MEREDITH SHUTT, ENGLISH II, CAPITOL HILL HIGH SCHOOL 2016-2017
AUGUST 2016
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Unit 0 - Classroom Culture
- Ms. Shutt Intro
- Why should I care
about E2?
- Shared Goals
- Culture builder
(index cards)
Week 1
8 9
Distribute Syllabus
Classroom Culture
Agreements (Social Contract)
Send home DonorsChoose
permissions
Week 2
15
Unit 1 - Literary Elements
Materials Distribution, set up
folder and notebooks
Week 3
Chaining Day culture builder
Procedures (classroom
expectations, cell phone
policy)
Two Sets of Notes, Day 1
Read aloud, vocab
16
Gates Day 1, Vocab
3 4 5
Letters from Former Students
(Stations Activity) Growth Mindsets Independent Goal Sheets
Group Work Procedures Procedures (consequences) Procedures
(mutual respect,
collaboration) Week 1 Exit Ticket
10 11 12
10th Grade Assemblies Two Sets of Notes, Day 2 Two Sets of Notes, Day 3
during all E2 classes
Handout, side 1 (notes, GO) Handout, side 2 (written
Achieve meeting with response)
Howard, Bunch 9-10am
17 18 19
Gates Day 2, Comprehension Literary Elements Stations Literary Elements Stations
Day 1 (defining and activating Day 2 (identifying elements
prior knowledge) within passages)
Posters Handout
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Harrison Bergeron Day 1 Harrison Bergeron Day 2 Harrison Bergeron Day 3 Harrison Bergeron Day 4 Harrison Bergeron Day 5

HB Written Response

Characterization ET 1

Week 4

29 30 31
Everyday Use Day 1 Everyday Use Day 2
Picture Day during E2 class

Background/Setting handout
Vocab handout

Week 5

SEPTEMBER 2016

1 2
Everyday Use Day 3 Parent/Teacher Conferences,
7:30-11:30 am

Parent/Teacher Conferences,
4-7 pm

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Labor Day Everyday Use Day 4 Everyday Use Day 5 Everyday Use Day 6 Everyday Use Day 7

Characterization Formative
Written Response

Week 6
12 13 14 15 16

- Distribute journals The Pedestrian The Pedestrian

- Pass back graded TFA Summative TFA Summative
work
- Tone/Mood Drake ABSENT - ATLANTA
activity

SCORE
Week 7

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The Lottery The Lottery The Lottery The Lottery The Lottery

Symbolism and Summary

Setting, Conflict and Plot Formative
Formative
Written Response

Week 8 END OF Q1
26 27 28 29 30

Literary Elements Review Literary Elements Review UNIT 1 TEST UNIT 1 TEST

EOS Survey

Week 9

OCTOBER 2016

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Narrative Writing Block
- Breaking Down - Outlining Responses - Drafting, Part II - Revising
- Types of Writing Prompts - Prompt Selection - Submitting
- The Process - Brainstorming
- Drafting, Part I
- Return Unit 1 Tests Techniques

Homecoming Parade,
Week 10 Assembly Schedule

10 11 12 13 14

FALL BREAK

17 18 19 20 21

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Unit 2 - Argument/Authors
Purpose Text Features Text Features Text Features Formative
- Scavenger Hunt - Writing original Assessment
- Goal Setting
Pre-ACT Test articles with text
- Unit 2 intro
features

PLC: Pre-ACT training

Week 11
31

Week 12

NOVEMBER 2016

1 2 3 4

Persuasive Techniques
Formative Assessment

PLC: Infinite Campus training

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Malcolm X Ballot or Bullet Ballot or Bullet The House Negro and the MX Written Response
Coming to an Awareness of Field Negro
Language
Who Taught you to Hate
Yourself?

Week 13

14 15 16 17 18
MLK Our God is Marching On Ive Been to the Rhetoric Quiz Re-take
Letter from Birmingham Mountaintop Relevant Tweets: MLK/MX
Jail Activity
Culminating Focus Question

ACT Grammar: Parallelism

Week 14

21 22 23 24 25

Selma Selma
Thanksgiving Break

Week 15

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Argumentative Writing Argumentative Writing Argumentative Writing
- Exploring and - Library research, 3 - Developing thesis
selecting topics credible sources

ACT Grammar: Fragments

ACT Grammar: Run-Ons and
Comma Splices
Week 16

DECEMBER 2016

1 2
Argumentative Writing Argumentative Writing
- Locate evidence to - Outline
support thesis

Howard Observation, 6th

period

ACT Grammar: Modifiers ACT Grammar: Conjunctions

Conjunctions
5 6 7 8 9
Argumentative Writing Argumentative Writing Argumentative Writing Pre-AP Book Study Day
- Drafting - Drafting - Group presentations Study Guide for Finals
- Submission Argumentative Writing (E2)
- Group presentations
Howard Post-Conference,
- Submission
ACT Grammar: Commas 2nd period

Week 17

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Even hour finals Odd hour finals
District PD District PD District PD

English II Midterm English II Midterm

Pre-AP Novel Study
(To Kill a Mockingbird,
Fahrenheit 451, The Great
Gatsby or Their Eyes Were
Week 18 END OF Q2 Watching God)

