Post date: May 11, 2020 3:09:42 AM
Welcome back to our distance learning. All students were sent home with their Springboard books but also all hard copies will be attached to lessons to either print off, fill out online, or do on your own paper. Below we always list previous assignments in a check list to either keep until we return to hand in, take a picture of it and email or send via remind, or just email or share it to me. Please keep in mind that when sharing from your One Drive always have your name, date, and period at the top of the document so we can see to whom it belongs when we open it up or print it off.
In order to keep your Lexile and reading comprehension sharp make sure you are doing 30 mins of Reading Plus five days a week. We will be checking that lessons are being completed. Site Code = rpgriff1 & User name and password are your student number.
It is really important that students attempt to keep up with their Reading Plus and writing from this ELA class. If your student has not been keeping up please contact us as soon as possible so we can make sure he/she doesn't get behind.
How to access your One Drive from home:
Session A
Warm Up: What is a drama?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGG4jxvc_ps
Work Period: Scenes from Julius Caesar
Watch the following three scenes and their explanation videos
Review of the Plot:
In this TEDed animated short a quick breakdown of the story and history of Julius Caesar. This was the first play performed in Shakespeare's famous Globe theater
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgPymD-NBQU
Featured scenes from Julius Caesar:
Julius Caesar receives three warning in the play to be careful that there is a plot against him. Notice how in each scene he dismisses the claim that he is in immediate danger. This type of pride is known as Hubris and often the downfall of a character in classic Greek plays. The murder of Caesar lead to the downfall of the Roman Empire and it is often wondered throughout history what would have happened if Caesar had not been killed?
The three warnings to Caesar.
1. Beware the ides of March. The soothsayer, a blind fortune teller, warns Caesar during the middle of a big celebration parade.
Act 1, Scene 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G94Y1vz-8v4
Explanation video of the entire scene
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTDRyCulF2o
2. Calpernia's dream. Calpernia is Caesar's wife and the night before he is assassinated in the senate she has a dream and begs him not to go to the capital to work. One of the men who is in on the plot arrives early to walk with Caesar to the capital and convinces him that the dream is of good fortune and says that Caesar must go as there is a rumor that the senate will present Caesar with a crown.
Act 2, scene 2
Explanation video of the scene
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zP4w7ruu5BM&t=40s
3. Scroll from Artimidorus. A random character appears upon the steps of the capital with a scroll that lists every person who plots against Caesar and why. Artimidorus approaches Caesar on the steps of the capital just moments before Caesar is to be killed and urges him to read the scroll with all the names and the warning. Caesar claims Artimidorus must be crazy because he is so upset and passionate about the scroll and walks past up the steps to his death.
Act 2, Scene 3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fLpqtAULzg
Explanation video of the scene
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_Q6n5Y5Xfo&t=26s
Closer: TED Talks to Think about
Watch the video and do a quick write about what you learned in the talk. During the summers, I often spend some time trying to find TED talks that make me think about my world and challenge me in how I look at the world and approach problems. In this time, we have time to reflect so when we leave our isolation, and we will, perhaps these talks will help you go back out into the world with new perspectives.
Hip Hop and Shakespeare are explained in this awesome demonstration of how these two have so much in common. Do you recognize Sonnet 18 that he raps?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSbtkLA3GrY
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 three scenes from Julius Caesar along the explanation videos