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January 21-25, 2013: Welcome to Third Term!
Monday, January 21: MLK Holiday (Human Rights Day)
Tuesday, January 22: Professional Day
- No School for Students
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- This term you will learn...
- ...the academic vocabulary of poetry and drama.
- ...how to read and write poetic epitaphs.
- ...how to close read "Interactive Fiction" to solve a mystery.
- ...how to make sense of Shakespeare.
- ...the elements of tragedy.
- ...how to use semicolons correctly.
- ...how to write and present a podcast.
- ...40 new word cells.
- ...to read.
- ...to write.
- ...to repeat.
- ...and, as always, some surprises!
Wednesday, January 23: A Day
Thursday, January 24: B Day
Friday, January 25: A Day (Writing Lab)
January 28 - February 1, 2013
Monday, January 28: B Day (Writing Lab)
Tuesday, January 29: A Day
Wednesday, January 30: B Day
Thursday, January 31: A Day (Writing Lab)
Friday, February 1: B Day (Writing Lab)
February 4-8, 2013
Monday, February 4: A Day
Tuesday, February 5: B Day
- Turn in Spoon River Packet:
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- Writing Notebook: Grammar Punk
- Spoon
River Anthology: The Rhodes Affair
- Comma Review (Rules 1-7): Read each of these epitaphs and write
a sentence that describes the character and illustrates the appropriate
rule. Write a brief description of each character. Explain what
part the character played in "The Rhodes Affair," and
include the character's voice (tone). How does the character feel
about his/her life? How do you feel about the character?
- Comma Rule #1: Clarence
Fawcett
- Comma Rule #2: Mrs.
George Reece
- Comma Rule #3: Jack
McGuire
- Comma Rule #4: Nicholas
Bindle
- Comma Rule #5: Henry
Phipps
- Comma Rule #6: Ralph
Rhodes
- Comma Rule #7: Thomas
Rhodes
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- Sample sentences using the epitaph of Eugene
Carman:
- Comma Rule #1: Eugene Carman worked for 14 years in a store owned
by Thomas Rhodes, and he is a bitter man because of it.
- Comma Rule #2: Carman is a frustrated, angry, and resentful because
he feels like he was taken advantage of.
- Comma Rule #3: Carman, because Rhodes was influential in the church,
had to attend services twice a week to keep up appearances with
his boss.
- Comma Rule #4: He is overcome by rage, resentment, and bitterness.
- Comma Rule #5: Because he spent so much of his life as "Rhodes'
slave," he starts screaming at his reflection.
- Comma Rule #6: He yelled at himself, "You cowardly dog! You
rotten pauper!"
- Comma Rule #7: This causes him to have a brain aneurysm, which
kills him.
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- Word Cells 3rd Term Pretest
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- Word
Cells Presentations: Set #2
- -fic-
/ -fact-
/ -fect-
- -bio-
- -vert-
/ -vers-
- -sent-
/ sens-
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- R&J
Passages for Memorization: Look up your assigned passage in
the Massive Purple Text and fill in the top part of this
form. Your job will be to become the expert on your assigned
part, so that when we encounter that passage in our study of the
play, YOU can help us understand it. For now, just fill in the top
part of this
form and turn it in.
Wednesday, February 6: A Day
Thursday, February 7: B Day
- Word
Cells Presentations: Set #3
- -in-
- -cip-
/ -cept-
- -ven-
- -ced-
/ -cess-
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- Shakespeare Intro: Miramax Biography
- Writing Notebook: While watching the video, write some
"study guide" questions about Shakespeare's life and times
that I could use to test your understanding. Your questions should
not be Right There
questions that test trivial facts like dates of birth and wife's
name. Instead, write some Think
& Search
and Author & Me questions: "How?" and
"Why?" questions that require students to draw conclusions
about the facts they absorb. For example: Why was it especially
difficult to be an actor in Shakespeare's time?
-
- R&J
Passages: Analyze (close read) your assigned passage. Your job
is to become the expert on your assigned part, so that when we encounter
that passage in our study of the play, YOU can help us understand
it. Also, you will later memorize a section of your assigned passage
to recite aloud for the class. But more on that later. For now,
just do the analysis
and the paraphrasing. (This
website might help.)
Friday, February 8: A Day
- Have you done this, yet? R&J
Passages: Analyze (close read) your assigned passage. Your job
is to become the expert on your assigned part, so that when we encounter
that passage in our study of the play, YOU can help us understand
it. Also, you will later memorize a section of your assigned passage
to recite aloud for the class. But more on that later. For now,
just do the analysis
and the paraphrasing. (This
website might help.)
