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English II Curriculum 2009-2010

10.1.2 (1st 9 Weeks – 2nd 4 ½ weeks)
Thematic Collection 2: From Generation to Generation and Novel of Choice -- Wish You Well by David Baldacci, The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk
Kidd, The Chosen by Chaim Potok, orEthan Frome by Edith Wharton

Essential Questions: How important are family relationships in everyday life?
How does familial love transform one’s life?
Novel Essential Questions carried over into the 2nd 9 Weeks

Hobbs Standards
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Standards &
Benchmarks

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Suggested Activities

Elements of Literature, 4th Course. Austin: Holt,
Rinehart and Winston, 2007.

Students will be able to:
Reading/Literature
1. analyze influences on characters
(internal and external conflict and motivation) and the way those influences affect the plot
2. understand and analyze aspects of characterization 3. make inferences about characters and motivation 4. compare and contrast characters throughout different reading selections
5. analyze and elaborate on ideas presented in primary and secondary sources 6. analyze ambiguities, contradictions and ironies in the various genres
7. evaluate texts by determining the value to oneself or one’s family
8. identify the value of visual aids in informational resources

Resources
Textbook and Supplemental Materials. Additional resources may be found at hobbsschools.net

IX-B.1
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Introduction to Character – Character, John
Leggett

Introduction to Character
PowerNotes
Character chart, p. 85

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“Everyday Use: For Your Grandmama” by
Alice Walker pp. 102-109
• “For My Sister Molly Who in the Fifties” handout • “from Hands: For Mother’s Day” by Nikki
Giovanni, p. 110
• “Lucinda Matlock” by Edgar Lee Masters,
p. 111

“Everyday Use”
1. Class Starter: Quickwrite, p. 102
2. Assign the Reading p. 103
3. Art Transparency “The Sunflowers
Quilting Bee at Arles” by Faith
Ringgold (See One-Stop Planner for suggested activities)
4. Discuss reading by distributing and grading quiz.

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Informational Text – Primary and Secondary
Sources

IX-C.1
IX-C.1
IX-C.1
I-C.2

IX-B.1, 2
I-D.3
VII-B.1

Informational Text –
1. KWL Chart to determine what students know about quilting, what they want to know, and what they learned from guest speaker • “Interview with Alice Walker” and
“Interview with Nikki Giovanni” pp. 114-117
• “Thinkin’ on Marryin’” pp. 117-118
• “A Baby’s Quilt to Sew Up the

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Novel of Teachers’ Choice – Sophomore teachers as a group will choose a novel to be continued in 2nd 9 Weeks
9. analyze essential elements of plot, time, sequence (frame story), flashback, foreshadowing, setting, and mood.

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IX-C.2

Generations” by Felicia R. Lee, p.
119
Guest Speaker: Quilter
After You Read – Analyzing
Informational Text, p. 120

4.

Character Interactions, John Leggett, pp. 122123

Character interactions
1. PowerNotes
2. Think-Pair-Share “Practice” p. 123

5.

“Two Kinds” by Amy Tan pp. 124-134

“Two Kinds” – Amy Tan
1. Class Starter: “Chinese Americans:
Culture and Contributions,” Visual
Connections, Segment 2
2. Reciprocal Reading – Read aloud the story’s dramatic climax – narrator, dialogue. Ask students to discuss the motivations of the characters in the scene. 3. Independent Practice – Restate the question and answer in complete sentences questions 1-4 and choose three from questions 5-12 to answer, p. 135.

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“ By Any Other Name” by Santha Rama Rau pp.
138-145

“By Any Other Name” – Santha Rama Rau
1. Class Starter: Quickwrite, p. 138
2. Graphic Organizer – Character Traits
Chart (One-Stop, Collection 2 )
3. Direct and Indirect Characterization
(One-Stop Planner, Collection 2, Holt
Adapted Reader)
4. Presentation of “Name Yourself” p. 145

4. Collection Assessment: From Generation to
Generation

Collection Assessment: From Generation to
Generation (Summative Test from Exam
View Test Generator)

Novel of Teachers’ Choice – Sophomore teachers as a group will choose a novel from the following:
1. Wish You Well by David Baldacci
2. The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
3. The Chosen by Chaim Potok

Activities Appropriate for Novel of Choice
1. Class Starters
2. PowerPoint to introduce novel
3. Assign Double Entry Reading Journal
4. Introducing the novel of choice

