Almost to the final!

Do now: What is one concern you have about the final?

Objectives:

• effectively review/prepare for the final exam

Agenda:

1. do now

2. 20 minutes- study time

3. Socrative: one clarifying question about the final exam

4. Louder than a Bomb

5. Student Survey

HW: Study for the final

Catcher in the Rye

Do now: Review The Chosen socrative questions

Objectives:

• identify Salinger's use of motif to reveal character development
• use effective study habits to review/prepare for final exam

1. do now

2.  Motifs:  the tale documents Holden's breakdown.  In these opening chapters, we begin to see the reasons behind the breakdown.

• Hunting Hat: When does Holden put on the hunting hat?  Why does he do this?  Find one quote from which you can infer the reason.
• The baseball mitt: Whose mitt is it?  What is on it?  Why is this so important to Holden?  Find one quote from which you can infer that Holden was traumatized by Allie's death

3. Final review-- review/prepare for either the multiple choice or the essay portion of the final exam.

The Chosen Day 2

Do Now: on your ipad, look at the New York Times newspaper (nytimes.com). Look at the layout, the various sections, etc.

Objectives:

• work effectively in groups 
• demonstrate understanding of themes in a creative project
• use creativity to express meaning

Agenda:

1. Do now

2. Newspaper groups!

3. Summarizer

HW: Read assigned chapters in The Catcher in the Rye

The Chosen

Do Now: Put desks into rows facing the chalkboard of the room. 

Objectives:

• demonstrate understanding of the major plot points of The Chosen
• research Hasidim 

Agenda:
1. do now: The Chosen Reading Quiz
2.  Download The Chosen activity sheet into notability
3. In groups: Step 1 of The Chosen activity
3. In groups: Step 2
4. Final exam review sheet
5. Summarizer

HW: Poetry presentation self-evaluation due FRIDAY

Poetry Week 3

Do Now: What one presentation skill are you going to focus on?

Objective:

• effectively present a multimedia presentation on a poet
• effectively evaluate and question peers’ presentations

Agenda:

1. Do Now

2. Presentations and question and answer sessions

3. Summarizer

HW: Read the Chosen. DUE TUESDAY, JUNE 2nd

Poetry Week 2

Do Now: What one presentation skill are you going to focus on?

Objective:

• effectively present a multimedia presentation on a poet
• effectively evaluate and question peers’ presentations

Agenda:

1. Do Now

2. Presentations and question and answer sessions

3. Summarizer

HW: Read the Chosen. DUE TUESDAY, JUNE 2nd

Poetry 2.4

Do now: What do you need to work on for the presentation?

Objective:

• build a multimedia presentation

Agenda:

1. Do now

2. Continue to build the multimedia presentation

3. Practice presentation

4. Summarizer

HW: Presentations start Tuesday!

Poetry 2.3

Do now: What is one thing you learned about your poem from the articles?

Objectives:

• annotate secondary source articles on a poem
• identify main idea and supporting evidence in a secondary source article

Agenda

1. do now

2. Annotate secondary source articles
3. Thesis statement for annotated poem

3. Create a multimedia presentation

4. Summarizer

HW: Divide and conquer the presentation

Poetry 2.2

Do now: Did you have any difficulty finding information about your author? Do you need to use the library?

Objectives:

• Identify figurative language in 3 poems
• Connect figurative language to thematic meaning

Agenda:

1. do now

2. Identify Five poems by your poet (copy and paste into google docs)

3. In notability, annotate the five poems

4. Select one poem to use for the close reading assignment

5. Summarizer

HW: Find two secondary source articles about the selected poem (Databases can be found HERE-- need to be at school or logged on to remote access from a desktop computer)

Poetry 2.1

Do Now: Please sit with your partner

Objective:

• understand the requirements of the poetry project
• create a poetry project folder that is properly named, shared, and filed.
• understand the directions for the biography research.

Agenda:

1. do now

2. create a poetry project folder that is properly named, shared, and filed.

3. Create a google doc to house the citation/source information for the websites you will use

3. Research at least two websites for biography of your selected poet

4. Either save articles as PDFs or copy and paste into new google docs. Annotate articles

5. Summarizer

HW: Finish annotating sources

Poetry 1.4

Do now:  Get with your partner.  Submit your top three lists of poets in SOCRATIVE

Objective:

• understand the requirements of the poetry project
• create a poetry project folder that is properly named, shared, and filed.
• understand the directions for the biography research.

