February 22-24

5^th period

Wednesday
Warmups- Verbal analogy practice and review (together)

Characterization assessment (REVIEW!!!)
“Gentlemen of Rio en Medio”

Essential Question:  Would you pass up making money in order to do something you believe in?  Share your examples.  Is it a better choice for an individual to be noble or wise?

Vocabulary from the text:

Rio en Medio                     Buena gente                      sobrinos                               nietos

Setting:  Sante Fe, NM

Protagonist?  Antagonist?

Read aloud popcorn style in class

Characterization review:  What type of character is Don? 

Complete a T-Chart and provide examples of direct and indirect characterization for Don

Homework:  text to self

How is the character in the text similar to you?  How can you make a connection to that character?

What major conflict has the character had to overcome?  What is the author’s purpose for writing this story? 

Thursday

Interims go home today; return on Monday!

Reading quiz on yesterday's short story

Character traits to describe a character in the story

Conflict in “Gentleman of Rio en Medio”

What makes Don prideful?

Inference PPT

What can we infer about Don?  Provide examples from the text

Friday

Purpose and tone review assessment
Author's purpose PPT

Raymond’s Run

AMSND movie

Periods 2, 4, 6, and 7

Wednesday

Class time:

Act IV reading quiz!
Othello video clip (What did you observe?  What are you thoughts and opinions?)

Inference PPT

Short writing piece -finish for hw.

Begin reading, after we check quiz and discuss text

Foreshadowing in the text

Hw:  (due Friday)  Compare Othello’s language and behavior towards his wife in Act II to his language and behavior towards her in Act IV.  One strong paragraph is the minimum requirement.  A strong paragraph includes a thesis statement and a couple examples of textual evidence and/or support to prove your thesis’s position.  Write in pen or type.
vocabulary quiz tomorrow

Thursday

#2 Vocabulary quiz

Willow Song choral reading
mood of the song/text
images of black and white
Character Therapy

Finish Act V by Monday  (test March 2)

Interims home today!  Due Monday

Hw:  Read play

Friday

Collect short writing piece
inferiority complex

Triangle of jealousy collage- (Choose 3 characters from the text and show how they are in a triangular relationship.)

Symbols:  handkerchief; green-eyed monster; “The Willow” song; Barbary horse; beautiful creature

Hw:  Finish play; Interims went home yesterday.  Return them on Monday!