English II 2025-2026

For Friday 9/5:
Revise your SAT II timed essay (handwritten)
edit skating rink brochure
start a 1st Person Narrative
bring in an opinion essay that uses facts/statistics to support the author’s point

For Tuesday 9/9:
Read A Special Moment in History by Bill McKibben. Mark:
— interesting images that make hard ideas clear
— structural elements that organize this long piece

See pieces from previous English II classes here

Grammar, key terminology, and vocabulary items that we have discussed in class are on the AP Language & Composition Vocabulary Archive. While most of you will not take the AP Language exam until next year, it always helps to become familiar with these terms now (rather than cramming next year). The sooner you get started, the sooner (comparative degree) you will know all your terms.

LEARN THESE: Part IV Elements of Style: Words and Expressions Commonly Misused learn ALL WORDS/ERRORS.

Find Honors World Literature vocabulary HERE OR play to study on Quizlet!

See English II class description and reading list here

Student Resources: English II

Check every piece for THESE SKILLS before turning anything in for an edit.
Check ALL CITATIONS (quotes) with these formatting rules before turning anything in for an edit.

Click HERE for directions for email editing

Summer reading list for High School students

Access English II class writing archives to see what our readings and assignments are for this year, and to read sample pieces written by previous English II students.

QUARTER GRADING:

Participation = 30% (purely subjective, based on my perceptions of your initiative, interest, self-motivation, & tenacity)

Assignments = Revisions (20%)
Edits (20%)

Vocab/Multiple Choice tests= 15%
Timed essay grades= 15%

SEMESTER GRADING

Participation = 30% (purely subjective, based on my perceptions of your initiative, interest, self-motivation, & tenacity)
Assignments = Revisions & edits (20%)
Vocab/Multiple Choice tests = 15%
Timed essay grades = 10%
Exam = 25%

“The great skill of a teacher is to get and keep the attention of his scholar... To attain this, he should make the child comprehend...the usefulness of what he teaches him and let him see, by what he has learned, that he can do something which gives him some power and real advantage over others who are ignorant of it.”

— John Locke (1632-1704), on Education

Unfinished Pieces: Q1
(updated 9/3/25)

Everett
Revisions = 1/36
Edits = 0/6