Calendars
2013 - 2014
English II
Unit 1: North America
Monday
Tuesday
Californian’s Tale by Twain
19
Character
Wednesday
Day One
26
Straw into Gold by Cisneros
All the Years of Her Life
Labor Day 2
The Glass Menagerie 1.1
Setting
The Ring of General Macias by
Niggli
To Build a Fire
Summary
August and September
Thursday
Friday
writing a formal summary
HW 1.1 due
Quiz
HW 1.2 due
HSAP 1.1 DUE
Quiz
The Glass Menagerie 1.2
Lab F237
Formal Summary
With Citation
HW 1.3 due
Test 1
Lab F237
Letter
The Glass Menagerie 1.3
L.2 Use Standard Eng. –
Punctuation (54 in CCM)
Plot
9
The Glass Menagerie 1.4
HW1.4 due
HSAP 1.2 DUE
Quiz
The Glass Menagerie 1.5
LAB F237
Constructed Response
The Glass Menagerie 1.6
HW 1.5 due
Quiz
The Glass Menagerie 1.7
Lab F237
POET PPT
HW 1.6 Due
HSAP 1.3 DUE
TEST 2
LAB F237
Extended Response
Unit One Portfolio Due
Poetry Selections
Poker by Zora N. Hurston
Point of View
16
The Cask of Amontillado
Playing Jazz by Marsalis
Theme
23
The Gift of the Magi by O.
Henry
In Class Reading - Unit One Short Story Collection and The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams
At Home –Text Book Assignments (Required) - Novel from the Unit 1 Selection List (Extra Credit)
Unit 2: South America
September/ October
Monday
Tuesday
30
Wednesday
1
7
R.2 Determine and analyze
main idea (40 CCM)
14
21
Quarter 1 Ends
45th day
HSAP 2.2 DUE
Unit Test
Thursday
Friday
HW 2. 1 due
Quiz
Lab F237
Formal Summary
HSAP 2.1 DUE
HW 2.2 due
Quiz
Lab F237
Letter
HW 2.3 due
Quiz
Lab F237
Constructed Response
Lab F237
Extended Response
INSERVICE DAY
Unit 2 Portfolio Due
In Class Reading – Selections from The Aleph by Borges and The Stories of Eva Luna by Isabel Allende
At Home –Text Book Assignments (Required) - Novel from the Unit 2 Selection List (Extra Credit)
Unit 3:Europe
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
November and December
Thursday
Friday
28
HW3. 1 due
Quiz
4
HSAP 3.1 DUE
HW 3.2due
Quiz
Lab
Formal Summary with
citation
HW 3.3due
Test 3.1
Lab
Constructed Response
R.1 Cite Evidence and make
inferences. (40 )
11
L.1 Conventions of SAE.
Demonstrate variety in sentence
structure (54)
HSAP 3.2 DUE
HW 3.4due
Quiz
18
25
Lab
Letter
Lab
POET PPT
Thanksgiving Holidays
SL.2 Integrate multiple sources of
information(50 )
2
W.4 Writing for a purpose (46)
9
16
HW 3.5 due
Quiz
Lab
Critique
HW 3.6 due
Test 3.2
Lab
Extended Response
Unit 3 Portfolio Due
HSAP 3.3DUE
Essay QUIZ
Winter Holidays
In Class Reading – Macbeth, Night ,The Boy in the Stripped PJs “Throne of Blood” Akira Kurosawa (compare to Macbeth)
At Home –Text Book Assignments (Required) - Novel from the Unit 3 Selection List (Extra Credit)
Unit 4:Asia
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
January and February
Thursday
Friday
Last Days of Winter Holiday
HW 4.1 due
Quiz
6
Return to School
13
Martin Luther
King Holiday
20
HSAP 4.1 Due
Quarter 2 Ends 90th day
½ Day
W.2
Informational Writing
(45 )
INSERVICE
INSERVICE
HW 4.2 due
Quiz
27
HSAP 4.2 Due
HW4.3 due
TEST
3
HW 4.4
Quiz
10
HSAP 4.3 Due
HW 4.5due
TEST
In Class Reading – Please Look After Mom by Kyung-Sook Shin
At Home –Text Book Assignments (Required) - Novel from the Unit 4 Selection List (Extra Credit)
Unit 5: Africa
February - March
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
HW 5.1due
Quiz
Lab F 237
Letter
24
HSAP 5.1 DUE
Quiz
Lab F 237
Formal Summary
3
HW5.2due
Test 5.1
Lab F 237
Constructed Response
10
HSAP 5.2 DUE
HW5.3due
Quiz
Lab F 237
PPT
Lab F 237
Extended Response
No School for
Students
HSAP 5.3 DUE
HW5.5 due
Test 5.2
Lab F 237
Unit 5 Portfolio Due
17
RI.8 Reading to evaluate
validity and relevance (40
CCM)
17
W.1 Write arguments to
support claims (45 CCM)
24
End of Quarter 3 (135th Day)
HW 5.4due
Quiz
In Class Reading – Cry, The Beloved County by Alan Patton
- A Long Walk to Freedom Nelson Mandela
At Home –Text Book Assignments (Required) - Novel from the Unit 5 Selection List (Extra Credit)
Unit 6: Australia, Poetry, Research & Finals
Monday
Tuesday
HSAPREVIEW 31
March, April, May, and June
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
HSAP REVIEW
HSAP REVIEW
HSAP REVIEW
HSAP
HSAP
HSAP
HSAP REVIEW
W.5 Revising / editing (46 )
7
14
20 Spring Break
Begins
20 – 25th April SPRING BREAK
28
Quiz 6.1
SL.4 Clear presentation of
information to aud. (50 )
May 5
Quiz 6.2
12
Test 6. 1
19
Quiz 6. 3
26
EOC WEEK
2
Final Exam
½ Day
Final Exam
Memorial Day
Quiz 6.4
½ Day
Quarter 4 Ends
Final Exam
(180th day)
INSERVICE
INSERVICE
GRADUATION AT 9:30AM