-
- Writing Notebook: During the time we are studying Romeo
and Juliet, the Poem o' the Day will be replaced by the Shakespearean
Quotes o' the Day. Your assignment is to copy the quotation
exactly as it is written (including punctuation, line spacing, and
source), and then paraphrase it and give an example from your own
experience that supports the statement. Yes, you still have to fill
the page! Here we go:
- Shakespearean Quotes o' the Day -- Copy and discuss these
quotes:
"If all the year were playing holidays,
To sport would be as tedious as to work."
-- Henry IV, Part 2: Act II, Scene 1
Example: I think this quotation means that
if your whole life is a vacation (playing holidays), even playing
(sport) gets boring (tedious). I see this in my own life at the
end of summer, when I've been out of school for more than two months.
I actually look forward to going back because I get bored when I
don't have anything I HAVE to do. For example, ....
(Now fill the page.)....
"O, it is excellent
To have a giant's strength,
but it is tyrannous
To use it like a giant."
--Measure for Measure: Act II, Scene 2
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- Vocabulary of Drama
(R&J)
Don't lose this handout! It'll be due when we finish Romeo and
Juliet!
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- The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet
- Close Reading
of the Prologue & Translate
the Prologue
- (E-notes
may help!)
- Why
is Shakespeare Hard?
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- Three Ways to Stage the Prologue
February 11-15, 2013
Monday, Februrary 11: B Day
- Have you done this, yet? R&J
Passages: Analyze (close read) your assigned passage. Your job
is to become the expert on your assigned part, so that when we encounter
that passage in our study of the play, YOU can help us understand
it. Also, you will later memorize a section of your assigned passage
to recite aloud for the class. But more on that later. For now,
just do the analysis
and the paraphrasing. (This
website might help.)
-
- Writing Notebook: During the time we are studying Romeo
and Juliet, the Poem o' the Day will be replaced by the Shakespearean
Quotes o' the Day. Your assignment is to copy the quotation
exactly as it is written (including punctuation, line spacing, and
source), and then paraphrase it and give an example from your own
experience that supports the statement. Yes, you still have to fill
the page! Here we go:
- Shakespearean Quotes o' the Day -- Copy and discuss these
quotes:
"If all the year were playing holidays,
To sport would be as tedious as to work."
-- Henry IV, Part 2: Act II, Scene 1
Example: I think this quotation means that
if your whole life is a vacation (playing holidays), even playing
(sport) gets boring (tedious). I see this in my own life at the
end of summer, when I've been out of school for more than two months.
I actually look forward to going back because I get bored when I
don't have anything I HAVE to do. For example, ....
(Now fill the page.)....
"O, it is excellent
To have a giant's strength,
but it is tyrannous
To use it like a giant."
--Measure for Measure: Act II, Scene 2
-
- Vocabulary of Drama
(R&J)
Don't lose this handout! It'll be due when we finish Romeo and
Juliet!
-
- The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet
- Close Reading
of the Prologue & Translate
the Prologue
- (E-notes
may help!)
- Why
is Shakespeare Hard?
-
- Three Ways to Stage the Prologue
Tuesday, February 12: A Day
Wednesday, February 13: B Day
Thursday, February 14: A Day
Friday, February 15: B Day
February 18-22, 2013
Monday, Februrary 18: Day of Presidents (No School)
Tuesday, February 19: A Day
Wednesday, February 20: B Day
- Shakespearean Quote o' the Day -- Copy, paraphrase, and
give an example to support this quote:
"Talkers are no good doers: be assured
We go to use our hands and not our tongues."
Richard III, Act I, Scene 3
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- Finish Act
I: Scene 5 (They meet!)
- Finish Act I Study Guide
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- "Lecture": Fill in the appropriate lines on the Vocabulary
of Drama handout.
- How to Read Shakespeare (MPT, 781-2)
- Why are some words given stress marks on the -èd ending
(banishèd, punishèd, upturnèd)?
- What is a dramatic foil? (How is Mercutio a foil to Romeo?)
- Word
Cells Presentations: Set #5
- -ped-
/ -pod-
- -sub-
- -super-
- -circum-
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- The Balcony Scene Act II: Scenes 1
& 2
Thursday, February 21: A Day (Writing Lab)
Friday, February 22: B Day (Writing Lab)
February 25 - March 1, 2013
Monday, February 25: A Day
Tuesday, February 26: B Day
- Word
Cells Presentations: Set #6
- -pro-
- -contra-
- -path-
- -mega-
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- Shakespearean Quote o' the Day -- Copy, paraphrase, and
give an example to support this quote:
"The harder matched, the greater victory."
Henry VI, Part 3: Act V, Scene 1
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- The Balcony Scene: Video
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- "Lecture": Finish the Vocabulary
of Drama handout.
- How to Read Shakespeare (MPT, 781-2)
- Why are some words given stress marks on the -èd ending
(banishèd, punishèd, upturnèd)?
- Why does Shakespeare seem to be apostrophe crazy (fall'st,
speak'st, o'er, e'er, 'Tis,
etc.)?
