English II (2014/2015 School Year)
August 6th - August 22nd: Literature: Essays & Short Stories
To Cover
-Rules/Syllabus/Letter to Parents (6th)
-Introductions/I am From poem (7th)
-Writer’s Notebook Decoration-finish for homework (8th)
-“How to write an essay” examples/assign essay/soapstone
-Intro Current Event cards-do one together (11th)
-Weird Al’s video(Nan’s lesson); Parts of Speech review;
Current article to find POS; Short story elements
PP/Flocabulary video-SS elements (12th)
-Pre-Test for short stories;Harrison Bergerontone/mood/inference focus; Find POS speech throughout
story; Check(13th)
-By The Waters of Babylon; Discuss parts of speech;
imagery;mood;inference;tone (14th)
-Vocab Quiz for bellringer;There Will Come Soft
Rains/Bradbury-imagey/flashback/POV/plot focus; Read
Article of the Week (Goff) (15th)
-Review types of sentences (basic);Through One Way
Mirror & The Border Glare Of Truth- essay style focus
(18th)
-Essay due: Discusson of elements in essays read; Trade
essays;Identify POS & label sentences (19th)
-Poe background;Pit & Pendulumsuspense/tone/mood/vocab focus(20th & 21st)
-Vocab quiz for bellringer;Current Event Cards due;Test of
SS elements? (22nd)
August 25th- September 24th : Literature: Novels * GET SEPARATE PIECE STUFF!
(ongoing plot & elements discussions!!!!)
*WN DUE DATE: August 27th ,Wednesday
To Cover
-Intro to TKAM & vocab/Harper Lee
background/Anticipation guide (25th )
-Vocab CODE/What Makes Us Different collage (26th)
-Explaining stereotypes worksheet/Discussion (27th)
-Review POS;Review types of sentences;Discuss
independent and dependent clauses;Write paragraph about
stereotypes identifying POS, sentence types & clauses
(28th)
-Vocab quiz as bell ringer;Article of the
week;Discuss;Annotate;Chapter 1-2 (29th)
-Ch 3-4-5;Annotate;Recognize elements (2nd)
-TKAM quizzes;Review punctuation rules;Identify in next
chapters (3rd)
-Ch 6-8;identify commas, colon, semi-colon,etc (4th)
-Vocab quiz as bell ringer;Current Event Cards due;Ch 910 (5th )
-Quiz/Ch 11;Annotate;Recognize elements (8th )
-Ch 12-14;Discuss (9th )
-Character Charts;Discuss Appositives & infinitives (10th )
-Quiz/Ch 15-17;Identify appositives & infinitives (11th )
-Vocab quiz as a bell ringer;Article of the week-Focus on
appositives & infinitives;Ch 18-20 (12th )
-Quiz/Ch 21-25;Discussion of theme & other element (15th)
-Ch 26-31;Dicussion of theme & other elements (16th)
-Quizzes;Review; Intro going beyond projects (17th)
-Unit test/Movie clips (18th)
-Vocab Quiz as bell ringer;Current Event Cards;Movie
clips(19th)
-Going Beyond Projects in lab (22nd & 23rd)
September 24th-October 21st : Literature: Poetry
(ongoing notebook creation & elements discussions)
*WN DUE DATE: September 24th -Wednesday
To Cover
-Intro poetry elements PP/TPCASTT intro/Poetry notebook
instructions (24th )
-Jess’s “food poem” lesson;Write poem using descriptive
words;Read poems (25th )
-Vocab Quiz as bell ringer;Article of the week;Look at 2
poems with no punctuation-punctuate (26th )
-EE Cummings Look at This & others;Start poetry
notebook (29th )
-Review pronouns;relative
pronouns;adjectives;adverbs;Look at poems (find) and
identify (30th)
-Shakespeare sonnets;Work on poetry notebook;Discuss
Shakespeare’s language (1st)
-Review punctuation;Love Without Love & The
