English 11 Honors Schedule
First Semester (2012-13)
Gerber, rgerber@esusd.k12.ca.us
Week #
1
Week
Activity
Introductory activities, syllabus, policies, website, essential question, Catcher Quiz
2
Unit 1: Catcher in the Rye, Vocab Unit 1a, Begin reading The Scarlet Letter.
3
Unit 2: Colonial Era (Sub Unit A: When Worlds Collide – First Encounters) Vocab 2a
4
Unit 2: Colonioal Era (Sub Unit B: Revolutionary Period), Vocab 3a
5
Unit 2: Colonial Era (Sub Unit B: Revolutionary Period), Unit 2 Exam
6
Unit 3: The Scarlet Letter, Vocab 4a
7
Unit 3: The Scarlet Letter, Vocab 5a, Reading Quiz, Group Presentations
8
Unit 3: The Scarlet Letter, Unit 3 Exam, assign Research Paper, Into the Wild
9
Unit 4: Romanticism and Literary Nationalism (Sub Unit A: The American Hero) Vocab 6a,
Archetype group work and presentations
10
Unit 4: Romanticism and Literary Nationalism (Sub Unit A: The American Hero)
11
Unit 4: Romanticism and Literary Nationalism (Sub Unit B: American Gothic), Unit 4 Exam
12
Unit 5: Transcendentalism (Sub Unit A: Celebrations of the Self)
13
Thanksgiving Vacation
14
Unit 5: Transcendentalism (Sub Unit A: Celebrations of the Self), Vocab 7a
15
Unit 5: Transcendentalism (Sub Unit B: A House Divided), Vocab 8a, Research Paper due
16
Unit 5: Transcendentalism (Sub Unit C: Anti-Transcendentalists), Vocab 9a, Unit 5 Exam
17
Winter Break
18
Winter Break
19
Unit 6: Huckleberry Finn,
20
Unit 6: Huckleberry Finn, Spring Registration
21
Unit 6: Huckleberry Finn, Vocab 10a
22
Finals Week (Vocabulary Final/Unit 6 Exam)
English 11 Honors Schedule
Second Semester (2012-13)
Gerber, rgerber@esusd.k12.ca.us
Week #
Activity
1 (23)
Realism
2 (24)
Begin The Great Gatsby Reading, Continue Realism
3 (25)
Realism
4 (26)
Gatsby Project Work, The Progressive Period
5 (27)
Gatsby Presentations
6 (28)
Modernism
7 (29)
Modernism
8 (30)
The Great Gatsby Reading
9 (31)
The Great Gatsby
10 (32)
Beyond Gatsby - Emerging Sensibilities in Turbulent Times
11 (33)
New Poetic Forms and Devices
12 (34)
Spring Break
13 (35)
The Hemingway Code Hero – Embracing “the Nada”
14 (36)
The Grapes of Wrath
15 (36)
The Grapes of Wrath
16 (38)
The Grapes of Wrath
17 (39)
The Grapes of Wrath
18 (40)
The Grapes of Wrath
19 (41)
The Modern Drama – The Glass Menagerie
Finals Week