English II Course Outline Please remember this is subject to change. This year will be divided into thematic units. Each unit will include short stories, poems, speeches, blogs, and other nonfiction texts as well as video and audio enhancements. Many fiction and nonfiction pieces connect to other subject areas. Our focus will be on mastering standards and strategies students will need to be successful in high school and beyond. Unit 1: Ourselves and Others: Kite Runner (summer reading) • Short stories • Court opinion • Editorial • Speech • Poem • Unit 2: The Natural World Essays • Poems • Argument • Blog • Unit 3: How We See Things Poems • Essays • Book review • Novel: The Great Gatsby • Unit 4: Hard-Won Liberty Arguments • Speech • Memoir • Short stories • Poem • Holocaust readings • Unit 5: Absolute Power
English II Course Outline Please remember this is subject to change. This year will be divided into thematic units. Each unit will include short stories, poems, speeches, blogs, and other nonfiction texts as well as video and audio enhancements. Many fiction and nonfiction pieces connect to other subject areas. Our focus will be on mastering standards and strategies students will need to be successful in high school and beyond. Unit 1: Ourselves and Others: • Kite Runner (summer reading) • Short stories • Court opinion • Editorial • Speech • Poem Unit 2: The Natural World • Essays • Poems • Argument • Blog Unit 3: How We See Things • Poems • Essays • Book review • Novel: The Great Gatsby Unit 4: Hard-Won Liberty • Arguments • Speech • Memoir • Short stories • Poem • Holocaust readings Unit 5: Absolute Power
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