ENGLISH II ACADEMIC LIBRARY
English II Online Academic Library
UNIT 1 – LANGUAGE STRUCTURE
- Course Overview
- Forming Noun Plurals (1)
- Forming Noun Plurals (2)
- Forming Noun Plurals (3)
- Forming Noun Plurals (4)
- Forming Noun Plurals (5)
- Understanding Suffixes
- Adding Suffixes
- Word Use and Suffixes
- Quiz 1: Noun Plurals and Suffixes
- Relative and Interrogative Pronouns
- Demonstrative and Indefinite Pronouns
- Personal Pronouns
- Gender and Case in Pronouns
- Quiz 2: Pronouns
- Pronoun/Antecedent Agreement
- Pronoun Reference
- Adjective Clauses
- Adverb Clauses
- Noun Clauses
- Quiz 3: Clauses and Pronoun Reference
- Documentation
- Works Cited
- Parenthetical Citation
- Documentation Review
- Test: Language Structure
- Alternate Test: Language Structure
UNIT 2 – WRITING EFFECTIVE SENTENCES
- Principal Parts and Participles
- Participles
- Infinitives
- Gerunds
- Quiz 1: Verbals
- Adjective Phrases
- Adverb Phrases
- Appositive Phrases and Direct Address
- Participial and Gerund Phrases
- Infinitive Phrases
- Quiz 2: Phrases
- Simple Sentences
- Compound Sentences
- Complex Sentences
- Essay: Effective Writing
- Quiz 3: Sentences
- Test: Writing Effective Sentences
- Alternate Test: Writing Effective Sentences
UNIT 3 – WRITING AND READING SKILLS
- Elements of the Sentence
- Elements of the Paragraph
- Connectives and Transitions
- Essay: Using Connectives
- Development of Paragraphs
- Essay: Paragraphs
- Quiz 1: Sentences and Paragraphs
- Exposition: Instructions
- Essay: How-To
- Exposition: Events, Ideas, and Biography
- Essay: Biography
- Quiz 2: Elements of Exposition
- Recognizing Main Ideas
- Advanced Reading Skills
- Project: Analyzing Expository Writing
- Understanding Relationships
- Quiz 3: Reading Skills
- Value, Nature, and Role of Oral Reading
- Skills of Oral Reading
- Preparation for Oral Reading
- Quiz 4: Oral Reading
- Test: Writing and Reading Skills
- Alternate Test: Writing and Reading Skills
UNIT 4 – SPEAKING AND LISTENING
- Selecting and Limiting a Topic
- Choosing the Language (1)
- Choosing the Language (2)
- Essay: Writing a Speech
- The Speech
- Quiz 1: Speaking
- The Nature of Listening
- Listening for Main Ideas
- Critical Listening
- Essay: Taking Notes
- Quiz 2: Critical Listening
- Test: Speaking and Listening
- Alternate Test: Speaking and Listening
UNIT 5 – THE DEVELOPMENT OF ENGLISH
- Changes in Language
- Changes in Vocabulary
- Changes in Meaning
- Etymology
- History of Words
- Project: Names
- Quiz 1: Etymology
- Changes in Pronunciation and Spelling
- Morphemes
- Inflections
- Syntax and Word Relationships
- Quiz 2: Changes in Language
- Anglo-Saxons
- Norman Invasion
- The Renaissance
- Elizabethan English and the Age of Reason
- Colonization of America
- Westward Movement/Industrial Revolution
- Quiz 3: The Development of English
- Varieties of English: American and British
- American Regional Dialects
- Essay: Varieties
- Essay: Newspaper
- Quiz 4: Varieties of English
- Test: The Development of English
- Alternate Test: The Development of English
UNIT 6 – THE SHORT STORY
- Short Story Elements
- Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
- The Lady, or the Tiger?
- Essay: The Lady, or the Tiger?
- The Necklace
- Essay: The Necklace
- Quiz 1: Short Story Elements
- Writing About Literature
- Project: Outline
- Writing a Literary Critique
- Quiz 2: Writing About Literature
- Writing a Short Story
- Project: Preparing a Short Story
- Essay: Writing a Short Story
- Quiz 3: Using Writing Skills
- Test: The Short Story
- Alternate Test: The Short Story
UNIT 7 – STUDIES IN THE NOVEL
- Development of the Novel
- Drama and the Novel
- The Novelist and His Novel
- The Novelist and His Selection
- The Novelist and His Limits
- The Novelist: His Values and Detachment
- Quiz 1: The Novelist and the Novel
- Novel and Plot
- Character, Symbol, and Mood
- Essay: Raymond
- Quiz 2: In His Steps
- The Critical Essay
- Essay: Preparing the Review
- Quiz 3: The Critical Essay
- Test: Studies in the Novel
- Alternate Test: Studies in the Novel
UNIT 8 – DRAMA
- Greek Drama
- Roman Drama and Dramatic Elements
- Quiz 1: Understanding Drama
- Oral Interpretation and Christian Drama
- Everyman: Prologue (1-203)
- Everyman: Fellowship (204-316)
- Everyman: Kindred and Cousin (317-390)
- Everyman: Goods (391-462)
- Everyman: Good Deeds (463-521)
- Everyman: Knowledge and Confession (522-670)
- Everyman: Virtues (670-787)
- Everyman: Virtues Lost (788-861)
- Everyman: Epilogue (862-922)
- Essay: Everyman
- Quiz 2: Everyman
- Test: Drama
- Alternate Test: Drama
UNIT 9 – POETRY
- Poetic Form and Rhyme
- Meter and Diction
- Imagery and Figurative Language
- Figurative Language and Sound Effects
- Quiz 1: Elements of Poetry
- Literal Meaning
- Figurative and Symbolic Meaning
- Project: Poem Analysis
- Project: Writing a Poem
- Quiz 2: Poetic Meaning
- Test: Poetry
- Alternate Test: Poetry
UNIT 10 – REVIEW
- The Development of English
- English Usage
- Noun Plurals
- Suffixes
- Verbals and Phrases
- Subordinate Clauses
- Pronouns
- Sentence Types
- Organizing Paragraphs
- Project: Paragraph –
- Punctuating Ideas
- Writing Compositions
- Essay: Critique
- Quiz 1: English and Writing
- Preparing a Speech
- Writing and Delivering a Speech
- Project: Speech
- Reading Literature to an Audience
- Project: Cutting
- Listening to a Speech
- Essay: Evaluating
- Quiz 2: Speaking and Listening
- Reading for Meaning
- Reading and Experiencing Poetry
- Interpreting Poetry
- Reading Drama
- Everyman
- Short Story Elements
- Reading Short Stories
- Reading a Novel
- Quiz 3: Literature
- Test: Review
- Alternate Test: Review