English I Honors Academic Library (2nd Semester)

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Continuing in the second semester of English I honors, students are given additional opportunities to create and to participate in project-based learning activities, including writing a Shakespearian sonnet and creating an original interpretation of a Shakespearian play.

​Honors students will read a range of classic texts, including Homer’s The Odyssey, Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, Jack London’s “To Build a Fire” and Richard Connell’s “The Most Dangerous Game.”
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THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE
ENGLISH COURSE
Unit 7 - Making a Difference
  1. Introduction to Making a Difference: It's Our World, Too! Guided Notes
    1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - How does experiencing conflict shape people?
    3. Assignment - Read to identify conflict and analyze the author’s development of the conflict.
    4. Instruction - How does experiencing conflict shape people?
    5. Summary -Review and connect what you learned.
    6. Quiz Answer
  2. Descriptive Language and Character: Iqbal Guided Notes
    1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - How can an author transform a true story into a work of fiction?
    3. Assignment - Read to analyze an author’s use of descriptive language and development of characters.
    4. Instruction - How can an author transform a true story into a work of fiction?
    5. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    6. Quiz Answers
  3. Comparing Accounts of Iqbal’s Story Guided Notes
    1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - How does reading about a topic in texts from two different forms increase understanding?
    3. Assignment - Read to analyze how a story is presented through words and pictures.
    4. Instruction - How does reading about a topic in texts from two different forms increase understanding?
    5. Assignment - Read to analyze how a story is presented through a memoir.
    6. Instruction - How does reading about a topic in texts from two different forms increase understanding?
    7. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    8. Assignment - Prepare to conduct an interview.
    9. Quiz Answers
  4. Word Choice and Author’s Purpose in Warriors Don’t Cry Guided Notes
    1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - How can you understand an author’s purpose by thinking about context and word choice?
    3. Assignment - Read to analyze word choice and make connections to the historical context.
    4. Instruction - How can you understand an author’s purpose by thinking about context and word choice?
    5. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    6. Assignment - Practice reading with fluency.
    7. Quiz Answers
  5. Characterization, Theme, and Irony in "The Gift of the Magi" Guided Notes
    1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - How does the author’s use of characterization and irony help develop theme?
    3. Assignment - Read to make inferences about characters.
    4. Instruction - How does the author’s use of characterization and irony help develop theme?
    5. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    6. Quiz Answers
  6. Rhyme Scheme and Rhythm in a Sonnet by William Shakespeare Guided Notes
    1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - How does William Shakespeare use the sonnet form to express ideas?
    3. Assignment - Read “Sonnet 18” by William Shakespeare to analyze rhyme scheme and understand central ideas.
    4. Instruction - How does William Shakespeare use the sonnet form to express ideas?
    5. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    6. Assignment - Prepare to plan, memorize, and recite a poem.
    7. Project: Poetry Recitation - Plan, memorize, and present a poem using performance techniques.
    8. Quiz Answers
  7. Narrative Elements in “Pyramus and Thisbe”, from Ovid’s Metamorphoses Guided Notes
    1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - How can a poet use narrative techniques to create tension?
    3. Assignment - Read “Pyramus and Thisbe” to identify literary elements and to explore how tension is created.
    4.  Instruction - How can a poet use narrative techniques to create tension?
    5.  Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    6.  Quiz Answers
  8. Punctuating Restrictive and Nonrestrictive Elements Guided Notes
    1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - How can phrases and clauses be used to add information to sentences?
    3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    4. Assignment - Practice identifying and punctuating restrictive and nonrestrictive phrases and clauses.
    5. Quiz Answers 
  9. Writing an Argumentative Editorial about Initiating Change Guided Notes
    1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - How can you write an effective argument about young people’s ability to initiate change?
    3. Pre-Writing - Plan to write your argumentative essay.
    4. Instruction - How can you write an effective argument about young people’s ability to initiate change?
    5. Drafting - Draft your argumentative essay.
    6. Instruction - How can you write an effective argument about young people’s ability to initiate change?
    7. Revising - Revise your argumentative essay.
    8. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    9. Quiz Answers
  10. Unit Test
    1. Unit Test Review Answers
    2. Unit Test Answers
Unit 8 - ​Tragedy and Drama
  1. An Introduction to Shakespeare and Romeo and Juliet, Part 1 Guided Notes
    1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - What can you learn about a play from its context and prologue?
    3. Assignment - Read to explore the historical background and elements of Elizabethan drama.
    4. Instruction - What can you learn about a play from its context and prologue?
    5. Assignment - Read the prologue of Romeo and Juliet to understand meaning through paraphrasing.
    6. Instruction - What can you learn about a play from its context and prologue?
    7. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    8. Quiz Answers
  2. Setting the Scene of Romeo and Juliet, Part 2 Guided Notes
    1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - How can dialogue and other components of a drama help you understand the play?
