10th Grade - English II
DAY 1: VOCABULARY
DAY 2: NOTE-TAKING
DAY 3: READING
DAY 4: WRITING
DAY 5: REVIEW
DAY 6: ASSESS
DAY 2: NOTE-TAKING
DAY 3: READING
DAY 4: WRITING
DAY 5: REVIEW
DAY 6: ASSESS
All students are given a calendar with each unit.
Please follow it. Everything is subject to change.
FIRST QUARTER
WEEK ONE - Days will be offset by one, with no assessment this week, due to welcome back day.
DAY 1 VOCABULARY:
unintended, anthologies, conferred, adapted, prolific, influential, enveloped, franchise, annihilate, infinitesimally, temperament, subtle, correlate, warily, undulate, malfunctioning
Note-sheet
DAY 2 NOTE-TAKING
PROSE
my.hrw.com/la3/la09/student/levelup/lit202/shell.html
Prose Notetaker
BIOGRAPHIES & AUTOBIOGRAPHIES
my.hrw.com/la3/la09/student/levelup/lit203/shell.html
Biographies & Autobiographies Notetaker
SHORT STORIES AND NOVELS
https://my.hrw.com/la3/la09/student/levelup/lit204/shell.html
Short Stories & Novels Notetaker
DAY 3 READING
Ray Bradbury Bio Essay: http://www.raybradbury.com/bio.html
Ray Bradbury Bio Obit: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/ray-bradbury-bestselling-science-fiction-author-dies-at-91
Ray Bradbury Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pqp38_uS-eg
DAY 4 WRITING
Ray Bradbury Autobiography Worksheet
Use the worksheet for notes. Complete a final draft using all 6 vocabulary words.
DAY 5 REVIEW
Study your notes, vocabulary, and information on Ray Bradbury.
Unit 1 Puzzles
DAY 6 ASSESS - No assessment due to welcome back day 1.
_________________________________________
WEEK TWO
DAY 1 VOCABULARY: unintended, anthologies, conferred, adapted, prolific, influential, enveloped, franchise, annihilate, infinitesimally, temperament, subtle, correlate, warily, undulate, malfunctioning
DAY 2 NOTE-TAKING
HISTORICAL CONTEXT
https://my.hrw.com/la3/la09/student/levelup/lit208/shell.html
Historical Context Notetaker
PLOT STRUCTURE
https://my.hrw.com/la3/la09/student/levelup/lit210/shell.html
Plot Structure Notetaker
PLOT: SEQUENCE OF EVENTS
https://my.hrw.com/la3/la09/student/levelup/lit211/shell.html
Plot Sequence of Events Notetaker
SUSPENSE & FORESHADOWING
https://my.hrw.com/la3/la09/student/levelup/lit213/shell.html
Suspense and Foreshadowing Notetaker
DAY 3 READING
A SOUND OF THUNDER, by Ray Bradbury
DAY 4 WRITING
Complete the plot timeline (plot diagram) and questions to the story. Be sure to use at least 5 vocabulary words in your timeline.
DAY 5 REVIEW
Study your notes, vocabulary, and "A Sound of Thunder" story.
DAY 6 ASSESSMENT
WEEK THREE
DAY 1 VOCABULARY: persistent, onset, vertigo, irrelevant, detachment, instill, imperceptibly, rebounded, exhalation, projection
DAY 2 NOTE TAKING
SETTING
https://my.hrw.com/la3/la09/student/levelup/lit215/shell.html
Setting Notetaker
SETTING: MOOD
https://my.hrw.com/la3/la09/student/levelup/lit214/shell.html
Setting: Mood Notetaker
TONE
https://my.hrw.com/la3/la09/student/levelup/lit218/shell.html
Tone Notetaker
IRONY
https://my.hrw.com/la3/la09/student/levelup/lit238/shell.html
Irony Notetaker
DAY 3 READING
Phobias: The Nation's Top Ten Phobias article & Hiker Rescued From Eaton Canyon Waterfall - IRONY response
DAY 4 WRITING
Phobia List - Root Words & Suffixes exercise
DAY 5 REVIEW
Vocabulary Review Puzzle Worksheets
DAY 6 ASSESSMENT
SETTING & TONE QUIZ
WEEK FOUR
DAY 1 VOCABULARY
Vocabulary Builder for Contents of the Dead Man's Pockets
and Prereading pocket writing.
DAY 2 NOTE TAKING
Begin reading CDMP and take notes and answer questions within the packet.
DAY 3 READING
Finish reading CDMP.
DAY 4 WRITING
Work on CDMP Constructed Response Item
DAY 5 REVIEW
CDMP Movie and question review
DAY 6 ASSESSMENT
DRAMA UNIT
Getting to know DRAMA & ACTING.
October 1: Compare short stories to dramas.
October 2: Read MYTHS OF TIME.
October 3: Finish MYTHS OF TIME.
October 4: MYTHS OF TIME actors and stage crew to practice individual assignments. Remainder of class work on Unit packet; intro to vocabulary.
October 5: Note-taking - Elements of Drama, Kinds of Drama
October 8: Writing - Analyzing the Setting
October 9: Note-taking - Methods of Characterization, Character Traits
https://my.hrw.com/la3/la09/student/levelup/lit220/shell.html
October 11: TEST on Drama & Character
October 12: In-Service / No School
October 15: Reading - The Sword in the Stone
October 16: Sword in the Stone QUIZ
October 17: Archetypes in Literature (www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xgQTJNmaHg)
www.teachertube.com/video/disney-archetypes-348100
October 18: Complete Archetypes in Literature
October 19: Archetypes in Media: Archtypes in Sagwa
October 22: Vocabulary Review
October 23: Unit Review
October 24: ASSESSMENT: UNIT TEST & PACKET DUE
October 25: All make-ups for the first quarter
October 26: FIRST 9 WEEKS ENDS - Receive new unit.
