English II Literature Workshop Curriculum Overview
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Cornell Notes English II
2016-2017
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Unit 1
PLOT, SETTING, AND MOOD
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Date:
Pages: 24-31
Literary Analysis Workshop
OBJECTIVES
•
Establish prior knowledge about plot, setting, and mood
•
Discuss memorable plots, settings, and moods
Date:
Pages: 32-43
Title: Harrison Bergeron
OBJECTIVES
•
explore the key idea of
average
•
analyze plot and conflict
•
read a short story
•
draw conclusions
•
build vocabulary for reading and writing
•
understand and use the Greek root
syn
to help unlock meaning
•
use precise adjectives to revise a draft
•
use writing to analyze literature
Date:
Pages: 44-59
Title: Everyday Use
OBJECTIVES
•
explore the key idea of what is
valuable
•
analyze conflict and character
•
read a short story and an interview
•
make inferences
•
build vocabulary for reading and writing
•
understand and use the prefix
re-
•
use prepositional phrases to add descriptive details
•
use writing to analyze literature
Date:
Pages: 60-73
Title: Searching for Summer
OBJECTIVES
•
explore the key idea of
appreciation
•
analyze setting and mood
•
read a short story
•
monitor
•
build vocabulary for reading and writing
•
use the prefix
dis-
to help unlock word meaning
•
use contractions, interjections, and sentence fragments in realistic
dialogue
•
use writing to analyze literature
Date:
Pages: 74-93
Title: To Build a Fire
OBJECTIVES
•
explore the key idea of
instinct
•
analyze setting and conflict
•
read a short story
•
make predictions about the story
•
build vocabulary for reading and writing
•
understand connotation and denotation
Date:
Pages: 100-111
Title:
from
The Johnstown Flood
OBJECTIVES
•
explore the key idea of survival
•
analyze mood
•
read a historical narrative and a magazine article
•
analyze text structure (chronological order)
•
use strong verbs to emphasize action
•
use writing to analyze literature
Date:
Pages: 112-129
Title: The Race to Save
Apollo 13
OBJECTIVES
•
explore the key idea of the
impossible
•
analyze suspense
•
read nonfiction
•
take notes
•
build vocabulary for reading and writing
•
understand and use specialized vocabulary
•
use coordinating conjunctions to improve sentence flow
•
use writing to analyze nonfiction
Date:
Pages: 142-149
Title: Writing Workshop-
Interpretive Essay
OBJECTIVES
•
analyze a student model that reflects the key traits of an interpretive
essay
•
use the writing process to produce an interpretive essay
•
revise and edit, using a rubric for interpretive essay writing
•
plan and present an oral response to literature
Unit 2
CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT
Date:
Pages: 160-165
Title: Literary Analysis Workshop-
Analyzing Character
OBJECTIVES
•
Analyze characterization
•
Identify and analyze character traits
•
Identify and analyze round and flat, static and dynamic characters
•
Identify and analyze character motivation
Date:
Pages: 166-185
Title: Shoofly Pie
OBJECTIVES
•
explore the key idea of
grief
•
analyze characters
•
read a short story
•
connect
•
use precise verbs and modifiers to add sensory details
•
use writing to analyze literature
Date:
Pages: 186-201
Title: The Possibility of Evil
OBJECTIVES
•
explore the key idea of
evil
•
analyze character motivation
•
read a short story
•
make inferences
•
build vocabulary for reading and writing
•
use the denotative and connotative meaning of words
•
use precise verbs and modifiers to describe a scene
•
use writing to analyze literature
Date:
Pages: 202-209
Title: Like the Sun
OBJECTIVES
•
explore the key idea of
truth
•
analyze character and plot
•
read a short story and a poem
•
predict
Date:
Pages: 210-221
Title: The Teacher Who
Changed My Life
OBJECTIVES
•
explore the key idea of
influence
•
analyze characterization in nonfiction
•
read an essay
•
identify the author’s purpose
•
build vocabulary for reading and writing
•
understand and use the Latin root
sol
•
use writing to analyze literature
Date:
Pages: 222-229
Title: A Celebration of
Grandfathers
OBJECTIVES
•
explore the key idea of
tradition
•
analyze character traits in nonfiction
•
read an essay
•
identify author’s perspective
Date:
Pages: 230-235
Title: Simply Grand:
Generational Ties That Matter
OBJECTIVES
•
recognize main idea and supporting details
•
make generalizations
•
read a magazine article
Date:
Pages: 236-241
Title: The Gift/Those Winter
Sundays
OBJECTIVES
•
explore the key idea of
caring
•
analyze characters in poetry
•
identify and analyze imagery
•
read poetry
•
make inferences about speaker
Date:
Pages: 242-259
Title: A Marriage Proposal
OBJECTIVES
•
explore the key idea of
pettiness
•
analyze characterization/character traits in a farce
