English II Academic: December 2010

Thursday, December 30, 2010

Week #18 January 4-7, 2011

Literature: Night by Elie Wiesel
Grammar: sentence structure and punctuation
Vocabulary: prostrate, interlude, reprieve, rations, dysentery, robust, quarantine, apathy, humane, grimace, nocturnal, livid, pious, interminable, wizened, morale, infernal, refuge, oppressive, and expelled

Homework:
- Vocabulary SAT NOTES - due every Thursday
- Click on the link below and view the video on the Holocaust, and then leave a comment. Due Friday, Jan. 7.
http://nterrycloth-march.blogspot.com/2010/01/in-memoriam-holocaust.html

NOTE: The video segment above is not in full recording. I will show the rest of the segments tomorrow in class. Do not worry. I apologize for the inconvenience.

Activities
Monday
Teacher preparation day

Tuesday
1. Discuss course outline.
2. Distribute Glossary of Terms and list of vocabulary words in Night. Read and discuss.
3. Review blog resource and vocabulary format.
4. View part of the Discovery World War II videos.

Wednesday
1. Distribute "Frequently asked Questions about the Holocaust" and remind students of the homework online due Friday (online).
2. Continue viewing the videos and take the viewing check.

Thursday
1. Check vocabulary notebook.
2. Assign a copy of Night to each student, receive a set of reading guide questions, and begin reading.

Friday
1. Continue reading.

Saturday, December 11, 2010

Week #17 Dec. 13-17, 2010

FINAL EXAM WEEK

Monday
REVIEW

Tuesday, December 14
8:00am
2nd Period Final Exam
10:30am
5th Period Final Exam

Wednesday, December 15
8:00am
3rd Period Final Exam
10:30am
7th Period Final Exam

Thursday, December 16
8:00am
4th Period Final Exam
10:30am
6th Period Final Exam

Friday, December 17
8:00am
1st Period Final Exam

Saturday, December 4, 2010

Week #16 Dec. 6-10, 2010

Literature: Antigone by Sophocles
Grammar: Review - parts of speech, punctuation, writing styles
Vocabulary: Review all 50 words on the list (included in the review packet)

Homework:
- Complete all zeros

Acitivities:
Monday
Final Exam essay
Receive review packet

Tuesday
MOYA

Wednesday
Unit Test on Antigone

Thursday/Friday
Review for final exam.

English II Course Outline

Dear Students/Parents/Guardian,

I would like to take this opportunity to welcome you to the school year 2012-2013 at Bellaire High School. This letter includes the set of class rules. It is vital that the student and the parents co-exist with the teacher in monitoring the activities a student has to work on and the rules that apply when a rule is broken especially if it disrupts the smooth flow of scheduled activities. I look forward to having a harmonious teamwork with all of you throughout the school year.

Thank you.

Norina S. Terry

nterry@houstonisd.org

CLASSROOM RULES

1. Be polite and use good manners.

2. Follow directions and complete work.

3. Raise hand before speaking or leaving seat/work station.

4. Bring materials to school and be ready to work.

5. Respect your own and other’s property.

Specific rules:

1. Be in class on time.

2. Keep your hands and your feet to yourself at all times.

3. Do not use vulgar or offensive language.

4. NO gum chewing in class.

5. Always take turns when speaking or when using a book or any material in class.

IF YOU CHOOSE TO BREAK A RULE:

First Offense: Verbal warning

Second Offense: Written warning

Third Offense: Parental Contact

Fourth Offense: Administrative Referral

Fifth Offense: Detention/Removal from class

*Late submission of work may not be accepted for daily grades. Deductions will be incurred for accepted late work: 15 points/percent on the first day, 25 points/percent on the 2^nd day, 35 points/percent on the 3^rd day, 50 points/percent on the 4^th day, and zero on the 5^th day. Any work not turned in after five days may not be accepted for a grade anymore.

*The student is responsible to ask the teacher for missed work after every absence occurs.

