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English II: Reading and Writing Activities

This schedule outlines the daily activities for an English II class, including reading, writing, vocabulary, and critical thinking exercises.

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English II: Reading and Writing Activities

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  1. English II

  2. Day 1Date______________________ • Introduction to English II: Establish routines and procedures • Heading your paper • Bell work • Class work • Discuss Syllabus • Bio Poems/Prepositional Phrase Poetry • Grading System • Bell work---------20% • Quizzes/Test----20% • Class work-------20% • Projects------------40%

  3. Day 2Date______________________ • Essential Question- Is there a difference between reality and truth? • Bell Work— Elements of Language -3rd Course • Diagnostic Preview A p. 576-77 • Class work • Vocabulary p.30 • Read “The Monkey’s Paw” • Reading Check • Critical Reading • Literary Analysis #1-3 • Vocabulary p. 43

  4. Day 3Date______________________ • Bell work–Exercise Diagnostic Preview B p.577 • Class work • Vocabulary • Read “Operation Conductorette” • Reading Check • Critical Thinking • Vocabulary Acquisition and Use p.85

  5. Day 4Date______________________ • Bell work --Exercise 1 p. 580 • Class work • Vocabulary • Read “Contents of the Dead Man’s Pocket” • Reading Check • Critical Thinking • Vocabulary Acquisition and Use

  6. Day 5Date______________________ • Bell work – exercise 2 p. 582 • Class work • Comparing Irony and Paradox p. 188 • Read “Like the Sun” • Reading Check • Critical Thinking #1-3 • Read “The Open Window” • Reading Check • Critical Thinking • After You Read • Comparing Irony and Paradox #1

  7. Day 6Date______________________ • Bell work– Review Exercise A p. 583 • Class work • Writing an Essay---Choose one of the following sentence starters to write a 5 paragraph essay: • Decisions that people make can affect the reality of their lives by… • The choices people make can have concrete effects on ____________. • Life-threatening situations may cause people to evaluate ________because_________.

  8. Day 7Date______________________ • Bell work – Exercise 3 p. 586 • Class work • Vocabulary • Read “A Visit to Grandmother” pp 240-252 • Reading Check • Critical Thinking #1-4 • Vocabulary Acquisition and Use p. 253

  9. Day 8Date______________________ • Guiding Question: Can progress be made without conflict? • Bell work – Exercise 4 pp. 588-89 • Class work • Vocabulary • Read “A Problem” p. 254-264 • Critical Thinking #1-4 • Vocabulary Acquisition and Use p. 265

  10. Day 9Date______________________ • Bell work – Review Exercise B pp. 589-90 • Class work • Read “One Thousand Dollars” • Reading Check • Critical Thinking #1-3 • Explain the dramatic irony in the story. • Begin reading “By the Waters of Babylon”

  11. Day 10Date______________________ • Bell work – Review Exercise C p. 591 • Class work • Finish reading “By the Waters of Babylon” • Reading Check • Critical Thinking • After you Read • Comparing Points of View

  12. Day 11Date______________________ • Bell work – Review Exercise D p. 592 • Class work • Vocabulary • Read “The Sun Parlor” • Reading Check • Critical Thinking #1-3 • Vocabulary Acquisition and Use p. 497

  13. Day 12Date______________________ • Guiding Question • What kind of knowledge changes our lives? • Bell work – Exercise 5 p. 596 • Class work • Short Story Projects

  14. Day 13Date______________________ • Bell work-- Exercise 6 p. 599 • Class work • Short Story Projects

  15. Day 14Date______________________ • Bell work – Review Exercise E p. 600 • Class work • Short Story Projects • Introduction to Non-fiction

  16. Day 15Date______________________ • Bell work--Chapter Review A p. 601 • Class work • Read “A Toast to the Oldest Inhabitant: The weather of New England” • Reading Check • Critical Thinking #1-3 • Read “The Dog that Bit People” • Reading Check • Critical Thinking #1-3 • After You Read

  17. Day 16Date______________________ • Guiding Question • Does all communication serve a positive purpose? • Bell work -Chapter Review B pp. 601-02 • Class work • Read “from Desert Exile: the Uprooting of a Japanese-American Family” • Reading Check • Critical Thinking

  18. Day 17Date______________________ • Bell work – Chapter Review C pp. 602-03 • Class work • Vocabulary • Read Poetry Collection 1 • “The Bridegroom” • “The Fish” • “The Guitar” • “Danny Deever” • Critical Thinking • Vocabulary Acquisition and Use p. 655

  19. Day 18Date______________________ • Bell work – Diagnostic A pp. 604-05 • Class work • Vocabulary • Read Poetry Collection 3 • “My City” • “Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night” • “Tanka • Reading Check • Critical Thinking #1-4 • Vocabulary Acquisition and Use p. 681

  20. Day 19Date______________________ • Bell work – Diagnostic B p. 605 • Class work • Read “Fear” • Read “The Bean Eaters” • Critical Thinking • Read “How to React to Familiar Faces” • Critical Thinking • After You Read • Comparing Tone and Mood #1,2,4