Agenda:

1. do now

2. Create a shared folder in your google drive, title it "Poetry Project"

3. Review the biography requirements

4. Locate at least TWO sources for a biography of your poet. Import or copy/paste biography into Notability and annotate it.

5. Summarizer

HW: Read The Chosen (due: June 1st). Finish annotating biographies

Poetry 1.3

Do Now: In Socrative, write a 3-8 sentence self-reflection on how you thought your group's performance went. How was your part?

Objective:

• understand the requirements of the poetry project
• create a poetry project folder that is properly named, shared, and filed.
• understand the directions for the biography research.

Agenda:

1. do now
2. Please create a new subject in notability called "Poetry." Download the "Multimedia Poetry Project" Handout to notability (google drive--handouts--poetry project)

2. Introduction to the MMPP

3. Find a partner or see me for a partner

4. Partners: look at list of possible poets-- come up with a list of your top THREE poets

5. Hand out The Chosen

5. Summarizer

HW: Begin reading The Chosen (due date: June 2nd).

RJ 10.2

RJ 8.1

Do now: prep for performances!

Objectives:

• work effectively as a group for a performance

Agenda:

1. Do now- prep 10 minutes

2. Performances- 2:00pm

3. Summarizer

HW: Revise Essay

RJ 10.1

Do now: In pairs, share your thesis and topic sentences. Circle/highlight your partner's glue words in their topic sentences

Objective:

• Select evidence for each body paragraph
• Draft effective body paragraphs
• Work effectively in a workshop environment

Agenda:

1. Do now

2. Revise topic sentences (if needed)

3. Peer Edit one body paragraph

4. Revision work time

5. Summarizer

HW: Essay due THURSDAY

RJ 9.4

Do now: Turn to a partner and discuss your thesis/topic for 4 minutes

Objectives:

• work independently to draft body paragraphs

Agenda:

1. do now

2. Independent work time

3. Summarizer

HW: Group Performance is TUESDAY!

10 Honors Summer Reading List

6 Titles for Summer Reading, 10H

1. Hosseini- Kite Runner or And the Mountains Echoed
2. Tan- Joy Luck Club or Kitchen God's Wife
3. Lahiri- Interpreter of Maladies or Unaccustomed Earth
4. Alvarez- In the Time of the Butterflies or How the Garcia Girls Lost their Accent
5. Adichie - Americanah or The Purple Hibiscus
6. Satrapi- Persepolis

RJ 9.3

Do now: Review your lines/blocking

Objectives:

• work effectively in groups to develop blocking for a scene

Agenda:

1. do now

2. In groups: block the scene (directors lead with group input)

3. Summarizer

HW: Essay Work day tomorrow- draft at least one body paragraph

RJ 9.2

Do now: Take out your script.  If you haven't already, draft a list of props/costumes your character would need.

Objectives:

• work effectively in groups to develop blocking for a scene

Agenda:

1. do now

2. In groups: block the scene (directors lead with group input)

3. Summarizer

HW: Group Performance Rehearsal tomorrow-- memorize your part!

RJ 9.1

Do now: Submit your thesis statement via email

Objectives:

• work independently to draft topic sentences and quotation sandwiches

Agenda:

1. do now

2. Independent drafting: One-on-one conferences with Ms. Santiago

3. Summarizer

HW: Tomorrow is group performance rehearsal day

RJ 8.4

Do now: Grab a copy of your scene from the table and highlight your part

Objectives:

• work effectively in groups to cut the script and begin blocking scene
• work independently to draft a thesis statement

Agenda:

1. do now

2. Performance Group: 1 mod

3. Essay work time: 1 mod

• review the essay prompt
• decide on a topic
• draft a thesis statement

4. summarizer

HW: Brianstorm costume/props, study your lines, and draft a thesis statement!

Romeo and Juliet 8.2

Do now: Check the board to see which group you are in.  Go sit with your group.

Objectives:

• work effectively in groups to prepare for a performance
• demonstrate leadership skills

Agenda:

1. do now

2. In groups: assign a director and assign parts to actors

2a. DIRECTOR: Make a copy of the scene in google drive and share the document with everyone in your group.

