9th Honors English (Period 2,3,5) Assignments

1. Thug Notes: The Odyssey http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qf3XrZW2o4I&edufilter=nfFnkQgB8DqLYJ3mqHu0Hw&safe=active
2. Finish Odyssey movie

1. Thug Notes: The Odyssey http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qf3XrZW2o4I&edufilter=nfFnkQgB8DqLYJ3mqHu0Hw&safe=active
2. Finish Odyssey movie

1. return books
2. FINAL ORAL EXAM (Hero or Zero?)
   
3. LEADER: Acrosstick

(F 6/13/14) Obj: Extend knowledge of epic + myth unit by presenting research.

1. God’s Project Presentations DAY 3 of 3 (per. 2= Prometheus, Hades, Per.3=Hera, Achilles, Hephaestus, per.5=Ares, Aphrodite)
   

1. Final Exam (Monday) Hero or Zero?
2. Return books on Monday

1. Benchmark 4 (to confirm placement)
2. Jeanne to explain Summer Reading
   

1. Last Gods' Presentations
2. Final Exam (Monday) Hero or Zero?
3. Return books on Monday

1. Quiz on homework reading
   
2. Finish the Odyssey: Read "Penelope & Odysseus"
3. TOD: poem (new book p. 972) What does Ithaca symbolize in the poem?

HW:

1. Practice for God's Presentation
2. return textbooks tomorrow

1. (10 min.) Write Compare/Contrast (use Double Bubble) of Eurylochus + Odysseus. Whip Around.(I will give feedback to God's project).
   
2. (50 minutes) Read (+ add to Evidence Chart) Part 2: Coming Home " (new: p.953-958, old: p.690-), "The Meeting of  Father + Son" + "The Beggar and the Faithful Dog"
   
3. (1 hr.) Watch "Odyssey" movie starting at 59 minutes

Hw:

1. Read/notes (old book pages 696-705) "The test of the Great Bow"and "Death at the Palace"
   
2. Day 1 Presenters Practice

1. Complete Evidence Chart (with quotes cited properly).
2. Tomorrow is periods 1,3,5
3. Google Presentation slides are due tomorrow!

1. Google Slide God's Project Presentation due 6/5/14

1. Day 3 of 3 Research (Mr. Allen's computers).  Go on google.com and login with your school login: [email protected] and password.  I will provide comments on your Google Slides in the next few days.  I recommend: open your presentation, FILE, SAVE A COPY for yourself in case anything happens to the original file you are all working on.  Make sure you are updating the main group slideshow.

1. Read "The Cyclops" (new pg. 921-933, Old book: pg.656-670) and add quotes on evidence chart.
2. Debrief "The Cyclops" Polyphemus' story: http://www.scholastic.com/scopemagazine/Issues/090312/DigitalLessonPlan.html (3:34 clip).
3. 1 hour of The Odyssey movie
4. Ticket out the door: How did Odysseus display the Greek trait of hubris (sin of too much pride) when dealing with Polyphemus?

 HW:

1. Extra credit: read Calypso poem new: p. 915, old: p.655) identify 3 poetic devices with the lines cited properly,3 icons + why, and 3 themes due by Fri. 5/30/14

1. Explain Essay: Was Odysseus a good leader. T-chart (textual evidence)
2. Read + do Evidence Chart: (Choose 4 Odysseus') "I am Laertes' Son" (new p.917) ADVENTURES: Calypso, Circe, Cicones, Lotus Eaters
3. Independently read "The Lotus Eaters" (new: p. 920-921) + fill out with group

(R 5/22/14) Obj: Build background knowledge by researching for a PowerPoint.

1. Research (DAY 2 of 3) (goal: get content! Make it pretty later). Click on the blue square "SHARE" and add me: [email protected] and your teammates.  Use this to update your presentation.  It will save in real time.
   

1. Greek Gods Research (DAY 1) Pick presentation days
2. Click on the blue square "SHARE" and add me: [email protected] and your teammates.  Use this to update your presentation.  It will save in real time.
   