19 20 21 22 23

26 27 28 29 30

JANUARY 2017

9
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New Years Day Unit 3 - Figurative Language
Semester 2 Goal Sheets/
Mindsets
Pre-AP Novel Studies Due
Week 19
9 10
District Performance District Performance
Assessment Assessment
Week 20
16 17
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day The House on Mango Street,
Self Definition and Identity
ACT Grammar: Pronouns
Week 21
4 5 6
Midterm Review SNOW DAY, NO SCHOOL
Antisocial Networking
ACT Grammar: Subject-Verb
Agreement
11 12 13
Tupac Tupac
SNOW DAY, NO SCHOOL
ACT Grammar: Tense ACT Grammar: Prepositions
18 19 20
The House on Mango Street,
Fig Lang Diagnostic Friendship, Neighborhood, Lauren Durmus visits
Home
ACT Grammar: Comparatives
Student Trackers, Unit 3 and Superlatives
ACT Grammar: Adjectives PM Assembly Schedules
and Adverbs THOMS community poster
ACT Grammar: Apostrophes,
Semicolons and Colons
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The House on Mango Street, The House on Mango Street,
Freedom and Entrapment Growth and Maturity

ACT Grammar: Parallelism

ACT Grammar Formative

ACT Grammar: Subject-Verb Fig Lang Formative 1
Assessment 1 ACT Grammar Formative 1
ACT Grammar: Idioms Agreement
Review
THOMS vignette
Week 22
30 31
The House on Mango Street,
Gender Roles and
Expectations Rich/Lamar Poetry Pairing

4 vignettes 3 vignettes

ACT Grammar: Commas

Week 23 ACT Grammar: Parallelism

FEBRUARY 2017

1 2 3

The House on Mango Street,

Fitting In
Fig Lang Formative 2
Four Skinny Trees Written
Response
Black History Month: John
ACT Grammar: Adjectives
Lewis
and Adverbs

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The House on Mango Street, The House on Mango Street, Parent/Teacher Conferences
Escapism Finding Ones Home
THOMS Culminating Focus Ms. Compton visits all classes
Question

Black History: Muhammad Ali ACT Grammar: Run-Ons and

Comma Splices
Week 24

13 14 15 16 17
Professional Development
A Very Old Man with A Very Old Man with A Very Old Man with
THOMS Book Review Enormous Wings Enormous Wings Enormous Wings

Black History: Thurgood

Marshall Black History: Langston Broadway Revue (TB 6+7)
Hughes
Week 25 ACT Grammar

20 21 22 23 24

A Very Old Man with A Very Old Man with Unit 3 Test
Enormous Wings Enormous Wings Black History Month Show

ACT Grammar Formative 2 Black History: WEB DuBois Black History: August Wilson Black History: Maya Angelou Black History: Jesse Owens

Week 26

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OKCPS Performance OKCPS Performance

Assessment Assessment

Week 27

MARCH 2017

1 2 3

Argumentative Essay Review ACT Formative 2 Review Black History Kahoot

ACT Grammar Lauren Durmus Visits JHU Visit

END OF Q3
6 7 8 9 10

Pre-AP Novel Study

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Spring Break

20 21 22 23 24
Unit 4 - Theme
A Story of an Hour Day 1 A Story of an Hour Day 2
Quarter 4 Reflection/Goal Main Idea/Theme Anchor
Sheets
Charts
Main Idea/Theme Formative
FIELD TRIP

Week 28

27 28 29 30 31

The Cask of Amontillado

Lauren Durmus observe TB 4

Week 29 Dance Show

APRIL 2017

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STATE TESTING WINDOW

OPENS GRADE 10 MATH TEST

WRITING FOCUS

ELA Small Group Testing

Week 30

10 11 12 13 14

GRADE 10 SCIENCE TEST

Practice Multiple Choice Unit 1 Review: Original Unit 2 Review: Speech Unit 3 Review: Figurative
Problems Stories
Analysis Language

Week 31
ELA Small Group Testing

17 18 19 20 21

GRADE 10 ELA WRITING GRADE 10 ELA

Grammar Review 1 Grammar Review 2 QUIZ Multiple-Choice
Kahoot Kahoot (E2)
Fallout Shelter Activity
Exemplar Essay Review (AP)
Grammar Review 3
Netflix

Week 32

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He Named Me Malala, Day 1 He Named Me Malala, Day 2 He Named Me Malala, Day 3

STATE TESTING
WINDOW CLOSES

Send plan to Durmus for

Week 33 Project
Gates Day 1 Gates Day 2

MAY 2017

1 2 3 4 5

Personality Test Strengths Test Resume Template and Create Resume Finalize and submit resumes
Purpose

Keona visiting during TB 3

Exemplar

Week 34

8 9 10 11 12

TFA Summative Day 1 TFA Summative Day 2

Where Im From Poems Where Im From Poems

ABSENT, Sub Work

Week 35

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FINAL PROJECT TFA Q4 Portfolio Due

Independent Article Independent Article

Socratic Seminar Group and Topic Selection, Guided Research
Exploration Exploration
Project Proposals

Week 36

22 23 24 25 26
School Carnival,
2nd lunch-EOD

FINALS FINALS
WORK DAY WORK DAY
WORK DAY
Presentations Presentations

Week 37

29 30 31 1 2
Memorial Day Record Day

Snow Day Make-Up Snow Day Make-Up

LAST DAY OF SCHOOL

End of Q4

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