Date/Objectives | classwork and topics | Assignments for next class (unless otherwise stated) |
5/2/14 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.2.B extended definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples appropriate to the audience's knowledge of the topic. |
SSR - letter about quote/passage that has "resonance" the quality of a sound that stays loud, clear, and deep for a long time : a quality that makes something personally meaningful or important to someone
Examine and Understand Rubric compose a GOOD body paragraph
Role ofintros & conclusions.pdf |
complete essay on Of Mice and Men Final Copy due in Google Folder by class 5/6 |
5/6 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.4 |
RTI on Of Mice and Men
Essay Peer Read-Alouds - titled too
How important is finding your true love to your vision of future happiness? Create class list most important qualities -- create google survey |
Listen to or READ the TED talk on the addictive nature of love http://www.npr.org/2014/04/25/301824760/what-happens-to-our-brain-when-we-re-in-love THEN write YOUR thoughts, in a paragraph titled "Thoughts on Love" in which you clearly refer to details from the TED talk. 150 words MIN.
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5/8 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.9-10.3
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SSR
Create and then later Take Google Survey on what we want in a partner...
Why are we so obsessed with love? Discuss/Quiz on TED talk
In groups, create a Mind Map of all the words and phrases that you can think of that are to do with love. Then, divide them into ‘negative’ and ‘positive’ halves. Does every group have the same number of negative or positive terms? Do different groups have different ideas about love?
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Survey: For BLOCK 1: https://docs.google.com/a/rsd6.org/forms/d/14dc7PAZAIQk98k0MEEIKW 6cOn3G0LTSKB9T5F1JnjlQ/viewform
For BLOCK 4: https://docs.google.com/a/rsd6.org/forms/d/1XGeNC-7gtqCvu188K1CcrWSWmIXIXvx99w9tcMl4Z30/viewform
Get parent(s) to take google survey on future spouse/match WITH you there. Then write about any differences / why there are differences -- feel free to talk to them about this.
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5/12 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.9-10.6 |
SSR - BOOK REVIEWS due FRIDAY
Getting ready forRomeo and Juliet Phrases we know that Shakespeare Penned
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Watch the clip on Romeo and Juliet a la John Green - yeah, THAT John Green
You will want to watch it 2-3 times or PAUSE frequently -- come to class with notes on 4 of the listed areas...
Write sentences for each word:
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5/14 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.4 By the end of grade 9, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 9-10 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.
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SSR
Annotate it!
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5/16 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.9-10.1 |
SSR - BIRST BOOK REVIEW OF QUARTER DUE ON SHELFARI! Next book review will be a trailer...
Vocab Survivor with Vocabulary Acts I and II Prologue practice
15 minute R&J: mini-groups enact sections of R&J so we don't need to worry about PLOT |
Complete the second part of the "The Prologue" document -- replace the crossed out words with your own :) You have the document in your folder AND have already added the pictures, right?!
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5/20 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.5 |
SSR Prologue Practice
Act I. scene i setting the stage -- Boyz Pickin Fights...and falling in Luv parents making matches...
Closer examination of scenes i & ii
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5/22 |
SSR 5 minute stories -- in 5 minutes, pairs use as many Vocabulary Acts I and II words CORRECTLY as possible in a COHERENT story
Prologue practice Romeo as classic courtly lover -- remember our TED talk about love? Juliet as the dutiful daughter -- arranged marriages
I.ii. start @ line 45 ... Servant, Romeo, and Benvolio I.iv - going to the party! Meet Mercutio; foreshadow Romeo's fate...
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Watch from 24:50 to 40:58 (through I.v.) |
2/27 Analyze how an author's choices concerning how to structure a text, order events within it (e.g., parallel plots), and manipulate time (e.g., pacing, flashbacks) create such effects as mystery, tension, or surprise. |
SSR Book Trailers I.v. Party scene as awesome drama -- Who wants what in this scene? -Capulet? Romeo? Benvolio? Tybalt? Juliet? Paris? Nurse?
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40:58 - 56:32 |
5/29 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.1 |
Quia Quiz for Research Purposes (no you're not lab rats, but...) AND R&J Act I quiz: http://www.quia.com/quiz/4231938.html
SSR More about book trailers
sample book trailers
II.ii imagery -- analyzing what R's and J's imagery tells us about their hopes/fears... BBC R&J II. iii 56:32 - 1:11:05
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Create a google doc labelled Imagery in R&J --write a paragraph about EITHER Romeo's or Juliet's imagery USING evidence from the text. Do NOT forget to cite it (II.ii.#) where # stands for LINE number(s)
Watch BBC Video 1:11:05 - 1:18:33 (finish Act II)
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6/2 |
SSR review paragraphs -- topic sentences and embedding text Finish ACT II (scenes v& vi BBC Video 1:11:06 Both Juliet's Phaeton reference and Romeo's love-devouring death line = DRAMATIC IRONY start III |
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6/4 |
SSR ACT III, start IV |
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6/6 |
SSR ACT IV |
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6/12 |
Book Trailers shared
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