February 6-10

Please bring in the balance for your fieldtrip, if you haven't done so already!  Homework will be very lite this week for all classes.   We will focus on reading and clearly understanding our assigned texts.

Period 5

Monday
Present 1 or 2 glogs

Nick Bottom thinks he is better than all of the other play performers.  Do you know any friends or people in your life who think their talents are far more superior than their peers?

Soliloquy- -the actors on stage communicate their inner thoughts and feelings as if they are talking to themselves.  they are oblivous to onlookers. 
Monologue- -The actors address the audience in a long, single discourse..

What is it?  How is it different from a monologue?

Sonnets- the formula for a sonnet

Sonnets-14 lined, rhymed poems “love song” or “love sound

3 quatrains (4 lines in each stanza)

Last two lines are a couplet that rhyme

First stanza, ABAB;

second stanza, CDCD;

third stanza, EFEF;

and the couplet, GG. 

Analyze and compare two sonnets and the expression of love in each.

Lay and lie      Suzie (laid, lay) down on the couch.

Affect and effect

Read in class

Hw:  Compare and contrast the two sonnets;  Grammar (lay and lie) Finish reading the play Act 2; Chapters 1-3 due in Darkness Before Dawn by Friday

Tuesday
Present a couple of glogs

Sonnets continued

Go over Grammar homework

Act 3 AMSND

Think of a time when you got so involved in a movie/play that you totally forgot that it wasn’t real.

Irregular verbs part 1

Hw:  irregular verbs; finish reading play

Wednesday
Present a couple of glogs
sonnet- -Extra Credit
Satiricial essay (N'Sync)
AMSND

On demand writing prompt Civil War prompt (computer lab to type up writing)

*i-a-u verbs game

Read play in class

Tableaux

Hw:  read play

Thursday
break up letter:  tone
Present a couple of glogs

Reading quiz on Act 3 and 4

Watch movie
literal versus figurative language.  What's the difference?  Huh?
I like your kicks!  We were beasting on the field tonight!  You have some cool kicks.  I love you to pieces.
Rewrite a figurative poem into literal language
What is the effect on the reader/listener?

Hw:  Act 5

Friday
Present a few glogs

DBD assignment
Inferences PPT (imply versus inferences)

Finish play

Finish movie

Hw:  chapters 4-9 due Friday in DBD

Periods 2, 4, 6, and 7

I am not what I am"
-Iago to Rodrigo (Othello 1.1.65)

Monday
Small group discussions about weekend readings

Desdemona’s Secrecy and rebellion-  What does this say about her?

What are you initial impressions of Desdemona?

Analyze Brabantio’s reaction to Othello

Class discussion on racial undertones in the play.

Find evidence of racial remarks and analyze them for stereotypes and examine if Othello matches these stereotypes.

Movie Trailer

What do you see in the movie?

Group:  Create a 20 line script of Act 1.  Tell the action in 20 lines.  You cannot add to the original script, but you can shorten lines or leave portions of lines out.  Perform your scenes to class tomorrow

Tuesday

20 lines performances

Act 2

Iago’s Power of language

In pairs, Identify the metaphors and images that Iago associates with Othello.

How does Iago use language to deceive others?

How does Iago convince Othello that Cassio is a drunk, disloyal soldier, or that Desdemona is  sneaky and not what she seems to be?

 Why does Iago use his rhetoric and acting skills to destroy others?

What drives him?

Who and what is Iago?

Tableaux Act 1

Hw:  Finish Act 2 scene 2;  Write 5 questions from your reading that you will use to direct group discussions tomorrow.  Vocabulary words due Thursday.

Wednesday

Small/whole group discussions in class 25 minutes

Othello Mind Maps- -Start with an image in the middle.  Then, branch out.

Hw:  Read in the play

Thursday
Marriage in 1615

Finish mind maps

Share them

Hw:  Reading quiz Act 2

Friday

Reading quiz

Critical lenses discussion for the play

Act 2 tableaux

Begin Act 2 characterization assignment

Hw:  Read in your play for homework; TWO-voiced poem (Lysander and Othello- -typed and illustrated)

Period 6-Due by midnight tonight!

Directions:  Respond to the question below and respond in a few sentences to 2 of your classmates.  Responses like "I totally agree with Suzie" are unacceptable.  A response like "I totally agree with Suzie because blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah....in Act 1, blah, blah, blah...the text says, blah, blah, blah" is acceptable. 