  21. Day 20Date______________________ • Bell work -- Exercise 1 pp. 608-09 • Class work • Vocabulary • Read Poetry Collection 5 • “The Wind-tapped like a tired Man” • “Glory” • “Metaphor” • Critical Thinking • After You Read • Literary Analysis • Reading Skill • Vocabulary Acquisition and Use

  22. Day 21Date______________________ • Guiding Question • To what extent does experience determine what we perceive? • Bell work – Exercise 2 p. 611 • Class work • Vocabulary • While you read p. 888 • Read Act I Julius Caesar • Reading Check • Critical Thinking • Vocabulary Acquisition and Use

  23. Day 22Date______________________ • Bell work – Exercise 3 pp. 611-12 • Class Work • Vocabulary • Read Act II Julius Caesar • Reading Check • Critical Thinking • Vocabulary Acquisition and Use

  24. Day 23Date______________________ • Bell work --Review Exercise A p. 612 • Class work • Vocabulary • Read Act III Julius Caesar • Reading Check • Critical Thinking • Vocabulary Acquisition and Use • Copy lines 74-81 and be prepared to write or recite this speech on ________________________.

  25. Day 24Date______________________ • Bell work – Exercise 4 p. 614 • Class work • Vocabulary • Literary Analysis : External and Internal Conflict p. 965 • Read Act IV Julius Caesar • Reading Check • Critical Thinking • Literary Analysis : External and Internal Conflict p. 983 • Vocabulary Acquisition and Use

  26. Day 25Date______________________ • Bell work – Exercise 5 pp. 614-15 • Class work • Vocabulary • Literary Analysis : Tragic Heroes p. 985 • Reading Skill: Compare and Contrast Characters • Read Act V Julius Caesar • Reading Check • Critical Thinking • Literary Analysis : Tragic Heroes p. 1001 • Reading Skill : Compare and Contrast Characters p. 1001 • Vocabulary Acquisition and Use

  27. Day 26Date______________________ • Bell work – Exercise 6 p. 617 • Class work • Julius Caesar Project

  28. Day 27Date______________________ • Guiding Question • Can Anyone be a Hero? • Bell work – Exercise 7 p. 618 • Class work • Julius Caesar Projects

  29. Day 28Date______________________ • Bell work – Exercise 8 p. 621 • Class work • Julius Caesar Projects

  30. Day 29Date______________________ • Bell work – Review Exercise B p. 621 • Class work • Literary Analysis : Myths • Reading Skill: Analyze Cultural Context • Vocabulary • Read “Prometheus and the first People” • Reading Check • Literary Analysis: Myths #1 • Vocabulary Acquisition and Use

  31. Day 30Date______________________ • Bell work – Review Exercise C p. 623 • Class work • Vocabulary • Read “The Orphan Boy and the Elk Dog” • Reading Check • Critical Thinking • Literary Analysis : Myths #1, 2,3 • Vocabulary Acquisition and Use

  32. Day 31Date______________________ • Guiding Question: Can anyone be a hero? • Bell work- • Class Work • Literary Analysis : Epic and Epic Hero p.1091 • Reading Skill : Analyze Cultural Context • Vocabulary • Read “Retellers of Sundiata an Epic of old Mali” • Reading Check • Critical thinking • Literary Analysis : Epic and Epic Hero p. 1105 • Reading Skill: Analyze Cultural Context • Vocabulary Acquisition and Use

  33. Day 32Date______________________ Bell Work— Class work-- • Vocabulary • Read “Reteller of Rama’s Initiation from the Ramayana” • Reading Check • Critical Thinking • Literary Analysis : Epic and Epic hero • Reading Skill: Analyze Cultural Context • Vocabulary Acquisition and Use

  34. Day 33Date______________________ • Bell work – Chapter Review A. p. 625 • Class work • Read “Ashputtle”. • Reading Check • Critical Thinking

  35. Day 34Date______________________ • Bell work – Review Exercise C p. 623 • Class work • Read “Cupid and Psyche”. • Reading Check • Critical Thinking

  36. Day 35Date______________________ • Bell work – Chapter Review B pp. 625-26 • Class work • Literary Analysis: Legends and Heroes p. 1153 • Vocabulary • Read “Arthur Becomes King of Britain” • Reading Check • Critical Thinking • Literary Analysis: Legends and Heroes p. 1171 • Vocabulary Acquisition and Use

  37. Day 36Date______________________ • Bell work – Review Exercise C p. 626 • Class Work • Vocabulary • Read “ Morted’Arthur” . • Reading Check • Critical Thinking • Literary Analysis: Legends and Legendary Heroes p. 1185 • Vocabulary Acquisition and Use

  38. Day 38Date______________ • Bell work –Writing Application –p.627 • Class work • Literary Analysis: Parody p. 1189 • Vocabulary • Read “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court” • Reading Check • Critical Thinking • Literary Analysis : Parody • Vocabulary Acquisition and Use

  39. Day 38Date________________ • Bell work – • Proofread and revise rough drafts • Write final drafts • Class work • Semester Exam

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