• Per. 2= June 9th(Mon) Zeus, Medusa, Eros; June 11th(Wed)=Apollo, Dionysus: ; June 13th(Fri)=Hades, Prometheus
• per. 3= June 9th(Mon) Poseidon,Athena,Hermes ; June 11th(Wed)= Hephaestus, Artemis, Hercules, Ares June 13th(Fri)= Hera, Achilles
• per.5= June 9th(Mon)=Hades, Poseidon; June 11th(Wed)=Medusa, Hephaestus; June 13th(Fri)=Ares, Aphrodite
• 12-15 min. includes passing out food, Ppt is due Thursday 6/5/14 on my laptop, Works Cited (one source per person)
  

1. Discuss Greek/Roman Gods' Project (attached) (Each group has to sign up for 2 food items.  Call up group leaders and they can decide on which god).
2. Practice pronoucing words (p.906-907) up to the Cyclops/Polyphemus.
3. Begin reading: "Tell the Story", "The Wanderings" "Calypso" (new book: p.911-916)

HW:

1. Finish the background notes on the Odyssey old book p.640-648.
2. Finish Calypso's tale (old book: p.651-655) if needed.
3. Begin research tomorrow (Day 1 of 3)

1. Collect Tragedy Tissues
2. notes: Homer's The Iliad = The Trojan War (10 years), the sequel: The Odyssey = the journey.  The journeyer=Odysseus. Make a Timeline of today, R+J 1500/1600s, Trojan War=1200BC. (About 3000 years ago).
3. 2 min. to interpret Mapping Odysseus' Journey (p.908)

HW:

1. read the background/historical notes (old book: p.640-648)

• Ancient Greece Odyssey Intro (1011.00 KB)

1. TIMED WRITE: Romeo and Juliet (I will choose which essay you do that day so come prepared for all three).

1. Collect Drama Squares
2. Finish 1996 version of R+J movie

HW: 

1. Timed Write is tomorrow! The only thing you can bring is your prompt and 4+ quotes per essay.
2. Tissues due Monday 5/19/14

1. Show 1996 version of Leonardo DiCaprio's R+J movie (120 minutes) while continuing to gather 4+quotes for each Timed Write essay

HW:

1. Drama Speech Squares = Thursday 5/15/14
2. Timed Write = Friday 5/16
3. Tragedy Tissues=Monday 5/19

(T 5/13/14) Obj: Prepare for text-based essay by garnering 4+ quotes/essay

1. Human Timeline for the Plot of Romeo and Juliet (attached)
2. Prepare for essay (do bottom of prompt for each question)
3. If time, work on Tissues, Speech Squares.

HW:

1. R+J timed write on Friday 5/16/14
2. Drama Speech Squares due 5/15/14 + Tragedy Tissues 5/19/14

1. Hand out Timed Write prompts (attached). 
2. Continue Romeo and Juliet movie with subtitles start @  1.04 min and watch until 1.47min.
   

HW:

1. Romeo and Juliet Packet Acts 2-5 due Monday!
2. Timed Write on Thursday (prepare: get quotes)
3. Tragedy Tissues and Drama Squares due on Thursday 5/15/14
   

1. Review Act 5, scene 2
2. ACTORS: ACT 5, scene 3
3. Study Guide questions

HW:

1. Study guide due Friday

1. Assign 4-square Speech Terms project (due Thursday 5/15/14)
2. Assign tragedy tissue project (in partners: 2 weeks to complete).  Sign up for partners.
3. PERFORM Act: Act 4, scene 5 (Do study guide questions with a partner. Include a blended quote)
4. read Act 5, scenes 1+2

HW:

1. ACTORS be ready to finish play tomorrow

1. (notes) Drama Speech Terms ppt.: dialogue, soliloquy, aside, monologue.
2. PERFORM: Act 4 sc. 1 (skip 2)
3. Read Act 4, sc. 3, (skip 4)

HW:

1. Study guide questions: Act 4, scenes 1 and 3
2. Marriage Interviews: ask 3 people about their marriages.
3. Prepare ACTORS for tomorrow (Act 4, sc. 5)

1. (4 minutes) partners: review page 769 (Act 3, sc.3) the Friar's monologue: What would his defense in court be for why Romeo killed Tybalt? What is his 3 step plan for Romeo? (cite textual evidence)
2. skip Act 3, scene 4 (take notes for a flow map)
3. Read Act 3, scene 5 (Use textual evidence to show how two people have paradoxical views).