What are your immediate impressions of Igao?  Use textual evidence to support your response.

Period 7-Due by midnight tonight!

Directions:  Respond to the question below and respond in a few sentences to 2 of your classmates.  Responses like "I totally agree with Suzie" are unacceptable.  A response like "I totally agree with Suzie because blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah....in Act 1, blah, blah, blah...the text says, blah, blah, blah" is acceptable.! 

What are your immediate impressions of Igao?  Use textual evidence to support your response.

Period 4- -Due by midnight, tonight!

Directions:  Respond to the question below and respond in a few sentences to 2 of your classmates.  Responses like "I totally agree with Suzie" are unacceptable.  A response like "I totally agree with Suzie because blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah....in Act 1, blah, blah, blah...the text says, blah, blah, blah." 

What are your immediate impressions of Igao?  Use textual evidence to support your response.

Period 2- -Due by midnight, tonight!

Directions:  Respond to the question below and respond in a few sentences to 2 of your classmates.  Responses like "I totally agree with Suzie" are unacceptable.  A response like "I totally agree with Suzie because blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah....in Act 1, blah, blah, blah...the text says, blah, blah, blah" is acceptable. 

What are your immediate impressions of Igao?  Use textual evidence to support your response.

January 30-February 3

January 30-February 3

Period 5

“Rain, Rain, Go Away”

Finish short story in class.

Look at:  foreshadowing, characterization, author’s purpose, theme, irony, inference

Problem-Solution-game

Vocabulary Review- crossword puzzle

Tier Work-Due Wed.

Hw:  “Rain, Rain, Go Away” - -Finish questions; Tier Work due Wed.

Tuesday

-go over homework

-computer lab-Glogster (Problem-Solution)

Wednesday
Tier Work Due today

Vocabulary review

Vocabulary quiz

Problem-solution game

Hw:  Get quiz signed

Thursday

Reading quiz “Rain Rain, Go Away”

Friday:  Lab to finish glog

Periods 2, 4, 6, and 7

Act I reading quiz on Friday or Monday.  Go ahead and bring in the rest of your field trip funds if you only brought in your deposit in December.

Monday

Class time:  Project (Fairy Tale Lenses)

Hw:  Get Othello and finish Lenses project- -DUE Wednesday!

Tuesday

Othello intro. (A Tragic hero)- -Is this an oxymoron

QOTD:  What is the true definition of evil?

-Rumors-How can rumors ruin a person's life?  What is your experience with rumors?
-The First scenes of the play introduce the primary plot.

-We will trace the following themes:  jealousy, trust, manipulation, identity, racism, gender, paranoia

-At the end of the play, two characters will be put on trial.  You, the people, will decide which of the two is guilty of murder?

Begin reading text in class

Hw:  post to the blog  (What are your first impressions of Iago?  Use evidence from your text to justify your impressions of him.)

 

Wednesday

Projects are DUE!!!

Discuss text

-Study Iago and his language

-Study Othello’s language as the story progresses.  The more Iago drips poisonous ideas into his head, the more he changes. 

-Trace Othello’s gnawing doubts.  Is he paranoid?

-Read in text

Hw:  Finish reading the play

Thursday

-What is meant by Machiavellian villain?

PPT-Machiavelli/villain

-Read

Hw:  finish Act 1

Friday

-Reading quiz Act I

-What would Iago do in this situation?  (“game”)

-Shakesbook:  Befriend a character from the text from the POV of a past character that you've met this year. 

Fairy Tale websites

http://childhoodreading.com/?p=5

"The Princess and the Pea"

http://www.familymanagement.com/literacy/grimms/grimms09.html

“Rapunzel”

http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/HanGre.shtml

“Hansel and Gretel”

http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/grimm053.html

“Little Snow-White”

http://www.fpx.de/fp/Disney/Tales/SleepingBeauty.html

“Sleeping Beauty”

http://www.softstarshoes.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=page.display&page_id=45

“The Elves and the Shoemaker”

http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/grimm021.html

“Cinderella”

January 16-20

Hi there,

I hope you are having a wonderful MLK, Jr. day.  Have a blessed week!  