- What is a dramatic foil? (How is Mercutio a foil to Romeo?)
- Irony: Verbal, Situational, Dramatic
- Read R & J -- Act II, Scene 3
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- Homework: How's that Independent Reading coming along?
- Are you ready to put your book
on trial?
Wednesday, February 27: A Day
Thursday, February 28: B Day
Friday, March 1: A Day
- Extra Credit Op: Any of the Word Cells that have not been assigned
are up for grabs. If you want to do another podcast/lesson for extra
credit, see me.
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- Word
Cells Presentations: Set #8
- -syn-
/ -sym-
- -hypo-
- -hyper-
- -script-
/ -scrib-
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- Video: The Death of Mercutio
- Romeo and Juliet: Finish Act III -- Scenes 2,
3,
4
,5
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- Shakespearean Quote o' the Day -- Copy, paraphrase, and
give an example to support this quote:
"O sir, to willful men
The injuries that they themselves procure
Must be their schoolmasters."
King Lear, Act II, Scene 4
- Homework: Close Reading / Stage Directions for Act
III, Scene 4
- All students will be given a copy of Scene 4 to write on. Pretend
that YOU are the director of this scene.
- Write the following on your copy of the text:
- Mark your confusion & check with the translation to clarify.
- In the right margin, paraphrase the dialogue.
- In the left margin, write specific stage directions for each
line of dialogue. (What is the character doing while he speaks
his lines?)
- At the bottom, explain the dramatic irony: What things do
the audience know that the characters do not?
March 4-8, 2013
Monday, March 4: B Day
- Extra Credit Op: Any of the Word Cells that have not been assigned
are up for grabs. If you want to do another podcast/lesson for extra
credit, see me.
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- Word Cells
Presentations: Set #8
- -syn-
/ -sym-
- -hypo-
- -hyper-
- -script-
/ -scrib-
-
- Video: The Death of Mercutio
- Romeo and Juliet: Finish Act III -- Scene 2
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- Shakespearean Quote o' the Day -- Copy, paraphrase, and give
an example to support this quote:
"O sir, to willful men
The injuries that they themselves procure
Must be their schoolmasters."
King Lear, Act II, Scene 4
- Homework: Close Reading / Stage Directions for Act
III, Scene 4
- All students will be given a copy of Scene 4 to write on. Pretend
that YOU are the director of this scene.
- Write the following on your copy of the text:
- Mark your confusion & check with the translation to clarify.
- In the right margin, paraphrase the dialogue.
- In the left margin, write specific stage directions for each line
of dialogue. (What is the character doing while he speaks his lines?)
- At the bottom, explain the dramatic irony: What things do the
audience know that the characters do not?
Tuesday, March 5: A/B Day (ACT at high schools)
- Homework due now: Director's Close Read Assignment (Samples)
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- Now it's your turn to play the parts!
- Romeo and Juliet: Act III -- Scenes 3,
4
,5
& Study Guide
Wednesday, March 6: A Day (Writing Lab)
Thursday, March 7: B Day (Writing Lab)
Friday, March 8: A Day
March 11-15, 2013
Monday, March 11: B Day
Tuesday, March 12: A Day
Wednesday, March 13: B Day
- Put Your
Reading Book on Trial
Post final written review (essay) to Goodreads
by Saturday, March 16th.
- 1) Read a book.
- 2) Complete outline.
- 3) Using inforamtion from outline, write book review (argumentative
essay).
- 4) Post essay to Goodreads
by Saturday at 11:59 P.M.
- 5) Turn in completed
outline to me on Monday.
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- Finish Romeo and Juliet: Act V (Table Read)
- Finish Romeo and Juliet Study Guide (Including Vocabulary
of Drama)
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- Shakespearean Quote o' the Day -- Copy, paraphrase, and give
an example to support this quote:
"All things that are
Are with more spirit chased than enjoyed."
The Merchant of Venice, Act II, Scene 6
Thursday, March 14: A Day
Friday, March 15: B Day
March 18-22, 2013
Monday, March 18: A Day (Writing Lab)
Tuesday, March 19: B Day (Writing Lab)
Wednesday, March 20: A Day
Thursday, March 21: B Day
Friday, March 22: Make up for snow day on Jan. 11
- Extra A Day
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- Read-a-Thon: Bring a book and plan to read it silently all period!
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"Did I miss anything?"
This is the most annoying question students who have been absent can ask.
My usual sarcastic reply is something like this: "Oh, heck no! We knew you
were gone, so we just sat around all day and looked at each other. You don't
really think I'm going to assign work on a day you're not here, do
you?" So, in order to keep everyone (students and their parents) apprised
of what exactly is going on each day in class, I am going to put it here.
Check back often!
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I have made every reasonable attempt to insure that this website is educationally
sound and does not contain direct links to inappropriate material.
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