Hw:

1. Finish Act 3 questions (on scenes that we read: scene 3 + 5).
   
2. Make a flow map for scenes we skipped.
3. ACTORS PERFORM tomorrow: Act. 4, sc. 1

1. Text Dependent Question: Discuss Romeo's love for Juliet (vs. Rosaline) by citing textual evidence. 
2. Flow map on yesterday's notes (the scenes we skipped)
3. Discuss Act. 3, sc. 3 (Notes on the Friar's plan)

1. ACTORS: Act 2, sc. 2 (The Balcony Scene) + answer questions.  Focus on imagery. 
2. if time permits (Text Dependent Question- compare Romeo's love of Rosaline to that of Juliet
3. skip + take notes (flow map) on Act 2, scene 3: Romeo goes to the cell of Friar Laurence and tells him of his new love. The Friar is struck by the young man's fickleness, but agrees to marry him to Juliet, hoping that the union will turn their "households" rancor to pure love.
4. Act 2 sc. 4: Mercution and Benvolio find Romeo. They joke together and then turn their attentions to teasing Juliet's nurse who has come in search of Romeo. He sends a message to Juliet, telling her to meet him at Friar Laurence's cell that afternoon.
5. Act 2 sc. 5: Juliet waits impatiently for her Nurse. When the old woman finally returns, it takes some time to pry the message from her.
6. Act 2 sc. 6Romeo and Juliet meet at Friar Laurence's cell to be married.
7. Act 3 scene1: The irate Tybalt stops Benvolio and Mercutio on the street. Romeo, aware of his new, special bond with the Capulets, has no desire to fight. Mercutio is frustrated by Romeo's passivity and fights with Tybalt. He is mortally wounded. Romeo kills Tybalt and escapes immediately. On hearing Benvolio's account of events, Prince Escalus decides not to condemn Romeo to death, but rather to send him into exile.
8. Act 3 sc. 2: Juliet is devastated by the news of the fight. She send the Nurse to bring her husband to her before he flees the city.

1. Read Act 3, sc. 3 (p.858-863) + questions

1. Collect Act. 1 questions
2. Quickly explain/notes: Act 2, sc. 1 (you can skip these questions)
3. Movie: ACT 1 of R+J with subtitles (Act 1. stop @ 42min)

HW: Read Act. 2, sc. 2 (p.820-827)

(T 4/29/14) Obj: Introduce characters by paraphrasing Act 1 and taking notes.

1. Hand out + discuss acting rubric (attached)
2. Text dependent question from Act. 1, sc. 3.
3. Read Act 1, sc. 4 (skip Mercutio's speech: ll.53-94)
4. Read Act 1 s.5 (TDQ - explain the extended metaphor) 
   answer questions
5. Practice parts (remind Act 2 actors of their parts, costumes?)

HW:

1. all of ACT 1 questions due tomorrow
   
2. BE READY TO ACT! The cheesier, the better.

1. Debrief Act 1, sc. 1 and character chart.  
2. Read Act 1, sc. 2+3 (new book p.693-697, p.796 in old book)

Hw: 

1. R+J Act 1 by Wednesday w/ questions: answer and extend each into something meaningful.
2. Practice your parts (rubric).  Delivery trumps memorization

1. Make character Chart (tree map) (fold paper in 1/3 vertically and label: CAPULETS, MONTAGUES, OTHERS). fill in more as we read: Montagues, Capulets, Others (attached)
2. Read Act 1, scene 1 (CD) (new: 684, old: 788-795) and fill out character chart with textual evidence.
3. Begin homework.  Answer each question with a properly cited quote and extend it into something meaningful.
   

HW:

1. R+J Study Guide questions up to 9 (answer + extend it)
2. Practice/plan your part (costumes?)

(R 4/24/14) Obj: Understand the background by paraphrasing the Prologue.

1. Discuss Prologue (sonnet): Paraphrase the Prologue (ll.1-4 together, ll.5-8 partners, ll.9-12 alone, ll.13-14 together).  (new: p.674-678, old: p.785)
2. TOD - quickwrite  In the Prologue, what relationship does Shakespeare establish between love and hate? How do his specific word choices illustrate this relationship? Use evidence from the text to support your answer.
3. Lines of Communication: Anticipation Guide (attached)

1. timed essay (students should have the prompts and quotes ready to go)
2. Return LOTF novels to student services

1. LOTF: Multiple Choice test
2. finish film (last 15 minutes)