First Six Weeks
Reading Comprehension
Writing Process
Summer Reading
Unit 1
Literary
Novella (Anthem)
Writing Process
Character
Analysis
Expository
Monologue
Voice
Sensory Language
Literary Nonfiction
English II Pre-AP
Year-at-a-Glance
Second Six Weeks
Reading Comprehension
Writing Process
Literary
Fiction (The Inferno)
Characterization
Allegory/Allusion
Informational
Argument
Culture & History –
Author’s Purpose
Expository – Making
connections across genres
Unit 2
Synthesis
Persuasive/Argumentative
Rhetorical devices
Thesis - support
Third Six Weeks
Reading Comprehension
Writing Process
The Road
Unit 3
Literary
Fiction
Characterization
Literary Analysis
Informational
Conventions
Conventions
Culture & History –
Verb tenses
Sentence variety
Author’s Purpose
Verbals
Quotation marks
Making connections across
Clauses
genres
Short answer
Reciprocal pronouns
Editing for punctuation
Short answer
Vocabulary
Subjunctive mood
Vocabulary
Short answer
Sentence variety – focus
Vocabulary
on effective conjunctions
Research
Writing and research skills are linked. Review research skills this year. Include historical and cultural research for background of literature selections and for supporting ideas or
details for the expository and persuasive essays.
Fourth Six Weeks
Fifth Six Weeks
Sixth Six Weeks
Reading Comprehension
Reading Comprehension
Writing Process
Reading Comprehension
Writing Process
Writing Process
(continue skills from third
Units 3/4
six weeks)
Unit 4
Continue Analysis Essay
The Alchemist
Unit 5
Persuasion
Literary
Drama
Julius Caesar (excerpts)
Theme & Genrearchetype
Antigone
Informational
Persuasion
Rhetorical Speeches
Conventions
Sentence variety
Verb tenses
Subject/Verb agreement
Reciprocal pronouns
(Literary/Media)
Persuasive Techniques
Conventions
Restrictive and
Nonrestrictive clauses
Editing for punctuation
Romantic Poetry
(Continue skills from fourth
six weeks)
Review reading across
genres
Expository (Review)
Persuasive (Review)
Literary & Informational
Analysis Essay (after
EOC)
Conventions
Sentence variety
Connections ProceduralGraphic/Media
Lord of the Flies
Research
Vocabulary
Short answer
Vocabulary
Procedural-Work related
Conventions
Dashes
Reflexive/Reciprocal
pronouns
Short answer
Vocabulary
Research
Writing and research skills are linked. Review research skills this year. Include historical and cultural research for background of literature selections and for supporting ideas or
details for the expository and persuasive essays.
Ongoing skills practiced throughout the year: Reading Across Genres, Reading Comprehension (FIG 19B), Vocabulary (E2.1A-E), Sensory Language (E2.7), Writing
Process (E2.13A-E), Oral and Written Conventions (E2.17A-C), Research (E2.20, 21, 22, 23), Listening and Speaking (E2.24, 25, 26), and Media Literacy (E2.12A-D)
Revised 6/2013