English II Overview: 2010 - 2011
Unit Number and Pacing
Title/Genre Focus
Unit 1
4 weeks
Short Stories
and Narrative
Writing
Unit 3
5 weeks
Nonfiction
and Analytical
Writing
Fiction, Rhetoric
and Persuasive
Writing
Unit 4
2 weeks
Poetry and
Interpretive
Response
Essay
October 4-8
English II
R/W Multiple
Choice and
OER
Benchmarks and TAKS tests
Non-Negotiable Major Writing Products –
Unit 2
5 weeks
Personal
Narrative
Analytical
Writing
Unit 5A
4 weeks
Unit 5B
3 weeks
Unit 6
6 weeks
Informational
Text and
Expository
Writing
Literary
Reflections
Legends &
Myths and
Social Issues
Research
Report
Drama and
Creative Writing
March 1st:
10th Grade ELA
TAKS
TAKS Week: April
25-29
January 4-10
English II R/W
Multiple
Choice and
Composition
Rhetorical
Writing Piece
Interpretive
Response
Unit 7
7 weeks
Expository
Writing
Literary
Reflection
Research
Report
Script and
Performance
Brochure
Embedded
Quotation
Response
Write an
original myth.
Speech
Editorial
Website
Brochure
Advertisement
Public Service
Announcement
News Article
Original Poem
Other
Products
Write a
persuasive
letter to your
parent asking
for a later
curfew, more
allowance
money, a new
car, etc.
Poetry
Portfolio
Create a myth
using a
storyboard.
Create an
original urban
legend using
Photo story or
Movie Maker.
Ask students to
identify a tragic
figure from a
source of
modern
entertainment
and
compare/contras
t the
figure/character
to one in the
dramatic work
they read in
English II Overview: 2010 - 2011
class.
Vocabulary
Allegory
Allusion
Antagonist
Analogy
Antonym
Author’s
Purpose
Characterizatio
n
Conflict
Connotation
Context Clues
Denotation
Diction
Dynamic
Flat
Imagery
Inference
Mood
Motif
Narrative
Plot
Point of View
Protagonist
Resolution
Round
Setting
Static
Symbolism
Synonym
Syntax
Theme
Tone
Author’s
Purpose
Analogies
Cause and
Effect
Context
Context Clues
Connotation
Culture
Denotation
Direct
Quotation
Irony
Jargon
Paraphrasing
Setting
Society
Summary
Synonym
Analogies
Appeals to
Commonly Held
Opinions
Appeals to Pity
Audience
Author’s
Purpose
Beliefs
Bias
Characterizatio
n
Conflict
Connotation
Context Clues
Culture
Denotation
Diction
Differing
Viewpoints
False Dilemmas
Figurative
Language
Hyperbole
Ideas
Imagery
Irony
Logic
Logical Fallacy
Morality
Parallel
Repetition
Structure
Personal
Attacks
Plot
Propaganda
Purpose
Repetition
Resolution
Setting
Theme
Tone
Analogies
Antonyms
Blank Verse
Connotation
Context Clues
Critical
Reflection
Denotation
Enunciation
Epic Poetry
Graphic
Elements (line
length,
punctuation,
word
position)
Homonyms
Homophones
Imagery
Lyric Poetry
Metaphor
Meter
Onomatopoei
a
Pattern of
Verse
Prosody
Pun
Rhyme
Scheme
Rhythm
Simile
Sonnet
Sound Device
Summarize
Structure
Style and
Structure of
Speech
Synonyms
Synthesize
Consumer
Review
Connotation
Context
Contract
Denotation
Directions
Editorial
Itinerary
Fact vs.
Opinion
Graphic
Map
Marketing
Meeting
Agenda
Memo
Pamphlet
Paraphrasing
Publicity
Production
Purpose
Summary
Transportatio
n Schedule
Website
Following
vocabulary
includes but
is not
limited to:
mood, tone,
theme,
author’s
purpose,
etc.
Allusions
Analogies
Archetypes
Audience
Bias
Circle Story
Citation
Connotation
Context Clues
Critique
Credibility
Denotation
Direct
Quotation
Documentatio
n
Fact vs.
