Schedule
1st block- English 2 CP
2nd block- English 2 H
4th block- English 2 CP
Course Rules
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course is designed to prepare students for the demands of a two or four-year degree or the workplace. The course emphasizes an introduction to many literary genres, such as poetry, short story, drama, epic, non-fictional essay, and novel. Integrated instruction in literature, grammar, writing, and vocabulary will help students develop higher order thinking skills. Instruction will prepare students for state standardized test. COURSE GOALS:
1. To read, comprehend, and analyze poetry, plays, novels, short stories, speeches, and essays of literary merit from various time periods of literature.
2. To write analytical essays about literature which are grammatically and organizationally sound.
3. To approach the study of literature in a manner which enables students to recognize quality and to appreciate its significance in our culture.
4. To recognize the study of language arts as an integration of reading, writing, speaking, and listening.
COURSE OBJECTIVES: Students will:
1. Correctly apply spelling, capitalization, punctuation, grammar, and word usage rules
in compositions.
2. Write compositions which reflect sentence variety and compound / complex sentence structure.
3. Identify steps in the writing process [prewriting, drafting, revising, peer and self- editing, and publishing] and apply these in writing assignments. Most writing assignments will be analysis of literature.
4. Write narrative, descriptive, expository (literary analysis), and persuasive
compositions.
5. Identify and apply steps in the research process [selecting and narrowing a topic, securing sources, note taking, paraphrasing, summarizing, directly quoting, documenting, outlining, and drafting using MLA format].
6. Identify and apply word attack skills to enhance vocabulary development.
7. Analyze short stories using structural elements of plot, character, setting, point of view, theme, conflict, tone, irony, and symbolism.
8. Analyze and interpret poetry using rhetorical devices, figures of speech, rhythm and rhyme patterns, tone, diction, irony, and meaning.
9. Identify elements of drama, such as antagonist, protagonist, exposition, conflict, climax, crisis, resolution, and dramatic question.
10. Identify the literary elements and social influences of the epic and the satire.
11. Identify the elements of the novel, such as plot, character, setting, theme, point of view, conflict, and theme.
12. Identify effective characteristics of oral communication [eye contact, enunciation, verbal and non-verbal expression, persuasive techniques] through presentations of individual and group projects.
TEXTS: Common Core Literature
Vocabulary for Achievement (fourth course)
TIME LINE
Weeks 1, 2, 3 - Short Story Unit Short Fiction Selections
Essential Question: Can progress be made without conflict?
1. “The Monkey’s Paw”
2. “Civil Peace”
3. “Chickamauga”
4. “Contents of the Dead Man’s Pocket”
5. Elements of Fiction Quiz
6. Unit Assessment
7. Character Analysis Essay
Weeks 4, 5, 6 – Novel Unit Study Fahrenheit 451
Essential Question: Does all communication serve a positive purpose?
1. Teacher Introduction (Notes)
2. Literature Circles/Student Assigned Readings
3. Study Guide Questions
4. Alternate Ending/Debate/Trial
5. Research Paper
6. Unit Assessment
Weeks 7, 8—Nonfiction Unit Nonfiction Selections
Essential Question: What kind of knowledge changes our lives?
1. “Remarks on the Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.,” “His Own Eulogy”
2. “The American Idea”
3. “Keep Memory Alive”
4. The Art of Rhetoric—Teacher Notes
5. Persuasive Speech
6. Propaganda Project
Weeks 9, 10—Poetry Unit Poetry Selections
Essential Question: How can one utilize life experiences as a foundation for creative and expressive thinking?
Possible Poetry Selections:
1. “Theme for English B,”
2. “This is Just to Say”
3. “The Fish”
4. “Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night”
5. “My City”,
6. “Ode to My Socks”
7. “Theme for English B”
8. “The Summer I Was Sixteen”
9. “Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day?”
10. “When in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes”
11. “miss rosie”
12. “To an Athlete Dying Young”
13. “Mending Wall”
14. “Meeting at Night”
15. “Weary Blues”
16. “We Real Cool”
17. “The Wind”
18. “Glory”
1. Notes Figurative Language and Types of Poetry
2. Graded Notes
3. Original Poems: I Am Poem/Bio Poem
4. Unit Assessment—Poetry Portfolio
Weeks 11, 12, 13—Classic Greek Drama Unit Introduction Greek Drama and Oedipus myth
Essential Question: How do our moral and social values shape our interactions with others?
1. Read/Analyze/Discuss Antigone
2. Debate on moral laws and state laws
3. Theme Essay using literary criticism (Research)
4. Unit Assessment
Weeks 14, 15—Contemporary Drama Unit Introduction Our Town/ Bare Bones Theater
Essential Question: What are the things that make all people and places interconnected?
