English II (CP)
Mr. Ficociello
English II (CP)
2012-2013 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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I. 1st QUARTER
Theme: On the Edge
Summer Reading Assessment and Discussion - Animal Farm
Nonfiction
a. “View from the Summit,” Edmund Hillary (Textbook, page 30)
b. Excerpt from “Into Thin Air,” Jon Krakauer (37)
c. “The Dream Comes True,” Tenzing Norgay (39)
Short Stories
d. “The Monkey’s Paw,” W.W. Jacobs (50)
e. “A Walk to the Jetty,” Jamaica Kincaid (70)
f. “The Masque of the Red Death,” Edgar Allen Poe (82)
Novel
g. Lord of the Flies, William Golding
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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
f. My Left Foot
Film Commentary
g. “Daniel Day-Lewis Plays Christy Brown,” Unsigned (178)
Readings from Christmas Novel: A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens
English II (CP)
Mr. Ficociello
Poetry
h. “Spring and All,” William Carlos Williams (94)
i. “Fear,” Gabriela Mistral (95)
j. “The Street,” Octavio Paz (96)
k. “Success is counted sweetest,” Emily Dickinson (158)
l. “I dwell in Possibility—“ Emily Dickinson (159)
m. “Uncoiling,” Pat Mora (160)
n. “Columbus Dying,” Vassar Miller (162)
o. “After Apple-Picking,” Robert Frost (196)
p. “Mowing,” Robert Frost (198)
q. “Africa,” David Diop (216)
r. “All,” Bei Dao (218)
s. “After All,” Shu Ting (219)
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3rd QUARTER
Theme: Clashing Forces and Turning Points
Play
a. Selected Sonnets, William Shakespeare (handouts)
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)
u. 4th QUARTER Theme: Expanding Horizons
Novel
a. The Martian Chronicles, Ray Bradbury
Short Story
b. “Civil Peace,” Chinua Achebe (445)
c. A Storm in the Mountains, Alexander Solzhenitsyn (512)
d. Excerpt from Angela’s Ashes, Frank McCourt (475)
Essay
e. “A Picture From the Past: Emily Dickinson,” Reynolds Price