English II Year-in-Detail 2015-2016
Collection 1
Unit Two
Collection 2
Unit Three
Collection 4
Aug. 12-Sept. 17
Sept. 21-Nov. 2nd
Nov. 3-Dec. 18th
Comprehensive Midterm Assessment:
Unit One
Unit Four
Collection 5
Unit Five
Collection 3
Jan. 5- Feb. 18
Feb. 22-April 11
December 1-11
THEME: Ourselves and
Others
Anchor Text(s):
 Short Story by
Etgar Keret
Translated by
Nathan Eglander
“What, of This
Goldfish, Would
You Wish?” p. 3A
 Court Opinion by
William J.
Brennan from
Texas vs Johnson
Majority Opinion
p. 15A
THEME: The Natural
World
Anchor Text(s):
 Essay By Barbara
Kingsolver
“Called Out,”
p.51A
 Short Story by
Margaret
Atwood “My Life
as a Bat,” p. 71A
 Poem by Linda
Hogan “Carry”
p.79A
Unit Performance
Task(s):
 Present a Speech
 Write an
Analytical Essay
Unit Performance
Task(s):
 Write a Research
Report
 Participate in a
Panel Discussion
THEME: How We See
Things
Anchor Text(s):
 Poems by Emily
Dickinson “We
grow
accustomed to
the Dar,” p.
156,
 “Before I got
my eye put
out,” p. 157A
 Science Essay
by Neil de
Grasse Tyson
“Coming to Our
Senses,” p.
161A
 Math Essay by
Keith Devlin
“The Math
Instinct,” p.
183A
Unit Performance
Task(s):
 Write a Speech
 Write a Short
Story
THEME: Absolute
THEME: Responses to
Power
Change
Anchor Text(s):
Anchor Text(s):
 Drama by
 Novella by
William
Franz Kafka
Shakespeare,
Translated by
The Tragedy
David Wyllie
of Macbeth, p.
from The
213A
Metamorphos
is, p. 93A
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Unit Performance
Task(s):
 Write an
Analytical
Essay
Unit Six
Collection 6
April 12-May 20
Summative
Assessment: April 1115
THEME: Hard-Won
Liberty
Anchor Text(s):

Argument by
Martin
Luther King,
Jr. Letter
from
Birmingham
Jail, p.319A
Graphic Novel
by Peter
Kuper from
The
Metamorphos
is, p. 107A
Unit Performance
Task(s):
 Participate in
a panel
Discussion
 Write an
Argument
Unit Performance
Task(s):
 Write an
Argument
English II Year-in-Detail 2015-2016
Critical
Objectives:
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Analysis/Key
Analyze Character:
Motivations RL 3
Analyze Point of
View:
Cultural
Background RL 6
Analyze
Order:
Structure
and
Juxtaposition RI 3
Determine Purpose
and Point of View RI
6
Analyze
Seminal
U.S. Documents RI 9
Cite Evidence RI 1
Analyze Impact of
Word
Choice:
Compare Tone RI 4
Analyze Impact of
Word Choice: Tone
RL 4
Analyze
Author’s
Choices:
Tension
and Surprise RL 5
Support Inferences
About Theme RL 1,
RL 2
Critical Analysis/Key
Objectives:
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Determine Central
Idea RI 2
Determine Word
Meanings RI 4, L
5a, L 5b
Determine Theme
Through Objective
Summary RL 2
Analyze Author’s
Claim and
Determine
Purpose RI 5, RI 6
Determine
Figurative
Meanings RL 4, L
5a
Analyze Author’s
Choices: Text
Structure RL 5
Support
Inferences About
Theme RL 1, RL 2,
L 5a
Critical Analysis/Key
Objectives:
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Cite Evidence:
Paraphrase and
Summary RL 1, RL
2
Analyze Author’s
Choices: Poetic
Structure RL 5
Analyze
Development of
Ideas RI 2, RI 3
Cite Textual
Evidence RL 1
Analyze Author’s
Choices: Parallel
Plots and Tension
RL 5
Determine
Meaning and
Analyze Ideas RI
4, RI 5
Analyze
Representations
in Different
Mediums RL 7
EOC Test Information
Test Design
Number of Points
Testing Time
Session 1: Writing
12
75 minutes (suggested)
Session 2: Reading and Research
24
40 minutes (suggested)
Session 3: Reading and Proofreading
22
40 minutes (suggested)
Totals
58*
155 minutes
The Writing section addresses the following Common Core ELA standards:
o Writing Standards: W. 9-10.2, W. 9-10.4, and W.9-10.9
o Language Standards: L. 9-10.1, L. 9-10.2, and L. 9-10.3
Critical Analysis/Key
Objectives:
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Analyze
Argument and
Rhetoric RI 6,
RI 8
Analyze
Character and
Theme RL 2, RL
3
Analyze
Representation
s RL 7
Analyze Source
Material RL 9,
RI 1
Analyze How an
Author Draws
on Shakespeare
RL 9
Support
Inferences
About Word
Choice RL 1, RL
4, L 5a, L 5b
Critical Analysis/Key
Objectives:
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Support
Inferences RL 1
Analyze
Representation
s in Different
Mediums RL 7
Analyze
Author’s Order:
Cause and
Effect RI 3
Determine
Technical
Meanings RI 4,
L 4a–d
Support
Inferences
About Theme
RL 1, RL 2
Analyze
Development
of Ideas RI 2, RI
3
Critical Analysis/Key
Objectives:
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Analyze
Argument in a
Seminal
Document RI
8, RI 9
Analyze
Evidence and
Author’s Ideas
RI 1, RI 5
Analyze
Argument and
Rhetoric RI 6,
RI 8
Analyze
Accounts in
Different
Mediums RI 7
Analyze
Character and
Theme RL 2,
RL 3
Analyze
Theme and
Tone
RL 2, RL 4
English II Year-in-Detail 2015-2016
Unit One
Anchor Text(s)

