Lesson Plans
September 29 -October 3, 2014
BTW High school
English II MYP
Assembly
Focus?: Can I identify
examples of figurative
language
Blocks
Focus ?: What is cause
and effect writing?
Monday: Process Analysis mode paragraph due.
Vocab 1-5 Test
Tuesday/ Wednesday:
Vocab 6: abridged, callous, defiled, gregarious,
incorrigible, mundane, nebulous, noxious, rescind,
and trite. Define, provide a sample sentence using
that word, antonym/synonym.
Cause and Effect Unit. Cause and Effect mode
paragraph assigned and read example. Diamante
poems and worksheets. Rough Draft due Friday.
Transition notes. Infinitive and Appositive phrases
–worksheets.
Activity
Thursday: Picture day through English classes.
Possible MYP personal project discussion : How
Focus ?: How do I write
my MYP personal project to write paper.
paper.
Early release
Focus ?: What is
compare and contrast
and how do you best
organize that type of
writing?
Special notes:
Friday: Rough Draft Cause and Effect mode paragraph due.
Compare and Contrast activity. Give out Compare
and Contrast mode paragraph assignments – due
Monday. Compare and Contrast notes/ transitions.
PASS objectives for Month of October: Standard 1 Vocabulary (2,3,4,5),
Standard 2 Comprehension (1,2,3,4). Standard 3 Literature (1,2,3,4), Standard
4 Research and information (1,2), Standard 2 Modes and Forms of Writing
(5,7), Standard 3 Grammar/Usage and Mechanics (1,2,3), Standard 1 Listening
(1,2,3,4), Standard 1Interpret Meaning (2), Standard 2 Evaluate Media (1,2),
Standard 3 Compose a Visual Message (1,2)
Essential Questions:
1.How can writers use description, narration, process analysis, cause and effect, compare and
contrast, argument, and dialogue to effectively tell a story that is both cohesive, clear and
action pact.
2. How can we use literary devices to make our words come alive?
3. How can we practice proper punctuation and recognize the use of active and passive voice
in order to make our written work more enjoyable to the reader?
Objectives:
Students will be able to effectively tell a story by both using the art of description and dialogue.
Students will be able to effectively create a narrative that has a beginning, middle, end while
using good grammar and correct punctuation.
Lesson Plans
October 6-10, 2014
BTW High school
English II MYP
1-7
Focus ?: What is ethos,
pathos, and logos?
What are logical
fallacies
Block
PLAN exam
Tuesday
Focus ?: What kinds of
acts of hatred and
intolerance to students
witness in their own
lives? How do you
apply the single story
to this film?
Advisory
Focus ?: Where do I
see logical fallacies in
my world and how do I
identify them?
Monday: Compare and Contrast paragraphs due
today. Review ethos, pathos, and logos And Logical
fallacies notes. Vocab 7: capricious, ecstatic, demure,
haughty, immutable, jubilant, mandate, odious, poignant,
sanguine- Define, sample sentence, antony,/synonym – due
Thurday.
Tuesday/ Wednesday: PLAN on Tuesday. Even
hours will get MYP personal project notes OR begin
Freedom Writers -- Make direct connections about the
prejudice and acts of hatred and intolerance that students
witness in their own lives. This lesson is meant to facilitate
a discussion that examines these issues and to further
apply these issues for future units we will study.
Thursday: Logical fallacies activity and
argument mode paragraph given.
Activity
Focus ?: Can I sell the
un-sellable?
Friday: Sell Rock-n-Roll to the PTA activity.
Rough draft Creative writing story due on
Monday.
Special notes:
Weekly PASS Objectives: Standard 1 Vocabulary (2,3,4,5), Standard 2
Comprehension (1,2,3,4). Standard 3 Literature (1,2,3,4), Standard 1
Writing Process (1, 2,3,4,5,6) Standard 2 Modes and Forms of Writing
(5,7,8, 9), Standard 3 Grammar/Usage and Mechanics (1,2,3), Standard 1
Listening (1,2,3,4), ), Standard 1Interpret Meaning (2),
Lesson Plans
October 13-17, 2014
BTW High school
English II MYP
1-7
Focus ?: How do I best
edit and revise a paper?
1-7
Parent/teacher
conferences
PSAT on
Wednesday
Monday: Rough draft due today and peer edit.
Final paper guidelines and highlighting guide.
Final draft due Wednesday after Fall break.
Tuesday: Finish peer editing. Intro to Oedipus.
Freewriting – answer essential questions and have
discussion. Vocab 8: Accost, emulate, fidelity, foster,
hiatus, immerse, lucid, meticulous, taciturn, vex –
Define, Sample Sentence, antonym/synonym—due
Friday.
Wednesday: begin Freedom Writers -- Make direct
connections about the prejudice and acts of hatred and
intolerance that students witness in their own lives. This
lesson is meant to facilitate a discussion that examines these
issues and to further apply these issues for future units we
will study.
PSAT exam
Block
No School
Thursday/Friday: No School
Special notes:
Essential Question: Guiding questions: Is it always better to know truth, no
matter what the consequences?
Objectives for unit:
1. The student will analyze the characteristics of literary genre-classical
tragedy.
2.The student will explore the related themes in the play, i.e. fate vs
character, blindness vs vision, truth vs illusion , Greek law vs. Roman
(English) law ,etc.
3. The student will analyze and differentiate the types of irony and
justify their meaning.
Weekly PASS Objectives: Standard 1 Vocabulary (2,3,4,5), Standard 2
Comprehension (1,2,3,4). Standard 3 Literature (1,2,3,4), Standard 1 Writing
Process (1, 2,3,4,5,6) Standard 2 Modes and Forms of Writing (5,7,8, 9),
Standard 3 Grammar/Usage and Mechanics (1,2,3), Standard 1 Listening
(1,2,3,4), ), Standard 1Interpret Meaning (2),
Lesson Plans
October 20-24, 2014
BTW High school
English II MYP
Monday: No School
Activity
Focus ?: What are the
characteristics of Greek
Theater?
1-7
Focus ?: What kind of
leader is Oedipus?
Pep assembly
What themes and motifs
can I identify in
Oedipus?
Tuesday: Ancient Greece theater notes. Greek
theater and mask worksheets – due block day.
Wednesday: Rhetorical Mode Creative Writing
final draft due!!! Vocab 9
Oedipus worksheets due. Begin Oedipus Rex and
read lines 1-250 (pgs. 253-262). Continue reading
lines 251- 572 (pgs 262-272).
Thursday: Continue reading Oedipus lines 573750 (pgs. 275-280). Answer questions on Paradox
handout.
coronation
assembly
Friday: Read page 291. Continue reading Oedipus
lines 998 -1300 (pgs. 292-303). Focus on irony.
Irony annotations chart assignment.
Special notes:
Standard 1 Vocabulary (2,3,4,5), Standard 2 Comprehension (1,2,3,4). Standard 3 Literature
(1,2,3,4), Standard 4 Research and information (1,2), Standard 1 Writing Process (1, 2,3,4,5,6)
Standard 2 Modes and Forms of Writing (5,7,8, 9), Standard 3 Grammar/Usage and
Mechanics (1,2,3), Standard 1 Listening (1,2,3,4), )