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Disclaimer: Please be aware that I
will sometimes alter my lessons, which may affect the homework listed.
It's always a good idea to check with your study buddy.
Monday, March 5, 2007
Free read
Book talk
Quiz on chapter 5, collect study questions, and grade quiz
What’s going on in the world outside the island? What might the chapter title “Beast From the Air?” mean? What do you think Golding means by beast?
Begin reading chapter 6, paying close attention to the first three paragraphs.
Homework – Read chapter six and do worksheet on symbolic characters. At the bottom of the worksheet, add these questions: Who find the “Beast?” What is it really? What do the boys who discover it do?
Wednesday, March 7, 2007
Free read
Book talk
No quiz today
Discuss the questions and the worksheet on symbolic characters. Collect
Create a “found” poem and illustrate.
Begin reading chapter 7 and do study questions
Homework: Read ch. 7 LOTF. Do study ?s.
Friday, March 9, 2007
Free read
Book talk
LOTF quiz ch. 7 using study questions. Collect study ?s. Trade and grade quizzes
Discuss
Begin reading ch. 8
Begin working on character interview. Working with a partner, you are going to interview one of the characters from the novel. Your interview may take on many forms. For example, you might be a priest taking “confession.” You might be a television interviewer, such as Barbara Walters. You might be a psychiatrist. You might be on a date. You might be God. Together, you are going to write a script about your character in the future. Someone (you decide) is “interviewing” the character about the events on the island and that character’s involvement. You must include ten direct quotes by that character and you must ask questions about those quotes and or the actions the quotes describe. The character must try to justify himself. You will present this to the class. You may use props and costumes.
Homework – Read ch. 8 LOTF and do study questions. Complete the letter home at the bottom of the sheet. It must be at least 5 sentences in the voice of the character you’re pretending to be.
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Free read
Book talk
Quiz on ch. 8 using study questions. Collect study ?s. Trade and grade quizzes.
Discuss
Begin reading chapter 9 and work on study questions.
Work on your character interview
H/W Read chapter 9 LOTF and do study questions. Character interview presentation due Wednesday, March 21.
Thursday, March 15, 2007
Free read
Book talk
LOTF quiz. Collect study ?’s. Trade and grade quizzes
Begin reading ch. 10 LOTF
Work on character presentation
Monday, March 19, 2007
Silent reading: Begin reading ch. 11 working on study questions for 10 and 11.
Find evidence for this question: Who has better leadership capabilities, Jack or Ralph? Find at least three examples with direct quotations as support. I will collect these by the end of the period. Do a good job. You may use these during your final.
Practice your interview presentation.
Homework: finish ch. 11 and study questions for both 10 and 11. Be prepared to present your character “interview” on Wednesday.
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
LOTF quiz chapter 10 and 11 open notes. Collect and grade quiz
Character interviews
Begin chapter 12
Continue to gather evidence for this question: who had greater leadership capabilities, Jack or Ralph?
Homework – Finish chapter 12.
Friday, March 23, 2007
Discuss ending of novel.
Character interviews
Debate: Who was the better leader? You may use notes during debate.
Homework: Next class will be your in-class essay about who was the better leader. You may use your notes on the test. You should have a couple of reasons why you think your character was the better leader (these are the subpoints of your thesis.) Then make sure you have at least three specific examples with quotes from the novel as support. Come with these to class. Bring your book as well.
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Free read
Book talk
In class essay for remainder of period
No homework
Thursday, March 29, 2007
Free read
Book talk
Register for next year's classes
April – June Lesson Plans
Monday, April 2, 2007
Free read
Book talk
Watch Lord of the Flies, taking notes on which you prefer, the movie or the book. You need three reasons why (subpoints) and three specific examples. You don’t need quotes.
No homework
Wednesday, April 4, 2007
Free read
Book talk
Finish Lord of the Flies, taking notes on which you prefer, the movie or the book. You don’t need quotes, but you do need three specific examples, one for each subpoint (reason) why you prefer the movie or the book.
Homework – write a persuasive essay, explaining which you prefer, the movie or the book. In your opening paragraph, name the title of the book/movie and the author William Golding. Give a brief summary statement. At the end of your first paragraph, you should have a thesis statement with three subpoints. Organize your essay around your three subpoints. You’ll have 5 paragraphs. In each body paragraph, you need at least one specific example.
Friday, April 6, 2007
Collect Lord of the Flies movie essays and LOTF books.
Go to book room to get textbooks
Introduction to The Odyssey.
Read together characteristics of an epic on p. 482 and The Story of Odysseus and The Olympian Gods and goddesses on p. 483
Begin reading book 9
Homework: Finish reading book 9 and do study questions. Bring free read book to class after break.
Spring break
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Free read
Book talk
Quiz on Book nine. Collect study questions. Correct quiz
Listen to tape of The cyclop’s cave.
Homework – How might the Cyclops have viewed the events? Write a one page retelling of the story from the polyphemus’s point of view. Use dialogue and description. You may write more than a page if you wish.
Thursday, April 19, 2007
Free read
Book talk
Share stories
Read book ten: The Odyssey.
Homework – Finish book 10 and study questions
Monday, April 23, 2007
Free read
Book talk
Quiz on book ten. Collect study questions. Grade quiz
Discuss epithets on page 518. Write an epithet for yourself and another for another student in the class.
Sharing of epithets
Read Book twelve
Homework –finish book 12. Do study questions.
Wednesday, April 25, 2007 (I need to get Romeo and Juliet from the Book room.)
