English II

Semester II

Instructor Helen Merritt E-mail hmerritt@lcsd2.org

Phone 885-SVHS Planning Gold 2 & Red 4

Number ext. 7266 Time

Course Description
Sophomore English is an opportunity for students to increase their ability to read, write,
speak, and listen through a variety of activities including the Six-Traits of Writing and Six Traits of
Reading, to understand and respond to course materials on the literal and figurative level, to
make and support a claim using organization and logic, and to implement grammar and usage
skills to accommodate effective communication. Successful completion of this course satisfies
one half unit of graduation requirement.

Language Arts Standards: Reading, Writing, Listening & Speaking

Performance Standard
These statements describe how well students must perform the benchmark standards. The
"proficient" level is required to meet the standards. The level descriptors help teachers to judge
where students are performing in relation to the standards. A general definition of these levels is
provided below.

Advanced – Students who perform at the advanced level use their knowledge of
language arts in complex and abstract situations and can communicate, argue and articulate
information and ideas.

Proficient – Students who perform at the proficient level use concepts and skills to
acquire and communicate information and ideas using appropriate strategies as required by the
standards.

Partially proficient – Students who perform at the partially proficient level use
rudimentary knowledge and skills to acquire and communicate information and ideas on well-
defined tasks with direction.

Grading: Semester Grade Only

Class Work 60 percent
Common Assessments 40 percent
Grammar (10%)
Writing (15%)
Literature (10%)
Informational (5
 Units of Study

Common
Assessments/
Course Resources Skills/Terminology Standards/Benchmarks
Classroom
Evaluations
Elements of Literature
Reading Informational Reading 11.1.1, 11.1.3 Informational Reading
Collection 11 “Consumer and
Text Writing 11.2.1, 11.2.2 CA # 1
Workplace Documents”

Phrases; Verbals;
Elements of Language
Appositives; and Writing 11.1.1, 11.1.2 Grammar CA # 2
Chapter 14
Misplaced Modifiers

Elements of Literature
Writing 11.2.1, 11.2.2
Collection 7 “Perceptions,” Writing CA # 3
Elements of Poetry Speaking and Listening
Six Traits of Writing, and Oral Presentation
11.3.1
PAWS Data
Elements of Literature
Collection 10 “Elements of Reading 11.1.1, 11.1.2 Literary Reading
Shakespearean Play
Drama” Writing 11.2.1, 11.2.2 CA # 4

Course Materials and Resources

Holt Elements of Literature Fourth Course
Holt Elements of Language Fourth Course
Hamlet by William Shakespeare

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H. Merritt / English II
CA # 1 Informational Reading
CA # 2 Grammar (Using and punctuating prepositional phrases, verbals, and appositives and correcting misplaced modifiers)
CA # 3 Reading and responding to poetry
CA # 4 Reading and responding to Shakespeare’s Hamlet

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