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10. identify characteristics of various kinds of fiction
11. identify and explain point of view
*Objectives carried over into 2nd 9 weeks

IX-C.3
I-C.2

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Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton
• Grammardog Guide to Ethan Frome by
Edith Wharton. www.grammardog.com

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Writing/Listening/Speaking
Students will be able to :

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practice writing through the use of various selection Quickwrites apply group-generated criteria to write a review analyze and write a compare/contrast essay analyze and revise according to rubric create a new name and write a character sketch make an oral presentation using props and illustrations to interest audience

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analyze and use academic vocabulary in literary analysis generate additional resources for the vocabulary resource file interpret and apply contextual clues to determine word meaning analyze words and discover appropriate synonyms and antonyms create original sentences using the vocabulary words appropriately

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Writing: Continuation of Collection 1: An
Autobiographical Narrative

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IV-C.1, 2, 3
IV-E.1
IV-D.2
IV-E.4, 5
IV-A.2

Writing: Compare and Contrast Essay pp. 102-113

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III-B.4, 5

Elements of Literature, 4th Course. Austin: Holt,
Rinehart and Winston, 2007.

Vocabulary
Students will be able to:

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Elements of Literature, 4th Course. Austin: Holt,
Rinehart and Winston, 2007.

1.

IX-C. 1, 2, 3
I-D.1
I-A.2
I-A.3
I-A

One-Stop Planner: Vocabulary Development
(selected stories)
• “Everyday Use: For Your Grandmama”
• “Two Kinds”
• “By any Other Name”
• Cumulative Assessment: Collections 1-2

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PowerNotes: Collection 2
• “Everyday use: For Your Grandmama”
• “Two Kinds”

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“A Handbook of Literary Terms,” Elements of
Literature, 4th Course. Austin: Holt, Rinehart and
Winston, 2007. pp1107-1119

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Read introductory chapter orally as a whole group
Review elements of fiction http://www.readwritethink.org/files/ resources/interactives/litelements/overview/
Interactive Elements http://www.readwritethink.org/files/ resources/interactives/lit-elements/
Review point of view

Quickwrites for Class Starters
Complete written assignments for various selections
Compare and contrast two strong women after reading “Everyday Use: For Your
Grandmama,” “For My Sister Molly
Who in the Fifties,” “from hands: For
Mother’s Day,” and “Lucinda Matlock.” pp. 112-113
Write a character sketch of yourself with a new name. Present that character sketch to the class.

Academic vocabulary is included in the reading and literature activities:
Character Vocabulary pp. 84-85
Character Interactions; pp. 122-123
Preview Vocabulary: Everyday Use: For
Your Grandmama” p. 103 TE
Clarifying Word Meanings: Look at the
Context, p. 113
Clarifying Word Meaning: Compare and
Contrast, p. 136
Preview Vocabulary: “By Any Other
Name” p. 139 TE
Putting Words in Context: Cluster
Diagrams p. 146
Vocabulary Review p. 160 TE
Vocabulary Resource File in binder:
• Class Starters: Copy word, part of

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Complete vocabulary activity sentences as a whole group
• Complete Vocabulary Development
Worksheet
• Clarifying Word meaning; practice
1,2 p. 113
• Clarifying Word Meaning: Practice
p. 136
Cumulative Assessment: Collections 1-2
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Grammar and Language
Students will be able to:

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identify and understand the use of adverb and noun clauses explain the difference between forms of dialect, including colloquialisms, nonstandard grammar, and idioms identify independent and subordinate clause use subordinate clauses correctly analyze and label noun, adverb, and adverb clauses use clear pronoun references

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“Language Handbook,” Elements of Literature, 4th
Course. Austin: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2007. pp. 1137-1180

III-B.6

One-Stop Planner, Collection 2, p.2
Language Handbook Activities

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II-A.1
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Killgallon, Don, Sentence Composing

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Use Language Handbook Worksheets as time permits
• Identifying and Using Adverb
Clauses
• Identifying Noun Clauses
• Identifying Independent and
Subordinate Clauses
• Identifying Adjective Clauses
• Identifying Clauses
Use Don Killgallon’s Sentence
Composing as relevant to Language
Handbook Activities
Grammar Link- Dialect: Nonstandard but Authentic p. 121 -- idioms
Main or Subordinate Clauses: Can it
Stand Alone? p. 137
Who’s Who? Making Pronouns Clear p.
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