•
read a drama/farce
•
read a play strategically
•
build vocabulary for reading and writing
•
use knowledge of the Latin root
contra
to help unlock word meaning
•
vary sentence types to reflect characters’ thoughts
•
use writing to analyze literature
Date:
Pages: 264-271
Title: Writing Workshop-
Autobiographical Narrative
OBJECTIVES
•
analyze a student model that reflects the key traits of an autobiographical narrative
•
use the writing process to produce an autobiographical narrative
•
revise and edit, using a rubric for autobiographical narrative writing
•
plan and present an oral history
Unit 3
NARRATIVE DEVICES
Date:
Pages: 282-287
Title: Literary Analysis Workshop-
Narrative Devices
OBJECTIVES
•
Identify and analyze point of view
•
Identify and analyze flashbacks and foreshadowing
Date:
Pages: 288-303
Title: By the Waters of Babylon
OBJECTIVES
•
explore the key idea of
knowledge
•
analyze first-person point of view
•
read a short story
•
make inferences
•
use vocabulary and sentence structure appropriate to formal language; avoid
using contractions
•
use writing to analyze literature
Date:
Pages: 304-315
Title: There Will Come Soft
Rains
OBJECTIVES
•
explore the key idea of
technology
•
identify and analyze chronological order
•
read a short story
•
draw conclusions
•
build vocabulary for reading and writing
•
understand and use the Latin root
man
to help unlock the meaning of words
Date:
Pages: 320-331
Title: The Doll’s House
OBJECTIVES
•
explore the key idea of
popularity
•
identify and analyze omniscient point of view
•
read a short story
•
connect to the text
Date:
Pages: 332-351
Title: The Seventh Man
OBJECTIVES
•
explore the key idea of
recovery
•
analyze foreshadowing and flashback
•
read a short story and an interview
•
monitor understanding
•
build vocabulary for reading and writing
•
use the Latin root
sen
to help unlock word meaning
•
use similes to compare details and add descriptive details
•
use writing to analyze literature
Date:
Pages: 352-359
Title: The Man in the Water
OBJECTIVES
•
explore the key idea of a
hero
•
analyze the characteristics of a reflective essay
•
read an essay
•
identify main idea and supporting details
•
build vocabulary for reading and writing
•
use the Latin root
plac
to help unlock the meanings of words
•
use appositives and appositive phrases to write concisely
•
use writing to analyze literature
Date:
Pages: 360-367
Title: Dyaspora
OBJECTIVES
•
explore the key idea of
cultural identity
•
analyze second-person point of view
•
read an essay
•
analyze sensory details
Date:
Pages: 368-375
Title: Writing Workshop-Short
Story
OBJECTIVES
•
analyze a student model that reflects the key traits of a short story
•
use the writing process to produce a short story
•
revise and edit, using a rubric for writing a short story
•
create a children’s book
Unit 4
THEME
Date:
Pages: 386-393
Title: Literary Analysis
Workshop-Theme and Symbol
OBJECTIVES
•
Identify and analyze universal themes
•
Identify and interpret symbols
•
Use literary clues, such as symbols, characters, plot, conflict, and setting, to
identify the theme of a literary work
Date:
Pages: 394-405
Title: The Interlopers
OBJECTIVES
•
explore the key idea of
grudges
•
analyze theme and setting
•
read a short story
•
monitor
•
build vocabulary for reading and writing
•
understand and use connotation and denotation of words
•
use subordinate clauses to improve sentence flow
•
use writing to analyze literature
Date:
Pages: 406-419
Title: Two Friends
OBJECTIVES
•
explore the key idea of
friendship
•
identify and interpret symbol
•
read a short story
•
make inferences about characters
•
build vocabulary for reading and writing
•
understand analogies
•
write concisely by using compound predicates
•
use writing to analyze literature
Date:
Pages: 420-441
Title: When Mr. Pirzada Came
to Dine
OBJECTIVES
•
explore the key idea of
conflict
•
analyze theme and character
•
read a short story and an interview
•
draw conclusions
•
build vocabulary for reading and writing
•
understand and use the prefix
im-
•
use adverbs to add descriptive details
•
use writing to analyze literature
Date:
Pages: 442-447
Title: Do not weep, maiden, for
war is kind/the sonnet-ballad
OBJECTIVES
•
explore the key idea of
victims
•
identify and analyze universal theme
•
read poetry, including a sonnet
•
identify and interpret verbal irony
Date:
Pages: 454-463
Title: Letter to a Young Refugee
from Another/Song of P’eng-ya
OBJECTIVES
•
explore the key idea of refugees
•
identify and analyze author’s message across genre
•
read an essay and a poem
•
set a purpose for reading
•
compare and contrast in writing
Date:
Pages: 464-471
Title: Writing Workshop-
Comparison-Contrast Essay
OBJECTIVES
•
analyze a student model that reflects the key traits of comparison-contrast writing
