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Honors Sophomore Composition and Literature

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	Honors Sophomore Composition and Literature


	Unit 1: The Power of Words


	Unit 2: Search for Community


	Unit 3: The Individual and The community


	Unit 4: Connections to Western Culture


	Unit 5: Communities in Chaos


	Unit 6: Struggles in Society


	Unit 7: Transition to Summer Reading

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Length/Credit: 1 year - 1.0 credit; (RHS only: 1 semester - 1.0 credit)

Prerequisite: None

Location: Bellevue, Interlake, Newport, Robinswood, Sammamish

Unit Descriptions

	Unit 1: The Power of Words


	Activity 1 Introduction to House on Mango Street \| Activity 2 Autobiographical Poem \| Activity 3 Introducing Assessment 2 \| Activity 4 In-Class-Write \| Activity 5 Introducing Assessment 3 \| Activity 6 Imagery \| Activity 7 Specific Details \| Activity 8 Connotation \| Activity 9 Similes and Metaphors \| Activity 10 Begin Assessment 3 \| Activity 11 "Fish Cheeks" \| Activity 12 Vignette Pre-Write \| Activity 13 Drafting- Silent Write \| Activity 14 Peer Analysis of Ideas \| Activity 15 Revising First Draft \| Activity 16 Sentence Manipulation 1 \| Activity 17 Sentence Manipulation 2 \| Activity 18 Descriptive Verbs \| Activity 19 Sentence Variety \| Activity 20 Self Reflection \| Assessment 1 Summer Reading Quiz \| Assessment 2 In-Class Write \| Assessment 3 Writing a Vignette \| More ...

	Unit 3: The Individual and The community


	Activity 1 Nature vs Nurture \| Activity 2 Critical Reading \| Activity 3 SAC \| Activity 4 Topic Generation \| Activity 5 Reflection on Topic \| Activity 6 Research \| Activity 7 Annotating \| Activity 8 Article Review \| Activity 9 Paraphrasing and Summarizing \| Activity 10 Peer Review of One Summary \| Activity 11 Lab Day \| Activity 12 Peer Review of Assessment One \| Activity 13 Lord of Flies Background \| Activity 14 Introduction to Assessment 3 \| Activity 15 Kohlberg and Gilligan \| Activity 16 Reading Check and Reading Day \| Activity 17 Introduction to Allegory \| Activity 18 Leadership and Ch 6 and 7 of Lord of the Flies \| Activity 19 Symbolism Group Poster \| Activity 20 CH 9 and 10 and Reading \| Activity 21 Concluding Lord of the Flies \| Activity 22 Golding Socratic Seminar \| Activity 23 Thesis Statements \| Activity 24 In-Class Write \| Activity 25 Organizing the Paper \| Activity26 Lab Day 1 \| Activity 27 Lab Day 2 \| Activity 28 Peer Edit Day 1 \| Activity 29 Peer Edit Day 2 \| Activity 30 Final Editing \| Assessment 1 Review of 3 Articles \| Assessment 2 Timed Write \| Assessment 3 Position Paper \| More ...

	Unit 5: Communities in Chaos


	Activity 1 Introduction to Apartheid \| Activity 2 Close Reading Ch 1 \| Activity 3 Dialectical Journal \| Activity 4 reading Check-In \| Activity 5 Analysis of Ch 9 \| Activity 6 Close Reading Ch 12 \| Activity 7 Compare and Contrast Ch 1 and Ch 18 \| Activity 8 Speech analysis Gettysburg Address \| Activity 9 Film Day One \| Activity 10 Film Day Two \| Activity 11 Structured Academic Controverssy \| Activity 12 Close Reading Ch 22 \| Activity 13 Introduction to Assessment 1 \| Activity 14 Kumalo's Speech \| Activity 15 Appeals in Images \| Activity 16 Identifying Bias \| Activity 17 Research Day \| Activity 18 Outline Another Writer's Speech \| Activity 19 PAPA Box of Speech \| Activity 20 Practice Speeches \| Activity 21 Revise Speeches \| Activity 22 Paton's Purpose \| Activity 23 End of Novel Seminar \| Activity 24 Assessment 2 In-Class-Write \| Activity 25 Presenting Speeches \| Assessment 1 Persuasive Speech \| Assessment 2 Literary Analysis Essay Final Draft \| More ...

