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.
Complete Right side of Act 4 Packet
Write one CBEA paragraph based on any question from Act 4 packet (Or, think of your own, but it must focus on Act 4). These are both due on Monday.
Day
Objectives
Class Activities
Homework
Monday
SWBAT . . . identify parts of speech
read and comprehend Elizabethan drama
discuss responses to Act 2 intelligently
BW: Grammar review
Brief review of 4.3
R/A Act 5
Complete Left side of Act 5 packet
Tuesday
SWBAT . . . identify parts of a sentence
read and comprehend Elizabethan drama
discuss responses to Act 3 intelligently
BW: Grammar Quiz
Analyze Act 5
Finish Act 5 packet
Work on Contemplatio 4
Block
SWBAT . . . read and comprehend Elizabethan drama
discuss responses to Act 4 and 5 intelligently
BW: Review for Macbeth test
Macbeth test
Contemplatio 5
Complete Contemplatio 4--Due Friday
Friday
SWBAT . . . demonstrate knowledge of themes/character development in Macbeth
Collect Contemplatio 4 and present in small groups (Discussion)
Read Genesis 3 in any Bible and read and annotate lines 1-220 in Paradise Lost
Day
Objectives
Class Activities
Homework
Monday
SWBAT . . .
identify key themes/traits in Genesis
comprehend argument of PL
BW: "After Apple-Picking"/Check annotations for Genesis and PL 1-26
Analyze Genesis 3
Clarify argument of PL
Distribute PL Annotation Guide
R/A PL I.221-end
Tuesday
SWBAT . . . identify parts of speech
comprehend definition of Evil in WC
BW: Grammar/check annotations
Discuss ll. 221-end
R/A 221-end of Book I in class
R/A PL II. 284-466
Block
SWBAT . . . identify parts of a sentence and diagram
comprehend events of Book II of PL
BW: Grammar: Sentence parts and diagramming
Discuss PL II.284-647
R/A 648-end
Finish R/A Book II
Friday
SWBAT . . . summarize events of PL thus far
Finish discussing Book II, as we will surely not have completed it all just yet
R&R Weekend
Monday
Labor Day
No School
Tuesday
SWBAT . . . identify parts of speech
read and comprehend events from Book III of PL
BW: Grammar
R/A PL 3.1-302
Finish R/A PL 3
Finish Macbeth CBEA paragraph from Friday. Due tomorrow
Block
SWBAT identify parts of a sentence
read and comprehend events from PL Book 4
BW: Grammar
R/A PL 4.1-112
Seminar on PL thus far. Students will be sorted into 6 groups, each of which will be assigned a passage from Book 4. They will have about 10 miuntes to read, analyze, and discuss the passage. They will then write one Inferential and one Evaluative question for their passage. After groups have prepared, they will discuss the passage in front of the class, seminar style, for about 8 minutes.
R/A through 4.355
Friday
SWBAT . . . diagram a sentence
read and comprehend events from PL Book 4
BW: Diagram
Discuss PL 4.355
Summary of Books 5-8 to prepare for reading Book 9.
Here is the presentation on Books 5-8, if you missed class today.
R/A PL 9
R/A PL 9.1-472
Day
Objectives
Class Activities
Homework
Monday
SWBAT . . . identify parts of speech
read and comprehend events from Book IX of PL
BW: Grammar
Discuss/review events of Book 9 through l. 473 using Annotation Guide
R/A PL 9.473-959
Work on Themes Project
Tuesday
SWBAT . . . identify parts of a sentence
read and comprehend events from Book IX of PL
BW: Grammar
Discuss/review events of Book 9 through l. 960 using Annotation Guide
R/A PL 9.960-end
Work on Themes Project
Block
SWBAT . . . diagram
read and comprehend events from Book IX of PL
BW: Grammar
Discuss/review events of Book 9 through the end using Annotation Guide
Begin reading Book 10
R/A PL 10.90-353
Work on Themes Project
Friday
SWBAt . . . read and comprehend events from Book X of PL
BW: Adam and Eve journal/discussion
Discuss events and themes of 10.90-353
R/A PL 10.354-847
Work on Themes Project
Google Classroom Code: V6qc45fe
Day
Objectives
Class Activities
Homework
Monday
SWBAT . . . read and comprehend Paradise Lost
compose coherent argumentative CBEA paragraphs
BW: Grammar Review
Discuss Events of Book X
Work on PL Theme Analysis
R/A Book XII selection
Work on Project
Tuesday
SWBAT . . . read and comprehend Paradise Lost
compose coherent argumentative CBEA paragraphs
BW: Grammar Review
Discuss Events of Book XII
Work on PL Theme Analysis
Study for Exam
Complete Theme Analysis. If one partner is in class, the project is due.
Bring Reader tomorrow
Block
SWBAT . . . demonstrate knowledge and comprehension of Paradise Lost, Genesis, and Grammar via unit Exam
BW: Desperate Exam Review/Turn in Theme Projects
Unit Exam
Seminar
Leave Reader for Annotation Check
None
Friday
Turn in Theme Analysis/Present?
Final PL Discussion
Find Pride and Prejudice