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English II - Honors

THE RULES
Always be on time!
Always have a positive attitude!
Always come prepared!
Complete your work on time. 
Pay attention and raise your hand to speak!
NO PLAGIARISM! NO CHEATING!

Summer Reading Project - Ender's Game

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Monday, August 20: Opening day procedures.
Tuesday, August 21: Work day - test tomorrow and project due Friday.
Wednesday, August 22: Ender's Game test.
Thursday, August 23: Read "The Bystander's Effect" and answer questions.
Friday, August 24: In-class writing. Turn in project.

Monday, August 27: Watch "38 Witnesses." Vocabulary -unit 1.
Tuesday, August 28: Essay over the Bystander Effect.
Wednesday, August 29: Digital Citizenship training on Eduhero.
Thursday, August 30: Digital Citizenship training on Eduhero.
Friday, September 1: Vocabulary quiz 1. Finish Digital Citizenship training.

Unit One - short stories

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Monday, September 3: Labor Day holiday
Tuesday, September 4:
Wednesday, September 5: Hand out short story terms. Dystopian lit notes.
Thursday, September 6: Finish notes.
Friday, September 7: Essay: Has technology enhanced or inhibited communication? Due Tuesday.


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Monday, September 10: Voc. 2-1. Read "The Lottery." Fill out plot chart.
Tuesday, September 11: Finish "The Lottery." View film. Fill out reading guide. Turn in essays.
Wednesday, September 12: Kahoot activity. ​ Read "Harrison Bergeron."  Voc. 2-2. Quiz on Friday.
Thursday, September 12: Finish "Harrison Bergeron." Reading guide and plot chart.
Friday, September 14: Voc. quiz 3. Watch "2081."


Monday, September 17: Voc. 3-1. Partner work- Venn diagram. Write 3 paragraph compare/contrast essay.
Tuesday, September 18: Read "The Pedestrian." Reading guide. Plot chart. 
Wednesday: Turn in 3 paragraph essay. Finish up "Pedestrian" analysis.
Thursday, September 21: Vocabulary quiz. Review for short story test. Make cheat card.
​Friday, September 22: Short story test.

Monday, September 24: Six Weeks Exam.
Tuesday, September 25: Six Weeks Exam.
Wednesday, September 26: Podcast from Unfictional - "Falling."
Thursday, September 27: Finish "Falling." Turn in written response.
Friday, September 28: Podcast from Criminal - "Tiger.

UNIT TWO - DRAMA

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Monday, October 1: Notes over drama.
Tuesday, October 2: Finish notes. Begin "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street."
Wednesday, October 3: Open notes pop quiz. Finish Act I.
Thursday, October 4: Read Act II.
Friday, October 5: Vocabulary.

*See below for terms, script, and review questions.

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Monday, October 8: No School.
Tuesday, October 9: Fair Day.
Wednesday, October 10: PSAT testing in am. Finish Act II in afternoon classes.
Thursday, October 11: Make cheat card and review for test.
Friday, October 12: Test over "The Monsters are Due on Maple Street."

UNit THree - nonfiction and NIght by Elie Wiesel

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Monday, October 15: Vocabulary - Unit 5. Watch Twilight Zone - "The Monsters are Due on Maple Street."
Tuesday, October 16: Read "Rowing the Bus." Answer multiple choice questions.
Wednesday, October 17: Vocabulary practice. Notes over nonfiction. "Zombies" - nonfiction article.
Thursday, October 18: Finish "Zombies." Read "The Man in the Water." 
Friday, October 19: Voc. Quiz 5. Questions over "The Man in the Water." Watch Washington Post video if time allows.



Monday, October 22: Vocabulary - Unit 7. Assembly.
Tuesday, October 23: Essay contest: What is a veteran?
Wednesday, October 24: Assembly.
Thursday, October 25: Read "And the Bands Played On" STAAR practice. Turn in essays. Voc. 7-2.
Friday, October 26: Voc. quiz 7. Read "Flour Babies." Focus on main idea and supporting details.

Monday, October 29: Six weeks test.
​Tuesday, October 30: Absent.
​Wednesday, October 31: Fill in scantrons. Watch film over European antisemitism.
Thursday, November 1: Moral dilemmas and pre-reading questions. Begin Night. Read 3-10.
Monday, November 5: Begin Night - pgs.
Tuesday, October 6:
Wednesday, October 7
Thursday, October 8: Training. (Out of school)
​Friday, October 9: Training. (Out of school)

Monday, December 3: Watch CNN video over current anti-Semitism. Read Part 6, pgs. 
Tuesday, December 4: Finish Part 6. Work on study guide.
Wednesday, December 5: Persuasive essay. (Test grade.) Due at the beginning of class tomorrow.
Thursday, December 6: Read Part 8.
Friday, December 7: Read Part 9. Make cheat card.

Monday, December 10: Test over Parts 6-9.
Tuesday, November 11: Begin Hotel Rwanda unit. Cover the "Eight Steps of Genocide."

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To kill a mockingbird

Tuesday, January 22: Vocabulary. Extra credit essay.
Wednesday, January 23: Go over vocabulary. Watch TEDTalk - "100 Days of Rejection."
Thursday, January 24: TKAM webquest. 
Friday, January 25: Finish webquest. Vocabulary quiz.
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