Week 32: Apr 30–May 4
5/3 – THURSDAY
1. First Period: Review Comparing Text Chart for Midsummer – Handout
• Complete for homework
2. All Periods: STAR Test Review Sheet
• Use ELA Notebooks, dictionary, and/or literature book to define
various literary, poetic, writing, and grammatical terms.
HW: 1º: Finish Comparing Text Chart
ALL Periods: Finish STAR Test Review Sheet
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5/2 – WEDNESDAY
1. Read Midsummer Act 3.2
• Read and act out character roles
HW: IR
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5/1 – TUESDAY
1. Read Midsummer Act 3.2
• Read and summarize plot events and character relationships.
HW: IR
Week 31: Apr 23–27
4/24 – TUESDAY
1. Subtext Acting Exercise – Handout
• Listen to variations of the same phrase/words
• Identify the different subtext of each
2. Read Midsummer 2.2.33-163
• Read as a class
• Focus on emphasis and inflection when reading
HW: Read up to 2.2.163 in
Midsummer (until end of scene)
Complete Dreams Writing Assignment – read handout
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4/23 – MONDAY
1. Subtext, Emphasis, and Inflection Notes – Handout
• Class discussion
• Worksheet activity
2. Read Midsummer 2.1.195-276
• Read as a class
• Focus on emphasis and inflection when reading
HW: Objective/Subtext Worksheet for 2.1.195-276
Complete front and back
Week 30: Apr 16–20
4/20 – FRIDAY
1. Titania's Story
• Read Act 2.1.125-142
2. Acting Companies: Scene Work #2
• Find poetic devices in Titania's story
HW: None
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4/19 – THURSDAY
1. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS:
• Bring your Midsummer book to class EVERYDAY
• Show me your late Sprink Break iSearch Assignment for late credit
• Bring tissue boxes to class for a few extra credit points!
• Turn in your behavior contract to your Advisory period
• Record your word count total
2. A Midsummer Night's Dream movies
• Watch selected scenes from Act 2, Scene 1
3. Language handout
• Identify unknown words
• Discuss definitions, translate phrases into modern-day language
HW: Read Midsummer Act 2, Scene 1, Lines 62-194 (2.1.62-194)
Assignment:
• Write out lines 125-142 in your English Notebook or on binder paper
• Circle or underline words you don't understand
• Write two sentences that summarize what you read
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4/18 – WEDNESDAY
1. Acting Companies: Scene Work #1
• Read 2.1.1-61 in group
• Complete scene work handout
HW: None!
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4/17 – TUESDAY
1. Read "Sneezles" by A.A. Milne – Handout
• Identify rhythm and strong beats
• "Walk out" the rhythm
2. Tetrameter and Pentameter Lines from Midsummer – Handout
• Read and identify rhythm
• "Visible Syllables" meter activity
HW: IR
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4/16 – MONDAY
1. First Period Only: Set Up Acting Companies
• Get in to groups
• Review folder documents
2. All Periods: iSearch Spring Break Assignment Check
• Source #1 Bibliography and Notes
• Reflection #1 and #2
HW: IR
Week 29: Apr 2–6
4/4 – THURSDAY
1. iSearch Overview
• Overview handout
• Example Topics handout
• Calendar
2. Brainstorming Topics
• Topic Selection handout
• Work on in class, discuss ideas with teacher
HW: Finish iSearch Topic Selection handout (come up with 4 possible options!)
