English II - Advanced Honors
These books are great titles that go along with our theme this quarter: fear.
Don’t forget to look at the ACT list I gave you Friday. Here it is again if you didn’t get it then.
Your ACT Recommended Reading List
Please be prepared to identify your choice book for this quarter by Friday, August 13th.
SEMESTER ONE: QUARTER ONE
This is a general outline of what we will be covering throughout this quarter with some of our due dates. As we progress through the quarter, changes may be made to this syllabus per student needs. However, I want students and parents to have a framework to work with for this quarter.
SEMESTER ONE: QUARTER ONE
Week One: 8/9-8/13
Plato – Allegory of the Cave
Writing – 5 min. prompt M/T & Newsletter/Author Chair/Summer Short Answer F CHANGED TO INCLUDE TEXTBOOK PASSOUT, SIGNUPS, NEWSLETTER. Postponed Summer Short Answer and Author Chair to next Friday.
Week Two: 8/16-8/20
Reading –The Path Activity M/T THE LIBRARY 1ST THING WED/THU PRE-TEST W/TH Dream Collector W/Th
Writing – Summer Short Answer
Assessment – Formative Pre-Test
Due Summer Short Answer Work 8/18 Friday
Week Three: 8/23-8/27
Reading – BELLWORK: The Path Activity for writing prompt beginning M/T - Why Do Some Brains Enjoy Fear? M/T Why We Crave Horror W/TH
Writing – M/T prompt & Newsletter/Author Chair F
Due individual work from pages 88 and 89 on 8/23 Monday
Due group work from pages 88 and 89 on 8/27 Friday
Week Four: 8/30-9/3
Reading – The Shining
Writing – Rewrite Shining
Due Author’s Chair selection – First Presentations on Friday
Week Five: 9/7-9/10 (ABAB)
Reading - Where is Here + 1st Fear Point from Book
Writing – Fear Narrative
Week Six: 9/13-9/17
Reading – Poe House + 2nd Fear Point from Book
Writing – Fear Narrative
Due Fear Narrative Friday 9/17 all classes
Due Author’s Chair selection – Second Presentations on Friday
Week Seven: 9/20-9/24
Reading – End Poe House + 3rd Fear Point from Book
Writing – Chosen Book Essay
Week Eight: 9/27-10/1
Reading – Poetry Collection
Writing – Chosen Book Essay
Due Chosen Book Informative Essay Monday 9/27 and Tuesday 9/28
SEMESTER ONE: QUARTER TWO
EQ: What is the relationship between power and freedom?
Focus: How does an author develop their claims?
Focus 2: How does an author’s POV shape the content and style of the texts?
Quizlet Focus: Grammar, paragraph corrections, editing, revising etc.
Unit 3:
FALL BREAK - 10/4-10/8
Week One: 10/11-10/15
Reading – Caged Bird – Poetry by Maya Angelou pg. 326
Assessment -
Due Annotations, Comp Check, Making Meaning, Language Development pg. 324-335 – Turn in on TEAMS
Due Newsletter with SMART GOALS – Turn in to forms
Due Read Theory – Turn in on Read Theory
Due Book of Choice - having to do with power and freedom. Title due on Forms. Begin reading 20 minutes per day.
Week Two: 10/18-10/22
Reading – The Censors pg. 336 – Annotations, Analysis, Relate to Caged Bird by Maya Angelou
Writing – FEAR NARRATIVES RETURNED – Teacher comments reviewed, grades checked, and goals/plans set.
Writing - Thesis writing, the ingredients, potential options for thesis. Include thesis sentence as major element.
Assessment –
Due Censors Quiz: Vocabulary, Foreshadowing, #1-3 of Analyze the Text pg. 340, Passage/Tone Chart pg. 341 Hyperbole/Understatement Chart pg. 342 Quiz in class: Rest on TEAMS
Due Newsletter/ Thesis – book of choice selection. Answer the essential question using what you believe to be the answer given by your book of choice. Turn in on Forms
Due Read Theory – Turn in on Read Theory
Week Three: 10/25-10/29
Reading – The Wretched and The Beautiful CommonLit
Writing – Body paragraphs - prompt
Due Compare and Contrast Venn Diagram of Censors to Wretched and Beautiful.
Due Newsletter/ Introductory paragraph for Book of Choice / REVISED Fear Narrative Due
Due Read Theory – Turn in on Read Theory
Week Four: 11/1-11/5
Reading – Intro with pg. 261-267, then students choose either - Four Freedoms pg. 268 OR Inaugural Address pg. 282 (They will present their findings to the class, representing their passage in a debate.)
Writing – Conclusion - Prompt
Due Conclusion with rest of informative/explanatory essay (Rough Draft)
Due Read Theory – Turn in on Read Theory
Week Five: 11/8-11/12 (11/11 SCHOOL CLOSED FOR VETERENS DAY)
Reading – Debate FDR Vs JFK
Writing – Critique Partners - Informational Essay from Book of Choice 1st Quarter
Due Critique Partners worksheet and feedback
Due Debate
Week Six: 11/15-11/19
Reading – Wiesel’s “Perils of Indifference Speech” (Answer higher order thinking question and collect a minimum of five points to make from the speech for our Socratic Seminar 11/29-12/3)
Writing – Revision and Editing - Informational Essay from Book of Choice 1st Quarter
Due Final Draft of Informative/explanatory essay Due Friday 11/12 for all classes
Due Socratic Seminar Questions to ask and Points prepared to make in SS.
Week Seven: 11/22-11/23
Reading – Takei’s “Why I Love a Country” (Answer higher order thinking question and collect a minimum of five points to make from the speech for our Socratic Seminar 11/29-12/3)
Writing – Paragraph Corrections and Grammar
Due Paragraph Corrections and Grammar
THANKSGIVING BREAK 11/24-11/26
Week Eight: 11/29-12/3
Reading – Socratic Seminar over Wiesel and Takei
Writing – Paragraph Corrections and Grammar – based on findings in writing
Due Paragraph Corrections and Grammar
Due Socratic Seminar
Week Nine: 12/6-12/10
Reading – Test Prep, Review, Catch Up PACKET
Writing – Timed Writing Prompt to be paired with Book of Choice for Quarter 2
Due Packet Check
Due Timed Writing Prompt
Week Ten: 12/13-12/17 (LAST DAY OF 2ND QUARTER – FULL DAY THE 17TH)
Reading – MIDTERMS
Writing – MIDTERMS