Quiz on book 12. Collect study questions. Grade quiz
Read Book 21 p. 546
Homework – Finish book 21 p. 546 and do study questions
Friday, April 27, 2007
Free read
Book talk
Quiz on book 21. Collect study questions
Read book 22, p. 557
Homework – Finish book 22, p. 557 and do study questions
Tuesday, May 1, 2007
Free read
Book talk
Quiz on book 22. Collect study questions
Read book 23, p. 563. Finish in class.
Read Penelope p. 570. Write a poem from the point of view of one of the characters in The Odyssey
Homework – Finish poem.
Thursday, May 3, 2007
Students get Romeo and Juliet from the cabinet. Check them out to them.
Share Odyssey poems and collect
Read prologue and discuss: it’s a sonnet, it tells the tale. Do a choral reading, then discuss the meaning of the prologue.
Look at sample Shrink lits.
Homework: Reread prologue, then using Shrink Lit summary strategy, write a Shrink Lit of the prologue, covering all the major plot points.
Monday, May 7, 2007
BRING IN PLAY SWORDS FOR TODAY’S CLASS.
Explain puns.
Begin reading play, assigning parts. Give them swords. Read up to Act I, scene I and 2.
Homework: Four square activity. Take out a sheet of paper and fold it in four. In one square, copy down a pun from the play and explain it. In another square, copy down your favorite line (must be a different one,) explain it, and give write a scenario of a modern situation where you can use the line. In another square, write a summary of the part of the play we read today. In the last square, tell me which character you like the best so far and why.
Wednesday, May 9, 2007
Share four-square activities
Quick-write: what are your feelings about love and marriage? (Just write for 5 minutes of so) Discussion
Read and discuss Act I, scenes 3, and 4, with students standing and acting. As we’re reading, students should look for lines that have to do with each character’s attitudes about love and marriage.
Homework : complete “The Love Connection” sheet
Friday, May 12, 2007
Collect homework
Read Act I, scene 5, explain scene and discuss it.
Play Ren. Music as we’re reading. Have students pretend their dancing.
Complete Romeo and Juliet – Act I, scene 5 questions ( Look in white notebook)
Homework – Finish questions
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Free read
Book talk
Go over homework questions.
Quiz on Act I (quizzes in pink notebook, instructor’s manual.)
Homework: Pretend that you are a director creating a new version of Romeo and Juliet. Where would you set it? Who would you case as the actors and why? Write a modern version of one of the scenes from the play, using modern English and imagining your actors playing the scene. Go line by line. Use modern language, but convey the same ideas that Shakespeare’s scene conveyed. Remember, just one scene from Act I, not the whole act.
Thursday, May 17, 2007
Show the Act I movie version. Take notes on differences from the play. Quickwrite how is the movie different from the play? Give specific examples and explain why you think the director made the changes he did.
Collect and share the modern day versions of one of the scenes from Act I
Begin reading Act II by a choral reading of Prologue. One half of the classroom says one word, the other half says the next.
Find contrasts that exist within the prologue. What purpose do the contrasts and the prologue in general serve?
No homework
Monday, May 21, 2007
Read scenes I and II
Homework: Four square activity: In one square: identify a literary device that was used in our reading today. In another square: quote your favorite line and explain when you might use it. In another square: what is your favorite new word from this reading? Explain its meaning and tell me when you might use it. In the last square, summarize the reading we did today in your own words.
Wed, May 23, 2007
Go over four square activity
Read Act II, scenes three and four
Homework: Pretend that you are a friend of Romeo or Juliet, writing to another friend of yours. You’re gossiping about their love affair. Pretend that you’re aware of the entire situation and share the latest developments along with your concerns for or approval of the young lovers.
Friday, May 25, 2007
Share letters
Read Act II, scenes five and six
Homework: The nurse figures prominently in the scenes we read today. Draw a picture of the nurse, then in cartoon bubbles around the picture, quote at least five lines she said. After you quote, tell me what characteristic each shows. For example, do her words show her to be wise, foolish, witty, bawdy, etc.
Wednesday May 30, 2007
Opening activities
Share pictures
Quiz on Act II
Show movie, Act II
Homework: Do you think the friar made a wise decision in marrying Romeo and Juliet? Write a one page persuasive essay, supporting your ideas with examples from real life and the play. You only need one supporting paragraph, but be sure to include a counter argument and rebuttal.
Friday, June 1, 2007
No opening activities
Share essays
Read Act III, scenes I and II
Homework: write about a time when you were so angry you acted without thinking. Be sure to include each step in the problem. Write also about the consequences of this impetuous action. In the last paragraph, compare this to Romeo’s actions.
Tuesday, June 5, 2007
Read Act III, scenes, III and IV silently
Then form pairs and together write a summary of each scene. Use no more than one paragraph for each scene. Also, write down any questions you have about these scenes. What words or ideas confused you? Each set of partners should have a couple of questions.
Discuss scenes, answering questions.
Homework: Read Act III, scene V. What do you think of the way Juliet’s parents behaved? Write a one page essay, discussing their behavior and your opinion of it.
Thursday, June 7, 2007
Quiz on Act III
Watch Act III video, taking notes on the changes in this movie version and the play. Note in particular what Zefferili has cut.
Group discussion.
Begin reading Act IV
Homework – Finish reading Act IV. Come to class with three open-ended questions about Act IV
Monday, June 11, 2007
Quiz Act IV
Discussion using open-ended questions
Read Act V, scenes I and II
Homework: Finish the play
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Quiz Act V
Watch acts IV and V
No homework
Friday, June 15, 2007
Watch The Odyssey