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4/4 – WEDNESDAY
1. Set Up "Acting Companies" for Midsummer
• Get into groups
• Decide on name, meeting place, order of directors, and sign
HW: IR
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4/3 – TUESDAY
1. Finish reading Midsummer Act 1, Scene 1
• Actors/"statues" act out dialogue & mood
• "Snake" reading around the room
HW: Create/draw a Character/Event Map for Act 1, Scene 1
• Write down the names of the characters and relationships between them
• For each character, write what he/she is feeling in this scene, and what his/her decisions or future plans are
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4/2 – MONDAY
1. "Tossing Lines" Activity
• From Act 1, Scene 1
2. Begin reading Midsummer Act 1, Scene 1
• "Snake" reading around the room
HW: None
Week 28: Mar 26–30
3/29 – FRIDAY
1. Review Homework: Midsummer Act 1, Scene 2 Questions Chart
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3/28 – THURSDAY
1. Finish Midsummer Act 1, Scene 2
2. Complete Chart: Questions about Act 1, Scene 2
• Handout
HW: Finish chart
Extra credit poem – due tomorrow
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3/27 – WEDNESDAY
1. IR Check
2. Finish Shakespeare's Life and Work Presentation
• Finish filling out notes
3. A Midsummer Night's Dream Character Map
• Handout
• Discuss characters and beginning plot events
4. Read Midsummer Act 1 Scene 2
• Handout
• Assign parts
HW: Finish all late work – turn in tomorrow
Update English notebook and reading log – turn in tomorrow
Extra credit poem – due Friday
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3/27 – TUESDAY
1. IR Check
2. Shakespeare Bingo
• Test your current knowledge of Shakespeare
3. Shakespeare's Life and Work
• Powerpoint presentation
• Fill out notes/worksheet that goes with it
HW: Independent Reading
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3/26 – MONDAY
1. Shakespeare Brainstorming Activities
2. "You're Quoting Shakespeare"
3. Check out books from library: A Midsummer Night's Dream
HW: Independent Reading
Week 27: Mar 19–23
3/23 – FRIDAY
1. "Change" Poem Fast Write & Discussion
2. In-Class Work
• Change poem
• Make-up assignments
3. Discuss grades with individual students
HW: Change Poem due MONDAY
Requirements:
• One page in length
• Free verse (or rhyme if you want)
• Needs to have theme of "change" — change something big about the world, or something small about yourself
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3/22 – THURSDAY
1. Turn in Final Foldables
2. Unit 4 Word Parts Quiz
3. Gather Haiku from homework, discuss
4. Assign/Discuss Change poem
5. Listen to & read lyrics for change songs
• "Changes" by 2Pac
• "Man in the Mirror" by Michael Jackson
HW: Independent Reading
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3/21 – WEDNESDAY
1. Foldables Check 2
• Check for total completion and story on back
2. In-Class Haiku Activity
• Write haikus on board and discuss
HW: Use Foldables to study for Word Parts Quiz tomorrow!
Finish Haiku word parts worksheet
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3/20 – TUESDAY — MINIMUM DAY
1. Check Foldables homework
2. Finish Foldables in class
HW: Finish Final Foldables and write story on the back
Story should include eight example words with the eight different word parts
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3/19 – MONDAY
1. Word Parts Brainstorming Activity
2. Assemble Foldables
• Create, assemble, glue Foldables
• Begin writing word parts, definitons
HW: Finish 4 out of 8 word parts (include word part, meaning, example words, sentence, focus doodle)
Week 26: Mar 12–16
3/16 – FRIDAY
Take Unit 4 Poetry Test
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3/15 – THURSDAY
1. Jeopardy Review Game for Poetry Test
2. Work on Poetry Test Study Guide
HW: Study Guide due tomorrow
Study for your test tomorrow!
