Where are we going?

Reflections on English II

Overview of units taught

2011-2012

Attempt One

Melissa Warren

Unit One Love and Sacrifice

Completed Tasks 

·        Ice breakers and team building

·        Federigo’s Falcon and intro to concepts of love and sacrifice

·        Intro to writing test

·        Marriage is a Private Affair with seminar on the importance of definitions (how does out country define marriage?)

·        Common grammar mistakes packet

·        Three SAT vocab lists tested

·        Of The Clay We are Created (types of love and importance of love)

·        Extensive overview of definition essays and the writing process

·        Diagnostic definition essay test

·        Writing Conference

·        Revision practice

·        Two Kinds

·        Spanglish

·        Group essay on generosity

·        Benchmark on definition essay 

·         Writing Conference

·        Revision practice

2^nd Nine Weeks Starts

Working on Conclusion of Love and Sacrifice Unit

·        Background on the Play Cyrano and France

·        Read play

·        Created setting and added key themes to setting

·        Created Class essay on beauty

·        Currently my classes are finishing Cyrano. We are starting Act III

Unit Two War and Peace

·        Overview of cause and effect essays

·        Historical background on the Holocausts and causes of

·        Christmas break

·        Read Night

·        Read Maus

·        Create group cause and effect essay on Holocaust

·        Read Sniper and Comrades

·        Study current holocaust

·        Create essay on current holocaust

Student Weaknesses

Stating and supporting a theme

Conventions and handwriting

Essay structure and transitions

Creating and supporting a thesis

Student Strengths

Memorizing essay structure

Prewriting and planning essays

Reading and understanding a text

Memorizing and using vocab words

Writing in complete sentences

Motivation to complete essays

Finding relevant examples in text to support claims.