English II CP Pacing Guide
Teaching Windows and CCSS Formative Assessment Windows
Week
(days)
Power
Standards and
Assessment
Weeks
SL.1
2 (6-10)
R.3
3 (11-14)
W.4
4 (15-19)
5 (20-24)
L.2 Conventions
of Standard
Eng. –
Punctuation
(Page 54 in
CCM)
SL.1 Initiate, participate, collaborate, discuss
L.4 Context Clues L.5 Figurative Language
and word relationships L.6 Academic
Vocabulary W.4 Producing clear and
coherent writing W.6 Using Technology to
produce writing
W.7 Short and sustained research projects
1 (1-5)
*Critical Skills
Literature Unit/ Curriculum
(Reading)
Note: The following novels/plays will be
taught to every English 2 student
throughout the course: Night by Wiesel,
Macbeth by Shakespeare. Other optional
text: Lord of the Flies
Unit One – The Short Story
Glenco Text – pages 1 – 276 –
Teacher Choice
CCR Text Exemplars: (North
American Focus)
Stories
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Alvarez, Julia. In the Time of the
Butterflies
Cisneros, Sandra. House on
Mango Street
Henry, O. “The Gift of the Magi.”
Lee, Harper. To Kill a Mocking Bird
Olsen, Tillie. “I Stand Here
Ironing.”
Shaara, Michael. The Killer Angels
Writing/ Presenting
(Writing/ Speaking and
Listening)
Grammar
(Language)
Review of Parts of Speech
Sentence types
Friendly Letter
Parallel Structure
Clauses and Phrases
Rainbow Writing
Persuasive Writing
Comma, Semicolon,
Colon
Spelling
S/V Agreement
Analysis of context and
word form to determine
meaning.
6 (25-29)
R.4 Reassess
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Steinbeck, John. The Grapes of
Wrath
Knowles, John. A Separate Peace
Drama
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Williams, Tennessee. The Glass
Menagerie
Poetry
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Baca, Jimmy Santiago. “I Am
Offering You this Poem.”
Cullen, Countee. “Yet Do I Marvel.”
Dickinson, Emily. “We Grow
Accustomed to the Dark.”
Johnson, James Weldon. “Lift
Every Voice and Sing.”
Poe, Edgar. “The Raven.”
Walker, Alice. “Women.”
Informational Texts
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Brown, Dee. Bury My Heart at
Wounded Knee
Houston, Jeanne Wakatsuki and
James D. Houston. Farewell to
Manzanar
Kidder, Tracy. Mountains Beyond
Mountains
Henry, Patrick. “Speech to the
Second Virginia Convention.”
Washington, George. “Farewell
Address.”
Lincoln, Abraham. “Gettysburg
Address.” or “Second Inaugural
Address.”
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano. “State
of the Union Address.”
Hand, Learned. “I Am an American
Day Address.”
Smith, Margaret Chase. “Remarks
to the Senate in Support of a
Declaration of Conscious.”
King, Jr.,Martin Luther. “Letter
from Birmingham Jail,” “I Have
Been to the Mountaintop,” and/or “I
Have a Dream Address Delivered
at the March on Washington, D.C.,
for Civil Rights on August 28, ‘63.”
Angelou, Maya. I Know Why the
Caged Bird Sings.
Unit Two - Nonfiction
Glenco Text - pages 277 – 466 -–
Teacher Choice
CCR Text Exemplars: (South
American Focus)
Stories –
7 (30-34)
8 (35-39)
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R.2 Determine
and analyze
main idea
(Page 40 in
CCM)
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ENGLISH II
Common
Assessment
1-Benchmark
Constructed Response
Summary to show how
the main idea is
developed in a given
text.
Citations with MLA
formatting
Constructed Response –
EX: Compare Two
poems with focus on
Figurative Language.
(Teacher Choice)
Review: Parallel
Structure, Clauses and
Phrases, Comma,
Semicolon, Colon.
Use of Dictionary and
Thesaurus.
Borjes, Jorge Luis. Collected
Fictions
Allende, Isabel. The House of the
Spirits
Garcia, Gabriel Garcia. One
Hundred Years of Solitude
(Selections)
9 (40-44)
10 (45-48)
11 (49-53)
R.R.1; *L.1;
12 (54-57)
13 (58-64)
14 (65-69)
L.1 Conventions
of Standard
American
English.
Demonstrate
variety in
sentence
structure
(Page 54
CCM)
Unit Three - Poetry
Glenco Text - pages 467 – 650-–
Teacher Choice
. CCR Text Exemplars: (European
Focus)
Stories
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Homer. The Odyssey
Ovid. Metamorphoses
Gogol, Nikolai. “The Nose.”