	Unit 7: Transition to Summer Reading


	Activity 1 Lost Generation and Internet Generation \| Activity 2 Presentation Work Days and Warm Ups \| Activity 3 Student Museum Presentations

	Unit 2: Search for Community


	Activity 1 Pre-Reading \| Activity 2 Interrupted Reading \| Activity 3 Unpacking the Assessment and Motif Introduction \| Activity 4 Holden As Narrator \| Activity 5 Motif Paragraph 1 \| Activity 6 Topic Sentences and Transitions \| Activity 7 Holden's New York \| Activity 8 Transition and Lead in Editing \| Activity 9 Motif Paragraph 2 \| Activity 10 Commentary and Revision \| Activity 11 Unpacking Assessment 3 \| Activity 12 Burn's Poem and Innocence \| Activity 13 Assessment 3 Outline and Paragraph \| Activity 14 Catcher Objectivie Test \| Activity 15 Computer Lab Work Day \| Activity 16 Socratic Seminar Preparation \| Activity 17 Socratic Seminar on Catcher \| Activity 18 Peer Edit Day 1 \| Activity 19 SAC Controversial Aspects of The Catcher in the Rye \| Activity 20 Edit Day2 and SOS \| Assessment 1 Tracing a Motif \| Assessment 2 Catcher in the Rye Objective Test \| Assessment 3 Motif and Theme Paper \| More ...

	Unit 4: Connections to Western Culture


	Activity 1 Introduction to Biblical Allusions \| Activity 2 Cornell Notes and Biblical Allusions Project \| Activity 3 Research and Power Point Preparation \| Activity 4 Practice and Peer Evaluation \| Activity 5 Assessment 1 Group Presentations \| Activity 6 Review for Assessment 2 \| Activity 7 Assessment 2 Multiple Choice and Short Answer \| Activity 8 Connections to Literature - Lord of the Flies \| Assessment 1 Group PowerPoint Presentation \| Assessment 2 Multiple Choice and Short Answer

	Unit 6: Struggles in Society


	Activity 1 Introduction to Macbeth \| Activity 2 Choral Reading \| Activity 3 Reading Shakespeare's Words Aloud \| Activity 4 Paradox and Equivocation \| Activity 5 Interrupted Reading \| Activity 6 If It Were Done When 'Tis Done Soliloquy \| Activity 7 Dagger Speech Close Reading \| Activity 8 Introduction to Assessment 2 \| Activity 9 Individual Preparation For Assessment 2 \| Activity 10 Character Study \| Activity 11 Guided Reading \| Activity 12 Comparative Film \| Activity 13 Choral Reading \| Activity 14 Act III Quiz \| Activity 15 Macduff \| Activity 16 Lady Macbeth Then and Now \| Activity 17 Finale \| Activity 18 Socratic Seminar \| Activity 19 In-Class-Write \| Activity 20 Rehearsal 1 \| Activity 21 Rehearsal 2 \| Activity 22 Rehearsal 3 \| Activity 23 Rehearsal 4 \| Activity 24 Rehearsal 5 \| Activity 25 Rehearsal 6 Preview Performance and Feedback \| Activity 26 Final Performances and Self-Reflection \| Flex Activity Extra Rehearsal A \| Flex Activity Extra Rehearsal B \| Flex Activity Extra Rehearsal C \| Flex Activity Extra Rehearsal D \| Assessment 1 In-Class-Write \| Assessment 2 Final Performance \| More ...