Honors English II

Pacing Guide

Unit 1 Latin and Central America
4-5 week unit

Common Core Standards
RL 9-10.1, 9-10.2, 9-10.3, 9-10.4, 9-10.5 / W. 9-10.9 / SL.9-10.1, 9-10.3, 9-10.6

Novels
In The Time Of The Butterflies, How The Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents

Short Stories
Walimai, excerpt from Eva Luna, The Last Voyage of the Ghost Ship

Nonfiction
The Solitude of Latin America - Nobel prize speech

Poetry
Select poems from Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair

Writing
Students will write a 2-4 page personal narrative about an important event in their lives that
helped to shape them into the who they are today.

Vocabulary
Students will learn, use and understand 10-15 ACT and SAT preparation vocabulary terms a
week.

Unit Two - Holocaust
3-4 weeks

Common Core Standards
RL 9-10.1, 9-10.2, 9-10.3, 9-10.4, 9-10.5 / W. 9-10.9 / SL.9-10.1, 9-10.2, 9-10.3, 9-10.6

Novels
Night, All Quiet On The Western Front

Poetry
I Never Saw Another Butterfly, First They Came, Written in Pencil, and other Holocaust poems.

Media
Oprah and Elie Wiesel at Auschwitz, Holocaust museum survivors testimony, Stanford Prison
Experiment, A Class Divided, Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State, as well as other informational
Holocaust cites. Students will also watch The Boy In The Striped Pajamas.

Writing
Students will write a short research two to three paper about WWII and the Holocaust. At the end
of the paper they will also include a short one page reaction to Night.

Vocabulary
Students will learn, use and understand 10-15 ACT and SAT preparation vocabulary terms a
week.

Unit Three - Asia
4-5 Weeks

Common Core Standards
RL 9-10.1, 9-10.2, 9-10.4, 9-10.5 / W. 9-10.7, 9-10.10 / SL.9-10./ L 9-10.2

Novel
Nectar in a Sieve, The Life of Pi (if available)

Short Stories
Select tales from Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, Rashomon and Other Storie

Drama
The Post Office

Poetry
Lost in Translation, The Ramayana, Song VII by Rabindranath Tagore

Non-Fiction
A Brief History of China's One-Child Policy

Media
National Geographic: China's Lost Girls, Its a Girl

Writing
Students will complete a four to six page research paper about a world crisis. Their research must
be based for scholarly articles, government website, and other reputable sources.

Speaking and Listening
At the end of the unit students will make a 3-4 minute presentation based on the research they
did on their world crisis.

Vocabulary
Students will learn, use and understand 10-15 ACT and SAT preparation vocabulary terms a
week.

Unit Four- Africa and the Middle East
4-5 weeks

Common Core Standards
RL 9-10.1, 9-10.6, 9-10.8, 9-10.4, 9-10.5 / W. 9-10.4, 9-10.5, 9-10.6, 9-10.9 / SL.9-10.6 / L 9-
10.5, 9-10.6

Novels
Things Fall Apart and excerpts from My Name is Red

Short Stories
Tales from a Troubled Land, select stories from One Thousand and One Nights, The Answer Is
No

Poetry
The Epic of Gilgamesh

Informational Texts
Excerpts from Out of Africa

Writing
Students will collect sources and research on an approved topic of their choice for the NC
Graduation Project.

Vocabulary
Students will learn, use and understand 10-15 ACT and SAT preparation vocabulary terms a
week.

Unit Five - Russia
4-5 weeks
This unit can be used as a substitute for unit four depending on the class

Common Core Standards
RL 9-10.3, 9-10.5 / RI 9-10.3, 9-10.6, 9-10.7/W. 9-10.1, 9-10.2 / SL.9-10.3/ L 9-10.3

Novels
A Dead Mans Memoir

Short Stories
The Nose, Ward No.6, Diary of a Madman and Other Stories

Poetry
The Twelve, To Urania

Informational Texts
Dostoyevskys Metaphor of the Underground

Vocabulary
Students will learn, use and understand 10-15 ACT and SAT preparation vocabulary terms a
week.

Teachers Note
Some of the works on this list may change depending on the class and the learning levels of the
students. Other works may be substituted due to availability of texts.