Extended Metaphors and Act II- 10/8

Warm Up:
-Students will record the definition for extended metaphor into their interactive notebooks
-Students will view the clips of the "girl in the red coat" that appear frequently throughout Schindler's List
-Students will quickwrite responses to the clips and as a class we will discuss

Work Session: 
-Students will use the graphic organizer provided to them to review the main characters and events from Act I of Romeo and Juliet
-Students will be assigned speaking roles
-As a class we will read and discuss Act II, scenes 3 and 4
-Students will discuss the extended metaphors encountered in those scenes as they record them on their graphic organizer
-The graphic organizer will be attached to the interactive notebook
-If time permits students will break into their project groups and silently begin working on final drafts of all written work

Summarizer:
-Students will complete a 3-2-1 Countdown based on today's lesson

Today's Link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1VL-y9JHuI

Character, Theme, and The Wake Work Session-10/2

Warm Up:
-Students will take notes on character and theme, using the powerpoint presentation as a basis for these notes
-As a class we will complete the coached example from the COACH workbook
-Students will work on the lesson practice from the COACH workbooks
-We will correct and discuss the answers to these exercises

Work Session:
-The class will review the scenes we read yesterday using the scene adaptation activity
-Students will do this activity with their ten o'clock buddy
-Students will break into the small roles they have already been assigned for the Unit 2 performance task
-Students will use the classroom resources, the material they brought, and small groups will be given passes to the media center to work on their projects
-This activity will take most of the class time

Summarizer:
-Students will answer the Essential Question on a sticky note.
-This will serve as today's Exit Ticket

Painting Analysis Continued-10/1

Warm Up:
-Students will continue the notes we began yesterday on the major elements of dramatic literature
-Students will take a brief review quiz on these elements

Work Session:
-Students will complete the painting analysis activity we began yesterday
-As a class we will discuss the "blocking" for the balcony scene
-Students will read and annotate the setting chapter from How to Read Literature Like a Professor 
-As a class we will discuss the importance of setting in Act II, scene 1 of Romeo and Juliet
-After assigning roles students will begin reading and discussing Act II scene 1.
-Students will do quickwrites in their interactive notebook in which they identify references to celestial bodies in this scene
-If time permits students will share their responses to the quickwrite prompt

Summarizer:
-Students will complete a 3-2-1 Countdown based on today's lesson

Painting Analysis-9/30

Warm Up:
-Students will take notes on and discuss elements of dramatic literature, using the class powerpoint
-As a class we will do the coached example and discuss the correct answers
-Students will do the lesson example and the class will discuss the correct answers

Work Session:
-Students will be given an additional ten minutes to complete the Act I test we began Friday
-Students will be given ten additional minutes to complete the Queen Mab annotations and Facebook template assessments
-The class will watch the Act I portion of "Romeo + Juliet"
-Students will quickwrite responses to an analysis of the painting Romeo and Juliet by Antohony West
-Students will list all elements of the painting they can find, along with statements of tone and what they think is happening in the scene
-If time permits we will begin reading and discussing "the balcony scene" in Act II scene 1

Summarizer:
-Students will complete a 3-2-1 Countdown based on today's lesson

Act I Assessments- 9/27

Warm Up:
-Students will take the EOCT Practice Review Quiz on grammar usage

Work Session:
-Students will be taking the Act I Identification and Essay Test.
-This activity will take up most of the class period
-Students that finish early may continue work on the Queen Mab monologue annotations and Facebook template assessment
-If time permits we will complete our viewing and discussion of Act I of "Romeo + Juliet"\

Summarizer:
-Students will complete a 3-2-1 Countdown based on today's lesson

Comedy and Tragedy-9/26

Warm Up:
-Students will take notes on, and discuss, the differences between comedy and drama in dramatic literature
-Together we will do the coached example from the COACH workbooks
-Students will complete the independent practice in the COACH workbooks
-As a class we will discuss the correct answers for these exercises

Work Session:
-The class will review the events of the play so far through a brief review quiz
-As a class we will read and discuss Act I scenes iv-v of Romeo and Juliet
-Students will work with their 8 o'clock buddies to answer the critical reading questions on page 830 of the text, as well as a modern translation of either Mercutio's monologue in scene iv, or Romeo and Juliet's dialogue in scene v
-Completed translations will be shared with the entire class
-If time permits we will continue viewing and discussing the movie version of Act I

Summarizer:
-Students will complete a 3-2-1 Countdown based on today's lesson

Project Day- 9/25

NOTE:

-Due to the writing test that was proctored in the morning classes, we will be having a project day for the Romeo and Juliet- "The Wake" Unit 2 Performance Task introduced yesterday.

-The class will break into smaller subgroups, according to the task they signed up for yesterday, and begin working on very rough drafts of finished products for the wake.

-Students will also meet with the instructor for individual grade and project conferences.

=Students will be required to fill out a project checklist and bring this to their individual conference.