End of Course Review

Testing

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
May 27 Holiday	28 NCEXT 2 Testing OCS MSLs (1 & 3) Teacher Made Test 1st 7:50-9:50 2nd 9:55- 10:50 Lunch 10:50- 11:50 3rd 11:55-1:55 4th 2:00- 2:50	29 NCEXT 2 Testing OCS MSLs (2 & 4) Teacher Made Test 2nd 7:50-9:50 3rd 9:55- 10:50 Lunch 10:50- 11:50 4th 11:55-1:55 1st 2:00- 2:50	30 MSL Testing Period 1 & 3 1st 7:50-9:50 MSL 2nd 9:55- 10:50 Lunch 10:50- 11:50 3rd 11:55-1:55 MSL 4th 2:00- 2:50	31 MSL Testing Period 2 & 4 2nd 7:50-9:50 MSL 3rd 9:55- 10:50 Lunch 10:50- 11:50 4th 11:55-1:55 MSL 1st 2:00- 2:50
June 3 AM- EOC Period 1 PM- VOCAT Period 2 Teacher Made test 1stEOC 7:50- 11:50  Lunch & 3rd (Students get their lunch and go to 3rd) 11:50-12:50 2nd VOCAT 12:55- 2:50	4 AM- EOC Period 2 PM- VOCAT Period 3 Teacher Made test 2nd  EOC 7:50- 11:50  Lunch & 4th (Students get their lunch and go to 4th) 11:50-12:50 3rd VOCAT 12:55- 2:50	5 AM- EOC Period 3 PM- VOCAT Period 4 Teacher Made test 3rd EOC 7:50- 11:50  Lunch & 1st (Students get their lunch and go to 1st) 11:50-12:50 4th VOCAT 12:55- 2:50	6 AM- EOC Period 4 PM- VOCAT Period 1 Teacher Made test 4th EOC 7:50- 11:50  Lunch 11:50-12:50 1st VOCAT 12:55- 2:50	7 Make-Ups Early Release

Week 16 Grammar

May 6 to 10

English II Magical Realism Unit Syllabus

May 6^th to May 10^th  

Magical Realism: is a genre where magic elements are a natural part in an otherwise mundane, realistic environment.^[1] Although it is most commonly used as a literary genre, magic realism also applies to film and the visual arts.

Purposes

o    9-10.RL.2 Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.

o    9-10.RL.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone (e.g., how the language evokes a sense of time and...

o    9-10.RL.6 Analyze a particular point of view or cultural experience reflected in a work of literature from outside the United States, drawing on a wide reading of world literature.

o    9-10.W.3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences. 9-10.W.3.1 Engage and orient the reader by setting out a problem, situation, or observation, establishing...

Objective

·          Identify differences between magical realism and other genres to which they have already been introduced.

·          Identify and discuss literary elements of magical realism.

·          Demonstrate understanding of the elements of magical realism through their impromptu interpretive dramas.

Materials

A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings: A Tale For Children. Gabriel Garcia Marquez. 

The Handsomest Drowned Man in The World by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.

Big Fish is a 2003 American fantasy adventure film based on the 1998 novel of the same name by Daniel Wallace.

Dates	Lessons	Homework
May 6	Video Clip from Harry Potter Lecture and Power Point on Magical Realism Author Bio	Read the Handsomest Drown Man due May 7th and complete the study guide
May 7	Read, “The Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” Start Study Guide
May 8	Complete Study Guide Create a Written Conversation between two characters
May 9	Turn conversation into a drama and present for class.
May 10	View Big Fish

Week 15

Week 14

Week 13

Week 12 Lessons

Week 11

April 8th to May 3rd Lessons

English II This I Believe Unit Syllabus

April 8^th to April 12^th

 

Belief- a state or habit of mind in which trust or confidence is placed in some person or thing

Learning Targets- - I can create a personal essay that combines elements of both the narrative and the memoir since an insight about life or a personal belief is usually based upon both experiences and relationships that have taught the writer what individual values are most important.

Materials- Selected episodes of This American Life and selected This I Believe essays

Days	Class Activities	Homework
4/8	This I Believe and WWII a history	Check out Night pages 1-27 Due 4/17
4/9	This I Don’t Belief a This American Life Presentation	Personal Belief Statement due 4/12
4/10	Belief verse Persuasion
4/11	This I Believe Webquest
4/12	Peer Review of Personal Belief Statement	Revised Belief Statement due 4/19

English II This I Believe Unit Syllabus

April 15^th to May 1^st 

Genocide- the deliberate and systematic extermination of a national, racial, political, or cultural group.

Purposes

To examine the causes and effects of genocide

To remember and honor the fallen

To examine how to end current genocide

Learning Target

I can write a coherent and logical essay discussing either the causes or effects of genocide or create a poster on the events and concepts studied.

I can support my thesis statement with reading, observations, quotes, and personal experiences.

Materials

Hotel Rwanda-film

Night by Elie Wiesel- novel

“The Shawl”

Selected Poems

Interviews, audio, and websites from a variety of Holocaust museums

Daily Activities and Homework Assignments

Days	Class Activities	Homework
4/15	Night Webquest	Quiz on pg 1-23 4/17
4/16	Presentation on the Holocaust Complete pages 3-22 in pairs and complete section 1 chart in pairs Clip and bio on Elie Wiesel and visuals from Auschwitz	Complete pre-reading Complete Reading questions for sections 1-3 questions
4/17	Read pages 23-46 in class with group quiz and complete Night vocab activity	Complete Reading questions for section 4 pages 27-45 with quiz 4/18
4/18	Pages 27-45 Quiz Complete bio on Elie Wiesel and visuals from Auschwitz	Read pages 47-65 for HW due 4/22
419	Present This I Believe Essay to the Class	Send essay to This I Believe.org for extra credit
4/22	Quiz on pages 47-65 Close Reading on Human Rights	Pages 66-84 due 4/26 Complete Road map for success for sections 5 and 6 of Night
4/23	Poster Collage on The Destructive Power of Hatred	Pages 84- End due 4/29 Complete Road map for success for sections 7 and 8 of Night
4/24	Lit circles sections 1-5 of Night
4/25	Box Car Activity and Complete Sections 7 and 8 of Night in class
4/26	Work Day pages 66-84 Due
4/29	Figurative Language page 84-End Due
4/30	Night Test
5/1	Genocide Webquest
5/2-5/3	Watch Hotel Rwanda and complete the major works data sheet Sheet must be written in complete sentences and use details from the film to explain your statements. Please remember that the film documents actual events that took place in Africa in the 90’s. The Rwandan Genocide was the 1994 mass murder of an estimated 800000 people in the small East African nation of Rwanda.
5/6	Maus: A Survivor's Tale, by Art Spiegelman
5/7	“The Shawl” and Selected Poems

Extra Credit and Test Review

Eugenics Webquest see Edmodo	Maus Assignment on Edmodo
Taking a Different Perspective: Voices of Victims Letter see packet
Web quest on causes and effects of the Holocaust

Week 10

Week 9

Week 8

Kite Runner Syllabus

Week 7 Lessons

Week Five

Week Four Plans

Week Three Plans

Week Two Plans

Week One