Taxi;Explain why each punctuation is used;TPCASTT one
of the readings;Work on poetry notebook (2nd)
-Vocab Quiz as bell ringer; Current Event cards due;Catch
up on poetry notebook (3rd)
-Review rules & regulations; Show poem with punctuation
& identify POS, pronouns, adjectives, adverbs;Those
Winter Sundays-Hayden & Piano-Lawrence;Work on
poetry notebook (13th)
-Dickinson selections-Tell All the Truth;Repunctuate her
poems;Work on poetry notebook (14th)
-Birches by Frost & others;TPCASTT one of the
readings;Annotate others;Work on poetry notebook (15th)
-Discussion about “Cultural Differences”;Find/Read article
on acceptance;identify sentences within article;Read Afro
American Fragement-Hughes & Poem @ 39/WomenWalker;Work on poetry notebook (16th )
-Vocab Quiz for bell ringer; Article of the week;Latino
poetry: ‘I am Not’, ‘The Street’ & ‘Tonight I Can’ & Exile
(17th)
-Share poem with dialogue & direct address (Jess); discuss
dialogue & direct address within poetry;Write poem about
culture that includes dialogue and direct address;share(20th)
-Perfect either food poem or cultural poem &
display;Poetry notebook due (21st)
October 22nd-November 25th: Analytical Writing: Greek Legends
*WN DUE DATE: October 29th , Wednesday
To Cover
-Prezi? (Jess come in and teach) PP intro: Myths &
Legends worksheet (pg 1015) (22nd)
-Create PP in lab (23rd)
-Vocab Quiz as bell ringer; PP in lab;Current Event Card
Due (24th )
-Present powerpoints;Greek Root Words Practice 1 (27th )
-Present powerpoints;Antigone intro/Greek theatre
PP/worksheet;Greek Root Words Practice 2 (28th)
-Antigone reading/Reading guide w/questions;Greek Root
Words Practice 3 (29th & 30th)
-Vocab Quiz as bell ringer; Article of the week;Teach
adjective and adverb clauses;Review Antigone read so far
& identify clauses (31st)
-Antigone reading/Reading guide
w/questions;Review;Greek Root Words quiz (3rd & 5th)
-Discussion of Antigone; Read & annotate suicide
articles/Analytical writing assignment(use
SOAPStone);Greek Root Words Unfamiliar Words Quiz
(6th)
-Vocab Quiz as bell ringer; Current Event Card due;Work
on writing assignment;Greek Root Words practice
exercises (homework-test Monday) (7th)
-Greek & Latin Roots test;Oedipus PP;Article about
Oedipus?;Annotate (10th)
-RootWord tree creation;Read Oedipus;Answer
questions;Discussion (11th & 12th )
-Essay over “Oedipus Rex Syndrome” (Use
SOAPStone);Critical Reading-predictions (13th)
-Vocab Quiz as bell ringer; Article of the week; Exchange
essays-read & label parts of speech, types of sentences,
adjectives & adverbs (do inventory count of those things)
(14th)
-Read Crowning of Arthur;Review appositives &
infinitives; label & identify (17th)
-Read Sir Lancelot da Lake; Identify
Structure/Tone/Romance/Character;Critical ReadingAuthot’s purpose (18th)
-Discuss Family Tree; Create a Family Tree (use pg 1083);
Analyzing characters & POV; Read Mists of Avalon taking
note of the character changes and POV (19th)
-Introduce Steinbeck;Discuss style & inferences (give
examples); ReadThe Acts of King Arthur;Make inference
chart;Literary Analysis pg 1099;Critical Reading-Text
features (20th)
-Vocab Quiz as bell ringer; Current Event Card due;
TPCASTT The Knight;Writing Options pg 1100 (21st)
-Chivalry worksheet;Movie Clips;Critical ReadingSummaries of text (24th & 25th )
December 1st- December 19th: Literature: Drama-Our Town
