Sophomore C2 Curriculum  2007-2008

1^st Quarter

Themes: Authority, Power (What is power? Who has it? Who deserves it?)

What is freedom?

Fahrenheit 451

Banned Book Essayt

Writing: Persuasive Essay, Free Writing

Poetry (Frost “Apple Picking”, Emily Dickinson) Short Stories (Bierce, Poe): others TBA

Vocabulary: 48 Words

MCAS:

Grammar: Sentence Structure: Run-on Sentences

Prewriting

2^nd Quarter

Theme: Search for Self: Who am I?

Catcher in the Rye

Poetry, Short Stories & excerpts from literature (Virginia Woolf, Sylvia Plath): TBA

Writing: Exercises in Self-Discovery, Fiction, Leads

Vocabulary: 48 Words

MCAS: continue essay writing

3^rd Quarter

Theme: What is a tragedy? What is a tragic character?

Drama: Othello

Night

Free Choice Book

Poetry, Short Stories: TBA

Writing: Continue working on persuasive essays and literary analysis

Vocabulary: 24 Words

MCAS (including Test Taking Techniques)

4^th Quarter

Theme: Insanity: Who is insane? Who decides?

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

Free Choice Book

Drama: One-Act and short play readings

Writing: Opinion pieces, editorials (combining knowledge of literary analysis and the persuasive essay), poetry

Poetry, Short Stories: TBA

Vocabulary: 60 Words