An Exploration of the Balance between Fiction and Non-Fiction
Course Description:
English II continues the development of the structures of communication with an emphasis on the language arts of speaking and listening. Through the communication of ideas in both writing and speaking, students will learn to use information responsibly, accurately, and ethically. Students will communicate through a variety of mediums, including technology, to recognize the role evaluation and response have on oral communication.
The scope of this course should address the topic of COMMUNITY AND SOCIETY through many lenses.
Consider the following guiding questions to guide the scope of your text choices and topics for discussion.
English II continues the development of the structures of communication with an emphasis on the language arts of speaking and listening. Through the communication of ideas in both writing and speaking, students will learn to use information responsibly, accurately, and ethically. Students will communicate through a variety of mediums, including technology, to recognize the role evaluation and response have on oral communication.
The scope of this course should address the topic of COMMUNITY AND SOCIETY through many lenses.
Consider the following guiding questions to guide the scope of your text choices and topics for discussion.
- What are the factors that move individuals / communities / nations to great sacrifice and what are the consequences?
- What is community and what are the individual’s responsibilities to the community as well as the community’s responsibilities to the individual?
- When is it appropriate to challenge the beliefs or values of society?
- To what extent do belief systems shape and/or reflect culture and society?
- How are belief systems represented and reproduced through history, literature, art, and music?
- How do beliefs, ethics, or values influence different people’s behavior?
- What allows some individuals to take a stand against prejudice/oppression while others choose to participate in it?
- What are the causes and consequences of prejudice and how does an individual’s response to it reveal his/her morals, ethics, and values?
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Curriculum Guide:
The DMPS curated Topics and Learning Targets have been updated for the 22/23 school year to account for the initial implementation of one unit from the Odell High School Literacy Curriculum. Teachers must create their own Odell account to access the digital curriculum materials. Click the image to the right to be redirected to the Odell website. |
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Complex Texts: Grade-level Materials for All
Text complexity is a measure of multiple intersections of Lexile, language features, themes, and knowledge demands. Every text used for whole group instruction should be carefully considered for how it will serve grade-level access to standards based instruction. Supplemental texts can be used to support individual students build content vocabulary but all students should have access to grade-level materials every day. Please consider the following rubrics when discussing text complexity with your PLC.
10th Graders should be exceeding 1100L by the end of the year to be on track for proficiency.
10th Graders should be exceeding 1100L by the end of the year to be on track for proficiency.
- Rubric for Assessing Fiction
- Rubric for Assessing Non-Fiction
- Lexile Finder (look up a book)
- Lexile Analyzer (check passages from texts to determine current Lexile)
Additional Resources
English II is primarily supported by the 2012 Holt McDougal Literature Grade 10 textbook and supplemented by the 2015 Prentice Hall Writing Coach Grade 10 textbook.