Work will be assigned most night this week.  We will have some EOG like assessments this week for practice.  Thursdays are our Power Hour day when students receive opportunities for enrichment in various subjects, remediation in areas where extra help is needed, or they are able to make up assignments from absences.
 
Parents:  Please note that the assignments below are a tentative list of assignments.  It is probable that we will not get to study all of the things below.  It is important to make sure you are checking your student's agenda nightly, so you have the most updated information to work with.  :-)

Best,

Mrs. Greene

Period 5

Monday-NO SCHOOL.  Happy MLK, Jr. Day!!

This week's vocabulary-(pre-assessment on Monday; quiz on Friday)
-probable
-adjacent
-nomadic
-vital
-imply
-alignment
-revelation
-incomprehensible
-commemorate
-formidable

Tuesday

-vocabulary pre-assessment
-theme 
-audience, author's purpose

Compare "The Storyteller" to "The Witch" with a partner
-in the middle, write what is similar.  On the outside, write what the authors do to change the similar elements.
For example, both stories contain a male storyteller, but they are very different in how they are portrayed. Describe those differences on either side under the columns with the respective titles.
characterization
mood/atmosphere
tone
situational irony
Why is it ironic that the children in both stories favored the anti-happy ending stories?

Hw: Finish Venn Diagram; vocabulary boxes due Wednesday

Wednesday
-Spelling Bee
-EOGlike assessment
-Go over Venn Diagram
-What made "The Storyteller" a good story?  What made "The Witch" a good story?
-indirect characterization:  examples
(Now, indirectly characterize the two storytellers (males) in the two texts.  Find two quotes from the text to support your views.)
-AMSN continued
-Review vocabulary
Hw-

Thursday
-"The Medicine Bag" and study guide questions
-Protagonist (Tough choices made in the text are...)
-symbolism
-AMSND



HW-STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS for "the Medicine Bag"



FRIDAY
-go over "The Medicine Bag" 
-Vocabulary assessment
-AMSND
HW-TBA

Periods 2, 4, 6 and 7

Please get a copy of Shakespeare's Othello by 1-30-2012. Homework will not be given each night this week.   

Monday

Happy MLK, Jr. Day

"Let Freedom Ring"

“Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.” - C.S. Lewis

Tuesday
What are some of your fav. fairy tales?  How did you first become exposed to fairy tales?  Storytelling?   
Do you think literature reflects the era in which it is told?

Anti-fairy tale Unit
Think Shrek
What are the common elements of fairy tales? 

Poem “Anti-fairy tale”

“The Witch” by Shirley Jackson  (What is the main idea?

This story doesn't necessarily have just one, so you'll have to back up your opinion with (you guessed it!) evidence from the text. 

“The Storyteller” by Saki

Characteristics of fairytales

Irony and satire
tone, characterization, mood 

Hw:  Venn Diagram-comparing “The Storyteller” to “The Witch,” if we finish both in class.  Get a copy of Othello.  main idea of "The Witch" in a paragraph

Wednesday
-Spelling Bee
-Define fairy tale, and why do you think they're still around today?
-EOGlike assessment

Shrek-Is this an example of an anti-fairy tale?

Problem-Solution intro

Bullying

Main idea; inferences; point of view

Hw:  Venn Diagram if not assigned last night

Thursday

Problem-solution continued
literary criticism theory  (Rewrite your group's fairy tale by modernizing it and using your group's assigned literary criticism.  You will create a skit and a visual to share on Tuesday.)

Fairy-tale teaching group  (what are the important pts of the story?)

expose and reject stereotypes and common assumptions.

The Ugly Duckling

Snow White

Rumpelstiltskin

The Princess and the Pea

The Pied Piper of Hamelin

Little Red Riding Hood

Hansel and Gretel

The Frog Prince

The Fisherman and His Wife

Cinderella

Bluebeard

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

Aladdin

Jack and the Beanstalk

Hw:  Individually, write a poem (4 stanzas, 6 lines each stanza-creative title)  that tells the story of your assigned fairy tale.  Illustrate it.  Include simile, metaphor,

onomatopoeia,tone, mood, imagery- -See The example below, an excerpt by Road Dahl from Revolting Rhymes

 

EXAMPLE 1      Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf

As soon as Wolf began to feel
That he would like a decent meal,
He went and knocked on Grandma's door.
When Grandma opened it, she saw
The sharp white teeth, the horrid grin,
And Wolfie said, ``May I come in?''
Poor Grandmamma was terrified,
``He's going to eat me up!'' she cried.

