English
II
1st Quarter: August
2nd Quarter
3rd Quarter
4th Quarter
Course Introductions & Procedures
USA Test Prep Benchmark Exam
USA Test Prep Benchmark Exam
USA Test Prep Benchmark Exam
USA Test Prep Benchmark Exam
Genre Study:
Arguments & Persuasion
 Reference Unit 6
 Logic
 Propaganda/ Advertising
 Persuasive Speech or Essay
 Outlining
Elements of a Story: Plot, Setting, &
Mood/ Narrative Device (Units 1 & 3)
 Textbook Reference: Unit 1
 Fiction & Nonfiction
Anchor Texts:
The Lottery
Everyday Use
The Johnstown Flood
Novel Study: Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes
Grammar Focus: Grammar Pretest
Parts of Speech, Clauses Subject/ Verb
Agreement, sentence structure, writing a
paragraph
Editing: Caught ‘Ya sentences
Vocabulary
Genre Study/ Characterization / Theme
(Textbook Units 2 & 4)
Anchor Texts:
The Possibility of Evil
Like the Sun
The Teacher Who Changed My Life
The Interlopers
Two Friends
Letter to a Young Refugee to
Another
Song of Peng’Ya
Novel Study: Fallen Angels/ or Literature
Circles
Greek Tragedy and Medieval Romance
 Reference Unit 10
 Anchor Text: Antigone
Writing: journals, note-taking, levels,
writing traits
Parts of a paragraph: TS, FS, EX, R
Attention-Getter, Funnel, Thesis
Grammar Focus:
Capitalization, punctuation, modifiers, using
phrases; nouns, pronouns, verbs
Caught Ya
501 Writing Prompts
Speaking: read-aloud, narrative intro,
interview
Technology/ 21st Skills:
Word Processing, My Big Campus
Portfolio Pieces: Response to LiteratureInterpretive Essay (The Lottery) , Personal
Narratives (journals, informal),
Informative Essay; Character Analysis,
Peer Introduction
Vocabulary:
Content Vs. Context
Character: static, dynamic, round, flat,
motivation, antagonist, protagonist
Writing:
Attention- Getting Strategies
Funnel
Thesis
Speaking:
Author Studies
Units 8-9: Author’s Style and Voice;
History, Culture, and the author
Anchor Text:
Novel: Night
Unit 5: Author’s Purpose
Anchor Text:
The Plot Against People
Poetry (2 weeks)
 Reference Unit 7
Acrostic
Haiku
Limericks
Poetry Analysis (double journal,
essay, presentations, etc.)
Song Analysis- figurative language,
sound devices
DRAMA: (2-3 weeks)
Anchor Text:
Shakespearean Comedy: A
Midsummer Night’s Dream
Media Study: Evaluating sourcesTornados- news article/ website
Evaluate two articles for validity
Unit 12 (3-4 weeks)
Research Process: Multi-Genre
Project
Anchor Text:
The Outsiders
Grammar Focus: Review & apply
Adverbs, adjectives, phrases
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Grammar Focus: Caught Ya; Peer
Editing
Vocabulary: SAT BUZZ WORDS
Caught Ya’ Vocabulary
Vocabulary: SAT BUZZ WORDS
Caught Ya Vocabulary
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Speaking: Persuasive Speech (with
arguments and persuasion)
Speaking: Drama
Technology/ 21st Skills:
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Portfolio Pieces:
Holocaust/ WWII Presentation
Persuasive Speech/ Essay
Portfolio Pieces:
ECA Writing Prompts
Poetry Pieces
Technology/ 21st Skills:
TEST PREP & Literacy Skills:
USA Test Prep
Acuity Predictive
Jumpstart
Mega Strategies for reading
comprehension
Double entry response to literature
annotation
Portfolio Pieces:
Character Scrapbook/ Character Analysis
Genre Comparison Paper (Song of Peng’ya *
Letter to a Young Refugee)
Comparing Themes : Interlopers & Two
Friends
TEST PREP: USA Test Prep Benchmark; Acuity
Assessment
501 Writing Prompts
Persuasive Speech Outline
TEST PREP: USA Test Prep
Reading comprehension checks
(informative and fictional)
501 Writing Prompts (weeklies)
Independent Reading
Song Analysis
A Midsummer Night’s Dream Essay
TEST PREP: ECA- Coping strategies;
stuck strategies;
Review: Yes, Maam
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