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3/14 – WEDNESDAY
1. Writing Metaphors/Similes Game
2. Unit 4: Poetry Test Study Guide – Handout
• due on Friday
HW: Independent Reading
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3/13 – TUESDAY
1. Turn in Object Poem Final Draft
• Gather all process papers and turn in with final
2. Correct ungraded Poetic Terms Quiz
• Use quiz/corrected definitions to study for test on Friday
3. "Sonnet #18" by William Shakespeare — Handout
• Read sonnet
• Paraphrase in groups and identify meter (rhythmic pattern)
• Walk out meter
HW: Independent Reading
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3/12 – MONDAY
1. Rough Draft Review — Handout
• Review rough draft of object poem
• Fill out poem review sheet
2. Poetry Terms Check for Understanding
• Ungraded quiz
HW: OBJECT POEM FINAL DRAFT DUE TOMORROW
Also turn in your process papers:
• Interviewing Poets Sheet
• Fast Write
• 7 Step Process / Poem Assignment Sheet
• 4 x 4 Word Gathering Sheet
• Poem Review Sheet (review for rough draft)
Week 25: Mar 5–9
3/9 – FRIDAY
1. "Ode to Enchanted Light" by Pablo Neruda — Handout
• Read poem
• Identify and analyze: metaphor, simile, alliteration, poet's attitude toward nature
2. Begin rough draft of Object Poem
• Write at least 5 lines
2. All Periods: Cash in Class Points!
• 10 minutes of free time/game
HW: Complete your rough draft of your object poem. Write at least 15 lines. Come prepared to class on Monday with your rough draft. To help you, use your "idea bank" which consists of:
• Fast Wrtie
• 7 Step Process / Poem Assignment Sheet
• 4 x 4 Word Gathering Sheet
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3/8 – THURSDAY
1. Review 7 Steps Process (last night's homework)
• Review example
• Peer review: Underline descriptive words/phrases in your peers' answers
• Self review: Circle your best descriptive words/phrases
2. 4 x 4 Word Gathering Sheet — Handout
• View example
• Write down additional words for describing your object
HW: IR
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3/7 – WEDNESDAY
1. Interviewing Poets – Handout
• Share your objects in groups
• Interview other students about their objects and the significance
2. Object Poem Assignment Sheet and 7 Step Process — Handout
• Review assignment requirements
• Read example poems
HW: IR
Finish 7 Step Process for object
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3/6 – TUESDAY
1. Avoiding Clichés – Review notes in "Writing Your Own Poetry" packet
2. Transforming Clichés into Original Metaphors/Similes — Handout
• Group Activity: Compete with other groups to come up with the most original metaphor/simile
3. Fast Write for personal object
• Brainstorming for Object Poem
HW: IR
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3/5 – MONDAY
1. Notes on Poetic Meter and Foot – in English Notebook
2. "Ode to Hot Sauce" and "Ode to My Dad" – Handout
"Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" – Handout
• Identify meter and foot of poems as a class and in small groups
HW: - IR
- Bring an item that is special to you to class tomorrow. You will be writing a poem about this object.
If the object is expensive or too large to fit in your backpack or locker, DON'T bring it. Draw a picture and bring that instead.
Week 24: Feb 27 – Mar 2
3/2 – FRIDAY
1. "Using Interesting Words" – Worksheet in Writing Your Own Poetry Packet
• Review notes
• Work in groups
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3/1 – THURSDAY
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2/29 – WEDNESDAY
1. Structure of Poetry — Quiz 2
2. Analytical Paragraph for "Harlem" by Langston Hughes – Handout
• Example worksheet: Annotate poem, take notes, write paragraph for "Dreams" – done for you
• Use example to annotate poem, take notes, write your own paragraph for "Harlem"
HW: IR and finish paragraph
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2/28 – TUESDAY
CVHS Counselors Presentations
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2/27 – MONDAY
1. Painting a Poem In-Class Activity – Handout
Week 23: Feb 20-24
2/25 – FRIDAY
1. Review "Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind"
• 1º and 2º: Review paraphrasing chart from last night's HW
• 5º: Do paraphrasing chart in groups, review as class.
2. "Dreams" by Langston Hughes — Handout
• Read & annotate poem
• 1º and 2º Write your own metaphor poem using poem frame
HW: Have a great weekend!