•
use the writing process to produce a comparison-contrast essay
•
revise and edit, using a rubric for comparison-contrast writing
•
participate in a group discussion
Unit 5
AUTHOR’S PURPOSE
Date:
Pages: 482-487
Title: Critical Reading
Workshop-Author’s Purpose
and Perspective
OBJECTIVES
•
identify and analyze author’s purpose
•
Identify and analyze author’s perspective
•
Analyze patterns of text organization, including cause-effect and
compare-contrast
Date:
Pages: 488-493
Title: The Plot Against People
OBJECTIVES
•
explore the key idea of
annoyances
•
identify and analyze tone and diction
•
read a humorous essay
•
recognize and analyze classification as a pattern of organization
Date:
Pages: 494-503
Title: Why Leaves Turn Color in
the Fall
OBJECTIVES
•
explore the key idea of
beauty
•
analyze author’s purpose
•
read an essay
•
analyze cause and effect
•
build vocabulary for reading and writing
•
identify and use similes and metaphors to determine word meaning
•
use participles and participial phrases to add descriptive details
•
use writing to analyze literature
•
Date:
Pages: 504-507
Title: How a Leaf Works
OBJECTIVES
•
interpret graphic aids
•
use information from multiple sources
•
read textbook diagrams
Date:
Pages: 508-523
Title: Blowup: What Went
Wrong at Storm King Mountain
OBJECTIVES
•
explore the key idea of a
disaster
•
identify and analyze characteristics of narrative nonfiction
•
read narrative nonfiction
•
take notes
•
build vocabulary for reading and writing
•
complete analogies to show relationships between words
•
use adverb clauses to add descriptive details
•
use writing to analyze literature
Date:
Pages: 528-541
Title: And of Clay Are We
Created
OBJECTIVES
•
explore the key idea of being
objective
•
analyze author’s perspective
•
read a short story
•
monitor reading to improve comprehension
•
build vocabulary for reading and writing
•
use the Latin root
fort
to understand the meaning of words
Date:
Pages: 542-545
Title:
Girl, Trapped in Water for
55 Hours, Dies Despite Rescue
Attempts
OBJECTIVES
•
analyze a news article
•
compare forms and texts
•
read a news article
Date:
Pages: 546-553
Title:
Peruvian Child/Lady
Freedom Among Us
OBJECTIVES
•
explore the key idea of
responsibility
•
analyze author’s purpose and imagery
•
read poetry
•
make inferences
Date:
Pages: 554-561
Title: Writing Workshop
OBJECTIVES
•
Analyze a student model that reflects the key traits of a cause-
and-effect essay
•
Use the writing process to produce a cause-and-effect essay
•
Revise and edit, using a rubric for a cause-and-effect essay
•
Create and present an informative speech that communicates
causes and effects simply and forcefully
Unit 6
ARGUMENT AND PERSUASION
Date:
Pages: 572-577
Title: Critical Reading
Workshop
OBJECTIVES
•
Analyze and evaluate arguments, counter-arguments, and
rhetorical devices
•
Identify and evaluate persuasive devices and techniques
Date:
Pages: 578-585
Title:
Doing Nothing is Doing
Something
OBJECTIVES
•
explore the key idea of
leisure
•
analyze and evaluate an argument
•
read a persuasive essay
•
distinguish fact from opinion
•
build vocabulary for reading and writing
•
use dictionary etymologies to determine the origin of
•
use rhetorical questions to add impact
•
use writing to analyze literature
Date:
Pages: 586-591
Title:
Abolishing the Penny
Makes Good Sense
OBJECTIVES
•
explore the key idea of
usefulness
•
identify and evaluate evidence
•
read an editorial
•
analyze deductive reasoning
Date:
Pages: 592-603
Title:
On Nuclear Disarmament
OBJECTIVES
•
explore the key idea of
security
•
analyze rhetorical devices
•
read a speech and statistical illustration
•
analyze inductive reasoning
•
build vocabulary for reading and writing
•
use specialized vocabulary with specific topics
•
use the rhetorical device of repetition to reinforce important ideas
•
use writing to analyze nonfiction
Date:
Pages: 604-617
Title:
I Acknowledge Mine
OBJECTIVES
•
explore the key idea of
animal rights
•
identify and analyze persuasive techniques
•
read a persuasive essay
•
summarize
•
build vocabulary for reading and writing
•
complete analogies
•
use word choice, imagery, and formal or informal language to set tone
•
use writing to analyze nonfiction
Date:
Pages: 618-627
Title:
Use of Animals in
Biomedical Research
OBJECTIVES
•
explore the key idea of
animal research
•
identify counterarguments
•
read a position paper
•
monitor comprehension
•
build vocabulary for reading and writing
•
identify word connotation
•
use formal language as appropriate
•
write a speech or letter
Date:
Pages: 628-643
Title: A Chip of Glass Ruby
OBJECTIVES
•
explore the key idea of
sacrifice
•
analyze theme
•
read a short story
•
draw conclusions
•
build vocabulary for reading and writing
•
use a thesaurus