1. In-class reading
2. Guided Reading Questions/Discussion
3. Write Sequel to the Drama
4. Rewrite section of the play
5. Create Imagery Map
6. Analyze & Respond to Literary Criticism
7. Unit Assessment
Weeks 16, 17, 18 – Novel Unit Study Ethan Frome
Essential Question: What are the things that make all people and places interconnected?
1. Introduction and teacher notes
2. Assigned Readings/Character Questions
3. Character Chart
4. Narrative Essay/Picture
5. Unit Assessment
OTHER: Vocabulary and daily journals will be required.
GRADING:
Grading will be done based on a points system. Larger assignments such as tests, projects, and papers will count twice. Smaller assignments such as quizzes, classwork, journals, etc. will count once. The research paper will count three times.
CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT:
1. Tardies: Students should be in the door before the bell rings.
2. Restroom: Students will be given five restroom passes for the semester.
3. Respect: Students should respectful in all behaviors. No student behavior, such as talking, should interfere with the learning of other students (As your teacher, I promise to return this respect).
4. Beginning of class: Take your seat as soon as you enter the classroom and prepare for your journal.
5. During class:
a. Pay attention and follow directions. Students should not be working on assignments for other teachers in this class.
b. Remain awake and upright in your desk.
c. Cellphones are not allowed unless the teacher says otherwise.
6. Assignments:
a. Assignments must be completed on time, and they will be filed in the student’s folder which will remain in the classroom.
b. A ONE-day extension may be given, AT THE TEACHER’S DISCRETION, with a TEN POINT deduction from the final grade.
7. Plagiarism: Plagiarism WILL NOT be tolerated (including copying from other students or printed/online sources.) The penalty will be a ZERO on the assignment along with administration penalties stated in the handbook.
8. Communication: Teacher will communicate with parents during the year by means of comments on interim reports and report cards, parent-teacher conferences, phone calls, and written correspondence when necessary.
9. Attendance: Students must be present at least 80 minutes to receive credit in a class. A student may miss no more than 5 classes to receive credit for a one-unit course. Remember, absences affect exemption eligibility also.
10. Make-up work: Make-up work will be completed when the teacher specifies within THREE DAYS of absence. A field trip is not a valid excuse for not turning in an assignment on the due date.
11. End of class: Students need to remain seated until the bell rings.
CLASSROOM PROCEDURES:
1. Journal entry
2. Vocabulary activity
3. Teacher instructions
4. Closure
MATERIALS:
1. Journal Notebook
2. Binder
2nd block- English 2 H
4th block- English 2 CP
Course Rules
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course is designed to prepare students for the demands of a two or four-year degree or the workplace. The course emphasizes an introduction to many literary genres, such as poetry, short story, drama, epic, non-fictional essay, and novel. Integrated instruction in literature, grammar, writing, and vocabulary will help students develop higher order thinking skills. Instruction will prepare students for state standardized test. COURSE GOALS:
1. To read, comprehend, and analyze poetry, plays, novels, short stories, speeches, and essays of literary merit from various time periods of literature.
2. To write analytical essays about literature which are grammatically and organizationally sound.
3. To approach the study of literature in a manner which enables students to recognize quality and to appreciate its significance in our culture.
4. To recognize the study of language arts as an integration of reading, writing, speaking, and listening.
COURSE OBJECTIVES: Students will:
1. Correctly apply spelling, capitalization, punctuation, grammar, and word usage rules
in compositions.
2. Write compositions which reflect sentence variety and compound / complex sentence structure.
3. Identify steps in the writing process [prewriting, drafting, revising, peer and self- editing, and publishing] and apply these in writing assignments. Most writing assignments will be analysis of literature.
4. Write narrative, descriptive, expository (literary analysis), and persuasive
compositions.
5. Identify and apply steps in the research process [selecting and narrowing a topic, securing sources, note taking, paraphrasing, summarizing, directly quoting, documenting, outlining, and drafting using MLA format].
6. Identify and apply word attack skills to enhance vocabulary development.
7. Analyze short stories using structural elements of plot, character, setting, point of view, theme, conflict, tone, irony, and symbolism.
8. Analyze and interpret poetry using rhetorical devices, figures of speech, rhythm and rhyme patterns, tone, diction, irony, and meaning.
9. Identify elements of drama, such as antagonist, protagonist, exposition, conflict, climax, crisis, resolution, and dramatic question.
10. Identify the literary elements and social influences of the epic and the satire.
11. Identify the elements of the novel, such as plot, character, setting, theme, point of view, conflict, and theme.
12. Identify effective characteristics of oral communication [eye contact, enunciation, verbal and non-verbal expression, persuasive techniques] through presentations of individual and group projects.
TEXTS: Common Core Literature
Vocabulary for Achievement (fourth course)
TIME LINE
Weeks 1, 2, 3 - Short Story Unit Short Fiction Selections
Essential Question: Can progress be made without conflict?
