Day 137

Objective:  The students will start reading Act IV.

1.  Go over the notes from Act III.

2.  Type Act IV Scene 1 Notes

3.  Read it (15 minutes).

4.  Complete the study guide questions. 

Day 136

Objective:  The students will finish all Act III assignments.

1.  Act III Scene 3 1/2 and Scene 4 Notes 

2.  Finish anything from Act III and the Translation from Act II if not done already.

3.  Finish Mush outline if not complete yet.

4.  We will finish Othello this week.  Get a copy of Catcher in the Rye by next Monday.  See me if this is a problem.  I will find one for you. 

 

Day 133

Objective:  The students will begin Act III.

1.  Act III Scenes 1-3 Notes

2.  Read for 20 minutes

3.  Tomorrow you will read the rest of Act III by yourself (I put the audio of it in your GC).  Don't be lazy and just read what the internet says about it.  Actually read/listen to it.  Then complete the review. 

Day 132

Objective:  The students will read the rest of Act II.

1.  Notes

2.  Read the rest of Act II:  23 minutes.

3.  Act II Review Handout 

Day 131

Objective:  The students will read Act II Scene 1.

1.  Notes Act II Scene 1

2.  Read (16 minutes)

3.  Complete the questions for Scene 1 

Day 130

Objective:  The students will complete a soliloquy translation.

1.  Get the book.  It will help you on this.

2.  Complete the handout.

3.  Digital MC Practice 4. 

Day 129

The students will finish reading Act I.

1.  Notes

2.  Read

3.  Complete the Review 

Day 128

Objective:  The students will read more of Act I.

1.  Allusion Notes:  "I am what I am."  Add these to you Act I Note Doc.

2.  Act I Scene 2 Notes:  Read it (4 minutes)

3.  Act I Scene 3 Notes up to line 174:  Read it.

4.  Complete the Review Handout up to where we have read. 

Day 127

Objective:  The students will begin reading of Othello. 

1.  Get a blank sheet of paper and a Perrine's book.

2.  Warren's Tragedy and Othello Notes Power Point

3.   Act I Scene 1 Notes:  In GC, open the Othello Notes Doc.  Each day that we read you will type notes about what we will read.  This will be printed out and put in packet when we are finished reading.

4.  Read Act I Scene 1 

Day 126

Objective:  The students will begin the Othello Unit.

1.   Drama Chapter Three:  Tragedy and Comedy (p. 1303-1310): _____

Please just read the seven pages and outline the important information.   

Day 125

Objective:  The students will discuss the analysis of the two plays.

1.  Discuss my presentations of The Sandbox and Mind the Gap.

2.  Mush prompt and handout.  Due at the end of the period.

 

Day 124

Objective:  The students will finish any work from Drama Packet.

1.  I am not sure if you were able to read the entire play and finish the analysis handout, so today you will complete anything from the packet that is unfinished.  It's due tomorrow.

2.  AP Classroom MC Practice Number 3:  "A Fine Balance."  Ten points to the computer. 

Day 122

Objective:  The students will read a drama and analyze its purpose.

Note:  Tomorrow I will be out with my wife for a quick surgery.  I know that you will be great and I appreciate it.

1.  Get the Perrine's Book.

2.  I need four readers:  A young man, a mommy, a daddy, and a Grandma.

3.  Read the play aloud as a class.  Remember what a writer of the Theater of the Absurd believes about life and our existence.

4.  Complete the assignment. 

Day 121

Objective:  The students will discuss Chapter Outlines.

1.  Discuss my presentations on Drama Chapters 1 and 2.

2.  Theater of the Absurd Notes (this will be added to the packet).

3.  Complete the lit terms.

4.  Tomorrow we read our first play. 

Day 120

Objective:  The students will start our new unit on Drama.

1.  Outline both chapters on the Drama Cover Sheet.

2.  Turn in Poetry Packet 3 

Day 119

Objective:  The students will complete the Poetry 3 Packet.

1.  Finish analyzing the last two poems.

2.  Complete the lit terms and any other terms.

3.  Packet is due tomorrow when you walk in.  We start something new tomorrow. 

Day 118

Objective:  The students will complete the last two poem analysis.

1.  Get both poems and complete analysis using the poetry how to read checklist.

 

­­How to Analyze a Poem:

Steps:

Before Reading if possible:  Look into the poet and the time period.  This may provide you with information that will help you analyze.  You can use your phone for this.

1.        Identify Form:

a.       Count and label stanzas

b.       Count and label lines if not done already

c.       Look for a rhyme scheme and identify

d.       Look for a specific rhythm (look at the number of syllables in the first few lines.)

2.       Identify the subject/situation of the poem.

3.       Identify the speaker of the poem (NEVER assume the speaker is the poet)

4.       Identify characters in the poem

5.       Find shifts in the poem (in tone, speakers, time periods, etc)

6.       Come up with a UT

7.       Identify Literary Devices

 

 

Day 117

Objective:  The students will work on speed and writing.

1.  Open up GC and open the doc for Judged by My Goddess...

2.  Take 30 minutes to read and respond in an intro and one body paragraph.

3.  Highlight the thesis and UT yellow

4.  Highlight the textual evidence light green

5.  Highlight analysis light blue 

Day 116

Objective:  The students will Analyze a poem.

1.  Go over Chapter 12 Outline on Meter and Rhythm

2.  Go over "When You Are Old."

3.  Analyze "What Lips My Lips Have Kissed."

Day 115

Objective:  The students will work on their speed.

1.  You have 57 minutes to complete the following:

1.  Analyze "When You Are Old" and write an intro and one body paragraph.  In GC.

2.  Complete a MC Practice on AP Classroom.  "Digital MC Practice 2"