•
use compound-complex sentences to vary sentence structure
•
use writing to analyze literature
Date:
Pages: 666-669
Title: Media Study:
Daisy/America’s Back
OBJECTIVES
•
explore the key idea of
persuasive techniques
•
view a film clip to analyze how visual, sound, and verbal techniques
are used to persuade
•
create a campaign poster to show understanding of persuasive
techniques such as slogans
Date:
Pages: 670-677
Title: Writing Workshop
OBJECTIVES
•
Analyze a student model that reflects the key traits of editorials
•
Use the writing process to produce an editorial
•
Revise and edit, using a rubric for editorials
•
Create a brochure that conveys a message that is clear, concise,
and compelling
Unit 7
THE LANGUAGE OF POETRY
Date:
Pages: 688-695
Title: Literary Analysis
Workshop
OBJECTIVES
•
Identify and analyze poetic form
•
Identify and analyze poetic elements, such as sound devices,
rhythm and rhyme, figurative language, and imagery
•
Compare and contrast the use of poetic elements by two different
poets
Date:
Pages: 696-703
Title:
There Will Come Soft
Rains/Meeting at Night/The
Sound of Night
OBJECTIVES
•
explore the key idea of
nature
•
identify and analyze sound devices, including rhyme, rhyme scheme,
and alliteration
•
develop strategies for reading poetry
•
use precise language to enhance description in writing
•
use writing to analyze literature
Date:
Pages: 704-711
Title: : I dwell in Possibility--
/Variation on a Theme by
Rilke/blessing the boats
OBJECTIVES
•
explore the key idea of
possibility
•
recognize the characteristics of lyric poetry
•
analyze figurative language
•
read poetry
•
compare and contrast
•
use parallelism to create rhythm
•
use writing to analyze literature
Date:
Pages: 712-719
Title:
The Fish/Christmas
Sparrow/The Sloth
OBJECTIVES
•
explore the key idea of
animals
•
recognize characteristics of free verse
•
analyze imagery
•
read poems
•
visualize
Date:
Pages: 720-727
Title:
Piano/Fifteen/Tonight I
can Write…/Puedo Escribir Los
Versos…
OBJECTIVES
•
explore the key idea of
memory
•
analyze sound devices (assonance, consonance, and repetition)
•
read poems and an informational article
•
understand line breaks (end-stopped and enjambed lines)
•
use writing to analyze literature
Date:
Pages: 728-733
Title: Sonner 18/Sonnet XXX of
Fatal Interview
OBJECTIVES
•
explore the key idea of a
love poem
•
recognize and analyze characteristics of the sonnet form (stanza,
couplet, quatrain, rhyme scheme, meter, and scansion)
•
read poems
•
use strategies for reading sonnets
•
use writing to analyze literature
Date:
Pages: 734-741
Title: Lord Randall/
Ballad/Balada/Midwinter Blues
OBJECTIVES
•
explore the key idea of what makes poetry
musical
•
analyze poetic form: ballad
•
understand dialect
•
use writing to analyze literature
Date:
Pages: 746-753
Title: Writing Workshop
OBJECTIVES
•
Analyze student model that reflects the key traits of literary
analysis
•
Use the writing process to produce a literary analysis essay
•
Revise and edit, using a rubric for literary analysis
•
Plan, practice, and deliver an oral interpretation of a poem
Unit 8
AUTHOR’S STYLE AND VOICE
Date:
Pages: 764-769
Title: Literary Analysis
Workshop
OBJECTIVES
•
Recognize the writing styles of individual authors and particular
time periods
•
Identify the components of style and voice, including sentence
structure, diction, tone, and imagery
Date:
Pages: 770-791
Title: The Pit and the
Pendulum/The Lake
OBJECTIVES
•
explore the key idea of
fear
•
analyze Poe’s style (diction, sensory imagery, point of view, sentence
style)
•
read a short story and a poem
•
paraphrase
•
build vocabulary for reading and writing
•
use figurative language to help unlock meaning
•
use nouns, verbs, and adjectives in personification to create vivid
images and add details
•
use writing to analyze literature
Date:
Pages: 792-799
Title: When I Heard the Learn’d
Astronomer/The Artilleryman’s
Vision
OBJECTIVES
•
explore the key idea of
experience
•
analyze Walt Whitman’s style (free-verse form, repetition,
parallelism, onomatopoeia, cataloging)
•
read poems and a letter
•
analyze sensory details
Date:
Pages: 800-807
Title: Birches/Mending Wall
OBJECTIVES
•
explore the key idea of
nature
•
analyze Frost’s style (colloquial language, imagery, similes and
metaphors, dialogue, and tone)
•
read poetry
•
make inferences
•
use infinitive phrases to create effective language
•
use writing to analyze literature
Date:
Pages: 808-813
Title: The Pon/Fourth of July
Night/The Red Wheelbarrow
OBJECTIVES
•
explore the key idea of
image
•
analyze the imagist style (simple language, rhythm, description,
imagery)
•
read poetry
•
explore the style of a time period
•
use visualizing to interpret poetry
Date:
Pages: 814-823
Title:
Only Daughter
/from
Caramelo
OBJECTIVES
•
