English II H/GT Lesson Plans
Mrs. Erxleben
Room 214
Monday, January 30, 2017 – Friday, February 10, 2017
DATE
Monday,
January 30
B-Day
OBJECTIVE/ASSIGNMENT
HOMEWORK
Unit Essential Question: What Kind of Knowledge Changes our
Lives?
*Homework is due at the beginning of class!
THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO:
1.
Understand and identify main idea, supporting details, and
tone.
THE STUDENT WILL ACCOMPLISH THIS BY:
1. Reading “The Sun Parlor” on pages 216 – 226 in textbook or
online.
2. Completing the Research and Technology writing prompt
on page 231 and submitting the paper via google docs.
Wednesday, Unit Essential Question: What Kind of Knowledge Changes our
February 1 Lives?
B-Day
*Homework is due at the beginning of class!
THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO:
1.
Understand new vocabulary from "A Toast to the
Oldest Inhabitant: The Weather of New England"
(pages 252-256) and "The Dog That Bit People" (pages
257-262) by Mark Twain and James Thurber
2. Understand satire, hyperbole, understatement, and
author’s purpose
THE STUDENT WILL ACCOMPLISH THIS BY:
For Literary Terms Test
WHAT I SHOULD CONTINUE TO
STUDY/REVIEW
Literary terms (pages 202-205)
Main idea, supporting details,
and tone.
Complete writing and submit to
google docs by Wednesday.
Literary terms (pages 202 -205)
For Literary Terms Test.
Complete grammar and writing
assignment in google classroom.
Persuasive speech and
persuasive techniques.
English II H/GT Lesson Plans
Mrs. Erxleben
Room 214
Monday, January 30, 2017 – Friday, February 10, 2017
Friday,
February 3
B-Day
1. Reviewing terms and techniques on pages 252-262.
2. Identify satire, hyperbole, understatement, and author’s
purpose.
3. Explain how Twain and Thurber use conflict to develop
humorous writing.
Unit Essential Question: What Kind of Knowledge Changes our
Lives?
Literary terms (pages 202 -205)
For Literary Terms test
*Homework is due at the beginning of class!
Persuasive speech and
persuasive techniques.
Complete research and class
activities.
Continuation of lesson:
THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO:
1.
Understand persuasive speech and persuasive
techniques (page 232)
2. Learn and use vocabulary from “Keep Memory Alive”.
3. Understand theme, tone, main idea, argument,
rhetorical devices, and how to evaluate persuasive
techniques from the speech.
Tuesday,
February 7
B-Day
THE STUDENT WILL ACCOMPLISH THIS BY:
1. Reviewing terms and techniques on page 232.
2. Review vocabulary
3. Listen to Elie Wiesel’s speech and indicate the tone,
main idea, and persuasive techniques used.
4. Completing research on the Jewish Holocaust.
Unit Essential Question: What Kind of Knowledge Changes our
Lives?
Literary terms (pages 202 -205)
English II H/GT Lesson Plans
Mrs. Erxleben
Room 214
Monday, January 30, 2017 – Friday, February 10, 2017
Thursday,
February 9
B-Day
*Homework is due at the beginning of class!
For Literary Terms test.
THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO:
1. Understand the historical context of the Jewish Holocaust.
2. Identify main idea, tone, and persuasive techniques for
“Keep Memory Alive” on pages 232 - 236.
THE STUDENT WILL ACCOMPLISH THIS BY:
1. Conducting research on the Jewish Holocaust.
2. Listening to “Keep Memory Alive”
3. Participating in class discussion and activities
4. Identifying terms from speech
5. Complete discussion questions
Unit Essential Question: What Kind of Knowledge Changes our
Lives?
Complete grammar assignment
in google classroom.
*Homework is due at the beginning of class!
Complete class work
Persuasive speech and
persuasive techniques.
Writing assignment due in
Google Classroom by Midnight,
Wed., Feb. 8
THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO:
1. Complete Literary Terms test!
2. Understand background information on William
Shakespeare, London, the Arts, etc. in 1500-1600.
3. Understand and apply Act 1 vocabulary
THE STUDENT WILL ACCOMPLISH THIS BY:
1. Completing test on Literary Terms
2. Read and review notes on Shakespeare’s life, London,
the Arts, etc. in 1500 – 1600.
3. Complete activities on Shakespeare and Act I
vocabulary in Google Classroom.
Standards: (I)1.1, 2.1, 3.1, 4.2, 5.1 (RL) 4.1-4.3, 5.1, 6.1, 7.1-7.2, 8.1, 10.1, 11.1, 13.1-13.3 (W) 1.1, 2.1, 4.1, 6.1 (C) 1.1-1.6
Act 1 vocabulary
Shakespearean writing,
London, the Arts, history, etc.
1500-1600.
English II H/GT Lesson Plans
Mrs. Erxleben
Room 214
Monday, January 30, 2017 – Friday, February 10, 2017
*Lesson plans are subject to change