Post date: May 18, 2020 12:30:59 PM
All final work for these last nine weeks must be submitted by May 20. There is a check list below the lesson and students are not going to be penalized for any assignments not completed, but please submit what has been done.
Over the summer, please try to use some time to complete the Reading Lessons from Reading Plus. This is one of those little things you can do on your own to improve your reading comprehension and it is so worth it. This program really works and it is at your individual level. If you want a progress report on it please feel free to reach out through email and I can send it you. Yes, I will be available over the summer if you need me. Just send me an email.
In order to keep your Lexile and reading comprehension sharp make sure you are doing 30 mins of Reading Plus three to five days a week. Site Code = rpgriff1 & User name and password are your student number.
How to access your One Drive from home:
Final Session
Warm Up: Antagonist vs Protagonist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P74SdAxILtY
Work Period:
Featured scenes from Julius Caesar:
One of the biggest questions in this play is the role of Brutus. Is he an antagonist or a protagonist? He remains constant throughout the play with his intentions to protect Rome and its republic. Brutus is honest, but he at times acts without all the information. Brutus is Caesar's best friend and when he betrays that friendship by being last to stab Caesar then the dying man says the famous quote "Et tu brute? Then falls Caesar" as his final words. "Et tu Brute?" translates to "And you Brutus?"
Watch the following scenes and see if you can figure out if Brutus is a protagonist or an antagonist?
1. Act 2, Scene 1:
Brutus spends the entire beginning of the play trying to decide if killing Caesar is even necessary and some of his information is from the not as honest Cassius, whom has a grudge against Caesar, and wants to see him fall at any cost. Cassius plants false information to persuade Brutus to his side. In this scene, Brutus debating with himself to kill Caesar.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yR-SZheilTg
explanation video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibzqdoV-BcU&t=46s
2. Act 3, Scene 2:
Brutus speaks at the forum just after killing Caesar to calm the crowd down and explain publicly why Caesar was killed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=op0DQ0Z65iI
explanation video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPaX6g5_LOo&t=31s
3. Act 4, Scene 3:
Brutus and Cassius have fled from Rome with their armies that are beginning to run away and they are fighting out numbered and losing power. They argue and Brutus decides they need to strike with what they have before they lose any more men. That night Brutus is having trouble sleeping when he is visited by a spirit. The ghost of Caesar? Remember that Mark Antony said Caesar's spirit shall not rest until all the killers are dead? Caesar's ghost says see you tomorrow at the place where the big battle is to take place.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNUFl_TjVP4
explanation video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eCL2SBVV2I
4. Act 5, Scene 5:
Death of Brutus explanation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-fHxnVOL08
As Brutus dies he says the rare rhyming couplet "Caesar, now be still, / I killed not thee with half so good a will." Brutus tells Caesar’s ghost to be at peace as the last of his killers has died. His last words indicate that the killing of Caesar has weighed upon Brutus and he is now also able to rest.
Closer: Summer Movie Recommendations
You guys know I love movies and I thought I would give you some recommendations for some movies you may not have watched. We would have watched some of these movies together during testing or Field Day. Others are just good stories and characters.
Kubo and the Two Strings
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vex0gPFnBvM
The Little Prince (Netflix)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gARHWfXE40
Spiderman: Into the Spider Verse (Netflix)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4Hbz2jLxvQ
The Boy who Harnessed the Wind (Netflix)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPkr9HmglG0&t=2s
Watership Down (Netflix) I have always called this Shakespearean Bunnies but based on the classic book
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3gQ117IKkM
Queen of Katwe (Disney +)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsK9Y9_WnDk
He Named Me Malala (Netflix Documentary and incidentally Malala was also supposed to graduate this Spring and couldn't have a ceremony because of quarantine)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vE5gSHJkusU
This is from a PBS special about Hamilton but this musical is airing on Disney + on July 3rd for the first time for general audiences.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KsTjxKi5JE
Series I have enjoyed:
Anne with an E (Netflix)
Lost in Space (Netflix)
She-Ra (Netflix)
Clone Wars (Disney+)
Completed Work Checklist:
Week of 3/16 Session A
1. Vocabulary Lesson 1 packet letters A -D exercises
2. 10 of the 15 word blocks with one word per box (All blocks must be completely filled out and we challenge you to make a PowerPoint with one word per slide making sure to include all the four sections of the word block in each slide)
Week of 3/16 Session B
1. Answer questions 5 & 6 on pg 162
2. RACES paragraph on question "How did animals help Temple Grandin deal with the challenges of autism?"
Week of 3/16 Session C
1. Graphic Organizer Introduction paragraph
2. Introduction paragraph with thesis underlined
Week of 3/23 Session A
1. Graphic Organizer Body paragraph 1
2. Body paragraph 1 with topic sentence underlined
Week of 3/23 Session B
1. Graphic Organizer Body paragraph 2
2. Body paragraph 2 with topic sentence underlined
Week of 3/23 Session C
1. Graphic Organizer Conclusion
2. Conclusion paragraph with restated thesis underlined
3. Completed Warm Up
Week of 3/30 Session A
1. Springboard page 265 - 266 numbers 1-4.
2. RACES short answer response paragraph to the question "What are three important points about Shakespeare's life?"
Week of 3/30 Session B
1. Eight poetry blocks 1- 8 with an example lyric from your favorite music and an explanation.
Week of 3/30 Session C
1. Seven poetry blocks 9 - 15 with an example lyric from your favorite music and an explanation.
Week of 4/13 Session A
Have mastered the three quizlets
Sound Devices & Poetry Mechanics: https://quizlet.com/_898u02?x=1qqt&i=26dvyd
Figurative Language: https://quizlet.com/_898t94?x=1qqt&i=26dvyd
Types of Poems: https://quizlet.com/_898s56?x=1qqt&i=26dvyd
Week of 4/13 Session B
Poetry Flip Book Page 1: Write a test with an answer key of your 15 Poetry Terms
Week of 4/20 Session A
Poetry Flip Book Page 2: Write an Ode
Week of 4/20 Session B
Poetry Flip Book Page 3: Write two Haikus
Week of 4/27 Session A
Poetry Flip Book Page 4: Write a Sonnet
Week of 4/27 Session B
Poetry Flip Book Page 5: Write a Song
Week of 5/4 Session A
Poetry Flip Book Page 6: Write a Free Verse
Week of 5/4 Session B
Record your Free Verse on the Flipgrid Link and comment on five other students' poems
Week of 5/11 Session A
Watch the recap of the plot and two scenes from Julius Caesar along the explanation videos
Week of 5/11 Session B
Watch the two scenes from Julius Caesar and compare and contrast how different actors perform the same speech differently.
Last Session week of 5/18
Watch the scenes from Julius Caesar