English II Unit 1 Focus Wall
Unit 1: Elements of Literature, Plot & Setting
Essential Questions:
- EQ1: What enduring questions and conflicts that writers analyzed hundreds of years ago are still relevant today?
- EQ2: Are there universal themes in literature that are of concern or interest to all societies?
- EQ3: What are the consequences of not being concerned with the balance of our interactions with nature?
- EQ4: What is reality and how is it constructed?
Standards Addressed:
- CC.9-10.R.L.7 Integration of Knowledge and Ideas: Analyze the representation of a subject or a key scene in two different artistic mediums, including what is emphasized or absent in each treatment (e.g., Auden’s “Musée des Beaux Arts” and Breughel’s Landscape with the Fall of Icarus).
- CC.9-10.R.L.9 Integration of Knowledge and Ideas: Analyze how an author draws on and transforms source material in a specific work (e.g., how Shakespeare treats a theme or topic from Ovid or the Bible or how a later author draws on a play by Shakespeare).
- CC.9-10.SL.1 Comprehension and Collaboration: Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grades 9–10 topics, texts, and issues, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.
- CC.9-10.SL.2 Comprehension and Collaboration: Integrate multiple sources of information presented in diverse media or formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) evaluating the credibility and accuracy of each source.
- CC.9-10.SL.3 Comprehension and Collaboration: Evaluate a speaker’s point of view, reasoning, and use of evidence and rhetoric, identifying any fallacious reasoning or exaggerated or distorted evidence.
- CC.9-10.SL.6 Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas: Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and tasks, demonstrating command of formal English when indicated or appropriate. (See grades 9-10 Language standards 1 and 3 on pages 54 for specific expectations.)
- CC.9-10.W.3 Text Types and Purposes: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences.
- CC.9-10.W.6 Production and Distribution of Writing: Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing products, taking advantage of technology’s capacity to link to other information and to display information flexibly and dynamically.
- CC.9-10.W.10 Range of Writing: Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of tasks, purposes, and audiences.
Goals:
Student objectives (outcomes):
Students will be able to:
- Define plot, setting, character, theme, exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution. (K)
- Define foreshadowing, suspense, flashback, protagonist, antagonist, foil, dynamic character, static character, round character, flat character, tone, figurative language, metaphor, simile, symbolism, situational irony, verbal irony, and dramatic irony. (K)
- Define internal and external conflict. (K)
- Identify internal and external conflict. (S)
- Identify plot, setting, character, theme, exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution. (S)
- Identify foreshadowing, suspense, flashback, protagonist, antagonist, foil, dynamic character, static character, round character, flat character, tone, figurative language, metaphor, simile, symbolism, situational irony, verbal irony, and dramatic irony. (S)
- Identify, compare, and contrast universal themes in literature. (S)
- Write narratives based in universal themes found in literature. (S)
- Participate in Socratic Seminar. (S)
English II Unit 2 Focus Wall
Unit 2: Research & MLA Format
Essential Questions:
- EQ1: Where do we find the meaning of a text? In the author’s words, in the way we read, or in both?
- EQ2: How do researchers organize their ideas and information effectively?
- EQ3: How do researchers find quality source materials?
- EQ4: When researching, how do you differentiate your ideas from the ideas of others?
Standards Addressed:
CC.9-10.L.1 Conventions of Standard English: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
CC.9-10.L.2 Conventions of Standard English: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
CC.9-10.L.3 Knowledge of Language: Apply knowledge of language to understand how language functions in different contexts, to make effective choices for meaning or style, and to comprehend more fully when reading or listening.
CC.9-10.L.4 Vocabulary Acquisition and Use: Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grades 9–10 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.
CC.9-10.L.6 Vocabulary Acquisition and Use: Acquire and use accurately general academic and domain-specific words and phrases, sufficient for reading, writing, speaking, and listening at the college and career readiness level; demonstrate independence in gathering vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression
CC.9-10.R.I.1 Key Ideas and Details: Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
CC.9-10.R.L.1 Key Ideas and Details: Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
CC.9-10.W.4 Production and Distribution of Writing: Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. (Grade-specific expectations for writing types are defined in standards 1–3 above.)
CC.9-10.W.5 Production and Distribution of Writing: Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on addressing what is most significant for a specific purpose and audience. (Editing for conventions should demonstrate command of Language standards 1–3 on up to and including grades 9-10 page 55.)
CC.9-10.W.6 Production and Distribution of Writing: Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing products, taking advantage of technology’s capacity to link to other information and to display information flexibly and dynamically.
CC.9-10.W.7 Research to Build and Present Knowledge: Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question) or solve a problem; narrow or broaden the inquiry when appropriate; synthesize multiple sources on the subject, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.
CC.9-10.W.8 Research to Build and Present Knowledge: Gather relevant information from multiple authoritative print and digital sources, using advanced searches effectively; assess the usefulness of each source in answering the research question; integrate information into the text selectively to maintain the flow of ideas, avoiding plagiarism and following a standard format for citation.
CC.9-10.W.9 Research to Build and Present Knowledge: Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
CC.9-10.W.10 Range of Writing: Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of tasks, purposes, and audiences.
Goals:
Student objectives (outcomes):
Students will be able to:
- Effectively choose a topic and research it. (S)
- Effectively paraphrase, summarize, and delineate multiple sources of information. (S)
- Choose source documents which fit the requirements for being creditable sources of information. (S)
- Write research based on Unit I. (S)
- Use MLA formatting. (K)
- Cite their sources using both in-text citations and works citied. (K)
Transfer Goals:
The students will independently use their learning to:
- Effectively write a research paper.
- Use MLA formatting to cite their sources.