Opinion
Hero
Inquiry
Internal
Documentatio
n
Legend
Mechanics
Mythology
MLA
Outlining
Paraphrasing
Parenthetical
Information
Plagiarism
Proofreading
Synonym
Summary
The Hero’s
Task
The Hero’s
Journey
The Hero’s
Quest
Thesis
Statement
Analogies
Anaphora
Appeals to
Commonly Held
Opinions
Appeals to Pity
Argument
Archetype
Audience
Audience
Bias
Catharsis
Connotation
Critical
Reflection
Denotation
Dialogue
Diction
Differing
Dramatic
Conventions
Enunciations
False Dilemmas
Foil
Hyperbole
Irony
Logic
Logical Fallacy
Motif
Parallel Structure
Personal Attacks
Propaganda
Purpose
Repetition
Rhetoric
Soliloquy
Synonyms
Stage Directions
Style and
Structure of
Speech
Summarize
Synthesize
English II Overview: 2010 - 2011
Values
Grammar
Active and
Passive Voice
p. 35,
Commas p.
208,
Quotation
Marks p. 120,
Reciprocal
Pronouns P.
68, Sentence
Combining pp.
121-122,
Sentence
Fragments p.
193, Verbals
p. 87; writing
and
punctuating
dialogue, p.
235
Active and
Passive Voice
pp. 321,374,
Dashes p. 360,
Infinitives and
Participles p.
290,
Restrictive
and
Nonrestrictive
Clauses p.
389, SubjectVerb
Agreement p.
273,
Subjunctive
Mood p. 433,
Verb Tense
and Mood p.
433
Quotation
marks to
indicate
sarcasm or
irony; and
dashes to
emphasize
parenthetical
information.
The Short Story
Nonfiction
Textbook Resources
Dangling
Participles p.
1029,
Semicolons as
Connectors p.
1088, Shifts in
Point of View p.
1097, Verbs
used as Nouns
p. 1087
Works Cited
Theme
Tone
Tragedy
Tragic Flaw
Tragic Hero
Viewpoints
Commas and
Contrasting
Expressions p.
531, Dashes p.
518, Gerunds
p. 469,
PronounAntecedent
Agreement p.
487,
Reciprocal
Pronouns p.
578, Run-on
Sentences p.
613,
Subjunctive
Mood p. 431
Use a variety
of correctly
structured
sentences
(e.g.
compound,
complex,
compoundcomplex). Use
conventions of
capitalization
(20A). Spell
correctly
(19A).
Following
grammar
includes but
is not
limited to:
run-ons,
fragments,
proper
usage o
ellipses,
proper
usage of
quotations
(including
dialogue),
spelling
practice
(commonly
misspelled
words), etc.
Commas with
Nonessential
Transitions p.
977, Main and
Subordinate
Clauses p. 912,
Transitional
Expressions p.
954
Commas with
Appositives p.
790, Commas
with
Interjections and
Parenthetical
Expressions p.
816, Parallel
Construction p.
861, Verbals p.
682
Poetry T16T19
Focus on
functional
Index of
Skills:
Myths and
Legends:
Drama:
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T10-T12
Suggested
stories: ”The
Masque of the
Red Death,”
“There Will
Come Soft
Rains” (p.
1000), and
“Tuesday
Siesta.”
Resources
(other)
https://www.englishspanishteks.net/teachers/teks.as
p
T13-T15
Suggested
Pieces:
“Farewell to
Manzanar,”
“Typhoid
Fever,” “I’ve
Been to the
Mountaintop,
” and Elie
Wiesel’s
Nobel Peace
Prize speech.
Suggested
poems:
“since feeling
is first,”
“Creatures,”,
“Shall I
Compare
Thee to a
Summer’s
Day?”
“Reapers,”
“Ode to my
Socks,”
“Heart! We
Will Forget
Him!,”
“Parlor,” and
“Three
Haiku.”
documents (p.
1108-1112).
Email,
application,
Cover Letter,
Professional
Article,
Schematic,
Software
Product
Information,
Installation
Guide,
Announcemen
t Memo, Train
Schedule and
Itinerary,
Meeting
Itinerary,
Written
Directions and
Map, Meeting
Agenda,
Pamphlet,
Contract, Web
Site (pp.11131134).
R95
Literary
Terms
Handbook
R20
Writing
Handbook
R28
Reading
Handbook
R46,
Language
Handbook
R48
“Searching for
the Real King
Arthur”
(pp.904-908),
“The Stealing o
Thor’s
Hammer,”
“Theseus,” “A
Song of
Greatness.”
“Antigone,” “The
Tragedy off Julius
Caesar,” and “A
Marriage
Proposal.”