*The student can be allowed make-up work for every excused absence and may earn 100% replacing a low grade within 3-5 days, or as per student-teacher agreement from the day the student comes back from an absence. It is the student’s responsibility to ask for make-up work.

RECEIPT of Syllabus, Rules, and Regulations

Student: I have read the syllabus and class rules and I understand them perfectly. I will honor it while I am enrolled at Bellaire HS in Ms. Terry’s class.

Print Name: ________________________ Signature:

Parent/Guardian: My/Our child discussed the syllabus and class rules with us. I understand and will support them.

Print Name: ________________________ Signature:

Teacher: I will be fair and consistent in administering the lessons and this discipline plan for this SY 2011-12.

Print Name:______________________ Signature:

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ENGLISH II Syllabus

Course Description:

English II is a course that covers the elements of fiction and non-fiction, the parts of speech, and selected texts. The lessons will encompass a study of literary structure, literary devices, and interpretation of meaning through reading, learning through teamwork, analysis through writing, significance of culture and diversity, a time in American history, a Shakespearean play, and research writing.

Course Goals/Objectives:

Reading – Students will read, respond to, analyze, and evaluate a variety of texts in order to increase vocabulary, increase knowledge of their own and others’ cultures, and research topics

Writing – Students will use the recursive writing process to write effectively in a variety of forms and will evaluate their own and others’ writings.

Speaking and Listening – Students will present informative, persuasive, and literary messages appropriate to the purpose and audience, and will listen attentively to and analyze and evaluate others’ presentations.

Viewing and Representing – Students will interpret, analyze, evaluate and produce visual representations.

Grading:

A = 90- 100

B = 80- 89

C = 75- 79

D = 70- 74

F = 69- below

Course Evaluations:

Major Grades (quiz/test) 50%

Daily Grades 40%

Homework / Participation 10%

Textbook(s):

Holt McDougall Literature

Class Projects/Activities:

Analytical essay and poem

Essay (personal, narrative, persuasive, etc.)

Video/Photo essay of a natural disaster

Research paper

Close Reading

Resources:

Library

Internet

Houston Teacher’s Institute Curriculum Units

CDs/DVDs/VHS

Supplies Needed:

1. 1 1/2” Binder with 3 dividers/loose sheets of paper

2. 3 Composition notebooks

3. Pen and paper

4. Assigned textbook or novel

5. Handouts (provided by teacher)

Helpful Hints:

1. Read ahead of schedule.

2. Outline what was read.

3. Take notes.

4. Review notes on a regular basis.

Course Outline:

Fall Semester

Summer Reading- You Don't Know Me by David Klass

Short Stories

“Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut

“Sound of Thunder” by Ray Bradbury

“There Will Come Soft Rains” by Ray Bradbury

“Searching for Summer” by Joan Aiken

Other Short Stories we may read if time allows

“Two Friends” by Guy de Maupassant

“The Interlopers” by Saki

Poetry - TBA

Reading novel and a classical Greek Drama

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

Antigone by Sophocles

Grammar/Syntax

Vocabulary: 10-15 words per week

STAAR preparation

Spring Semester

Night by Elie Wiesel

Julius Caesar, a tragedy by William Shakespeare

I Had Seen Castles by Cynthia Rylant

For other information, please go to:

http://www.bellaire.org/

BLOG - http://nterrycloth-march.blogspot.com/

http://nscots.blogspot.com

NIGHT by Elie Wiesel VOCAULARY

NIGHT by Elie Wiesel Vocabulary

prostrate
interlude
reprieve
rations
dysentery
robust
quarantine
apathy
humane
grimace
nocturnal
livid
pious
interminable
wizened
morale
infernal
refuge
oppressive
expelled
profoundly
ordeal
legacy
glacial
transcend
inmate
morbid
phenomenon
holocaust
abomination
interlocutor
crematoria
ghetto
relic
conflagration
constraints
hallucinating
colossus
floundering
ascertain
liberation
communal
wizened
vibration
confinement
audible
notorious
infirmary
automaton
inventory
charred
linger
accumulate
mauling
vitality
crematorium
fraction
liquidate
traumatize
legacy

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