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2/23 – THURSDAY
1. Review "Jimmy Jet and His TV Set" and "For Sale" by Shel Silverstein
• Listen to recordings of poems
• "Jimmy Jet" video
• Handout: Identifying Narrative and Lyric Poems
2. "Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind" by William Shakespeare — Handout
Read poem and discuss Paraphrasing Chart on back of handout
HW: IR
Finish Paraphrasing Chart for "Winter Wind"
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2/22 – WEDNESDAY
1. Review Homework
2. Types of Poetry Notes — Glue Handout in English Notebook
3. "Jimmy Jet and His TV Set" and "For Sale" by Shel Silverstein
• Read both poems
• "Jimmy Jet" video
HW: IR
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2/21 – TUESDAY
1. Elements of Poetry Quiz 1
Figurative Language and Sound Devices
2. Structure of Poetry Notes — Glue Handout in English Notebook
3. "Paul Revere's Ride" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Read and complete worksheet
HW: IR
Finish Poem Worksheet
Bio Poem due TOMORROW
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2/20 – MONDAY
Presidents' Day – NO SCHOOL
Week 22: Feb 13-17
2/17 – FRIDAY
1. Review "The City Is So Big" and "Harlem Night Song" — Annotate and Take Notes
2. Bio Poem Project — Handout
HW: None!
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2/16 – THURSDAY
1. Finish reviewing Elements of Poetry Notes — Glue in English Notebook
2. Metaphor Practice / Chart — Handout
3. How to Approach a Poem — Glue handout in English Notebook
4. "Harlem Night Song" by Langston Hughes — Handout (also on p. 677 in Literature Book)
"The City Is So Big" by Richard García — Handout (also on p. 678 in Literature Book
HW: Independent Reading
Finish Metaphor Chart / Worksheet
Finish worksheets for both "city" poems
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2/15 – WEDNESDAY
1. Review "Music As Poetry" Worksheet — Handout
2. Vocab Matching Game: Elements of Poetry — Group Activity
3. Elements of Poetry: Figurative Language and Sound Devices — Glue handout/notes in English Notebook
HW: Independent Reading
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2/14 – TUESDAY
Happy Valentine's Day <3
1. Music as Poetry Activity – Song & Handout
2. Cash in Group/Individual Points for Prizes :)
HW: Finish "Music as Poetry" Handout
Independent Reading
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2/13 – MONDAY
1. Poetry Anticipation Activity
2. Poetry Notes: Definition and Aspects of a Poem – Glue Handout in English Notebook
HW: Independent Reading
Week 21: Feb 6-10
2/10 – FRIDAY
Unit 3 Test: Non-Ficiton
HW: Have a good weekend!
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2/9 – THURSDAY
1. Homework Check/Read
2. Correct Homework Worksheets
3. Unit 3 Review Game – Handout
HW: Study for Unit 3 Test on Non-Fiction!!
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2/8 – WEDNESDAY
1. IR Check/Read
2. Conjunctions & Subordinating Conjunctions (5º only) – Notes in English Notebook
3. Unit 3 — Stuff to Know! – Handout
4. Unit 3 Vocabulary Chart – Handout
HW: "Main Idea" of an Article – Handout
Grammar Practice – Handout
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2/7 – TUESDAY
School-Wide ELA Writing Assessment – In Class
HW: IR
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2/6 – MONDAY
1. Independent Reading / Return Student Persuasive Essays
2. Grammar: Articles – Notes in English Notebook
3. Non-Fiction Methods of Organization – Notes in English Notebook
4. Groupwork: Essay Dos and Don'ts
HW: Prepare for your Writing Assessment tomorrow! Come to class with paper and pen.
1/30 – MONDAY
1. Mid-Year Reflection
2. Word Parts II: Roots
3. Timed Practice Outline
HW: Independent Reading
Week 19: Jan 23-27
1/27 – FRIDAY (minimum day)
1. IR Check
2. In-Class Groupwork: Practice Outlines
Finish outline and submit for grade
HW: None!
