2018-19 CURRICULUM CATALOG
Table of Contents COURSE OVERVIEW... 1 UNIT 1: COMING OF AGE... 1 UNIT 2: THE STRUGGLE AGAINST INJUSTICE... 1 UNIT 3: FIGHTING FOR FREEDOM... 2 UNIT 4: SEMESTER EXAM... 2 UNIT 5: PERSPECTIVES IN WORLD LITERATURE... 2 UNIT 6: THINGS FALL APART... 3 UNIT 7: TRADITION VS. CHANGE... 3 UNIT 8: SEMESTER EXAM... 3 UNIT 9: FINAL EXAM... 3 2018 Glynlyon, Inc. i
English II (01002) NY Course Overview English II students will study literature that spans centuries, continents, and genres. Each of the four thematically-integrated units encourages close study of this literature and its context. Students will gain valuable cultural insight as they read and write about works depicting the social, personal, religious, and political struggles and triumphs faced by people all over the world and all through history. Students will continue to build their literacy skills by engaging in focused reading, composition, speaking and listening activities, vocabulary study, and research. By the end of the course, students will have gained a broader perspective and will be well-prepared to apply that perspective to the study of American Literature in English III. To become critical consumers of text, students will be exposed to increasingly more complex texts to which they apply those skills. The content includes classic myths and stories from around the world, America s founding documents, foundational American literature, and Shakespeare. Students will be enriched as they expand their skills and confidence in English language arts through a comprehensive study that includes the following units: Unit 1: Coming Of Age 1. Course Overview 19. The Story of My Experiments with Truth: Word 2. "Through the Tunnel": Cultural Traditions and Parts and Connotation Prereading 20. Quiz 4 3. "Through the Tunnel": Setting, Point of View, 21. "There Was a Child Went Forth": Form and Conflict Structure 4. "Through the Tunnel": Denotative and Connotative 22. Rhetoric and Tone in Speeches Meaning 23. Greek Drama 5. Quiz 1 24. Roman, Medieval, and Elizabethan Drama 6. "The Carp": Ancient and Modern Chinese Poetry 25. Reading Drama 7. "Sixteen": Elements of a Short Story 26. Quiz 5 8. "A Decade": Culture and Theme 27. George Bernard Shaw 9. Project: Compare and Contrast Literary Analysis -- 28. Pygmalion: Act I "Sixteen" and "Through the Tunnel" 29. Pygmalion: Act II, Part 1 10. Quiz 2 30. Pygmalion: Act II, Part 2 11. Using Clauses and Phrases 31. Quiz 6 12. Adjective Clauses 32. Pygmalion: Act III 13. Adverb Clauses 33. Essay: Changing Language 14. Quiz 3 34. Pygmalion: Act IV 15. A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act I: Literary 35. Pygmalion: Act V, Part 1 Devices 36. Pygmalion: Act V, Part 2 16. A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act I: Word 37. Essay: Endings Relationships and Irony 38. Essay: Social Class 17. "A Wedding Gift": Character and 39. Quiz 7 Theme 40. Special Project 18. The Story of My Experiments with Truth: Literary 41. Test Nonfiction 42. Alternate Test Unit 2: The Struggle Against Injustice 1. Animal Farm: Web Search and Context 9. Animal Farm: Synonyms and Analogies 2. Animal Farm: Implicit and Explicit Characterization 10. Animal Farm: Allegory 3. Animal Farm: Structure and Sequence 11. Animal Farm: Tone and Metaphor 4. Animal Farm: Nuances of Word Meaning 12. Project: Literary Essay - Themes in Animal Farm 5. Quiz 1 13. Quiz 2 6. Animal Farm: Theme and Character 14. Special Project* 7. Animal Farm: Cultural Significance 15. Test 8. Animal Farm: Bias and Media 16. Alternate Test* 2018 Glynlyon, Inc. 1
