Quarter 2 Syllabus

Junior Academic English

“Today is only one day in all the days that will ever be. But what will happen in all the other days that ever come can depend on what you do today.”ERNEST HEMINGWAY
 
DAY 1

Vocabulary 3 Review

The Road  Writing Response #1                               (R)

Discuss Themes relative to the Bill of Rights

For DAY 2- Study for Vocabulary 3 Test & Write Amendment Justification

DAY 2

Amendment Justification due                                                                                (S/L)

Legacy:  The Junior Research Paper

Vocabulary 3 Test                                                                                                      (L)

For DAY 3- Read pages 51-75 of THE ROAD 
AND Write List of Events

DAY 3

List of Events Due                                                                                                         (W)

 The Road Writing Response #2                                                                                 (R)

Cormac McCarthy

For DAY 4- Read pages 76-100 of THE ROAD

DAY 4

Cormac McCarthy Overview                                                             (R)

Review Junior Research Paper Thesis Statement

For DAY 5- Read pages 101-125 of THE ROAD 

DAY 5

Junior Research Paper Thesis Statement due                              (W)

Cormac McCarthy Overview                                                             (R)                                              

Introduce Rhetoric

Junior Research Paper Research

For DAY 6- Read pages 126-150 of THE ROAD 

DAY 6

THE ROAD Writing Response #3 (through pg. 150)             (R)

Junior Research Paper Research

Vocabulary 4

For DAY 7- Complete Vocabulary 4 & Read pages 151-175 of THE ROAD 

DAY 7

Vocabulary 4 due                                                                                                       (L)

Junior Research Paper Research

For DAY 8- Read pages 176-200 of THE ROAD 

DAY 8

Vocabulary 4 Review

Junior Research Paper Preparation                                                  

For DAY 9- Read pages 201-225 of THE ROAD 
AND Study for Vocabulary 4 Test

DAY 9

Vocabulary 4 Test                                                                                                       (L)

Junior Research Paper  Preparation

For DAY 10- Read pages 226-250 of THE ROAD 

DAY 10

Junior Research Paper Preparation

For DAY 11- Write Junior Research Paper & Complete Reading THE ROAD 

DAY 11

Write Junior Research Paper

For DAY 12-Finish Reading The Road and Write Junior Research Paper

DAY 12

Junior Research Paper due along with Note Card Document                          (Wx2) (S/L)

Read A Good Man is Hard to Find Complete Freytag’s Pyramid Structure

For DAY 13- Complete Cormac McCarthy Overview                                                             (R)

DAY 13

Cormac McCarthy Overview due                        (R)

Assign The Road Essay

Writing Workshop:  The Road Essay

For DAY 14- Read Group 1 Short Stories

DAY 14

Work on The Road Essay

For DAY 15-Read The Cask of Amontillado  Complete Freytag’s Pyramid Structure

DAY 15

The Road Essay due

Read Group 2 Short Stories and complete Freytag’s Pyramid summary

Subject/Verb Agreement

Short Story Terms

For DAY 16- Read Group 2 Short Stories 

DAY 16

Review Group 1 Group 2 Short Stories                                                              (R)

Subject Verb Agreement Practice due                                                                   (L)

For DAY 17- Read  Read  Group 3 Short Stories & Complete Freytag’s Pyramid Structure

DAY 17

Review: Group 3 Short Stories         (R)

Read: Group 4 Short Stories

Review for Mid Year Exam

For DAY 18- Complete Freytag’s Pyramid Structure

DAY 18

Mid Year Exam

Freytag Pyramid Short Story Summaries Due       (R)

 


Quarter 2 Valued Assignments:
Language (10%)                                 5
Speaking/Listening (20%)              4
Writing (30%)                                    3
Reading (40%)                                   10