Wed 1/27 Act I continued

Wed 1/27

Learning Target

 Intro to Act I Macbeth
Background notes (Powerpoint)

Daily Activity:

1. Journal: Fate
What is the role of fate in our lives? Are some things meant to be or are we the masters of our destinies? What would you say about "self-fulfilling prophecies? What does belief in certain outcomes have to do with the course of our lives?
2. Powerpoint intro
Audio: continued
3. Complete work on the Act I questions through scene 4, p.352

Reminders/Due Dates:

Tues 1/26 Review Macbeth So Far

Tues 1/26

Learning Target

 Intro to Act I Macbeth
Background notes (Powerpoint)

Daily Activity:

Journal: Choice
Review: take notes on history, situation, motifs/themes, basic information about Shakespeare and the play
Complete: study questions through I.3.38
Discuss
Audio: continued

Reminders/Due Dates:

Mon 1/25 Act I Macbeth

Mon 1/25

Learning Target

Paradox, intro to Act I Macbeth

Daily Activity:

Journal: Ambition
See "Quickwrite" on p. 339 of text
Audio: Act I scenes 1.2.3 Macbeth
Complete study questions to line 38 (see handout)

Reminders/Due Dates:

Fri 1/22 Intro Macbeth

Fri 1/22

Learning Target

Gain knowledge of necessary background, literary devices (review)

Daily Activity:

1. Pretest (journal): jot down what you know about the items on the board related to Macbeth, Shakespeare, the Renaissance  (we discussed this some). Do this prior to the reading assignment to situate what you know.
2.Read 332-339
Take two pages of Cornell Notes on main ideas/details (see board)

Reminders/Due Dates:

Turn in Sonnet if you have not already

Wed/Th 1/20, 21 Salvador Late or Early

WedThurs 1/20,21 Close Reading 

Learning Target

Daily Activity:

Salvador Late or Early: close reading and journal (15 point activity-see me for makeup)

Sonnet due

Reminders/Due Dates:

Turn in Sonnet

Fri 1/15 Reading

Fri 1/15 Reading Immersion

Learning Target

Read self-selected texts

Daily Activity:

Independent reading (Five pts. that can be made up in Hornet Hour. Have your HH teacher or SH teacher email that you read independently for 20-25 minutes.)

Reminders/Due Dates:

Complete the Sonnet for Wed. 1/20

Thurs 1/14 Vocab Quiz/Drafting Time

Thurs 1/14

Learning Target

Vocab quiz Unit 7
Drafting time for sonnet. These are due 1/20 typed

Reminders/Due Dates:

Sonnet due 1/20

Wed 1/13 Sonnet Quiz/Assignment

Wed 1/13

Learning Target

Paraphrase, identify allusion, analyze figurative language, scan iambic pentameter

Daily Activity:

Complete Kahoot quiz (2. 4, 7)
Sonnet Quiz
Sonnet Assignment (handout): Due one week, typed
Draft time

Reminders/Due Dates:

Thurs. Vocab Unit 7 quiz

Tues 1/12 Sonnets 29, 116

Mon 1/11

Learning Target

Paraphrase, identify allusion, analyze figurative language, scan iambic pentameter

Daily Activity:
Recitation: Sonnet 29
and paraphrase 

1. Journal: answer the discussion questions on Sonnet 29. Also identify the speaker and the situation, how he's feeling
2. Small group work: Sonnet 116
Class discussion
3. Kahoot quiz: review for Sonnet Quiz

Reminders/Due Dates:

Quiz Wed. on the sonnet
Thurs. Vocab Unit 7 quiz

Mon 1/11 Sonnet 18

Mon 1/11

Learning Target

Paraphrase, identify allusion, analyze figurative language, scan iambic pentameter

Daily Activity:

1. Journal: your choice--label it "Choice Journal"
2. Homework check (Sonnet 18 guided reading)
3. Review answers
4. Iambic rap (we read Sonnet 18 aloud, over-emphasizing the unstressed and stressed iambic foot for demonstration purposes)
5. Complete the meter chart in the packet on Sonnet 18
6. Write two-lines on your own in iambic pentameter (practice--you will be writing your own sonnet)
Example: I like to eat alone at Micky D's
                The fruit is nice and fries are friends to me

Reminders/Due Dates:

Quiz Wed. on the sonnet
Thurs. Vocab Unit 7 quiz

Fri 1/8 Reading

Fri 1/8 Reading Immersion

Learning Target

Read self-selected texts

Daily Activity:

Correct vocabulary and submit.

Independent reading (Five pts. that can be made up in Hornet Hour. Have your HH teacher or SH teacher email that you read independently for 20-25 minutes.)

Reminders/Due Dates:

Complete the guided reading through #23 of Sonnet 18 for Monday

Thurs 1/7 Vocab Unit 7

Thursday 1/7

Learning Target

Paraphrase, identify allusion, analyze figurative language

Daily Activity:

1. Complete the Unit 7 Vocabulary written work
2. Finish up the guided reading packet on Sonnet 18
3. Correct vocab

Reminders/Due Dates:

Wed. 1/6 Sonnet 18 Guided Reading

Wed 1/6

Learning Target

Paraphrase, identify allusion, analyze figurative language

Daily Activity:

1. Homework check on the "Pre-reading" activity from Tuesday

2. Sonnet 18: review (brief) sonnet characteristics and work through the heuristic (step by step) work packet on sonnet 18, up through #23 (theme). Complete as much as possible during the hour. You may work on your own or with someone else.

Reminders/Due Dates:

Tues 1/5: Intro to the Sonnet

Tues 1/5

Learning Target

Read and identify key ideas

Daily Activity:

1. View Ted Talk "Why Do We Dream?" by Amy Adkins:

http://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-do-we-dream-amy-adkins#review

Read Aloud:    Quotes on dreams by Shakespeare

2. Journal: respond to this material, any way you wish! Label it "Dreams"

Pair Share

3. "pre-test" on sonnet--discussion

Read: 316- 317 in lit text and carefully define sonnet: You must know the following:
Structure, (quatrain, couplet), number of lines, rhyme scheme, meter (iambic pentameter), turn, typical subject matter

4. Pre-reading activity: students will complete for tomorrow

Reminders/Due Dates:

Mon 1/4 Nonfiction: Literature Illuminates the Mind

Mon 1/4

Learning Target

Read and identify key ideas

Daily Activity:

1. Read: "Literature Illuminates the MInd"
Nonfiction
Journal: respond the the article, summarizing your understanding
(Students in attendance were required to write out two questions and one statement, key to the article.) Discussion
(Hint: Shakespeare wrote "Literature" with a capital "L"
2. Media trip to get reading materials
3. Remainder of class: reading time

Reminders/Due Dates:

Bring your lit text tomorrow. We will be starting Shakespeare's sonnets