ENGLISH II Pre- AP – 1st Quarter Fall 2019 Jenny Ryan

MONDAY  TUESDAY  WEDNESDAY  THURSDAY  FRIDAY  August 12  August 13  August 14  August 15  August 16 (pep rally) 1 Welcome Back:

Review: ● Class Policies & Procedures ● Class syllabus/Calendar

HW: review terms packet, highlight confusing, unfamiliar terms; finish LOTF by 8/20

Terms review Introduction to Critical Theories for Reading and Analyzing Literature - “John Henry”

Complete John Henry critical theory application Begin “Little Red Riding Hood” Analysis HW: Read/annotate “Harrison Bergeron” and complete Google Classroom assignment by 8/19 @ 7:30 am (F)

1st Period: Sophomore Class Assembly (Will need to finish “Little Red Riding Hood” for homework) Finish “LRRH” activity

2 August 19  August 20  August 21  August 22  August 23 Assign Tone List #1 Discuss “Harrison Bergeron” and “Little Red Riding Hood” responses

Lord of the Flies Reading Quiz (2F) Ch 1 guided close read HW: Read/annotate assigned passage to prepare for critical theory group reading

Ch 1-6 Critical theory application group activity HW: Read/annotate article on bystander effect

Watch clips of What Would You Do? What influences our responses to conflicts around us?

3 August 26  August 27  August 28  August 29  August 30 3 Week IPR Ch 7-12 critical theory application group activity HW: LotF AP Multiple Choice Questions due 8/27 (F)

Finish Ch 7-12 critical theory application group activity

Terms/Critical Theory Identification and Application Test

Tone Word Quiz #1 SOPHOMORE PICTURE DAY **NOTE: Revtrak orders for novels and vocabulary books orders are due today. HW: Read chapters/excerpts from How to Read Literature Like a Professor

4 September 2  September 3  September 4  September 5 (*Blue Schedule) 

September 6 

LABOR DAY HOLIDAY

Discuss Simon as the Christ Figure, discuss other Biblical allusions

Introduction to writing literary analysis, identifying themes of the novel, building a thesis, and finding text evidence

Practice literary analysis writing w/ LotF

5 September 9  September 10  September 11  September 12  September 13 (pep rally) Read and annotate assigned LotF close read passage, begin drafting your literary analysis response

LotF Timed Writing (2F) Type your literary analysis response and submit to turnitin.com by the end of the class period

[SAFETY DAY]

Lord of the Flies Test

Tone Word Quiz #2 Introduce No Red Ink

HW: Review the Greek Tragedy lecture online. Complete the guided notes and bring to class on 9/16

6 September 16  September 17  September 18  September 19  September 20 6 Week IPR Introduce themes/motifs of Theban Trilogy, key concepts from Greek Tragedy lecture HW: Read/annotate Prologue through Ode 2 by 9/18-19

Read “He’s Blind for a Reason, You Know” from How to Read Lit and examine modern day examples

Discuss Prologue - Ode II: Oedipus’ early characterization, key conflicts

AP Multiple Choice Questions HW: Read Scene 3 through Exodus by 9/24

Discuss Prologue - Ode II: Understanding the odes -key images and foreshadowing

7 September 23  September 24  September 25  September 26  September 27 (pep rally) Prologue - Ode II:

Understanding the role of Jocasta and Creon

How is the truth revealed to Oedipus? How does this help us better understand the imagery and irony of the first half of the play?

The role of self-inflicted violence - why do characters make this choice? HW: Read/annotate Prologue through Ode 2 of Antigone by Oct 1

Tone Word Quiz #3 Revisit chapter from How to Read Literature - how has Oedipus’ blindness changed and why is that significant?

8 September 30  October 1  October 2  October 3  October 4 Wrap up themes, motifs, etc… of Oedipus

Start Antigone - Greek burial traditions, establishing the central conflict, character foils HW: Finish Antigone by October 14

Re-address Kohlberg’s Theory of Moral Development, Heinzl Dilemma, and read “A Choice Between Cruelty and Mercy” from The Atlantic What do different cultures hold sacred? How does that influence our behavior or responses to acts that violate our view of right and wrong?

Creon’s character development - Scene 1 speech analysis

FALL BREAK: OCTOBER 7-11 9 October 14  October 15  October 16/17  October 18 (pep rally)  Continue analysis of Creon’s

character - conversation with Haemon and Tiresias

Tone Word Test HW: Read “Power Causes Brain Damage” from The Atlantic

Oct 16: PSAT, changes will be made to accommodate any alternate bell schedule Discuss power and Creon’s character development

The Exodus - Creon’s peripeteia and anagnorsis: how does this emphasize Sophocles’ central themes? [Counselor Visits]

Major Texts: Summatives: Lord of the Flies by William Golding 1. Term/Theory Identification and Application Test The Theban Trilogy - Oedipus the King and Antigone by Sophocles 2. Lord of the Flies Test 

*Summative for Greek Tragedy will be Oct 23/24 3. Tone Word Test