Friday

Fairy-tale groups work

Hw:  get the play; Rewrite a fairy tale of choice as a news story.  Use the traditional news article characteristics.  Make it look authentic and illustrate.  Example below:  don’t use this fairy tale:  A Mr. B.B. Wolf was take into custody for questioning today after he was accused of two counts of blowing down houses and one accusation of allegedly entering a home unlawfully.  At the time of his arrest, he was wet because he allegedly fell into a pot of hot, boiling water.  He tried to climb down the chimney of a Mr. Pig III.    Etc.   You must include a field reporter: "I'm here at the scene of the second incident.  As you can see, there are sticks everywhere.  The occupant escaped unharmed…"  Etc .  You must also include a witness account.  Due Tuesday.  Typed.  


Monday-No SCHOOL!  WORKDAY FOR TEACHERS!















TUESDAY, JANUARY 24
Read-Abridged version of King Lear

January 9-Friday 13th

We have an early release day on Friday.  Homework will be assigned most nights this week.  Please check your student's agenda nightly for changes and updates in the week's schedule.

2, 4, 6, and 7

Monday

Test Review handout-due tomorrow

Finish movie

Discuss theme

Hw:  test review study guide

Tuesday

Go over test review study guide

Discuss theme

Hw:  Test

Wednesday

AMSND Test (All Period!)

Hw:  none  (Get Othello by 1/30)

Thursday

Problem-Solution
Bullying

Hw:  Problem-Solution

Friday

Early Release

TBA (don’t know schedule yet)

Hw:  none

Period 5

Monday

“Thank You M’am”

Return Friday’s quiz
New Vocabulary words

Hw:  main idea work-Tuesday; vocabulary boxes due Wed.

Tuesday

“Thank You M’am”

“MOhter to Son”

Flat, round, static, dynamic characters

Hw:  finish flat, round, dynamic, static

Wednesday
Go over vocabulary

Problem-Solution continue

AMSND

Hw:  SG questions

Thursday

AMSND

Hw:  SG questions

Friday
vocabulary quiz on Friday

TBA (I don’t know the schedule yet)

Happy New Year! January 3-6

Period 5

Monday

Holiday

NO school!

Tuesday

Read/Perform Act 3

Bullying- Main Idea
Character (flat versus round; dynamic versus static)

Flat versus Round characters (7 dwarves:  sleepy, grumpy,)

Are the characters believable? reasonably consistent? fallible? round, or flat? Most of all, why did the author choose to include this character in this story--what is his/her function?

Character mandala

Hw:  Finish bullying main idea sheet.  

Wednesday

Problem-solution practice
Using Characterization to compare/contrast classmates

"The Ninny" and "The Governess"
Questions to ponder:  Can you think of groups of people who have less power in society than others in teh past (present!)?
Have you ever treated someone differently because they were younger, weaker, or different from you?  Were you kinder or cruel to that person?
author's message/purpose
Problems in this society?

sonnets-if time allows!



Extra credit opportunity Alert!!
Sign up on my door for a presentation date.  You will be asked to memorize and recite one of Shakespeare’s sonnets of choice.  You must get every single word correct in order to get the extra credit.  You will be allowed only one “oops” in your recitation.  More than one “oops” will result in receiving no credit.  Don’t whine…it’s extra credit and therefore not required.    If you want BONUS pts., then add a costume into your presentation.    Delivery dates are:  January 17, 18, and 19. 

Hw:  none

Thursday

cause and effect
foldables for "The Ninny"
"The Governess"
Share classmates “sketches”

Venn Diagram for "The Ninny" and "The Governess"

Read “A Dream Within a Dream”

Interpreting Renaissance Dreams

View movie

Hw:  short story homework

Friday

Read/perform act 4
Finish the play

Finish the movie

(2,4, 6 and 7)

Monday

Holiday

No SCHOOL!

JANUARY 11-AMSND TEST
JANUARY 30- BEGIN OTHELLO

Extra Credit:

Sign up on my door for a presentation date.  You will be asked to memorize and recite one of Shakespeare’s sonnets of choice.  You must get every single word correct in order to get the extra credit.  You will be allowed only one “oops” in your recitation.  More than one “oops” will result in receiving no credit.  Don’t whine…it’s extra credit and therefore not required.    If you want BONUS pts., then add a costume into your presentation.    Delivery dates are:  January 17, 18, and 19. 

