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Past Daily
Schedules for Regular English II |
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3-7
January Monday Vocab — RD#17 fashion words Usage — begin Modifiers Literature — begin mythology with gods and goddesses review
semester test Tuesday Vocab Usage — Modifiers Literature — mythology heroes — Prometheus Writing — Write about your grandparents/older
relatives Wednesday Vocab Usage — Modifiers Literature — mythology heroes — Bellerophon Thursday Vocab — RD #17 practice Usage — Modifiers Literature — mythology heroes — Perseus Friday Vocab — RD#17 quiz Usage — Modifiers Literature — mythology heroes — Theseus Writing — definition of a hero or heroic behavior |
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10-14
January Monday Vocab — RD#18 double meaning words Usage — Misplaced modifiers Literature — Mythology — finish up guide on the
Olympians Writing — quick overview of “marlin” speech with
example from past English IV speeches Tuesday Usage — Dangling modifiers Literature — quiz on Olympians Writing —
collect rough draft of “marlin” speech Wednesday Usage — mix
of dangling and misplaced modifiers Literature — Mythology — begin Heroes — Prometheus Writing — return speeches — suggestions — final
draft due next Tuesday Jan. 18 Thursday Vocab — RD#18 practice Usage — quick review of modifiers Literature — Begin Heroes — Bellerophon Friday Vocab — RD#18 quiz Usage — test on modifiers Literature — Heroes — Perseus |
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14—18
February Monday Vocab — RD#22 Valentine’s Day words Usage Literature — crossword puzzle on mythology heroes Tuesday Usage — Proofread 3A Literature — Mythology heroes test Wednesday Usage — Proofread 3B Literature — myths illustrations quiz; Thursday Vocab — SAT #22 practice Usage — review subject-verb agreement (Towson) Literature — Man in the Water reading p470 Friday Vocab — SAT #22 quiz Usage — review pronoun-antecedent agreement (Towson) Literature — Challenger speech; other speeches of
heroism Writing — one-page writing on definition of heroism
after discussion of what makes a “hero” |
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21-25
Febrary Monday PRESIDENT’S
DAY Tuesday Vocab — RD#23 short words Usage — Practice S-V agreement Literature — “Man in the Water” newspaper article Wednesday Usage — Practice P-A agreement Literature — “Distillation” short story Thursday Vocab — RD#23 practice Usage — Practice on Irregular verbs Literature — one pager writing on “herorism” Friday Vocab — RD#23 quiz Usage — Practice on Active/Passive verbs Literature — Begin readings on Spoon River Anthology Writing — Next week, collect Heroes writing |
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February—4 March Monday Vocab — RD#24 space words Usage — follow-up on pronoun case Literature — Spoon River Anthology presentations Tuesday Usage — Review (Towson) irregular verbs Literature — Spoon River Anthology presentations Wednesday Usage — Review (Towson) irregular verbs Literature — Spoon River Anthology presentations Thursday Vocab — RD #24 practice Usage — Review (Towson) active-passive Literature — Spoon River Anthology presentations Friday Vocab — RD#24 quiz Usage — Review (Towson) misplaced modifiers Literature — Spoon River Anthology presentations Next week, finish up Spoon River Anthology with crossword and short essay
about people in the area who had positive outlooks and those who had negative
outlooks. |
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7-11
March Monday Vocab — nothing new this week; review quiz of
lessons 21-24 Usage Literature — continue Spoon River Anthology Tuesday Usage — review of active/passive and verb tense
issues Literature — continue Spoon River Anthology Wednesday Usage — modifiers, general Literature — finish Spoon River Anthology; assign writings of positive and
negative characters; also most memorable Thursday Usage—modifiers, misplaced Literature —
short story “Everyday Use” follow up on heirlooms and names writings Reading background on swept yards, p77 Friday Vocab — Review quiz lessons 21-24 Usage — modifiers, dangling Literature — Malcolm X — “Hair”’ follow up on daring
to be different as well as follow the crowd behavior Reading background on A Piercing Issue, p349 Next week: finish up with “Boys and Girls” and
“Typhoid Fever” to end the quarter. Next quartet begins Animal Farm, Julius Caesar, and
A Day No Pigs Would Die |
