English II Academic: October 2012

Sunday, October 28, 2012

Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck

Week #10 October 29-November 2, 2012

Literature: Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Writing: Persuasive Essay, sentence rearranging and combining
Grammar: prepositional phrases, clause
Vocabulary: SAT/OMM #3 - pithy, quiescent, colloquial, diffuse, complacent, contemptuous, hackneyed, insipid, monotony, pugnacious

Homework:
- SAT Vocab SAT/OMM #2 - due: Oct. 30

Monday

Take a quiz on SAT/OMM vocab #s 1 and 2.
Continue reading the novel.

Tuesday - Wednesday

I was absent Tuesday and you read chapter 2. You also answered the questions given that day in your reading notebook. You also received the SAT/OMM Week 3 vocabulary. Please study those and take notes in your vocabulary notebook. Use the format I gave you.
Today, Wednesday, we will discuss chapter 2 and hopefully continue to read the novel.

Thursday and Friday

We continue reading chapters in the novel and answering questions in your reading notebook.

Sunday, October 21, 2012

Literary Analysis, Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

Week #9 October 22-26, 2012

Literature: Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Writing: Literary Analysis 2nd draft
Vocabulary: Same as last week's

Homework:
- SAT Vocab notes on SAT and OMM words #2 - due: Oct. 23

Monday

Take a vocabulary quiz.
For the last several days, we have been reading about John Steinbeck, the Great Depression and the migrant experience. We will finish discussion on these topics today.

Tuesday

I will assign a book to each student to borrow and read during class only as I only have a class set of Of Mice and Men.
We will start reading the book today.

Wednesday - Friday

We will continue to read Of Mice and Men, and answer and discuss guide questions.
On Thursday, you should be ready with your 2nd draft of the literary analysis essay we have been working on for the last several days. You will submit the essay on www.turnitin.com.

Friday, October 12, 2012

Literary Analysis Essay, Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, Great Depression, and The Migrant Experience

Week #8 October 15-19, 2012

Literature: "The Great Depression", "The Migrant Experience", Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Writing: Expository essay
Vocabulary: SAT/OMM Week 2 - laconic, circumlocution, braggart, derivative, aloof, appreciate, apprehend, belligerent, bemuse, brittle

Homework:

SAT vocabulary notes on SAT and OMM week 1 list - due: Oct.16
First draft of literary analysis essay on indirect characterization and foreshadowing - due: Oct. 18

Monday

Write an expository essay.
If students finish early, they need to continue writing the first draft.

Tuesday

Complete "The Flood" and John Steinbeck biography questions.
Read about "The Great Depression."

Saturday, October 6, 2012

Literary Analysis Essay, Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, "The Flood" by John Steinbeck, Purpose and Rhetoric, Literary Nonfiction and Purpose, Rhetoric in Expository Essays

Week #7 October 8-12, 2012

Literature: Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, Purpose and Rhetoric, Literary Nonfiction and Purpose, Rhetoric in Expository Essays
Writing: Literary Analysis Essay, Expository and Persuasive Essays
Vocabulary: SAt/OMM Week 1 - arrogant, banal, bombastic, brevity, solitaire, nuisance, rheumatism, subdued, reverently, solemnly

Homework:

SAT vocabulary notes with SS words - due: Oct. 9
PSAT practice section 5 - due: Oct. Oct. 10

Monday

Take vocabulary and figurative language quiz.
Continue and finish outline for literary analysis essay.

Tuesday-Thursday

Read John Steinbeck's biography and about "The Great Depression and The Migrant Experience" and answer questions.
Read "The Flood" by John Steinbeck and answer questions.
Read chapter 1 of Of Mice and Men.
Go over expository essay rubric.

Friday

Writing workshop.

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/

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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

English II Academic

Sunday, October 28, 2012

Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck

Sunday, October 21, 2012

Literary Analysis, Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

Friday, October 12, 2012

Literary Analysis Essay, Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, Great Depression, and The Migrant Experience

Saturday, October 6, 2012

Literary Analysis Essay, Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, "The Flood" by John Steinbeck, Purpose and Rhetoric, Literary Nonfiction and Purpose, Rhetoric in Expository Essays

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