1. “The Monkey’s Paw”
2. “Civil Peace”
3. “Chickamauga”
4. “Contents of the Dead Man’s Pocket”
5. Elements of Fiction Quiz
6. Unit Assessment
7. Character Analysis Essay
Weeks 4, 5, 6 – Novel Unit Study Fahrenheit 451
Essential Question: Does all communication serve a positive purpose?
1. Teacher Introduction (Notes)
2. Literature Circles/Student Assigned Readings
3. Study Guide Questions
4. Alternate Ending/Debate/Trial
5. Research Paper
6. Unit Assessment
Weeks 7, 8—Nonfiction Unit Nonfiction Selections
Essential Question: What kind of knowledge changes our lives?
1. “Remarks on the Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.,” “His Own Eulogy”
2. “The American Idea”
3. “Keep Memory Alive”
4. The Art of Rhetoric—Teacher Notes
5. Persuasive Speech
6. Propaganda Project
Weeks 9, 10—Poetry Unit Poetry Selections
Essential Question: How can one utilize life experiences as a foundation for creative and expressive thinking?
Possible Poetry Selections:
1. “Theme for English B,”
2. “This is Just to Say”
3. “The Fish”
4. “Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night”
5. “My City”,
6. “Ode to My Socks”
7. “Theme for English B”
8. “The Summer I Was Sixteen”
9. “Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day?”
10. “When in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes”
11. “miss rosie”
12. “To an Athlete Dying Young”
13. “Mending Wall”
14. “Meeting at Night”
15. “Weary Blues”
16. “We Real Cool”
17. “The Wind”
18. “Glory”
1. Notes Figurative Language and Types of Poetry
2. Graded Notes
3. Original Poems: I Am Poem/Bio Poem
4. Unit Assessment—Poetry Portfolio
Weeks 11, 12, 13—Classic Greek Drama Unit Introduction Greek Drama and Oedipus myth
Essential Question: How do our moral and social values shape our interactions with others?
1. Read/Analyze/Discuss Antigone
2. Debate on moral laws and state laws
3. Theme Essay using literary criticism (Research)
4. Unit Assessment
Weeks 14, 15—Contemporary Drama Unit Introduction Our Town/ Bare Bones Theater
Essential Question: What are the things that make all people and places interconnected?
1. In-class reading
2. Guided Reading Questions/Discussion
3. Write Sequel to the Drama
4. Rewrite section of the play
5. Create Imagery Map
6. Analyze & Respond to Literary Criticism
7. Unit Assessment
Weeks 16, 17, 18 – Novel Unit Study Ethan Frome
Essential Question: What are the things that make all people and places interconnected?
1. Introduction and teacher notes
2. Assigned Readings/Character Questions
3. Character Chart
4. Narrative Essay/Picture
5. Unit Assessment
OTHER: Vocabulary and daily journals will be required.
GRADING:
Grading will be done based on a points system. Larger assignments such as tests, projects, and papers will count twice. Smaller assignments such as quizzes, classwork, journals, etc. will count once. The research paper will count three times.
CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT:
1. Tardies: Students should be in the door before the bell rings.
2. Restroom: Students will be given five restroom passes for the semester.
3. Respect: Students should respectful in all behaviors. No student behavior, such as talking, should interfere with the learning of other students (As your teacher, I promise to return this respect).
4. Beginning of class: Take your seat as soon as you enter the classroom and prepare for your journal.
5. During class:
a. Pay attention and follow directions. Students should not be working on assignments for other teachers in this class.
b. Remain awake and upright in your desk.
c. Cellphones are not allowed unless the teacher says otherwise.
6. Assignments:
a. Assignments must be completed on time, and they will be filed in the student’s folder which will remain in the classroom.
b. A ONE-day extension may be given, AT THE TEACHER’S DISCRETION, with a TEN POINT deduction from the final grade.
7. Plagiarism: Plagiarism WILL NOT be tolerated (including copying from other students or printed/online sources.) The penalty will be a ZERO on the assignment along with administration penalties stated in the handbook.
8. Communication: Teacher will communicate with parents during the year by means of comments on interim reports and report cards, parent-teacher conferences, phone calls, and written correspondence when necessary.
9. Attendance: Students must be present at least 80 minutes to receive credit in a class. A student may miss no more than 5 classes to receive credit for a one-unit course. Remember, absences affect exemption eligibility also.
10. Make-up work: Make-up work will be completed when the teacher specifies within THREE DAYS of absence. A field trip is not a valid excuse for not turning in an assignment on the due date.
11. End of class: Students need to remain seated until the bell rings.
CLASSROOM PROCEDURES:
1. Journal entry
2. Vocabulary activity
3. Teacher instructions
4. Closure
MATERIALS:
1. Journal Notebook
2. Binder