explore the key idea of roles
•
analyze Cisneros’s style (diction, tone) and voice
•
identify author’s purpose
•
build vocabulary for reading and writing
•
use etymologies found in a dictionary to help determine the
meaning of words
Date:
Pages: 828-835
Title: Writing Workshop
OBJECTIVES
•
Analyze a student model that reflects the key traits of a critical
review
•
Use the writing process to produce a critical review
•
Revise and edit, using a rubric for writing a critical review
Unit 9
HISTORY, CULTURE, AND THE AUTHOR
Date:
Pages: 846-851
Title: Literary Analysis
Workshop
OBJECTIVES
•
Analyze ways in which a writer’s background contributes to a work
and its themes
•
Determine how historical and cultural context influence a work
Date:
Pages: 852-863
Title: from
Night
OBJECTIVES
•
explore the key idea of
humanity
•
analyze a memoir
•
read a memoir and a speech
•
connect
•
build vocabulary for reading and writing
•
use connotation and denotation
•
use imagery, word choice, and formal or informal language to
establish tone
•
use writing to analyze literature
Date:
Pages: 864-849
Title: from
Farewell to
Manzanar
OBJECTIVES
•
explore the key idea of an
enemy
•
analyze cultural characteristics
•
read a memoir
•
monitor reading for understanding
•
build vocabulary for reading and writing
•
use the prefix
in-
(
il-, im-, ir-
), meaning “not,” to help unlock
meaning
•
use compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences to
create variety in writing
•
use writing to analyze literature
Date:
Pages: 880-891
Title: Montgomery Boycott
OBJECTIVES
•
explore the key idea of
change
•
analyze historical events in memoirs
•
read a memoir
•
distinguish fact from opinion
•
build vocabulary for reading and writing
•
use the suffix
–ion
to help unlock meaning
Date:
Pages: 892-895
Title:
A Eulogy for Dr. Martin
Luther King Jr.
OBJECTIVES
•
analyze rhetorical devices
•
cite evidence in writing
•
read a eulogy/speech
Date:
Pages: 896-907
Title:
Marriage Is a Private
Affair
OBJECTIVES
•
explore the key idea of
parental approval
•
identify and analyze cultural conflict
•
read a short story and a transcript of a taped interview
•
predict
•
build vocabulary for reading and writing
•
use context clues
•
understand and use the Greek word
kosmos
to determine word
meaning
•
use gerunds
•
use writing to analyze literature
Date:
Pages: 908-929
Title:
On the Rainy River
OBJECTIVES
•
explore the key idea of
cowardice
•
analyze historical context
•
read a short story
•
identify author’s perspective
•
build vocabulary for reading and writing
•
use a dictionary
•
use sentence structure and figurative language to establish voice
•
use writing to analyze literature
Date:
Pages: 930-935
Title:
The New Colossus/Who
Makes the Journey
OBJECTIVES
•
explore the key idea of
immigrant
•
analyze the influence of a literary period
•
read poetry
•
identify and analyze sensory details
Date:
Pages: 936-939
Title: Media Study:
The
Aftermath of September 11
OBJECTIVES
•
explore the key idea of images that are
reflections
of a historical
event
•
view a cartoon, book cover, and Web site to understand how images
can suggest the values and concerns of a time period
•
analyze how meaning is conveyed in visual media
•
identify visual aspects of images including color, line, shape, and
texture
•
create a collage that depicts the current culture and time period
Date:
Pages: 940-947
Title: Writing Workshop
OBJECTIVES
•
Analyze a student model that reflects the key tratis of an
informative essay based on an interview
•
Use the writing process to produce an informative essay based on
an interview
•
Revise and edit, using a rubric for writing an informative essay
based on an interview
To Kill a Mockingbird
A NOVEL
Unit 10
GREEK TRAGEDY AND MEDIEVAL ROMANCE
Date:
Pages: 958-963
Title: Literary Analysis
Workshop
OBJECTIVES
•
Identify characteristics of Greek tragedy
•
Identify characteristics of romance literature
•
Analyze how drama and romance literature reflect the beliefs and
values of their historical periods
Date:
Pages: 964-965
Title:
Classical Greek Drama
OBJECTIVES
•
Analyze the influence of historical and cultural context
•
Read a nonfiction article to interpret literature in relation to its
period
•
Visualize information
•
Draw conclusions
•
Understand cause and effect
•
Interpret an annotated illustration
Date:
Pages:966-1009
Title: Antigone
OBJECTIVES
•
explore the key idea of
loyalty
•
identify characteristics of classical drama
•
read a classical drama
•
use strategies for reading classical drama
•
use dictionary etymology to research word origins
•
vary sentence structure
Date:
Pages: 1010-1029
Title: from
Le Morte d/Arthur:
The Crowning of Arthur, Sir
Launcelot du Lake
OBJECTIVES
•
explore the key idea of
chivalry
•
identify and analyze conventions of medieval romance
