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ENGLISH II HONORS HOMEEnglish II
Honors
A Survey of American Fiction and Nonfiction
Mrs.Crawford
Trimester Two:
Great Fiction: Defining the American Spirit*
This trimester you will have 2 points deducted for each grammar/writing error you make. We have gone over these errors, and I expect you to know how to avoid them:Ambiguous Pronouns, Parallel Structure, Agreement, Tense, Being Concise by combining sentences and avoiding Repetition, "I" and "you" when they aren't necessary, Past tense when writing about literature
12/2: Reading due ATL Emerson’s Self Reliance
12/3: Read Bryant's Thanatopsis
12/ 4: Reading due ATL Thoreau’s On Walden Pond
12/5: Vocab test on words "incorrigible" to "malicious"
12/9:
Hand in your assigned dates/books/summaries for Pulitzer Prize winners.12/9: Choose group/decade/book to focus on for research paper. Only 2-3 students may choose a decade; first come, first serve. You should agree to all read one book (or play) from the decade, so that you will have a book in common to discuss and present. You will have to work together on a BIG BOARD presentation to present thesis and multigenre pieces on book.
12/10-12: Poe poetry in class--turn in your modern adaptation of "The Raven" by 12/15.
12/12: Vocab "incorrigible" through "pessimism"
--WINTER HOLIDAY
1/7:
BringLaptops: Pultitzer Prize Webquest1/8:
Bring to class copies of three critical articles on the book you chose to write on for a research paper. NO reviews or student essays please. All articles must have authors.1/9: Work in groups to share articles and discuss information.
1/11: SWW pp. 97-105 Know words on p. 105
1/14-25: BIG BOARD PRESENTATIONS- 1/14-20s; 1/15-30s; 1/16-40s;
1/17-50s; 1/18- Vocab Bee; 1/22-60s; 1/23-70s; 1/24-80s; 1/25-90s