Southwood High School, 9000 Walker Road, Shreveport, Louisiana 71118--Room A215
English Language Arts Content Standards
1. Students read, comprehend, and respond to a range of materials, using a variety of strategies for different purposes.
2. Students write competently for a variety of purposes and audiences.
3. Students communicate using standard English grammar, usage, sentence structure, punctuation, capitalization, spelling, and handwriting.
4. Students demonstrate competence in speaking and listening as tools for learning and communicating.
5. Students locate, select, and synthesize information from a variety of texts, media, references, and technological sources to acquire and communicate knowledge.
6. Students read, analyze, and respond to literature as a record of life experiences.
7. Students apply reasoning and problem solving skills to their reading, writing, speaking, listening, viewing, and visually representing.
English II Course Calendar, Fall 2007:
First Semester
August 14-Sept. 7 (18 days) Short Story
Sept. 10-Sept. 18 (7 days) Nonfiction
Sept. 19-Oct. 12 (18 days) Drama
Second Semester
Oct. 15-Nov. 2 (15 days) Poetry
Nov. 5-Nov. 30 (15 days) Epic
Dec. 3-Dec. 21 (15 days) Novel
Outside Reading, English 2--Honors
Title Due Date
Of Mice and Men Aug. 29
Picture Bride Sept. 14
Cyrano de Bergerac Oct. 9
All Quiet on the Western Front Oct. 31
Watership Down Nov. 30
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas Dec. 11
Email Address: klshanks@caddo.k12.la.us