May 31, 2013 lesson plans

Pds. 1 & 6:

Continued reading the play:

Pd 1 – read to ACT 3, SCENE 2, Claudio, “Disloyal?”

Pd. 6 – continued reading Act 2 - read from Don John, “Only to despite them…” to Act 2, scene 3, Beatrice’s entrance

Thank you (formal letter; follow template in hdbk) due Monday; bring stamped business envelope addressed to mentor – last item for sr. project completion



Pds. 3, 4 & 5:

Fact sheets need to be completed this wkend (bio., lit. criticisms on poet and poem, historical context, geographical context & definitions, as applies)

Intro. para. (engaging opener, essential info. –quoted title, poet’s name, bio. facts of relevancy with citations & thesis (theme) 2 body paras. (1 – form/structure & speaker/occasion; 2 – figurative devices identified & interpreted)due for Monday (typed or hdwritten)

Continued practicing fig. devices with “The Dawn’s Awake”

May 30, 2013 lesson plans

Pds. 1 & 6:

Thank you (formal letter; follow template in hdbk) due tomorrow or Monday; bring stamped business envelope addressed to mentor – last item for sr. project completion

Growth benchmark completed (if absent, schedule asap; available 0 pd.)

Returned senior board critiques and scores



Pds. 3, 4 & 5:

Applied yesterday’s discussion/notes on fig. language to poems - A LADY with questions completed;

Next, distributed “Using Modern Language Association” packet (blue colored) – READ & follow EXACTLY TO DRAFT FINAL RESEARCH PAPER

Homework - tonight should be the last day of researching bio. facts and lit. criticisms on poet and your poem (remember, get as many rich facts as you can!!) because tomorrow you should begin drafting the research intro. and begin poem analysis per STEPS taught/discussed in class

See me if you need more fact sheets

May 29, 2013 lesson plans

Pds. 1 & 6:

Pd. 1 – Act 2 quiz

Pd. 6 – continued reading Act 2 - read from Act 2, scene 1, Prince, “Your silence most offends me,…” to Don John, “Only to despite them…”

Senior Boards today – minimum day



Pds. 3, 4 & 5:

What to do for the intro. of the research paper? – 3 parts: engaging opener (see writing notes), essential info. (quote title, full name of poet & rich/relevant bio. facts with citation(s)) & thesis (identify theme of poem; may want to include speaker & occasion here; if not, put speaker & occasion in first body para)

1st body para – begin with step 1 (lines/stanzas identified); then step 2 – (speaker & occasion – be detailed and specific here as to who, where, when, etc.); then step 3 (fig. devices identified and explained); START MARKING/ANNOTATING YOUR PRINT COPY OF YOUR POEM FOR THESE!!

Homework – keep searching online/electronic (no Wikipedia) sources and print sources for rich/relevant bio. & lit. criticisms on poem & poet; record facts and MLA biblio accurately on FACT SHEETS (will have to submit all fact sheets with final research paper to prove you wrote your own paper); see me if you need more fact sheets

May 28, 2013 lesson plans

Pds. 1 & 6:

Continued with reading of act 2

Pd. 1 – finished Act 2 with quiz tomorrow

Pd. 6 – read to Act 2, scene 1, Prince, “Your silence most offends me,…”

Are you starting the one sheet?

Times given for sr. project speeches; must check in with me in library 15 min. prior to presentation time! (if absent, see me asap)



Pds. 3, 4, & 5:

Research project – due next fri., 6/7 by 3 pm whether in attendance or absent, must include a minimum of 1 print source with citation & 1 electronic source with citation (MLA format; 12 pt. font), includes poet (rich bio. info.) and poem with rich analysis of all poetry devices

PLEASE USE EDHS.ORG (LIBRARY – DATABASES; THEY GIVE THE MLA BIBLIOGRAPHY CITATION FOR YOU!!! COPY EXACTLY ONTO FACT SHEETS

Memorize poem for dramatic reading – begins randomly next wed., 6/5; everyone be ready

Bring a print copy of your poem by tomorrow
  
See me if you need more fact sheets

Figurative devices discussed with powerpoint and notes/examples given (if absent, schedule to see powerpoint – a must to get them & search for in every line of your poem)

May 24, 2013 lesson plans

Pds. 1 & 6:

