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Orange Township Public Schools

Karen Harris

Executive Director of Humanities

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Gerald Fitzhugh, II, Ed.D.

Superintendent of Schools


Delia Abreu, Supervisor ELA (3-8) & Media Specialist                                 Jonathan Clerie, Supervisor Visual & Performing Arts

Adriana Hernandez, Supervisor ELA (K-2) Media Specialist                        Emily Lamboy, Supervisor Bilingual/ESL World Lang (K-5)

Marc Levenson, Supervisor Social Studies (K-12)                                Frank Tafur, Supervisor Bilingual/ESL World Lang (6-12)

Marcey Thomas, Supervisor ELA (9-12) Media Specialist

English II Pacing Guide

Module 1: Persuasion In Literature

Pacing

Texts

Assessment

9/6 and

Week of 9/9

“Marriage Is a Private Affair”/Narrative Writing

Writing Lab Diagnostic Testing (teacher-designed/optional)

MAP Testing (BOY) in ELA classes

Administration Window:

Writing Lab Diagnostic Testing

(teacher-designed/optional)

9/16

MAP Testing (BOY) in ELA classes

9/16

Extended Writing Task 1 from ELA

9/23 - 9/27

Benchmark 1 in ELA classes

10/31 - 11/1

Performance Task 1

11/25 - 11/29

Closed in Edulastic by:

Extended Writing Task 1: 

10/4

Benchmark 1: 

11/5

Performance Task 1:

12/6

Note: Data review meetings will be ongoing throughout the module.

Week of 9/16

Week of 9/23

“Marriage Is a Private Affair”/Narrative Writing

Extended Writing I support (from ELA)

Week of 9/30

Extended Writing I (from ELA) Review

Week of 10/7

The Third and Final Continent”/Literary Argument

Week of 10/14

Things Fall Apart excerpt from chapter 14/Musee de Beaux Arts/Literary Argument

Week of 10/21

Things Fall Apart  excerpt from chapter 20/Literary Argument

Week of 10/28

Things Fall Apart/Literary Argument

Week of 11/4

Benchmark I (from ELA) Review and Revisions

Week of 11/11

Things Fall Apart/Literary Argument

Week of 11/18

Things Fall Apart/Literary Argument

Week of 11/25

Performance Task Support

Week of 12/2

Performance Task Review

Writing Log Reflection and Submission

Data Review

English II Pacing Guide

Module 2: The Power of Argument

Research Unit

Pacing

Texts

Assessment

Week of 12/9

From Reality Is Broken (Parts 1 and 2)

Administration Window:

Extended Writing II (from ELA)

1/6 - 1/10

MAP Testing (MOY) (in ELA)

1/21

Benchmark II (in ELA)

2/4 - 2/5

Performance Task II

2/24 - 3/7

Closed in Edulastic by:

Extended Writing Task II:

1/17

Benchmark II:

2/11

Performance Task II:

3/14

Note: Data review meetings will be ongoing throughout the module.

*Performance Task Prep takes place throughout the duration of this module.

Week of 12/16

“Touchscreen”

“The Flight from Conversation”

1/2, 1/3 and Week of 1/6

           From “We Need to Talk: How          

    to Have Conversations That Matter”

    Extended Writing II Support (from ELA)

Week of 1/13

Nobel Lecture by Kofi Annan

Extended Writing II Review (from ELA)

Week of 1/21

                 MAP Testing (MOY) in ELA

          “Hope, Despair, and Memory”

Week of 1/27

Week of 2/3

Writing Lab Diagnostic MOY (optional)

Benchmark II (in ELA)

Research Skills

Week of 2/10

Benchmark II Review(from ELA)

Research Skills

Week of 2/24

Performance Task II Support

Week of 3/3

Week of 3/10

Performance Task II Review

Writing Log Reflection and Submission

Data Review

English II Pacing Guide

Module 3: Praise, Mock, Mourn

Pacing

Texts

Assessment

Week of 3/17

“Sonnet 130” (mock/praise)

MAP Testing(EOY) in ELA Classes

Extended Writing III Support from ELA Classes

Administration Window:

MAP Testing (EOY)

3/24

Extended Writing:

3/24 - 3/28

Benchmark III:

4/9 - 4/10

Performance Task:

6/2 - 6/6

Scored in Edulastic by:

Extended Writing:

4/2

Benchmark:

4/15

Performance Task:

6/13

Week of 3/24

Week of 3/31

Extended Writing III Review from ELA Classes

Death of a Salesman, Act I, first half

Week of 4/7

Death of a Salesman, Act I, cont’d

Benchmark III in ELA Classes

Writing Lab Diagnostic Testing (optional)

Week of 4/14

Death of a Salesman, Act II, first half

Benchmark III Review from ELA Classes

Week of 4/28

Death of a Salesman, Act II, second half and requiem

Week of 5/5

Week of 5/12

“Ode to Kool-Aid” / “Ode to the Cat” (praise)

Week of 5/19

“The War Works Hard” / “Grape Sherbet” (mourn)

Week of 5/27

Week of 6/2

Performance Task III Support

Week of 6/9

Performance Task III Review

Revisions and Reflection (Writing Log)

Week of 6/16

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