De Voltaire, F.A.M. Candide, or
The Optimist
Turgenev, Ivan. Fathers and Sons
Kafka, Franz. The Metamorphosis.
Sentence Structure
(simple, complex,
compound,
compound-complex)
Figurative Language and
Word Relationships
15 (70-74)
L.1 Reassess
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16 (75-81)
17 (82-84)
18 (85-90)
Golding, William. The Lord of the
Flies
Shelley, Mary. Frankenstein
Wiesel, Elie. Night
Boyne, John. The Boy in the
Striped PJs
Christie, Agatha. And Then There
Were None.
Drama
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R.1 Cite Evidence
and make
inferences.
(Page 40
CCM)
R.1 Reassess
R.4 Determine
the meaning
of new words
in context
(Page 40 in
CCM)
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Sophocles. Oedipus Rex
Shakespeare, William. The
Tragedy of Macbeth, A
Isben, Henrik. A Doll’s House
Ionesco, Eugene. Rhinoceros
Poetry
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ENGLISH II
Common
Assessment
2Benchmark
Auden, Wystan Hugh. “Musee des
Beaux Arts.”
Shakespeare, William. “Sonnet
73.”
Donne, John. “Song.”
Shelley, Percy Bysshe.
“Ozymandias.”
Houseman, A.E. “Loveliest of
Trees.”
Informational Texts
 Wiesel, Elie. Night
 Phineas Gage
2nd Semester
Week
(days)
19 (91-92)
20 (93-96)
21 (97-101)
Power
Standards and
Assessment
Weeks
*Critical Skills
Literature Unit/ Curriculum
(Reading)
Writing/ Presenting
(Writing/ Speaking and
Listening)
Unit Four - Drama
Glenco Text - pages 651 – 892 ––
Teacher Choice
CCR Text Exemplars: (Asian
Focus)
Stories
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Extended Response.
Using MLA format, Write
for a particular audience
to show variety in
sentence structure and
synthesis of information.
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Tan, Amy. The Joy Luck Club
Shin, Kyung-Sook. Please Look
After Mom
Informational Texts
Grammar
(Language)
Figurative Language and
Word Relationships
Denotation and
Connotation
22 (102-106)
W.2
Informational
Writing
(Page 45
CCM)
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Kang, Hyok. This is Paradise!
23 (107-111)
24 (112-114)
25 (115-119)
26 (120-124)
RI.8 Reading to
evaluate
validity and
relevance
(Page 40
CCM)
RI.8 Reassess
Unit Five – Legends and Myth
Glenco Text - pages 893 -1014 –
Teacher Choice
CCR Text Exemplars: (African
Focus)
Stories
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Letter to Editor or a
Persuasive Essay.
Achebe, Chinua. Things Fall Apart
Head, Bessie. When Rain clouds
Gather.
Drama
27 (125-129)
ENGLISH II
Common
Assessment
3-Benchmark
28 (130-134)
29 (135-138)
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Fugard, Athol. “Master Harold” . . .
and the boys
Poetry
 Kgositsile, Keorapetse. Spirits
Unchained
Informational Texts
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Mandella, Nelson. The Long
Walk to Freedom.
 Mathbane, Mark. Kaffir Boy
30 (139-143)
31 (144-148)
W.1 Write
arguments to
support
claims (Page
45 CCM)
Unit Six- Genre Fiction
Glenco text - pages 1015 – 1136
– Teacher Choice
Text Exemplars: (Australian
Verbal or visual
presentation of previous
research. Show revision.
Use of Domain Specific
Language
32 (149-153)
Focus)
Stories
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33 (154-158)
34 (159-163)
R.4 Determine
the meaning
of new words
in context
(Page 40 in
CCM)
SL.2 Integrate
multiple
sources of
information
Ihimaera, Witi. The Whale Rider
Zusak, Marc. The Book Thief
Informational Texts
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Pilkington, Doris. Following the
Rabbit Proof Fence
Suggested readings
Novels: Lord of the Flies, Night, To
Kill a Mockingbird, Things Fall Apart,
Oedipus Rex, Frankenstein, Book
Thief, The Boy in the Striped
Pajamas.
Plays: Macbeth
(Page 50 in CCM)
SL.2 Reassess
35 (164-168)
ENGLISH II
Common
Assessment 4Benchmark
36 (169-173)
37 (174-177)
38 (178-180)
Revised 10-7-14
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