3. In groups: Read through the scene at a norm pace (without stopping).  Director(s) should time the reading and read stage directions.

4. In groups: Your task is to cut your scene by half.  You can either cut the scene as a group, or each actor can cut his/her own part

         CUTTING SCRIPTS: Decide which are the most important plot points/exchanges. Be sure to               cut complete sentences (you will be graded on how grammatically accurate your cuts are)

5. In groups: Once script is cut, do another read through of the scene.  Director(s) should time the reading and read stage directions.

6. Summarizer

Romeo and Juliet 8.1

Do now: With a partner, quickly draw the plot diagram and identify 1-2 plot points for each part of the diagram

Objectives:

• to understand the expectations of the RJ final exam
• to understand the expectations of the RJ essay prompt
• demonstrate mastery of understanding of plot, drama terms,and key quotes 

Agenda:

1. do now

2. Exam- on THURSDAY.  Create a study guide checklist

3. Alone or with a partner, begin to review the materials needed to study for the exam

4. Essay prompt-- review the prompt and answer clarifying questions

5. Study time

HW: Review for the exam on THURSDAY

Romeo and Juliet 7.4

Do Now: Tragic heroes or victims of fate? Most tragic heroes, by definition, have a “tragic flaw” that brings about their eventual demise. Do Romeo and Juliet have such flaws? Could they have avoided their tragic deaths by making better decisions and controlling their character flaws? Or, are Romeo and Juliet the victims of fate, doomed by circumstances outside of their control? Explain your position.

Objectives:

• Understand the resolution of the play
• examine the message of love Shakespeare presents in the play
• review key plot points and themes

Agenda:

1. Do now

2. Act 5 Handout

3. Watch film

4. Summarizer

HW: study for test the TUESDAY after break

Creative Writing Class

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Romeo and Juliet 7.3

Do now: In the first few lines of Act 5.1, Romeo tells only the bare outline of his dream. He gives none of the details. Imagine some further details of his dream and brainstorm possible interpretations. Write an account called "Romeo's Dream." Try to ensure that your account includes both sombre and joyful moments (put in student folder)

Objectives:

• examine Romeo’s character development and choices

Agenda:

1. do now

2. Read Act 5.2- acting!

3. Imagine you are Balthasar, and you know what Romeo plans to do. How will you persuade him to change his course of action? What can you say? How will he respond? Choose one of the following to complete: A) Write a dialogue of the conversation between Romeo and Balthasar, B) Write a letter from Balthasar to Romeo persuading him to change his mind, or C) write a letter from Balthasar to someone else (you choose a character) asking for that character’s help.
4. Start to read Act 5.3

4. Summarizer

HW: Finish play!

Romeo and Juliet 7.2

Do now: The first part of Juliet’s plan seems to be working, yet we know there is a tragic ending. What do you predict will happen in the next act that will complicate Juliet’s plan?

Objectives:

• identify plot in act 4
• analyze imagery in act 4

Agenda:

1. Do now
2. Vocab Week 8
3. Reading Guide questions- Act 4.2-5
4. Act 4 Imagery activity
5. Watch films

HW: Read Act 5.1

Romeo and Juliet 7.1

Do now: Do you find yourself wondering why Juliet must fake her own death in order to escape her pending marriage? Or, why she didn’t just leave with Romeo in the first place? Consider and discuss Juliet’s position as a young woman in her society. Why does her situation drive her to take such drastic measures? How would the story work differently if it were set in 2015 in Belmont?

Objectives:

Agenda:

1. do now (socrative)
2. Answer Act 4.1 Reading Guide
3. Acting! rest of Act 4
4. (if time) film
5. Summarizer

HW: Finish reading Act 4

Romeo and Juliet 6.4

Do now: Find your new seats. Review the three types of irony

Objectives:

• identify dramatic, situational, and verbal irony in 4.1
• identify the falling action of Act 4
• analyze Shakespeare's use of imagery

Agenda:

1 do now

2. In table groups: identify examples of the 3 types of irony in 4.1 Cite lines (in a shared google doc).

4. Watch film!

5. Summarizer

HW: HW free weekend