Enduring Understanding(s) Personal experiences shape individual identity Mrs. Hughes ENGLISH II HONORS UNIT: EXPERIENCE AND INDIVIDUAL IDENTITY Essential Question(s) 1. Is identity shaped by nature or nurture? 2. Should individuals be allowed to learn from their mistakes? Individual identity is influenced by culture and ethnicity Societal norms structure experience and individual identity Effective writing is marked by clear focus, textual and outside support for analysis. For King Lear Read: 26 Essays Unit II due PARCC Training 27 PARCC training 28 PARCC training 29 PARCC training 30 PARCC training 2 Get King Lear (1) and Cat’s Eye (2) And packet Pre assessment unit III 3 Discuss introduction Review character map Start Act 1 4 Act 1 5 Act 1 6 Act 1 9 Quiz Act 1 10 Read act 2 11 View act 2/ discuss act 2 12 Theme: natural and unnatural 13 ½ day Quiz act 2 16 No school 17 Read act 3 18 Read act 3 20 View act 3 Discuss Act 3 23 Quiz act 3 Act 4 24 Read Act 4 25 Read act 4 2 Read act 5 3 4 View act 5 discuss act 19 Theme: self knowledge and appearance or reputation 26 View act 4 Discuss act 4 Theme: “Nothing” and “Truth” 5 metaphors 9 View King Lear 10 View King Lear 11 View King Lear 12 View King Lear 13 King Lear In Class Essay 16 Poetry Blake 17 Poetry Dickinson 18 Poetry Atwood 19 In class poetry analysis 20 Mean Girls 23 Mean Girls 24 Mean Girls 25 Road to Mecca 26 Road to Mecca 27 Road to Mecca 30 Test on Cat’s Eye 31 seminar 1 seminar 2 essay due post assessment packet due 3 No school Read act 5 27 Quiz act 4 6 Quiz act 5 Act 5 SG questions due Lear Journals due