Short Story by Etgar
Keret Translated by
Nathan Eglander “What,
of This Goldfish, Would
You Wish?” p. 3A
 Court Opinion by William
J. Brennan from Texas vs
Johnson Majority
Opinion p. 15A
Academic Vocabulary
Related Texts
 Movie Trailer from a Film directed by
Lisa Gossels “My So-Called Enemy,”
p.13A
 Short story by Shirley Jackson “The
Lottery,” p.25A
 Poem by Diane Glancey
 “Without Title,” p.39A
Common Core State Standards
Reading
RL 1, RL 2, RL 3, RL 4, RL 5, RL 6, RI 1, RI 3, RI 4, RI 6, RI
9
Writing
W 1, W 2, W 2b, W 3a–b, W 3e, W 7, W 9
Discriminate
Diverse
Inhibit
Intervene
Rational
Speaking and Listening
SL 1a, SL 4, SL 5, SL 6
Language
L 1b, L 3, L 4a, L 4b, L 5b
HMH Close Reader Selection(s): Short story by Ursula Leguin “The Wife’s Story,” p.12b
-Public Document by the UN Commission on Human Rights from “The Universal Declaration of Human Rights,” p.24b
English II Year-in-Detail 2015-2016
Unit Two
Anchor Text
 Essay By Barbara
Kingsolver “Called
Out,” p.51A
 Short Story by
Margaret Atwood “My
Life as a Bat,” p. 71A
 Poem by Linda Hogan
“Carry” p.79A
Academic Vocabulary
Related Texts
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Common Core State Standards
Reading
RL 1, RL 2, RL 4, RL 5, RI 1, RI 2, RI 4, RI 5,
Poem by Walt Whitman “When I Heard the Learn’d
RI 6
Astronomer” p. 59A
Argument by Jane Goodall from Hope for Animals and
Their World, p. 61A
Poem by Linda Hogan “Carry” p.79A
Advocate
Discrete
Domain
Enhance
Scope
Writing
W 2, W 4, W 7, W 8, W 9
Speaking and Listening
SL 1a–d, SL 2, SL 4
Language
L 1b, L 2b, L 4b, L 4c, L 5a, L 5b, L 6
HMH Close Reader Selection(s): Essay by Barbara Hurd “Sea Stars,” p.58b
-Poem by Lorna Dee Cervantes “Starfish,”p.58b
-Blog Post by Andrew C. Revkin “Emma Marris:In Defense of Everglade Pythons,” p. 70b
-Short Story by Haruki Murakami “The Seventh Man,” p.78b
English II Year-in-Detail 2015-2016
Unit Three
Anchor Text(s):
 Poems by Emily
Dickinson “We grow
accustomed to the Dar,”
p. 156,
 “Before I got my eye put
out,” p. 157A
 Science Essay by Neil de
Grasse Tyson “Coming
to Our Senses,” p. 161A
 Math Essay by Keith
Devlin “The Math
Instinct,” p. 183A
Connected Texts:
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Short Story by Julio Cortazar translated
by Paul Blackburn “The Night Face Up,”
p. 171A
Poem by W.H. Auden “Muse des Beaux
Arts,” p. 190A
Painting by Pieter Breughel the Elder,
Landscape with the Fall of Icarus, p.
191A
Academic Vocabulary
Differentiate
Incorporate
Mode
Orient
Perspective
Common Core State Standards
Reading
RL 1, RL 2, RL 3, RL 5, RL 7, RI 2, RI 3, RI 4, RI 5
Writing
W 2, W 3a–e, W 4, W 5, W 7, W 9, W 9a–b
Speaking and Listening
SL 1a, SL 4
Language
L 1a–b, L 2, L 4a–c
HMH Collections Close Reader Selection(s): Essay by Billy Collins “The Trouble with Poetry Today,” p.160b
-Book Review by Matilda Battersby “Every Second Counts,” p. 170b
English II Year-in-Detail 2015-2016
Unit
Four
Anchor Text