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1/26 – THURSDAY (minimum day)
1. IR Check
2. In-Class Groupwork: Practice Outlines
HW: IR
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1/25 – WEDNESDAY
1. IR Check
2. Outline "Mini-Quiz"
3. Finish Sub-Thesis vs. Evidence Practice (handout)
HW: IR and update your reading log
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1/24 – TUESDAY
1. Turn in Final Essays
2. Outline "Mini-Quiz"
3. Sub-Thesis vs. Evidence Practice (handout)
HW: IR and study for your Outline Quiz tomorrow
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1/23 – MONDAY
1. Stamp Rough Draft
2. Peer Review Activity & Handout
3. Self-Evaluation
4. Discuss Turning in Your Final Essay
HW: Complete your Self-Evaluation
Finish Final Draft
Assemble Packet (Final Draft, Rough Draft, Outline, Self-Evaluation, Peer Review Sheets)
NO IR!
Week 18: Jan 17-20
1/20 – FRIDAY
1. IR Check
2. Roots and Suffixes Chart and Notes
3. Writers' Workshop: Begin Rough Draft of Persuasive Essay
HW: Finish rough draft—come to class prepared to share it on Monday.
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1/19 – THURSDAY
1. IR and Outline check
2. Practice Outline – write together as a class
3. Revise your own Outline
HW: Revise your outline (be prepared to write your rough draft in class tomorrow!)
Independent Reading
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1/18 – WEDNESDAY
1. IR Check
2. Persuasive Vocabulary Quiz
3. Discuss essay prompt & outlines
HW: Independent Reading
Outline for persuasive essay
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1/17 – TUESDAY
1. IR and return papers
2. Persuasive Writing Packets
3. Analyze & label example essay
HW: Independent Reading
Study for the Persuasive Vocabulary Quiz TOMORROW
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1/16 – MONDAY
No School – Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
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Week 17: Jan 9–13
1/13 – FRIDAY
1. IR Check
2. Flyswatter Vocab Game!
HW: Persuasive Vocabulary Quiz is next Wednesday, Jan. 18
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1/12 – THURSDAY
1. Discuss/Share Rhetorical Devices Homework
2. Ethos, Pathos, Logos Presentation & Activity
HW: Independent Reading
The persuasive vocabulary quiz that was scheduled for tomorrow is postponed until next week.
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1/11 – WEDNESDAY
1. Collect Connotations worksheet and article questions/answers
2. Review persuasive vocab and dialogue (examples and handout)
3. Notes on Rhetorical Devices (glue hand out in English notebook)
HW: You are trying to persuade your parents to allow you to get a pet. Write a sentence that uses each rhetorical
device that we discussed in class. You will have 7 sentences total. Use your notes for help. Please email me
if you have any questions!
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1/10 – TUESDAY (Minimum Day)
1. Check IR and Justin Bieber article questions
2. Positive & Negative Connotations (examples and handout)
3. "Bias" Essay Handout (see English notebook for your period’s notes)
HW: Finish Connotations worksheet
Read "Bias" essay and answer questions
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1/9 – MONDAY
1. Quick Write: School Grant
2. Evaluating an Essay – Vocab (paste handout in your English notebook)
3. Justin Bieber article
- Read
article
- Answer
questions from handout
HW: IR and finish article questions
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Week 16: Jan 3–6
1/3 – TUESDAY
1. Winter break quick write
2. Review Types of Non-Fiction (see English notebook for your period’s notes)
HW: IR
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1/4 – WEDNESDAY
1. Tone Notes (See English notebook for
your period’s notes)
2. Blog by Andrew Mishkin – Individual student work
- p.
467-472 in red Literature book
- Tone,
Topic, Text chart
HW: IR, Finish
reading Mishkin blog, finish chart
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1/5 – THURSDAY
1. Discuss Tone chart
- Stamp
for credit, discuss in groups, turn in
2. Connotation Presentation
- Fill
out Denotation/Connotation worksheet, glue in English notebook
HW: IR and study for
quiz
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1/6 – FRIDAY
1. Non-Fiction Quiz
2. Connotation Gradient Project
- Discuss
project and assignment sheet, begin work in class
HW: Finish project –
due Monday