Tues 2/28 Act I scene 3

Learning Target

Reading Shakespeare
Analyze paradox and central metaphors: foul is fair and fair is foul
"Reason" and the Renaissance

Daily Activity:

Correct sonnet quiz
Complete Act I through scene 3

Complete study questions
Hand in sonnet with the Sonnet 18 practice and the pre-writing packet

Reminders/Due Dates:

Sonnet:
Format the same as the Shakespearean sonnets in the text

Mon 2/27 Macbeth Act I scenes 1.2.3

Learning Target

Reading Shakespeare
Analyze paradox and central metaphors

Daily Activity:

Journal: (two options)
Do you believe it is possible to prophecy the future? Why/why not
How do you judge whether something is good or evil? Explain/illustrate
Begin Macbeth to the bottom of p. 347
Complete study questions

Reminders/Due Dates:

Sonnet due: Tues 2/28
with the pre-writing activities.
Format the same as the Shakespearean sonnets in the text

Fri 2/24 Sonnet Quiz

Learning Target

Gain context information for Macbeth

Daily Activity:

Sonnet quiz
Read/work on sonnet due Tues

Reminders/Due Dates:

Sonnet due: Tues 2/28

Thurs 2/23

Learning Target

Gain context information for Macbeth

Daily Activity:

Read: 332-339 Lit text
Create: 10 question quiz (with answers) for another student
Powerpoint: Intro: Macbeth
Act I scene i (time alowing)
*Pick up the Act I study guide

Reminders/Due Dates:

Sonnet due: Tues 2/28

Wed 2/22 Intro: Macbeth

Learning Target

Develop a significant idea (sonnet) through writing process:

Daily Activity:

Journal: Ambition (see me for specifics
Intro: Macbeth

Draft: sonnet
Due one week typed with all prewriting materials completed

Reminders/Due Dates:

Bring text tomorrow
Sonnet due: Tues 2/28

Tues 2/21 Sonnets

Learning Target

Develop a significant idea (sonnet) through writing process:

Daily Activity:

Journal: "I'd Like to Meet"
Choose a figure of the past, some influential person that you admire--someone no longer living, someone famous .Explain why you would like to spend time with, meet that person. (If still struggling for a sonnet topic, you might want to sonnet about that person.)

Draft: sonnet
Due one week typed with all prewriting materials completed

Reminders/Due Dates:

Bring text tomorrow
Sonnet due: Tues 2/28

Fri 2/17 Write a Sonnet

Learning Target

Develop a significant idea (sonnet) through writing process:

Daily Activity:

Today:

Guided practice with iambic pentameter (fill out the meter sheet on Sonnet 18)

Assignment sheet and guided assignment: Write a sonnet

Guided practice and final typed sonnet due 2/27

Reminders/Due Dates:

Prewiting time on Tues

Thurs 2/16: Sonnets 29, 116

Learning Target

Sonnet: form, features and content

Daily Activity:
Sonnets 29 and 116 p. 322-323
Quatrain 1: identify the subject
Quatrain 2: Explain the development, the specific details added
Quatrain 3: Explain the change in thought, attitude or tone at the turn (volte)
Rhymed couplet: explain the resolution and the point Shakespeare is making in the poem
Identify a central metaphor or simile

Kahoot.it quiz (review)

Reminders/Due Dates:

Next week: sonnet quiz, composing your own sonnet

Wed. 2/15 Sonnet 18

Learning Target

Sonnet: form, features and content

Daily Activity:
Choice journal
Complete Sonnet 18
Fill out paraphrase sheet

Reminders/Due Dates:

Tues 2/14

Learning Target

Journal topic: p. 316 in text, Quickwrite on "Love is Blind"
Build contextual background

Daily Activity: Read: 302-303 and 316-317: Intro to the sonnets: recommended to take notes. You will be able to use these on the sonnet quiz.
Sonnet 18: close reading

Reminders/Due Dates:

2/13 RI and Summative Muse of Fire

Learning Target

Build contextual background

Daily Activity:
Complete the summative assessment from Friday on Muse of Fire (you may use internet source material to augment the content). Turn in.
Reading: time remaining

Reminders/Due Dates:

Textbook tomorrow

Mon 2/6 Intro: Renaissance

Learning Target

Build contextual background

Daily Activity:
Daily Write: Respond to one of the following quotes:
"Friends show their love in times of trouble, not happiness." (Euripiedes)
"Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see." (Mark Twain)
"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power." Abraham Lincloln

Read in Lit Text: p. 286-299
Take two pages of Cornell notes on this material; include items you believe a well-rounded person should know about this time period. 
As an alternative: make a 20 question quiz/study guide on this material for another student. Include the answers. 
On p. 299, respond to the bullet point questions as well.
Due Thursday.

Reminders/Due Dates:

Bring reading materials on Fridays. To make up Friday reading, read for 35 minutes in Hornet Hour, Study Hall, or at home. Have your teacher or parent verify by note or email that you spent quality time reading! This reading should be self-selected texts, not school work, unless you have  consulted me prior.

Fri 2/3 Reading Immersion

Learning Target

Read self-selected texts

Daily Activity:

Reading immersion.

Reminders/Due Dates:

Bring reading materials on Fridays. To make up Friday reading, read for 35 minutes in Hornet Hour, Study Hall, or at home. Have your teacher or parent verify by note or email that you spent quality time reading! This reading should be self-selected texts, not school work, unless you have  consulted me prior.

Thurs 2/2 Unit 9 Quiz

Learning Target

Vocabulary Development

Daily Activity:

Vocab Unit 9 test

Reminders/Due Dates:

Bring your independent reading tomorrow

Tues/Wed 1/31, 2/1: Big Ideas

Learning Target

Democratic and civil discussions

Daily Activity:

Tues: Get the "Big Ideas" handout and respond to all 15 items
Wed: Discuss in small group (two rotations). Before discussing, google 3 quotes that pertain to three different topics on your sheet.

Reminders/Due Dates:

Bring reading materials on Fridays. To make up Friday reading, read for 35 minutes in Hornet Hour, Study Hall, or at home. Have your teacher or parent verify by note or email that you spent quality time reading! This reading should be self-selected texts, not school work, unless you have  consulted me prior.

Fri 1/27 Reading Immersion

Learning Target

Read self-selected texts

Daily Activity:

Fri:Reading immersion.
Log: at the end of reading, make brief comments on your reading today.
Last five minutes in journal: brief overview of your reading today, why you chose this genre, describe benefit: something you learned, how it changed your views, maybe it entertained you or changed your mood, share a joke or an incident--something concrete about the benefit.

Reminders/Due Dates:

Bring reading materials on Fridays. To make up Friday reading, read for 35 minutes in Hornet Hour, Study Hall, or at home. Have your teacher or parent verify by note or email that you spent quality time reading! This reading should be self-selected texts, not school work, unless you have  consulted me prior.