•
read a medieval romance and a historical account
•
evaluate
•
build vocabulary for reading and writing
•
analyze analogies
Date:
Pages: 1030-1043
Title: from
The Acts of King
Arthur and His Noble Knights
OBJECTIVES
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explore the key idea of
perfection
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identify, analyze, and evaluate style
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read a romance
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make inferences
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build vocabulary for reading and writing
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understand and use word connotations
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use phrases, clauses, and words to vary sentence beginnings
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use writing to analyze literature
Date:
Pages: 1064-1071
Title: Writing Workshop
OBJECTIVES
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Analyze a student model that reflects the key traits of persuasive
essays
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Use the writing process to produce a persuasive essay
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Revise and edit, using a rubric for persuasive essays
Unit 11
THE TRAGEDY OF JULIUS CAESAR
Date:
Pages: 1086-1093
Title: Literary Analysis
Workshop
OBJECTIVES
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Identify characteristics of Shakespearean drama/tragedy, including
tragic hero, tragic flaw, soliloquy aside, and dramatic irony
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Identify and analyze Shakespearean language, including blank verse
and rhetorical devices
Date:
Pages: 1094-1185
Title:
The Tragedy of Julius
Caesar, Act One, Two, Three,
Four and Five
OBJECTIVES
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explore the key idea of
conscience
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analyze characteristics of Shakespearean tragedy, such as tragic
heroes, tragic flaws, soliloquies, asides, blank verse, dramatic irony,
and rhetorical devices
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analyze traits of Shakespearean drama
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read a Shakespearean drama
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develop strategies for reading Shakespearean drama
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track characters and their development
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use adjective clauses to add descriptive details
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use writing to analyze literature
Date:
Pages:1186-1189
Title:
Julius Caesar at the Public
Theater
OBJECTIVES
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analyze a theater review
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draw conclusions
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read theater reviews
Date:
Pages: 1194-1201
Title: Writing Workshop
OBJECTIVES
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analyze a student model that reflects the key traits of comparison-
and-contrast writing
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Use the writing process to produce an essay that compares a plan
and a film
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Revise and edit, using a rubric for an essay comparing a play and a
film
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Plan and present a dramatic reading
Unit 12
THE POWER OF RESEARCH
Date:
Pages: 1212-1233
Title: Research Strategies
Workshop
OBJECTIVES
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explore the key idea of
information
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plan a research report
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use the Internet, library, and media center
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locate, evaluate, and document sources
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collect original data
Date:
Pages: 1234-1255
Title: Writing Workshop
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Analyze a student model that reflects the key traits of a research
paper
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Use the writing process to produce a research paper
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Revise and edit, using a rubric for research papers
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This English II curriculum covers various literary works exploring themes like plot, setting, mood, conflict, character, and more. Students will analyze different texts, build vocabulary, understand literary elements, and use writing to deepen their understanding of literature.
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Cornell Notes English II 2016-2017
Unit 1 PLOT, SETTING, AND MOOD
Date: Pages: 24-31 Literary Analysis Workshop Establish prior knowledge about plot, setting, and mood Discuss memorable plots, settings, and moods OBJECTIVES
Date: Pages: 32-43 Title: Harrison Bergeron explore the key idea of average analyze plot and conflict read a short story draw conclusions build vocabulary for reading and writing understand and use the Greek root syn to help unlock meaning use precise adjectives to revise a draft use writing to analyze literature OBJECTIVES
Date: Pages: 44-59 Title: Everyday Use explore the key idea of what is valuable analyze conflict and character read a short story and an interview make inferences build vocabulary for reading and writing understand and use the prefix re- use prepositional phrases to add descriptive details use writing to analyze literature OBJECTIVES
Date: Pages: 60-73 Title: Searching for Summer explore the key idea of appreciation analyze setting and mood read a short story monitor build vocabulary for reading and writing use the prefix dis- to help unlock word meaning use contractions, interjections, and sentence fragments in realistic dialogue use writing to analyze literature OBJECTIVES
Date: Pages: 74-93 Title: To Build a Fire explore the key idea of instinct analyze setting and conflict read a short story make predictions about the story build vocabulary for reading and writing understand connotation and denotation OBJECTIVES
Date: Pages: 100-111 Title: from The Johnstown Flood OBJECTIVES explore the key idea of survival analyze mood read a historical narrative and a magazine article analyze text structure (chronological order) use strong verbs to emphasize action use writing to analyze literature
Date: Pages: 112-129 Title: The Race to Save Apollo 13 OBJECTIVES explore the key idea of the impossible analyze suspense read nonfiction take notes build vocabulary for reading and writing understand and use specialized vocabulary use coordinating conjunctions to improve sentence flow use writing to analyze nonfiction
Date: Pages: 142-149 Title: Writing Workshop- Interpretive Essay analyze a student model that reflects the key traits of an interpretive essay use the writing process to produce an interpretive essay revise and edit, using a rubric for interpretive essay writing plan and present an oral response to literature OBJECTIVES
Unit 2 CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT
Date: Pages: 160-165 Title: Literary Analysis Workshop- Analyzing Character Analyze characterization Identify and analyze character traits Identify and analyze round and flat, static and dynamic characters Identify and analyze character motivation OBJECTIVES
Date: Pages: 166-185 Title: Shoofly Pie OBJECTIVES explore the key idea of grief analyze characters read a short story connect use precise verbs and modifiers to add sensory details use writing to analyze literature
Date: Pages: 186-201 Title: The Possibility of Evil explore the key idea of evil analyze character motivation read a short story make inferences build vocabulary for reading and writing use the denotative and connotative meaning of words use precise verbs and modifiers to describe a scene use writing to analyze literature OBJECTIVES
Date: Pages: 202-209 Title: Like the Sun explore the key idea of truth analyze character and plot read a short story and a poem predict OBJECTIVES
Date: Pages: 210-221 Title: The Teacher Who Changed My Life explore the key idea of influence analyze characterization in nonfiction read an essay identify the author s purpose build vocabulary for reading and writing understand and use the Latin root sol use writing to analyze literature OBJECTIVES
Date: Pages: 222-229 Title: A Celebration of Grandfathers explore the key idea of tradition analyze character traits in nonfiction read an essay identify author s perspective OBJECTIVES
Date: Pages: 230-235 Title: Simply Grand: Generational Ties That Matter recognize main idea and supporting details make generalizations read a magazine article OBJECTIVES
Date: Pages: 236-241 Title: The Gift/Those Winter Sundays explore the key idea of caring analyze characters in poetry identify and analyze imagery read poetry make inferences about speaker OBJECTIVES
Date: Pages: 242-259 Title: A Marriage Proposal explore the key idea of pettiness analyze characterization/character traits in a farce read a drama/farce read a play strategically build vocabulary for reading and writing use knowledge of the Latin root contra to help unlock word meaning vary sentence types to reflect characters thoughts use writing to analyze literature OBJECTIVES
Date: Pages: 264-271 Title: Writing Workshop- Autobiographical Narrative analyze a student model that reflects the key traits of an autobiographical narrative use the writing process to produce an autobiographical narrative revise and edit, using a rubric for autobiographical narrative writing plan and present an oral history OBJECTIVES
Unit 3 NARRATIVE DEVICES
Date: Pages: 282-287 Title: Literary Analysis Workshop- Narrative Devices OBJECTIVES Identify and analyze point of view Identify and analyze flashbacks and foreshadowing
Date: Pages: 288-303 Title: By the Waters of Babylon explore the key idea of knowledge analyze first-person point of view read a short story make inferences use vocabulary and sentence structure appropriate to formal language; avoid using contractions use writing to analyze literature OBJECTIVES
Date: Pages: 304-315 Title: There Will Come Soft Rains explore the key idea of technology identify and analyze chronological order read a short story draw conclusions build vocabulary for reading and writing understand and use the Latin root man to help unlock the meaning of words OBJECTIVES
Date: Pages: 320-331 Title: The Doll s House explore the key idea of popularity identify and analyze omniscient point of view read a short story connect to the text OBJECTIVES
