3/31 Modest Proposal

Modest Proposal

Learning Target

Daily Activity:

1.Quiz: Romantics Intro: hand in the study guide as well
2. Johnathan Swift: p. "A Modest Proposal"
We listened to the audio, p.615-end top
Guided Reading: Study Guide, small groups
This assignment will be completed in class Friday

Reminders/Due Dates:

Reading Immersion: Monday

3/30 Modest Proposal

Modest Proposal

Learning Target

Daily Activity:

1. Journal: When is the ordinary extraordinary? Write about an ordinary object(s) or pastime. Describe in detail these objects or pastimes and explain the emotions that go with them.
2. Johnathan Swift: p. 608-609 Introduction (read)
Read: "A Modest Proposal"
We listened to the audio, the first 11 minutes to p.616 top

Reminders/Due Dates:

Study guide on the Romantics due tomorrow: quiz

3/29 Vocabulary

Vocabulary Unit 11

Learning Target

Daily Activity:

Unit 11 Vocabulary
Correct

Reminders/Due Dates:

Test in one week

Monday 3/28: Romanticism

Flowering of Romanticism

Learning Target
Necessary context for studying the English Romantics

Daily Activity:

Read: pp. 738-747 in the lit text and complete the study guide: (these are notes you will you on the Romantics quiz)

Reminders/Due Dates:

Mon-Fri 3/14-18

First Week of Tri #3

Learning Target

Daily Activity:

Macbeth: film
Friday: Reading Immersion

Reminders/Due Dates:

Fri 3/11 Quotes Exam

Fri 3/11

Learning Target

Daily Activity:

Quotes test (20 pts.)
Extra Credit: Shakespearean insults (5 pts.)

Reminders/Due Dates:

Thurs 3/10 Macbeth Test

Thurs 3/10

Learning Target

Daily Activity:

Objective test Macbeth

Reminders/Due Dates:

Wed 3/9 Socratic Seminar

Wed 3/9

Learning Target

Daily Activity:

Socratic Seminar on Macbeth

Reminders/Due Dates:
Tomorrow objective test, Macbeth

Tues 3/8 Intro: Socratic Seminar

Tues 3/8

Learning Target

Daily Activity:

Documentary: Ethan Hawke on Macbeth (complete viewing, 15 min)
Take a page of notes
Homework check for Socratic Seminar

Prezi: Intro to Socratic Seminar
two handouts: basic expectations and observation/reflection form
Daily activity: select one significant quote from the play and write it on the board. Note speaker and location in play. (No repeats.)

Reminders/Due Dates:
Tomorrow is the Socratic Seminar: 50 points prep, 50 points discussion, reflection

Mon 3/7 Ethan Hawke's Macbeth

Mon 3/7

Learning Target

Daily Activity:

Documentary: Ethan Hawke on Macbeth
Take a page of notes
Homework check for Socratic Seminar

Reminders/Due Dates:

Fri 3/4 Reading Immersion

Fri 3/4 

Learning Target

Daily Activity:

Complete Act 5 questions
Prepare responses for Socratic Seminar on Macbeth: due today: check on Monday
You will respond to 12 questions (with evidence) chosen by the class and three of your choosing
(There is a packet with the questions: see the note paper on the document camera with the list of questions to respond to. Remember, you need evidence, support for your opinions)

Reading Time (official activity!)

Reminders/Due Dates:

Wed/Thurs 3/2, 3 Socratic Seminar Prep

Wed, Thurs 3/2,3 

Learning Target

Daily Activity:

Complete Act 5 questions
Prepare responses for Socratic Seminar on Macbeth: due by Friday
You will respond to 12 questions (with evidence) chosen by the class and three of your choosing
(There is a packet with the questions: see the note paper on the document camera with the list of questions to respond to. Remember, you need evidence, support for your opinions)

Reminders/Due Dates:

Tues 3/1 Act 5

Tues 3/1 

Learning Target

Daily Activity:

Ian McKellen: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGbZCgHQ9m8

View and respond in your journal to what insights you took away. Remark on three things.

Act 5 Audio: complete Macbeth
Study questions
Complete and submit

Reminders/Due Dates:

Mon 2/29 Act 5

Mon 2/29

Learning Target

Daily Activity:
Kent Lehnhof, Phd., "Insight to a Tragedy"
view this short lecture at 
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xLg6aZssYo

Act 5 Audio
Study questions

Reminders/Due Dates:

Fri 2/26 Quiz/Reading

Wed 2/24

Learning Target

Daily Activity:

Quiz Act 4
Reading time/makeup work, quizzes

Reminders/Due Dates: