English I

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Week 1: April 6-10

Learning Goal:

I can research, explore, and identify important elements related to the Shakespearean era.

Estimated Time for The Week: 1 hour and 50 minutes total

Learn & Practice:

Click on this presentation to guide you through the following learning activities.

    1. Practice and apply grammar usage through ACT. (5-10 minutes)
    2. Research and Explore the Elizabethan Era to prepare for the reading of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. (30-40 minutes)
      • William Shakespeare wrote Romeo and Juliet in 1594. To better understand the life and times of 16th-century Europe and our star-crossed lovers.
    3. Watch the videos to better understand the history of Shakespeare. (30 minutes)

Pre-AP Challenge: (Task 5 of the presentation)

    1. Create a visual related to the Elizabethan Era of Shakespeare’s time. (20-30 minutes)

Week 2: April 13-17

Learning Goal:

I can research, explore, and identify important elements related to the Shakespearean era.

Estimated Time for The Week: 1 hour and 45 minutes total

Learn & Practice: Click on this presentation to guide you through the following learning activities.

  1. Practice and apply grammar usage through ACT. (5-10 minutes)
  2. Practice and review Shakespeare Terms. (15 minutes)
  3. Watch and Understand Iambic Pentameter. (25 minutes)
    • Pop Sonnets (10 minutes)
  4. Read and Analyze Sonnet 18. (45 minutes)
  5. Pre-AP Challenge: Pick a Shakespearean sonnet from CommonLIT. With a partner or by yourself, prepare a rap version of your sonnet. Record and present. (Time could vary.)

Week 3: April 20-24

Learning Goal:

I can research, explore, and identify important elements related to the Shakespearean era.

Estimated Time for The Week: 1 hour and 50 minutes total

Learn & Practice: Click on this presentation to guide you through the following learning activities.

  1. Practice and apply grammar usage through ACT. (5-10 minutes)
  2. Read and walk out the Prologue. (10 minutes)
  3. Analyze the Prologue. (40 minutes)
  4. Understand and Recognize the characters in Romeo and Juliet. (5 minutes)
  5. Watch the summary for a better understanding of Romeo and Juliet brought to you by your very own Edmond teachers. (45 minutes)

Pre-AP Challenge: Complete the assignments on Actively Learn for Romeo and Juliet Act I-Act II, Scene 1. (Time will vary.)

Week 4: April 27 - May 1

Learning Goal:

I can research, explore, and identify important elements related to the Shakespearean era.

Estimated Time for The Week: 1 hour and 50 minutes total

Learn & Practice: Click on this presentation to guide you through the following learning activities.

  1. Practice and apply grammar usage through ACT. (5-10 minutes)
  2. Watch a quick recap to Act I through Act II, Scene 1. (5 minutes)
  3. Read and Analyze Romeo and Juliet Act II, Scene 2. (40 minutes)
  4. Recreate the balcony scene. (15 minutes)
  5. Watch the summary of Act II, Scene 3-Act IV for a better understanding of Romeo and Juliet brought to you by your very own Edmond teachers. (40 minutes)
  6. Pre-AP Challenge: Complete the assignments o

Week 5: May 4-8

Learning Goal:

I can research, explore, and identify important elements related to the Shakespearean era.

Estimated Time for The Week: 1 hour and 45 minutes total

Learn & Practice: Click on this presentation to guide you through the following learning activities.

  1. Practice and apply grammar usage through ACT. (5-10 minutes)
  2. Watch a quick recap to Act II, Scene 3 through Act IV and a summary of Act V, Scenes 1-2. (10 minutes)
  3. Read and Analyze Romeo and Juliet Act V, Scene 3. (40 minutes)
  4. Discuss and analyze your understanding of the tragic hero and their flaw. (15 minutes)
  5. Read the story of Pyramus and Thisbe. (30 minutes)
  6. Pre-AP Challenge:

Week 6: May 11-13

Learning Goal:

I can research, explore, and identify important elements related to the Shakespearean era.

Estimated Time for The Week: 1 hour and 30 minutes total

Learn & Practice: Click on this presentation to guide you through the following learning activities.

  1. Practice and apply grammar usage through ACT. (5-10 minutes)
  2. Read or Listen and Analyze the short story “Duty” by Pamela Rafael Berkman. (30 minutes)
  3. Read and Watch “My Shakespeare” by Kate Tempest. (20 minutes)
  4. Analyze and Evaluate the use of theme, word choice, and figurative language. (30 minutes)
  5. Discuss and analyze your understanding of the tragic hero and their flaw. (15 minutes)
  6. Pre-AP Challenge: