Week 1: July 27-31, 2026
Day
Objectives
Class Activities
Homework
Monday
SWBAT . . . use descriptive language in a short writing assignment
understand the rules of the class and where to find the syllabus (RI1;W4)
Virtue: Charger Way
Bell Work: Q1: What does it mean to be truly alive?
Q2: Can one grow without adversity?
Q3: Is it more important to live long or live well?
Introductions, syllabus, website, etc.
Discuss BW responses
Grammar Practice/Explanation
Distribute "The Seafarer"
Read and annotate (R/A) "The Seafarer": Ask questions; note sensory images; note changes in tone/setting; try to figure out themes or messages in poem.
Take the BW experience and turn it into a minimum half-page “Seafarer-”style telling of the event. You can make it a poem if you like! :)
Go to the Syllabus, read it, and complete the form linked at the end. Due Friday. (HW)
Tuesday
SWBAT . . . comprehend the theme of an Old English poem RL2)
identify parts of speech(L1,3)
Bell Work: Grammar Day 1--Students will identify the parts of speech of a basic sentence.
Check "Seafarer" Annotations
Read/analyze "The Seafarer" and the nature of our pursuit this year
Go to the Syllabus, read it, and complete the form linked at the end. Due Friday. (HW)
Bring 10th Grade Reader to class tomorrow
Try to remember all the important steps to writing an essay because Block Day you will be doing the Baseline test
Block
SWBAT . . . demonstrate reading and writing skills on the Baseline Test (Many State Standards)
Baseline Test in Class
R/A Renaissance poems when done with BT
Grammar Day 2; turn in when done
R/A Renaissance poems (Read all of them; annotate three)
Pick ONE of the poems from the selection and memorize four lines. Be ready to recite Friday!!!
Bring 10th Grade Reader to class tomorrow
Friday
SWBAT . . identify key elements and themes in a variety of Renaissance poems (RL2)
express their opinions of various topics clearly and succinctly (W4, 10)
Bell Work: Diagram Sentence
Syllabus "Quiz"/rfeview
R/A renaissance poems
Poetic devices worksheet--finding examples from poems
Write and memorize a quatrain using iambic pentameter and a rhyme scheme. Due Monday.
Day
Objectives
Class Activities
Homework
Monday
SWBAT . . . identify parts of speech
recite own poetry from memory
BW: Calming music; Grammar sentence 2, Day 1: Parts of speech
Recitations
Discussion of difficulties of memorization as well as what parts/types of poems were easier to memorize.
Discussion of difficulties in writing quatrains.
Write an additional quatrain that continues idea of previous. Bring Macbeth book.
Tuesday
SWBAT . . . identify parts of a sentence
understand themes of Macbeth
read and understand Elizabethan drama
BW: Grammar Sentence 2, Day 2: Parts of a Sentence (Check quatrains)
Macbeth background/theme notes
Begin reading Act 1 (Ideally we read all of scenes 1-3). We will read in class, stopping regularly to clarify/discuss.
At the end of scenes or other appropriate points, students will work with each other to annotate text.
Review Act 1 thus far and supplement annotations for annotation check Friday. Come up with at least one question you would like answered/discussed for Macbeth thus far. Write this down in your notebook.
Work on a sestet to finish your sonnet. These will be due on Monday, so you have the weekend to finish.
Block
SWBAT . . . diagram a sentence
read and understand Elizabethan drama
BW: Grammar Sentence 2, Day 3: Diagramming
R/A Act 1. Discuss key events, ideas along the way. Students will annotate as we read. We will pause on occasion for students to compare/complete annoations.
Finish R/A Act 1 if not finished in class.
Write a prose summary of Act 1.
Friday
SWBAT . . . discuss random topics politely, rationally, and clearly
read and understand Elizabethan drama
BW: Free Topic Friday
Check annotations/questions
Check summaries
Discuss Act 1 and where this situation might be headed.
See if students are noticing any themes that seem important
Continue reading through 2.3
R/A Act 2. Make sure to read the rest of Act 2 and annotate as best you can. We will still read the play in class and continue annotating and discussing, but reading ahead will make class go much faster and more efficiently.
Day
Objectives
Class Activities
Homework
Monday
SWBAT . . . identify parts of speech
recall key events from Act 1 of Macbeth
read and comprehend Elizabethan language
BW: Grammar; Act 1 packet, Act 1 summary; Sonnet due
Contemplatio 1
Read Act 2.1-2. Complete left side of packet for those two scenes.
Tuesday
SWBAT . . . identify parts of a sentence
read and comprehend Elizabethan language
BW: Grammar
Read Act 2
Review events of Act 2
Analysis questions for Act 2
Finish packet for Act 2. Due tomorrow
Block
SWBAT . . . diagram
restfully process what we have learned so far
read and comprehend Elizabethan language
BW: Grammar
Acts 1-2 quiz
Act 2 Contemplatio
Read Act 3
Complete packet (left side) for scenes we have read
Friday
SWBAT . . . read and comprehend Elizabethan language
BW: Prediction journal
Complete analysis of Act 3 in small groups. Choose one question to expand on and make it into a full paragraph
Read Act 4 and complete as much of the packet (left side) as you can. Do not answer questions you are unsure of.
Day
Objectives
Class Activities
Homework
Monday
SWBAT . . . identify parts of speech
read and comprehend Elizabethan drama
discuss responses to Act 2 intelligently
BW: Grammar; check Contemplatio 2 journal; collect Act 2 packets
Act 2 Contemplatio discussion
Analyze Act 3 (read on Friday)
Finish Act 3 packet
Tuesday
SWBAT . . . identify parts of a sentence
read and comprehend Elizabethan drama
discuss responses to Act 3 intelligently
BW: Grammar; collect Act 3 packet
Act 3 Quiz
Finish Act 3 Analysis
Act 3 Contemplatio
Finish Act 3 Contemplatio
Block
read and comprehend Elizabethan drama
discuss responses to Act 4 and 5 intelligently
BW: Grammar; check Contemplatio 3 journal
Contemplatio 3 discussion
Read Act 4
Complete Left side of Act 4 packet
Friday
SWBAT . . . read and comprehend Elizabethan drama
BW: Journal
Act 4 analysis
Begin Contemplatio 4
Complete Contemplatio 4. This one is a bit different, so be creative.