Quarter Two

Week Ten: Jan. 12th - 16th *End of the quarter and semester

Monday - Tuesday: Working on our own "modest" proposals. 

Wednesday: Sharing our proposals. 

Thursday - Friday: "The Rape of the Lock" - reading and an assignment.

Week Nine: Jan. 5th - 9th

Monday: Introduction to Unit 3 presentation. 

Tuesday: Quiz. Introduction of Satirical devices. Satire presentation. 

Wednesday - Thursday: Reading "A Modest Proposal". Post-reading assignment.

Friday: Discussion and assignment: our own "modest" proposal. 

Dec. 29th - Jan. 2nd: NO SCHOOL - WINTER BREAK

Week Eight: Dec. 22nd - 26th

Monday: Growth Measurement assessment. 

Tuesday: No class, early dismissal. 

Wednesday - Friday: No School - Winter Break

Week Seven: Dec. 15th - 19th

Monday: Finishing film and assignment. 

Tuesday - Wednesday: Poem presentations from the film. 

Friday: Sharing presentations with the class.

Week Six: Dec. 8th - 12th

Monday: Reading "To His Coy Mistress" and "21 Love Poems". Discuss and complete a post-reading assignment. 

Tuesday: Discuss themes, especially Carpe Diem. Compare poems and these assignment. 

Wednesday - Friday: Watching "Dead Poets Society" taking notes as we watch.

Week Five: Dec. 1st - 5th

Monday: Valediction: A Forbidden Mourning. Read, discuss and complete assignment. 

Tuesday: Go over p. 325 and vocabulary on 326. Read “Speech Before the Spanish Armada Invasion” p. 327 and go over the Check for Understanding together. Handout to complete.

Wednesday: Reading “For Army Infantry’s First Women, Heavy Packs and the Weight of History” p. 337 and and go over the Check for Understanding as a group. Post reading handout.

Thursday: Collaborate and compare handout - small groups.

Friday: Quiz, HMH.

Week Four: Nov. 24th - 28th

Monday - Wednesday: Watching film adaptation and post-viewing assignment. 

Thursday: No School - Thanksgiving. 

Friday: No School

Week Three: Nov. 17th - 21st *Band/Choir trip

Monday - Wednesday: Time to work on Macbeth assignments for Act III - IV. 

Thursday: Soundtrack work time. 

Friday: Begin watching film version of Macbeth.

Week Two: Nov. 10th - 14th 

Monday: No School 

Tuesday: No class - Americanism program. 

Wednesday: Working on Macbeth assignments. 

Thursday: No class - early dismissal for parent-teacher conferences. 

Week One: Nov. 3rd - 7th

Monday: Reading Act III and working on Study Guide. 

Tuesday: Act III and Act IV - reading.

Wednesday: Act IV - finish and quiz. Reading Act V.

Thursday: Finishing Act V and Study guides.

Friday: Final quiz on play. Assign work for Band trip and hunting.

Quarter One

Week Nine: Oct. 27th - 31st **END OF THE QUARTER**

Monday: Quiz on Act I. Act I worksheet. 

Tuesday: Reading Act II and doing the Study Guide.

Wednesday: Quiz on Act II. Post-reading worksheet.

Thursday: Time for Soundtrack assignment. Post-reading Act II #2 worksheet.  

Friday: End of the quarter activity. 

Week Eight: Oct. 20th - 24th

Monday: Introduction to Shakespeare - webquest. 

Tuesday: Historical background of Scotland, website to use, study guides, expectations for reading "Macbeth". Reading Act I, filling out Study Guide. 

Wednesday: Translation of Shakespeare's terms - handout. 

Thursday: Reading Act I. Fill out Study Guide as we read. 

Friday: Finishing Act I, post-reading worksheet.

Week Seven: Oct. 13th - 17th

Monday: Complete post-viewing worksheet. Reading p. 95-91 in textbook for tomorrow.

Tuesday: Presentation/lecture - essential question: "What do we do when a society unravels?" War of the Roses/history and vocabulary. "The Paston Letters" Get Ready: vocabulary, primary documents. Understand genre elements - diaries. Read "My Syrian Diary". 

Wednesday: Post-reading handout - collaborate and compare letters and diary. 

Thursday - Friday: No School, MEA Break

Week Six: Oct. 6th - 10th

Monday: Reading "Chivalry" in the textbook. 

Tuesday: Do the post-reading worksheet and turn it in by the end of the hour.   Quiz (HMH).  

Wednesday - Friday: The DaVinci Code - viewing and taking note of artifacts, historical and religous.

Week Five: Sept. 29th - Oct. 3rd *Midterms Wed @ 8am

Monday: Reading class poems and completing summary sheet.

Tuesday: Slide presentation - pre-reading. Discussion - loyalty? Get Ready "Le Morte D'Arthur". Review conflict and do pre-reading vocabulary in a large group..  

Wednesday: Reading story.

Thursday: Post-reading handout/assignment. Vocabulary HMH - part one and two. 

Friday: Quiz and vocabulary.

Week Four: Sept. 22nd - 26th *Fall Festival week.

Monday: Sharing slides from General Prologue. Introduction of our Modern Day Pilgrimage. 

Tuesday: Writing poems for modern-day Canterbury Tales assignment. 

Wednesday: Modern-day poems, preparing for our class pilgrimage. 

Thursday: Class pilgrimage - reading poems, summarizing, and potluck! 

Friday: Summarizing poems.

Week Three: Sept. 15th - 19th

Monday - Tuesday: Finishing up movie and post-viewing hadnout/questions. Discussion on similarities. 

Wednesday: Geoffery Chaucer webquest. 

Thursday:  Introduction to Geoffery Chaucer. Chaucer video, prologue, and characters. Choose a character from the General Prologue and create a slide about them. 

Friday: Working on slides.

Week Two: Sept. 8th - 12th

Monday: Kennings - lesson and practice. Handout. Beowulf introduction slides and summary video. 

Tuesday: Assignment - working w/small group on a section of Beowulf. Summary - bullet points and picture. 

Wednesday: Sharing Beowulf slide presentations. 

Thursday - Friday: Watching "Beowulf"

Week One: Sept. 1st - 5th 

Monday: No School 

Tuesday: Intro activities

Tuesday: Introduction to Unit One - heroes. Stream to start video and vocabulary. Read Introduction - Anglo Saxon, and check for Understanding. 

Thursday: Presentation on Intro to English - video clips, discussion. Hero assignment (Google Classroom)

Friday: Sharing hero assignments.