Tuesday

“A Dream Within a Dream” by Poe

Is it possible?

What are two possible meanings for the “dream” in the play?

Exploring Renaissance Dreams

Read/Perform  Act 4

Write your own piece of a sonnet (due:  January 9- -typed)

Requirements:  See Rubric

Shakespearean sonnets have:

3 quatrains and 1 couplet

An abab, cdcd, efef, gg rhyme scheme

14 lines total (10 syllables per line)

Your sonnet doesn’t have to have all of these.  Yours only needs to have 1 quatrain and 1 couplet (10 syllables) and the abab and cc rhyme scheme

Hw:  Finish Act 4: Write your own sonnet January 9

Wednesday

Taylor Swift “Love Story”

Reflect on the song and discuss

Project picture (P&T pic)  for student reactions/discussions

Read act V

Homework:  Finish play

Thursday

Review myths

Read the story of “Pyramus and Thisbe”

Annotate the text

Hw:  finish annotating the text; bring art supplies to class tomorrow; Create a Venn Diagram

Friday

Pyramus and Thisbe story board in groups

Finish movie

Homework:  your own piece of sonnet due Monday;

December 19-21

Have a wonderful holiday season. 

Periods 2, 4, 6 and 7

We will begin "Othello" in January.  Please get a copy of it over the break.  We will begin reading it around January 17.

Monday

Sonnets-14 lined, rhymed poems “love song” or “love sound”

Take notes on sonnets

Put together a cut up sonnet in groups

Look at structure of sonnets (1^st-3^rd quatrains and couplets)

Hw:  Act 3

Tuesday

Reading quiz on Act 3

View corresponding movie clip

Shakespearean insults

Hw:  none

Wednesday

Continue with insults

Extra credit- Explicate a sonnet of choice; memorize the sonnet and sign up for a January date to recite.  Bonus points if you add costuming to your recitation.

Hw:  rough draft for your own sonnet is due January 4.

Period 5

Monday

Reading quiz Act I of “AMSND”

Soliloquy versus monologue

Hw:  Act I study guide questions due tomorrow

Tuesday

Soliloquy versus monologues

Shakespearean insults

Hw:  none

Wednesday

Shakespearean insults continued

Begin Act 2

Hw:  none

December 5-December 9

Attention All classes- Please bring in items to put into our prop box.  We will spend class time acting out scenes and delivering lines from the play.  Elizabethans didn’t focus a lot on scenery in their plays.  Their focus was mainly on dialogue and attire.  Please bring in old dresses, wigs, and other props to include in our box, so we can bring alive Shakespeare’s words.  The majority of the reading will be done in class, until you get used to the language. 

Periods 2, 4, 6, and 7

Monday

Class Time:
Our next play will be "Othello", and we will begin reading it in January.

Collect Persuasive Essays

Find someone who:

Book fair

First 15 minutes of movie (if time allows)

brief Play Synopsis

Begin Act I scene i

Hw:  Memoir work 12/16; work on play questions (if we started reading today!)

Tuesday

Class Time:

Background notes quiz

Bardolatry

Shakespeare's works have attracted worshipers and conspiracists:  read

nonficiton Shakespeare article that relates to this point:

Finish scene I, Act I

Shakespeare Fraud or Read reading

Hw:  finish play questions; memoirs

Wednesday

Class Time:

Shakespearean language

Begin Act I scene ii

Hw:  play questions; memoirs

Thursday

Class Time:

Who's Who Graphic organizer

Shakespeare language continued

Lovers’ diagram

Introduce Soliloquy (Helen's soliloquy at the end of the play)

Finish Act I (scenes 1 and 2) by Friday

Friday

Class Time:

Soliloquy

Discuss Text

Still scenes from the play (Act I only)

Hw:  memoir; study guide play questions

Period 5

Book Fair

Monday-Shakespeare intro PPT

Hw:  bring in FBF

Tuesday

Movie form due Thursday

Begin looking at Shakespeare language

Find someone who…

Background on The Bard

Hw:  read Shakespeare background handout

Wednesday

Begin Act I

Hw:  Shakespeare work

Thursday-Friday

In class reading of Act I scene 1

Watch opening scene of movie

 Friday-Shakespeare background notes quiz