Continued with Much Ado

Act 1 quiz completed (yes, pd. 1 got it back to revisit so schedule if absent; if absent, in pd. 6 must complete)

Pd. 1 only – read to end of dance dialogue with Beatrice & Benedick

Please go to your presentation room today or no later than Tuesday to set up/get logistics for your senior boards



Pds. 3,4 & 5:

Library day – spent time locating biographical facts on poet (record on fact sheets & document bibliographical information accurately & thoroughly – use MLA blue sheet too for guidelines on biblio. info. per print & electronic sources)

May 23, 2013 lesson plans

Pds. 1 & 6:

Please go to your presentation room today, tomorrow or no later than Tuesday to set up/get logistics for your senior boards

Continued reading Much Ado: pd. 1 – read to end of scene 1; Pd. 6 – to line 184, Claudio in scene 1, “…sweetest lady that I ever looked on.”



Pds. 3, 4 & 5:

2nd day of library research – TODAY MUST CONFIRM POET AND POEM (used poets. Org & poemhunter.com) for research paper assignment (if absent, search websites, email me poem and poet (poem must have some length with fig. & sound devices in it to analyze & will do dramatic rdg. of it)

May 22, 2013 lesson plans

Pds. 1 & 6:

Began Much Ado About Nothing

Distributed Act 1 & 2 crit. rdg. guide (complete daily; tool to create one sheet for play and review for quizzes and exam

Pd. 1 – read to Line 131 , Benedick, “God keep your ladyship…”;

Pd. 6 – to Don Pedro’s entrance



Pds. 3, 4 & 5:

Poetry Notes – Steps 1 & 2 on form/structure, lines, stanzas & title, denotation, connotation (IF ABSENT, A MUST TO GET THESE FROM A PEER ASAP)

Read “Cross” by Langston Hughes (download from google if absent) with application of steps 1 & 2 with discussion

May 21, 2013 lesson plans

Pds. 1 & 6:

Last day to practice senior project speeches for tomorrow’s practice with sr. facilitators

Incorporation of technology/visual component (are we all downloaded?)

Speeches rehearsed (no cards) too?

Start Much Ado About Nothing tomorrow – bring text



Pds. 3, 4 & 5:

Distributed hdout of prepoem survey & “A Poem” (if absent, see me asap; not in yellow tray)

Completed survey with brief discussion of responses

Groups read “A Poem”, answered questions & shared per group dramatic readings

No homework assigned

May 17, 2013 lesson plans

Pds. 1 & 6:

Continued speeches - due with powerpt. next wed. for senior facilitator



Pds. 3, 4 & 6:

Submit poem – staple sheet that includes recorded phrases from the movie & highlight on it the phrase used in the poem

Powerpt. on types of poems using music (if absent, available 0 pd. & lunch)

May 16, 2013 lesson plans

Pds. 1 & 6:

Continued senior project speeches (ok if not memorized; ok to use written copy; working on content perfection first; work on incorporating tech/visual component; everyone presents this week)

Website for powerpt – prezi.com

Upload ppt to u://ppt.google.docs

All books due by mid-week (Perrine, novels, novella, etc.)



Pds. 3, 4 & 5:

Discussion of “Oh Captain, My Captain” by Walt Whitman (online if absent)

Poetry notes begun & applied to Whitman poem (if absent, must get from a peer and relate to the poem)

Assigned creative writing poem for tomorrow – typed or hdwritten, title optional, minimum 1 quatrain, include rhyme scheme of couplets or alternating rhyme; consider speaker and occasion, include one phrase from “Dead Poets Society” list; staple list & highlight phrase on list & attach poem to it

May 15, 2013 lesson plans

Pds. 1 & 6:

Continued senior project speeches (ok if not memorized; ok to use written copy; working on content perfection first; work on incorporating tech/visual component; everyone presents this week)

Website for powerpt – prezi.com

Upload ppt to u://ppt.google.docs

All books due by mid-week (Perrine, novels, novella, etc.)



Pds. 3, 4 & 5:

Finished Dead Poets Society (if absent, available 0 pd. & lunch)

No homework

May 14, 2013 lesson plans

Begin senior project speeches (ok if not memorized; ok to use written copy for now; working on content perfection first; everyone presents this week to get ready to present to senior facilitator next wed.)