DAY 1 VOCABULARY:
unintended, anthologies, conferred, adapted, prolific, influential, enveloped, franchise, annihilate, infinitesimally, temperament, subtle, correlate, warily, undulate, malfunctioning
Note-sheet
DAY 2 NOTE-TAKING
PROSE
my.hrw.com/la3/la09/student/levelup/lit202/shell.html
Prose Notetaker
BIOGRAPHIES & AUTOBIOGRAPHIES
my.hrw.com/la3/la09/student/levelup/lit203/shell.html
Biographies & Autobiographies Notetaker
SHORT STORIES AND NOVELS
https://my.hrw.com/la3/la09/student/levelup/lit204/shell.html
Short Stories & Novels Notetaker
DAY 3 READING
Ray Bradbury Bio Essay: http://www.raybradbury.com/bio.html
Ray Bradbury Bio Obit: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/ray-bradbury-bestselling-science-fiction-author-dies-at-91
Ray Bradbury Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pqp38_uS-eg
DAY 4 WRITING
Ray Bradbury Autobiography Worksheet
Use the worksheet for notes. Complete a final draft using all 6 vocabulary words.
DAY 5 REVIEW
Study your notes, vocabulary, and information on Ray Bradbury.
Unit 1 Puzzles
DAY 6 ASSESS - No assessment due to welcome back day 1.
_________________________________________
WEEK TWO
DAY 1 VOCABULARY: unintended, anthologies, conferred, adapted, prolific, influential, enveloped, franchise, annihilate, infinitesimally, temperament, subtle, correlate, warily, undulate, malfunctioning
DAY 2 NOTE-TAKING
HISTORICAL CONTEXT
https://my.hrw.com/la3/la09/student/levelup/lit208/shell.html
Historical Context Notetaker
PLOT STRUCTURE
https://my.hrw.com/la3/la09/student/levelup/lit210/shell.html
Plot Structure Notetaker
PLOT: SEQUENCE OF EVENTS
https://my.hrw.com/la3/la09/student/levelup/lit211/shell.html
Plot Sequence of Events Notetaker
SUSPENSE & FORESHADOWING
https://my.hrw.com/la3/la09/student/levelup/lit213/shell.html
Suspense and Foreshadowing Notetaker
DAY 3 READING
A SOUND OF THUNDER, by Ray Bradbury
DAY 4 WRITING
Complete the plot timeline (plot diagram) and questions to the story. Be sure to use at least 5 vocabulary words in your timeline.
DAY 5 REVIEW
Study your notes, vocabulary, and "A Sound of Thunder" story.
DAY 6 ASSESSMENT
WEEK THREE
DAY 1 VOCABULARY: persistent, onset, vertigo, irrelevant, detachment, instill, imperceptibly, rebounded, exhalation, projection
DAY 2 NOTE TAKING
SETTING
https://my.hrw.com/la3/la09/student/levelup/lit215/shell.html
Setting Notetaker
SETTING: MOOD
https://my.hrw.com/la3/la09/student/levelup/lit214/shell.html
Setting: Mood Notetaker
TONE
https://my.hrw.com/la3/la09/student/levelup/lit218/shell.html
Tone Notetaker
IRONY
https://my.hrw.com/la3/la09/student/levelup/lit238/shell.html
Irony Notetaker
DAY 3 READING
Phobias: The Nation's Top Ten Phobias article & Hiker Rescued From Eaton Canyon Waterfall - IRONY response
DAY 4 WRITING
Phobia List - Root Words & Suffixes exercise
DAY 5 REVIEW
Vocabulary Review Puzzle Worksheets
DAY 6 ASSESSMENT
SETTING & TONE QUIZ
WEEK FOUR
DAY 1 VOCABULARY
Vocabulary Builder for Contents of the Dead Man's Pockets
and Prereading pocket writing.
DAY 2 NOTE TAKING
Begin reading CDMP and take notes and answer questions within the packet.
DAY 3 READING
Finish reading CDMP.
DAY 4 WRITING
Work on CDMP Constructed Response Item
DAY 5 REVIEW
CDMP Movie and question review
DAY 6 ASSESSMENT
DRAMA UNIT
Getting to know DRAMA & ACTING.
October 1: Compare short stories to dramas.
October 2: Read MYTHS OF TIME.
October 3: Finish MYTHS OF TIME.
October 4: MYTHS OF TIME actors and stage crew to practice individual assignments. Remainder of class work on Unit packet; intro to vocabulary.
October 5: Note-taking - Elements of Drama, Kinds of Drama
October 8: Writing - Analyzing the Setting
October 9: Note-taking - Methods of Characterization, Character Traits
https://my.hrw.com/la3/la09/student/levelup/lit220/shell.html
- Methods of Characterization
- Character Traits
- Character Motivation
- Characters and Conflict
- Character Types
October 11: TEST on Drama & Character
October 12: In-Service / No School
October 15: Reading - The Sword in the Stone
October 16: Sword in the Stone QUIZ
October 17: Archetypes in Literature (www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xgQTJNmaHg)
www.teachertube.com/video/disney-archetypes-348100
October 18: Complete Archetypes in Literature
October 19: Archetypes in Media: Archtypes in Sagwa
October 22: Vocabulary Review
October 23: Unit Review
October 24: ASSESSMENT: UNIT TEST & PACKET DUE
October 25: All make-ups for the first quarter
October 26: FIRST 9 WEEKS ENDS - Receive new unit.