heart,” Edgar Allen Poe (handout for Halloween)
Autobiography
e. Excerpt from My Left Foot, Christy Brown (168)
Film Commentary
f. “Daniel Day-Lewis Plays Christy Brown,” Unsigned (178)
Novella
g. A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens (handout for Christmas)
Poetry
h. “Success is counted sweetest,” Emily Dickinson (158)
i. “I dwell in Possibility—“ Emily Dickinson (159)
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III.
Mr. Ficociello
“Uncoiling,” Pat Mora (160)
“Columbus Dying,” Vassar Miller (162)
“After Apple-Picking,” Robert Frost (196)
“Mowing,” Robert Frost (198)
Additional Frost Poems (handouts)
“Africa,” David Diop (216)
“All,” Bei Dao (218)
“After All,” Shu Ting (219)
3rd QUARTER
Theme: Clashing Forces and Turning Points
Poetry
a. Selected Sonnets, William Shakespeare (handouts)
Play
b. The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, William Shakespeare (822)
Short Stories
c. “Games at Twilight,” Anita Desai (352)
d. “Hearts and Hands,” O. Henry (290)
e. “Like the Sun,” R.K. Narayan (280)
Poetry
f. “Conscientious Objector,” Edna St. Vincent Millay (266)
g. “A Man,” Nina Cassian (267)
h. “The Fish,” Elizabeth Bishop (293)
i. “Tell all the Truth…” Emily Dickinson (284)
j. “The Bridge,” Leopold Staff (366)
k. “I Am Not One…” Anna Akhmatova (368)
l. “Thoughts on Hanoi,” Nguyen Thi Vinh (399)
m. “Auto Wreck,” Karl Shapiro (401)
IV.
4th QUARTER
Theme: Expanding Horizons
Novel
a. Murder on the Orient Express, Agatha Christie
Essay
b. “Shooting an Elephant,” George Orwell (handout)
Movie
c. Gandhi
Short Story
d. “Civil Peace,” Chinua Achebe (445)
Essay
e. “A Picture,” Reynolds Price