Drama by William
Shakespeare, The
Tragedy of
Macbeth, p. 213A
Academic Vocabulary
Comprise
Incidence
Priority
Thesis
Ultimate
Related Texts
 Argument by Michael Mack from “Why Read Shakespeare?”
p. 203A
 Film by Penny Woolcock from Macbeth on the Estate, p.
293A
 History by Raphael Holinshed from Holinshed’s Chronicles, p.
295A
 Short Story by James Thurber “The Macbeth Murder
Mystery,” p. 301A
 Poem by Patricia Smith “5:00 P.M., Tuesday, August 23,
2005,” p.309A
Common Core State Standards
Reading
RL 1, RL 2, RL 3, RL 4, RL 5, RL 6, RL 7, RL
9, RI 1, RI 3, RI 4, RI 6, RI 8
Writing
W 1, W 2, W 2a–f, W 4, W 9a–b
Speaking and Listening
SL 1, SL 1a–d, SL 4, SL 6
Language
L 1b, L 3, L 4, L 4b, L 4c, L 5a, L 5b
HMH Collections Closer Reader Selection(s): -Drama by William Shakespeare from The Tragedy of Macbeth, p. 292b
English II Year-in-Detail 2015-2016
Unit
Five
Anchor Text(s)

Novella by Franz Kafka
Translated by David
Wyllie from The
Metamorphosis, p. 93A
 Graphic Novel by Peter
Kuper from The
Metamorphosis, p.
107A
Academic Vocabulary
Related Texts
 Science Writing by Jeffrey Klunger from Simplexity, p. 129A
 Poem by Cathy Song, “Magic Island,” p. 137A
 Documentary Film by Thomas Riedelsheimer from Rivers and
Tides, p. 141A
Common Core State Standards
Reading
RL 1, RL 2, RL 7, RI 2, RI 3, RI 4
Writing
W 1a–e, W 2, W 2a, W 2c, W 2d, W 4, W 9a–b
Speaking and Listening
SL 1, SL 1a–d, SL 3, SL 5
Language
L 1, L 1b, L 4a–d, L 5a
Abstract
Evolve
Explicit
Facilitate
Infer
Sample Accommodations & Modifications
HMH Collections Closer Reader Selection(s): Poem by Anne Sexton “The Starry Night,” p.128b
Science Writing by Dolores Vasquez Life After People, p. 144b
English II Year-in-Detail 2015-2016
Unit
Six
Anchor Text(s)

Argument by Martin
Luther King, Jr. Letter
from Birmingham Jail, p.
319A
Academic Vocabulary
Comprehensive
Equivalent
Incentive
Innovate
Media
Related Texts
 Memoir by Wael Ghonim from Revolution 2.0, p.341A
 Argument by Mohandas K. Gandhi from Letter to Viceroy, Lord
Irwin, p.351A
 Document Film by BBC from Gandhi: The Rise to Fame, p.359A
 Short story by Rebecca Makkaii, The Briefcase, p. 361A
 Poem by Jimmy Santiago Baca, Cloudy Day, p. 373A
Common Core State Standards
Reading
RL 2, RL 3, RL 4, RI 1, RI 4, RI 5, RI 6, RI 7, RI 8, RI 9
Writing
W 1a–e, W 2, W 4, W 5, W 7, W 8, W 9, W 9a–b, W
10
Speaking and Listening
SL 1a, SL 2, SL 4
Language
L 1a–b, L 2a–b, L 4a, L 4d, L 5b, L 6
Sample Accommodations & Modifications
HMH Collections Closer Reader Selection(s): Speech by Josephine Baker, Speech at the March on Washington, p. 340b
Short Story by Christine Lee Zilka “Bile,” p. 372b