English II PreAP Syllabus Third Nine Weeks

 

Day

H.W. Due

Class Agenda

Bring to Class

H.W. Assigned

1 Jan. 4/5

 
  1. Return and Discuss Answers to Multiple Choice section of Semester Exam
  2. Discuss Essay and Rubric section of Semester Exam
  3. Look at examples of past essay exams and their strengths and weaknesses

 

 

P.L. RJ Book I RJ

2. Jan 6/7

P.L. RJ Book I RJ

Final Draft Othello Essay

Class Discussion and Close Reading P.L. I

P.L.

P.L. RJ Book II RJ

3. Jan. 10/11

P.L. RJ Book II RJ

Class Discussion and Close Reading P.L. II

P.L.

P.L. RJ Book III RJ

4. Jan. 12/13

P.L. RJ Book III RJ

Paradise Lost AP Timed Writing

Class Discussion and Close Reading P.L. III

P.L.

P.L. RJ Book IV RJ

5. Jan. 14/17

P.L. RJ Book IV RJ

Ind. Literature ?s

Class Discussion and Close Reading P.L. IV

P.L.

P.L. RJ Book V RJ

6. Jan. 18/19

P.L. RJ Book V RJ

Class Discussion and Close Reading P.L. V

P.L.

P.L. RJ Book VI-VIII RJ

7. Jan. 20/21

P.L. RJ Book VI-VIII RJ

Class Discussion and Close Reading P.L. VI-VIII

P.L.

P.L. RJ Book IX-XII RJ

W= Good and Evil Essay

8. Jan. 25/26

P.L. RJ Book IX-XII RJ

Class Discussion and Close Reading P.L. IX-XII

P.L.

R= “A Modest Proposal” RJ

9. Jan. 27/28

R= “A Modest Proposal” RJ
  1. King Lear AP Timed Writing
  2. Close Reading/Rhetorical Analysis“A Modest Proposal”

“A Modest Proposal”

 

10. Jan. 31/Feb. 1

 

Practice TAKS Exam

 

Blake RJ 1

11. Feb. 2/3

Blake RJ 1

W= Rough Draft Good and Evil Essay
  1. 1st Peer Revision Good and Evil Essay
  2. Close Reading “The Lamb” & “The Tyger”

Blake

Blake RJ 2

12. Feb. 4/7

Blake RJ 2

Close Reading , “The Divine Image,” “A Divine Image,” “Human Abstract”

Blake

Wordsworth RJ 1

13. Feb. 8/9

Wordsworth RJ 1

 

Wordsworth “Preface to Lyrical Ballads”/Shelley “A Defense of Poetry”

“Preface” and “Defense” Handout

Wordsworth RJ 2

14. Feb. 10/11

Wordsworth RJ 2
  1. 1994 Language Exam Timed Writing (King Charles II)
  2. Wordsworth “Tintern Abbey”

Wordsworth

Wordsworth RJ 3

15. Feb. 14/15

Wordsworth RJ 3

Revision of Good and Evil Rough Draft
  1. 2nd Peer Revision Good and Evil Essay
  2. Wordsworth, “Solitary Reaper,” Stallworthy, “Sindhi Woman”

Wordsworth

Keats RJ 1

16. Feb. 16/17

Keats RJ 1

Keats, “Grecian Urn,” “Nightingale”

Keats

Keats RJ 2

17. Feb. 18/22

Keats RJ 2

Romantic Poetry AP Timed Writing (Blake’s “Chimney Sweepers”)

Keats,“To Autumn,” Frost‘s “After Apple Picking”

Keats + Frost Handout

Shelley/Arnold RJ

18. Feb. 23/24

Shelley/Arnold RJ

W= Final Draft Good and Evil Essay

Shelley, “To a Skylark,” Arnold, “Dover Beach”

Shelley and Arnold Handouts

Tennyson RJ

19. Feb. 25/28

Tennyson RJ
  1. Oral Commentary Work Time
  2. Tennyson, “Lady of Shallott”

Tennyson Handout

Eliot RJ

20. Mar. ½

Eliot RJ
  1. Oral Commentary Work Time
  2. Eliot, “J. Alfred Prufrock”

Eliot

 

21. Mar. ¾

 

Poetry Oral Commentaries

 

 

22. Mar. 7/8

 

Poetry Oral Commentaries

 

 

23. Mar. 9/10

 

Poetry Oral Commentaries