    3. Assignment - Read Act I, Scene i of Romeo and Juliet to recognize dramatic conventions and monitor comprehension.
    4. Instruction - How can dialogue and other components of a drama help you understand the play?
    5. Assignment - Read Act I, Scene ii of Romeo and Juliet to identify cause-and-effect relationships.
    6. Instruction - How can dialogue and other components of a drama help you understand the play?
    7. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    8. Short Writing - Write a short script that shows a universal theme.
    9. Quiz Answers
  3. Characters and Conflict in Romeo and Juliet, Part 3 Guided Notes
    1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - How does Shakespeare’s use of foils and structure develop characters?
    3. Assignment - Read Act I, Scenes iii-iv of Romeo and Juliet to draw conclusions about characters.
    4. Instruction - How does Shakespeare’s use of foils and structure develop characters?
    5. Assignment - Read Act I, Scene v of Romeo and Juliet to determine character relationships, including foils.
    6. Instruction - How does Shakespeare’s use of foils and structure develop characters?
    7. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    8. Quiz Answers
  4. Soliloquy and Figures of Speech in Romeo and Juliet, Part 4 Guided Notes
    1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - How does Shakespeare’s use of soliloquies and word choice affect mood?
    3. Assignment - Read Act II, Scenes i-ii of Romeo and Juliet to analyze the use of soliloquy and the mood.
    4. Instruction - How does Shakespeare’s use of soliloquies and word choice affect mood?
    5. Assignment - Read Act II, Scenes iii-iv of Romeo and Juliet to continue analyzing the use of soliloquy and the mood.
    6. Instruction - How does Shakespeare’s use of soliloquies and word choice affect mood?
    7. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    8. Quiz Answers
  5. Literary Devices in Romeo and Juliet, Part 5 Guided Notes
    1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - How does Shakespeare slowly reveal important information in his play?
    3. Assignment - Read Act II, Scenes v-vi of Romeo and Juliet to make inferences about characters and their motivations.
    4. Instruction - How does Shakespeare slowly reveal important information in his play?
    5.  Assignment - Read Act III, Scenes i-ii of Romeo and Juliet to analyze how foreshadowing sets up conflict.
    6. Instruction - How does Shakespeare slowly reveal important information in his play?
    7. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    8. Quiz Answers
  6. Conflict Development in Romeo and Juliet, Part 6 Guided Notes
    1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - How do complications and motifs support the development of conflict
    3. Assignment - Read Act III, Scenes iii-iv of Romeo and Juliet to identify complications.
    4. Instruction - How do complications and motifs support the development of conflict?
    5. Assignment - Read Act III, Scene v of Romeo and Juliet to draw conclusions about characters.
    6. Instruction - How do complications and motifs support the development of conflict?
    7. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    8. Quiz Answers
  7. Suspense in Romeo and Juliet, Part 7 Guided Notes
    1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - How does Shakespeare use irony and humor to build suspense?
    3. Assignment - Read Act IV, Scenes i-ii of Romeo and Juliet to identify and classify character types.
    4. Instruction - How does Shakespeare use irony and humor to build suspense?
    5.  Assignment - Read Act IV, Scenes iii-v of Romeo and Juliet to analyze dramatic irony.
    6. Instruction - How does Shakespeare use irony and humor to build suspense?
    7. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    8. Quiz Answers
  8. Themes and Resolution in Romeo and Juliet, Part 8 Guided Notes
    1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - How does the play’s resolution help develop themes in Romeo and Juliet?
    3. Assignment - Read Act V, Scenes i and ii of Romeo and Juliet to identify tragic elements in the play.
    4. Instruction - How does the play’s resolution help develop themes in Romeo and Juliet?
    5. Assignment - Read Act V, Scene iii of Romeo and Juliet to recognize causes of the catastrophe.
    6.  Instruction - How does the play’s resolution help develop themes in Romeo and Juliet?
    7. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    8. Quiz Answers
  9. Writing Coherent Sentences Guided Notes
    1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - How can you apply grammatical conventions to write clear, precise, and varied sentences?
    3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    4. Assignment - Practice improving sentences for clarity, accuracy, and variety.
    5. Quiz Answers
  10. Writing a Literary Analysis through the Lens of a Quotation Guided Notes
    1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - How do you write about literature through the lens of a quotation?
    3. Pre-Writing - Plan to write your analytical essay.
    4. Instruction - How do you write about literature through the lens of a quotation
    5. Drafting - Draft your analytical essay.
    6. Instruction - How do you write about literature through the lens of a quotation?
    7. Revising - Revise your analytical essay.
    8. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    9. Quiz Answers
  11. Unit Test
    1. Unit Test Review Answers
    2. Unit Test Answers
Unit 9 - ​Mystery and Suspense; Espionage and Intrigue
  1. Character and Point of View in “The Most Dangerous Game,” Part 1 Guided Notes
    1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - How do we understand characters through dialogue and narration?
    3. Assignment - Read from "The Most Dangerous Game" to analyze characters based on dialogue and narrative point of view.
    4. Instruction - How do we understand characters through dialogue and narration?
    5. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    6. Quiz Answers
  2. Making Predictions and Visualizing with “The Most Dangerous Game,” Part 2 Guided Notes
    1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - How do you use strategies to understand different interpretations of the same story?