Date: Pages: 332-351 Title: The Seventh Man explore the key idea of recovery analyze foreshadowing and flashback read a short story and an interview monitor understanding build vocabulary for reading and writing use the Latin root sen to help unlock word meaning use similes to compare details and add descriptive details use writing to analyze literature OBJECTIVES
Date: Pages: 352-359 Title: The Man in the Water explore the key idea of a hero analyze the characteristics of a reflective essay read an essay identify main idea and supporting details build vocabulary for reading and writing use the Latin root plac to help unlock the meanings of words use appositives and appositive phrases to write concisely use writing to analyze literature OBJECTIVES
Date: Pages: 360-367 Title: Dyaspora explore the key idea of cultural identity analyze second-person point of view read an essay analyze sensory details OBJECTIVES
Date: Pages: 368-375 Title: Writing Workshop-Short Story analyze a student model that reflects the key traits of a short story use the writing process to produce a short story revise and edit, using a rubric for writing a short story create a children s book OBJECTIVES
Unit 4 THEME
Date: Pages: 386-393 Title: Literary Analysis Workshop-Theme and Symbol Identify and analyze universal themes Identify and interpret symbols Use literary clues, such as symbols, characters, plot, conflict, and setting, to identify the theme of a literary work OBJECTIVES
Date: Pages: 394-405 Title: The Interlopers explore the key idea of grudges analyze theme and setting read a short story monitor build vocabulary for reading and writing understand and use connotation and denotation of words use subordinate clauses to improve sentence flow use writing to analyze literature OBJECTIVES
Date: Pages: 406-419 Title: Two Friends explore the key idea of friendship identify and interpret symbol read a short story make inferences about characters build vocabulary for reading and writing understand analogies write concisely by using compound predicates use writing to analyze literature OBJECTIVES
Date: Pages: 420-441 Title: When Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine explore the key idea of conflict analyze theme and character read a short story and an interview draw conclusions build vocabulary for reading and writing understand and use the prefix im- use adverbs to add descriptive details use writing to analyze literature OBJECTIVES
Date: Pages: 442-447 Title: Do not weep, maiden, for war is kind/the sonnet-ballad OBJECTIVES explore the key idea of victims identify and analyze universal theme read poetry, including a sonnet identify and interpret verbal irony
Date: Pages: 454-463 Title: Letter to a Young Refugee from Another/Song of P eng-ya OBJECTIVES explore the key idea of refugees identify and analyze author s message across genre read an essay and a poem set a purpose for reading compare and contrast in writing
Date: Pages: 464-471 Title: Writing Workshop- Comparison-Contrast Essay OBJECTIVES analyze a student model that reflects the key traits of comparison-contrast writing use the writing process to produce a comparison-contrast essay revise and edit, using a rubric for comparison-contrast writing participate in a group discussion
Unit 5 AUTHOR S PURPOSE
Date: Pages: 482-487 Title: Critical Reading Workshop-Author s Purpose and Perspective identify and analyze author s purpose Identify and analyze author s perspective Analyze patterns of text organization, including cause-effect and compare-contrast OBJECTIVES
Date: Pages: 488-493 Title: The Plot Against People explore the key idea of annoyances identify and analyze tone and diction read a humorous essay recognize and analyze classification as a pattern of organization OBJECTIVES
Date: Pages: 494-503 Title: Why Leaves Turn Color in the Fall explore the key idea of beauty analyze author s purpose read an essay analyze cause and effect build vocabulary for reading and writing identify and use similes and metaphors to determine word meaning use participles and participial phrases to add descriptive details use writing to analyze literature OBJECTIVES
Date: Pages: 504-507 Title: How a Leaf Works interpret graphic aids use information from multiple sources read textbook diagrams OBJECTIVES
Date: Pages: 508-523 Title: Blowup: What Went Wrong at Storm King Mountain explore the key idea of a disaster identify and analyze characteristics of narrative nonfiction read narrative nonfiction take notes build vocabulary for reading and writing complete analogies to show relationships between words use adverb clauses to add descriptive details use writing to analyze literature OBJECTIVES
Date: Pages: 528-541 Title: And of Clay Are We Created explore the key idea of being objective analyze author s perspective read a short story monitor reading to improve comprehension build vocabulary for reading and writing use the Latin root fort to understand the meaning of words OBJECTIVES
Date: Pages: 542-545 Title: Girl, Trapped in Water for 55 Hours, Dies Despite Rescue Attempts analyze a news article compare forms and texts read a news article OBJECTIVES
Date: Pages: 546-553 Title: Peruvian Child/Lady Freedom Among Us OBJECTIVES explore the key idea of responsibility analyze author s purpose and imagery read poetry make inferences
Date: Pages: 554-561 Title: Writing Workshop OBJECTIVES Analyze a student model that reflects the key traits of a cause- and-effect essay Use the writing process to produce a cause-and-effect essay Revise and edit, using a rubric for a cause-and-effect essay Create and present an informative speech that communicates causes and effects simply and forcefully
Unit 6 ARGUMENT AND PERSUASION
Date: Pages: 572-577 Title: Critical Reading Workshop Analyze and evaluate arguments, counter-arguments, and rhetorical devices Identify and evaluate persuasive devices and techniques OBJECTIVES