Website for powerpt – prezi.com

Upload ppt to u://ppt.google.docs

All books due by mid-week (Perrine, novels, novella, etc.)



Pds. 3 4, & 5:

Continued with Dead Poets Society (if absent, available at lunch or 0 pd.)

May 13, 2013 lesson plans

Pds. 1 & 6:

Continue working on senior project speeches

Submit books (Perrine, novels, novellas) by mid-week



Pds. 3, 4 & 5:

Dead Poets Society on video (if absent, available at lunch or 0 pd.)

May 10, 2013 lesson plans

Pds. 1 & 6:

Submit MC corrections (staple Scantron, responses & exam; turn in excerpt separately)

Submit Perrine’s responses

Submit Perrine’s text and other AP Lit books (no later than early next week to avoid debt notices)

Senior project boards overview discussed

Sr. project speeches discussed – due on Monday; typed or hdwritten



Pds. 3, 4 & 5:

Unit 9 vocab. quiz (schedule asap if absent; available 0 pd. prior to my 7:20 mtg. too)

Introduction to poetry given (if absent, please see me)

No homework

May 9, 2013 lesson plans

Pds. 1 & 6:

AP LIT EXAM

Bring session 2 responses, scantron, exam and excerpt summary for submission

Bring Perrine and novels you still have

Bring Perrine responses to questions

Tomorrow we prep senior project speech



Pds. 3, 4 & 5:

Returned Unit 9 vocab.

Finished draft of in class essay (if absent, available 0 pd. also; schedule asap please)

Homework – study unit 9 for quiz tomorrow

May 8, 2013 lesson plans

Pds. 1 & 6:

Review lit. in small groups – create mind maps

Review one last eve

Be here for brkfast – 6:30 to 7:25 please

By 5/20, please get a copy of Much Ado About Nothing

Bring MC test corrections – staple Scantron, corrections & exam copy; will collect excerpt summaries separate



Pds. 3, 4 & 5:

In class essay on The Great Gatsby (if absent, available 0 pd. too)

Submit Unit 9 vocab.

May 7, 2013 lesson plans

Pds. 1 & 6:

Brainstormed open ended prompt using Zeena and Mattie

Peer scoring of open ended drafts



Pds. 3, 4 & 5:

Finished in class group wksheet on history of a dream

Debriefed wksheet for setting up tomorrow’s in class only essay

Bring blue/black ink pen, comp. paper & your novel tomorrow for in class only essay please

Unit 9 vocab. due tomorrow

May 6, 2013 lesson plans

Pds. 1 & 6:

Debrief from Practice session 2 (if absent, see me asap please)

Practice session 1 – responses due today (staple Scantron, exam copy and responses together; submit excerpt summaries separately please)

Practice session 2 – corrections due on Thurs. morn



Pds. 3, 4 & 5:

In class group worksheet on History of a dream (prep for in class essay; if absent see me asap please)

Will draft in class essay tomorrow (bring novel, blue or black ink pen & composition paper please)

Unit 9 due on wed.

May 3, 2013 lesson plans

Pds. 1 & 6:

Poetry Review Record Sheet given (yellow sheet in red tray if absent, copy from a peer or see posted one on east wall)

Reviewed some basics based on the practice test essay scores

Discussion of 2 poems prompt – how to crit. read it and draft essay on both (if absent, in red tray)



Pds. 3, 4 & 5:

Unit 9 vocab. given (sent/defs/typed with part of speech due wed; quiz on fri)

Returned all 3 open book worksheets for completion (chrono. Of dream; color imagery & symbolism) - revisited and submitted for scoring (IF UNABLE TO FINISH ANY, COMPLETION TIME AVAILABLE PM TODAY OR AM, LUNCH AND PM ON MONDAY)

Homework – begin Unit 9 vocab. if procrastinator or busy schedule next week

May 2, 2013 lesson plans

STAR testing – day 3



Pds. 3 & 4 only:



Discussion of Am. Dream

Distributed chrono. Of Gatsby’s dream wksheet (in class only; available 0 pd. if absent)- begins prep for our Gatsby essay

May 1, 2013 lesson plans

STAR testing – day 2

Pd. 5 only:



Discussion of Am. Dream

Distributed chrono. Of Gatsby’s dream wksheet (in class only; available 0 pd. if absent)- begins prep for our Gatsby essay