English 2
2012 Lesson Plans
Week of 9/10 – 9/14
Monday:
Parts of Speech review
Free Write on “Bass and Sheila Mant”
Tuesday
Parts of Speech review/basic diagramming
Examining the Free Write on “Bass and Sheila Mant”
“Boys and Girls”
Wednesday
Parts of Speech review and basic diagramming
“Boys and Girls”
“Two Kinds”
Thursday
Parts of Speech review and basic diagramming
“Two Kinds”
“Two Kinds” free writing
Friday
“Two Kinds” free writing presentations
Week of 9/17-9/22
Monday
Comma Rules/Grammar
“Geraldo, No Last Name”
Letter to Geraldo’s Family
Tuesday
Comma Rules/Grammar
Steinbeck/”Travels w/Charley”
Wednesday
Review ACT Writing Format
Review for Short Story Test
Thursday
Short Story test
ACT Writing Prompt Rough Draft
Friday
ACT Practice Writing
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Week of 9/24 – 9/28
Monday – Read “Travels With Charley” and study for test.
Tuesday – Short story unit test and comma rules
Wednesday – Mark Twain and prereading activities for HUCK FINN.
Thursday – Mark Twain and prereading Activities for HUCK FINN
Friday – Start Huck Finn / Chapters 1-3
Week of 10/1 – 1-/5
Monday and Tuesday: Prereading for Huckleberry Finn
Wednesday: Chapters 1-3 of Huck Finn
Grammar/Vocabulary related to the novel
Thursday: Chapters 4-5 of Huck Finn
Grammar/Vocabulary related to the novel
Friday: Chapter 6-7of Huck Finn
Grammar/Vocabulary related to the novel
Week of 10/8 – 10/12
10/5
Chapter 1-3 of Huckleberry Finn
10/8
Chapter 4-6 in Huckleberry Finn
Give kids vocabulary for Huckleberry Finn
Charted chapter summaries for HF up to Chapter 5
Character List should contain 10-12 characters
10/9
Chapters 7-9 in Huck Finn
Catch up Chapter Outlines and Character Lists
10/10
Chapters 10-12 in Huck Finn
Chapter Outlines and Characters Lists
10/11
Six Week Assessment
10/12
Chapter Outlines and Character Lists
Chapters 13-15 in Huck Finn
****Please remember to bring Huck Finn books and notebooks to class each day.
10/15 Mrs. Rogers gone
Students will work on Chapter 1-5 / 6-9 Study Packets
10/16
Mrs. Rogers will go over packets and answers
Chapter 1-5 / 6-9 Study Questions will be collected
Read Chapter 16 of Huck Finn in class
10/17
ACT Practice Session – Two Grammar Passages
Huckleberry Finn Chapter 17 read in class
Catch up Chapter Outlines and Character Lists
10/18
Huckleberry Finn Chapter 18 read in class
Study Questions for Chapters 10 – 18
10/19
ACT Practice Session – Two Grammar Passages
Study Questions for Chapters 10 – 18 in Huck Finn
10/22
Chapter Discussion Questions in Huck Finn
Read up to Chapter 22 in Huck Finn
10/23
Huck Finn Discussion Questions Due
Huck Finn – Chapter 23 and 24
10/24
ACT Grammar Test Practice and analysis
Huck Finn: Chapter 24 and 25
10/26
ACT Reading Test Practice and analysis
Huck Finn: Important Quote and Study Guide questions
10/29 – 11/2
Monday
Huck Finn Chapter 26
Tuesday
Huck Finn Chapter 27 and important quotes
Answer questions from the Chapter 19 – 22 Study Questions and quote packet
Wednesday
Huck Finn Chapter 28
Thursday
Huck Finn Chapter 19-22 Study Questions
Study questions due at the end of the day.
Friday
ACT Grammar Test
Subject/Verb agreement
11/5 – 11/9
Monday – Chapter 29 Huck Finn
More Subject/Verb ACT practice
Tuesday
Reading up to chapter 31 in Huck Finn
Review prudent and ambiguous as ACT writing words
Practice complex sentences for ACT
Wednesday
Discussion Questions for chapters 23 – 30 of Huck Finn
ACT Subject Verb Practice
Thursday
Chapter 31-35 Study packet and questions
Friday
Read up to Chapter 36 in Huck Finn
One page essay idea due Monday / Compare and Contrast Pap and Jim in the novel
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Include one quote from the book (cited correctly)
Include two complex sentences in the essay
10/12 – 10/16
Monday:
Continue to work on Comparison/Contrast of Pap and Jim
Students find seven quotes on Pap and Jim in novel
Outline Essay/Start on Rough Draft
Tuesday – More ACT review of Nom/Ob. Case
Review for Huck Finn Test
Wednesday – Huck Finn Test
Thursday and Friday: In Lab with Huck Finn Paper and ACT Practice
11/26 – 12/1
** Rough Draft of Huck Finn paper due 12/3 (Friday).**
Monday Finish the body of the Huck Finn paper.
Tuesday MLA format for quotes and Works Cited Page
Drill II – Pronouns used as subjects
Start Poetry Unit
Wednesday Finish Drills – Pronouns used as subjects
p. 508 “Mother to Son”
Brief movie on Harlem Renaissance and L. Hughes
Thursday ACT preparation activity
“Courage” p. 512 similes, metaphors,
personification, and theme
“Stopping by Woods…” p. 516
Friday Guided peer editing of Huck Finn RD
12/3/12 – 12/8/12
***Sequal to “Christmas Memory” Monday and Tuesday
Wednesday: More Huck Finn editing
Robert Frost “Mending Wall”
Thursday: Literary Terms and Examples
Friday: “Miss Rosie” “I Am Offering This Poem”
1/7-1/11
Monday: ACT Writing Practice / Timed Writing
Tuesday: Review Ballad/Ballad of Birmingham Compare ACT essays
Wednesday and Thursday: Sonnets / Iambic Pentameter
Friday: Introduction to the Poetry Project
1/14 – 1/19
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday – Poetry Project in computer lab
Thursday – Finish up Maya Angelou
Friday – Gwendolyn Broooks and finish poetry unit
2/4 – 2/8
Monday – Civil Rights and Antigone
Tuesday, Wednesday, Finish Antigone
Thursday and Friday ACT Prep and Civil vs. Moral Law
3/11 – 3/15
Monday / Tuesday: Notes on Shakespeare and Life and Death in the
English Theatre.
Wednesday: Julius Caesar Act I
Thursday: Julius Caesar Act I/II
Friday: Julius Caesar Act II