*WN DUE DATE: December 10th, Wednesday
To Cover
-Introduce Thornton Wilder as an author (PP); Review of
use of dialogue in drama;Background of the play; Drama
vocab they are responsible for;Introduce characters-give
roles for tomorrow (1st)
-Begin reading of Act 1;1 of 3 journal entries;Act 1
review;Critical Reading-Conclusions/Inferences &
Cause/Effect(2nd)
-Quiz over Act 1;Read Act 2;1 of 3 journal entries;Act 2
review (3rd)
-Quiz over Act 2;Read Act 3; 1 of 3 journal entries;Act 3
review;Critical Reading-Main ideas & Compare/Contrast
(4th)
-Vocab Quiz as bell ringer; Quiz over Act 3; Article of the
week; Hand out Think-Tac-Toe activity (5th)
-Lab to work on Think-Tac-Toe activity;Critical ReadingSupporting details & Fact/Opinion (8th & 9th)
-Present activities (3-5 min) (10th & 11th)
-Vocab Quiz as bell ringer; Current Event Card due;
Explain Editorial; Give Editorial assignment
(homework);Critical Reading-Organizational structure &
Sequence(12th)
-Grammar Blitz Review: POS, types of sentences,
appositives, infinitives, independent & dependent clauses,
pronouns, adjectives, adverbs, relative pronoun in adjective
clauses, adverb clauses, comma & punctuation rules,
dialogue, direct address; Use informational text articles (2),
excerpt from play (2), excerpt from a novel (2), & a couple
poems for indentification purposes (15th & 16th)
-Review for Mid-term final (17th, 18th & 19th)
January 6th- February 6th: Informational Reading: Novel-Night
-Incorp Critical Reading Lessons (homework)
*WN DUE DATE: January 28th- Wednesday
To Cover
-Rules, etc (5th)
-Intro Night: Oprah Special/Facts vs Opinion worksheet
(6th)
-Article;WW2/Holocaust discussion/Pictures (7th)
-Night background/PP with guide (8th)
-Vocab Quiz as bellringer;Article about Holocaust;
Annotate; Break into groups to chunk the article to find
POS; label sentences; identify appositives and infinitives &
clauses ;EOC Fridays/PP & pkts (9th)
-Review EOC; Review critical reading concepts from last
semester;Read Section 1 (12th)
-Section 1; Questions over section 1(13th)
-Read Section 2;Annotate;Discuss (14th)
-Questions over Section 2; Write Inferring-Predicting
paragraphs (15th)
-Vocab quiz as bell ringer ;EOC Fridays/PP & pkts;Article
of the week;Go over EOC Context clues (flashcards) (16th)
-Review EOC;Critical Reading flashcards;Section 3 (20th)
-Questions over Section 3; Review Inferring-Predicting
paragraphs-make changes (21st)
-Read Section 4; Annotate;Discuss (22nd)
- Vocab quiz as bell ringer ;EOC Fridays/PP &
pkts;Current Event cards due;EOC Figurative meanings of
words (flashcards) (23rd)
-Review EOC;Critical Reading flashcards;Section
5;Discuss(26th)
-Questions over Section 5; Create “Day In The Life Of…”
poems using no punctuation (have others punctuate) (27th)
-Read Section 6-7; Annotate;Discuss (28th)
-Questions over Section 6-7;Begin Section 8(29th)
- Vocab quiz as bell ringer ;EOC Fridays/PP & pkts;EOC
connotations & denotations;Article of the week;Finish
Section 8 (30th)
- Review EOC;Critical Reading flashcards;Questions over
Section 8 (2nd)
-Read Section 9;Questions over Section 9; Discuss book
end (3rd)
-Assign position essay or genocide project (4th)
-Lab to work on essay or project (5th)
- Vocab quiz as bell ringer ;EOC Fridays/PP & pkts; ;EOC
types of fiction (flashcards);Current Event Card Due;