Unit 3: Fighting For Freedom 1. Once Upon a Time: Inference and Analysis 13. "Letter from a Birmingham Jail": Rhetoric and 2. Language, History, Culture of South Africa Allusion 3. "Serve the People": Mao, China, and Media 14. The Apology: Socrates' Rhetoric 4. "Garden of My Childhood": Personification and 15. The Apology: Greek and Latin Root Words Theme 16. Quiz 3 5. Quiz 1 17. One Thousand and One Nights: History and 6. "Granny and the Golden Bridge": Character and Culture in Classic Text Anecdote 18. One Thousand and One Nights: Context and 7. "'Agua Viva,' A Sculpture by Alfred Gonzalez": Etymology Implying 19. Writing: Clauses, Semicolons, Parallel Structure 8. "They Shot Wook Kim": Shape Poetry 20. Project: Research Presentation - Historical Context 9. History, Language, and Theme 21. Project: Write a Narrative about Injustice 10. Night: Historical Context in Literary Nonfiction 22. Quiz 4 11. Project: Explanatory Essay with Textual Evidence 23. Special Project* 12. Quiz 2 24. Test 25. Alternate Test* Unit 4: Semester Exam 1. Semester Exam 2. Alternate Semester Exam* Unit 5: Perspectives In World Literature 1. Nectar in a Sieve: Setting and Culture 18. "Spanish Dancer": Imagery and Translations 2. "Gandhi Defends His Beliefs": Persuasion and 19. Quiz 3 Parallel Structure 20. "Your Laughter": Free Verse and Tone 3. "Work Without Hope": Compare with Nectar in a 21. "Birthplace": Enjambment and Tone Sieve 22. "It's This Way": Meter and Futurism 4. Nectar in a Sieve: Point of View 23. "Counting Small-Boned Bodies": Satire and 5. Nectar in a Sieve: Identifying Themes Tercets 6. Nectar in a Sieve: Narrative Structure 24. Project: Analysis and Comparison of Two Poems 7. Quiz 1 25. Quiz 4 8. Nectar in a Sieve: Symbolism and Motif 26. Project: Write an Argument 9. Nectar in a Sieve: Compare Point of View 27. "The Garden of Forking Paths": Allusions 10. Nectar in a Sieve: Symbolism and Imagery 28. Project: Narrative Essay: "The Garden of the 11. Nectar in a Sieve: Diction and Tone Forking Paths" 12. Nectar in a Sieve: Simile, Metaphor, Personification 29. "There's a Man in the Habit of Hitting Me on the 13. Quiz 2 Head with an Umbrella": Satire and Magical 14. Word Analysis: Prefixes, Suffixes, and Context Realism 15. Project: Argumentative Essay - Theme in Nectar in 30. Quiz 5 a Sieve 31. Special Project* 16. "Tell me, O Swan, your ancient tale": Implicit and 32. Test 17. "The Swan": Object Poetry 33. Alternate Test* 2018 Glynlyon, Inc. 2
Unit 6: Things Fall Apart 1. Words: Syntax and Etymology 18. Things Fall Apart: Two Interpretations - Chapters 2. Project: Research Essay: Latin American Writers 14-16 3. "The Circuit": Theme 19. Things Fall Apart: Imagery 4. "The Passing": Inference and Theme 20. Quiz 3 5. Project: Grammar Essay 21. Things Fall Apart: Decoding Words 6. Project: Cliches and Revision 22. Things Fall Apart: Conflict - Chapters 17-19 7. Quiz 1 23. Things Fall Apart: Themes 8. Things Fall Apart: Point of View 24. Things Fall Apart: Context and Change 9. Project: Cited Web Search - Igbo Society 25. Things Fall Apart: Parallel Characters 10. Things Fall Apart: Folkloric Traditions - Chapters 26. Things Fall Apart: Individual vs. Society 1-3 27. Project: Elements of Tragedy in Things Fall Apart 11. Things Fall Apart: Historical and Cultural Context - and Poetics Chapters 4-6 28. Things Fall Apart: Rhythm of Language 12. Things Fall Apart: Character and Conflict - Chapters 29. "The Second Coming": Epigraph to Things Fall Apart 7-8 30. Project: Literary Analysis of Theme in Things Fall 13. Quiz 2 Apart 14. Things Fall Apart: Characterization - Chapters 9-11 31. Quiz 4 15. Things Fall Apart: Symbolism 32. "1959: What Is Apartheid?": Citing Key Concepts 16. Things Fall Apart: Irony and Foreshadowing 33. Special Project* 17. Things Fall Apart: Character Analysis - Chapters 34. Test 12-13 35. Alternate Test* Unit 7: Tradition VS. Change 1. Master Harold: Analyzing Dialogue and Allusions 10. Figurative Language 2. "Master Harold": Protagonists and Antagonists 11. Project: Dramatic Recitation 3. Mandela's Nobel Price Acceptance Speech: Diction 12. Project: Research an Author's Cultural Context and Rhetoric 13. Project: Gather, Evaluate, Cite Credible 4. Project: Reflective Essay - Literature of South Africa Information 5. Quiz 1 14. Project: Write, Revise, Publish 6. Don Quixote: Historical Context 15. Quiz 2 7. Don Quixote: Allegory 16. Special Project* 8. "The Lottery": Foreshadowing and Suspense 17. Test 9. "The Bane of the Internet": Tone and Point of View 18. Alternate Test* Unit 8: Semester Exam 1. Semester Exam 2. Alternate Semester Exam * Unit 9: Final Exam 1. Final Exam 2. Alternate Final Exam* (*) Indicates alternative assignment 2018 Glynlyon, Inc. 3