    3. Assignment - Read “The Most Dangerous Game” to visualize scenes and verify predictions.
    4. Instruction - How do you use strategies to understand different interpretations of the same story?
    5. Assignment - Prepare to watch a movie clip and evaluate the filmmaker’s interpretation.
    6. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    7. Quiz Answers
  3. Mood and Narrative Techniques in "Lather and Nothing Else” Guided Notes
    1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - How do different writing techniques work together to create suspense in a short story?
    3. Assignment - Read to analyze the protagonist’s conflict and notice the effect of word choice on mood.
    4. Instruction - How do different writing techniques work together to create suspense in a short story?
    5. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    6. Quiz Answers
  4. The Art of Creating Suspense: Central Ideas of Two Authors Guided Notes
    1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - How do two different authors develop their ideas about suspense writing?
    3. Assignment - Read to notice how the central idea is developed.
    4. Instruction - How do two different authors develop their ideas about suspense writing?
    5. Assignment - Listen to an interview to take notes on the central idea and key details.
    6. Instruction - How do two different authors develop their ideas about suspense writing?
    7. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    8. Quiz Answers
  5. Summarizing Central Ideas in The Dark Game, Part 1 Guided Notes
    1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - How does Paul Janeczko develop central ideas in The Dark Game?
    3. Assignment - Read to analyze the development of central ideas.
    4. Instruction - How does Paul Janeczko develop central ideas in The Dark Game?
    5. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    6. Quiz Answers
  6. Supporting Conclusions with Evidence in The Dark Game, Part 2 Guided Notes
    1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - How do you effectively support inferences made about an informational text?
    3. Assignment - Read to make inferences about the meaning of a text using textual evidence as support.
    4. Instruction - How do you effectively support inferences made about an informational text?
    5. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    6. Quiz Answers
  7. Writing a Research-Based Argumentative Essay about Technology Guided Notes
    1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - How can you write a research-based, argumentative essay to support a claim?
    3. Pre-Writing - Plan to write your argumentative essay.
    4. Instruction - How can you write a research-based, argumentative essay to support a claim?
    5. Drafting - Draft your argumentative essay.
    6. Instruction - How can you write a research-based, argumentative essay to support a claim?
    7. Revising - Revise your argumentative essay.
    8. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    9. Quiz Answers
  8. Unit Test
    1. Unit Test Review Answers
    2. Unit Test Answers
Unit 10 - ​Fighting for Unity and Equality
  1. Argument Technique in Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" Speech Guided Notes
    1. ​ Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - What makes Martin Luther King Jr. an inspiring and powerful speaker?
    3. Assignment - Read Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech to explore the effects of word choice and repetition.
    4. Instruction - What makes Martin Luther King Jr. an inspiring and powerful speaker?
    5. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    6. Quiz Answers
  2. Structure and Narrative: Rosa Parks' Memoir, My Story Guided Notes
    1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - How does a text’s structure affect the way you understand events?
    3. Assignment - Read from My Story by Rosa Parks to analyze the way a memoir presents events.
    4. Instruction - How does a text’s structure affect the way you understand events?
    5. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    6. Quiz Answers
  3. Tracing the Central Idea in "A Quilt of a Country" Guided Notes
    1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction -What can be learned by tracing the central idea and considering the context of a text?
    3. Assignment - Read to analyze word choice and trace the central idea.
    4. Instruction - What can be learned by tracing the central idea and considering the context of a text?
    5. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    6. Quiz Answers
  4. Analyzing the Series of Events in Outcasts United Guided Notes
    1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - How does an author unfold a series of events and reveal themes?
    3. Assignment - Read to draw conclusions about point of view and analyze the series of events.
    4. Instruction - How does an author unfold a series of events and reveal themes?
    5. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    6. Quiz Answers
  5. Rhetoric in Reagan's Address at Moscow State University Guided Notes
    1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - How can a speech convince a specific audience?
    3. Assignment - ​Read to differentiate between fact and opinion, and between opinions that are substantiated and those that are not.
    4. Instruction - How can a speech convince a specific audience?
    5. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    6. Quiz Answers
  6. Writing a Works Cited Page Guided Notes
    1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - How do you properly format a works cited page to accompany your research?
    3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    4. Assignment - Prepare to write a works cited page for a short research project.
    5. Short Writing - Write a works cited page that would go with a research paper about the Little Rock Nine.
    6. Assignment - Practice using and gathering information from footnotes or endnotes.
    7. Quiz Answers
  7. Speaking and Listening: Planning a Multimedia Presentation Guided Notes
    1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - How can you use multimedia to present your ideas in an effective and engaging way?
    3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    4. Assignment - Plan a multimedia presentation.
    5. Quiz Answers
  8. Creating a Multimedia Presentation Guided Notes
    1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - How can you share ideas clearly and effectively in a multimedia presentation?
    3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    4. Project: Presentation - Research and create a multimedia project.
    5. Quiz Answers
  9. Unit Test - 
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Unit 11 - Cumulative Exam
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    1. ​Cumulative Exam Answers