Projects Due (6th)
February 9th- March 6th : Informational Reading: Research Elements
*WN DUE DATE: February 25th-Wednesday
To Cover
-Review EOC;Critical Reading flashcards;Practice writing
effective research paper thesis information (9th)
-Library tour;How-To write an Annotated Bib (10th)
-Punctuation review in MLA format;How-To write an
Annotated Bib;Examples of source cards & what I
expect/Choose topics (11th)
-Library for research (12th)
-Vocab Quiz as bell ringer;EOC Fridays/PP &pkts;EOC
types of poetry (flashcards);Article of the week (13th)
-Review EOC;Critical Reading flashcards;Library for
research (17th)
-Library lab to work on bibs (18th & 19th)
-Vocab Quiz as bell ringer;EOC Fridays/PP & pkts; EOC
types of non-fiction (flashcards) (20th)
-Review EOC;Critical Reading flashcards;Work on bibs in
library lab (23rd)
-Last work on bibs; Turn in completed (24th)
-Peer edit bibs (25th)
-Example research papers to pass around;Read;Discuss
(26th)
-Vocab Quiz as bell ringer;EOC Fridays/PP & pkts;EOC
story elements (flashcards);Article of the week (27th)
-Review EOC;Critical Reading flashcards;Intro On
Demand (2nd)
-On Demand/Thesis statement creation activity (3rd, 4th, &
5th)
-Vocab Quiz as bell ringer;EOC Fridays/PP & pkts; EOC
literary devices (flashcards);Current Event Card Due (6th)
March 9th -March 27th: Literature/Argumentative: Shakespearian Drama-Julius Caesar
*WN DUE DATE: March 25th, Wednesday
To Cover
-Intro JC PP/Anticipation guide (9th)
-Act 1/discussion questions;Critical Reading flashcards
(10th)
-Act 1/Act 2/discussions questions;Critical Reading
flashcards (11th)
-Act 2/Act 3/discussion questions;Critical Reading
flashcards (12th)
-Vocab Quiz as bell ringer;EOC Fridays/PP & pkts;Article
of the week (13th)
-Review EOC;Act 3/discussion questions (16th)
-Act 3/Act 4/discussion questions;Critical Reading
flashcards (17th)
-Act 4/Act 5/discussion questions;Critical Reading
flashcards (18th)
-Act 5/discussion questions/review summaries (23rd)
-Catch up-Argument writing prompt “True Friend?” (24th )
-Peer edit essays; identifying grammar elements (25th)
-Roman Food Day (26th)
-Vocab quiz as bell ringer; Current Event Card due;EOC
final prep (27th)
March 30th- May 15th : Rhetorical Analysis: Advertising & Debate (Maybe Lit. Circles)
*WN DUE DATE: April 29th & May 13th, Wednesdays
To Cover
-Rhetoric Practice Worksheets & Analytical review
(30th & 31st)
-On Demand review (1st & 2nd)
-Advertising (13th, 14th, 15th, 16th)
-Vocab Quiz as bell ringer; Article of the
week;EOC practice (website) (17th)
-Argument/Specific Claims/Reasoning/False
Statements/Debates; Examples;Explanations (20th)
-Give topics & prep (21st)
-Article about Earth Day; Breakdown the article
into our grammar focus;Prepare research (22nd)
-Prepare research (23rd)
-Vocab Quiz as bell ringer; Current Event Card due;
Debates (24th)
-Debates;Students grade students (27th & 28th)
-Write critical essay about one debate as an
observer (Use SOAPStone) (29th)
-Peer edit essays; Identifying grammar elements
(30th)
-Vocab Quiz as bell ringer; Article of the weekannotate (1st)
-ACT prep for next year (4th-7th )
-Vocab Quiz as bellringer;LAST Current Event
Card due; Evaluation of the years work (8th)
-Grammar Review; End of Year Grammar Test;
(11th-13th )
-Review for Final (14th & 15th)