Common Assessment- 2/24

-Students will be taking the common assessment for the majority of class today
-Students that finish early may work on the vocabulary list assigned over the weekend.
-Completed assessments and vocabulary lists are due at the end of class

Introduction to Shakespeare- 2/21

Warm Up:
-Students will take brief notes on the elements of dramatic literature
-Students will complete practice exercises on these elements from the COACH workbook

Work Session:
-As a class we will discuss and take notes on the presentation entitled, "An Introduction to Shakespeare"
-Students will use the provided cloze notes to give them focus throughout the lesson
-Students will use BYOD devices to find definitions for the vocabulary list at the conclusion of the lesson

Summarizer:
-Students will work on the vocabulary list for their homework over the weekend

Soliloquy, Monologue, and Literary Foil- 2/20

Warm Up:
-Students will take notes on the use of appositives and different sentence types
-Students will complete a practice exercise from EOCT-related sentences on the smartboard

Work Session:
-As a class we will discuss and take notes on Shakespearean soliloquies, monologues, and literary foils
-Examples from popular movies and television shows will be shown to illustrate this
-Students will complete a Four Panels assessment to show mastery of these skills
-Four Panels are due at the end of class

Summarizer:
-Students will turn in completed Four Panels for today's formative assessment

Comma Usage and Study Island- 2/19

Warm Up:
-Students will take notes and discuss comma usage in informational writing
-Students will transpose a paragraph from the front board, and place the correct commas for practice
-This paragraph will be turned in as a formative assessment

Work Session:
-Students will be in the department computer lab for the remainder of class
-Students will be working on the Study Island extra credit project
-Students will use the schedule they received before the Winter Break to gauge their progress

Summarizer:
-Students will write a reflection of where they are in the Study Island learning modules, as well as what they think they need to do to get the first part of the program complete by the first deadline

Unit 1 Test and Elizabethan Life- 2/10

Warm Up:
-Students will be given time to pair with their learning partner from Friday
-Student pairs will play two rounds of Vocabulary Battleship, using the literary terms from unit 1 for the focus

Wok Session:
-Students will take the comprehensive unit 1 test
-As this is a summative assessment, worth 150 Reading and Literature points, students will be given the majority of class to complete the test
-Students that finish early will read the article on Elizabethan Life and complete the accompanying graphic organizer

Summarizer:
-Students will complete the article annotations and graphic organizer for today's Exit Ticket.

Study Island- 2/7

Warm Up:
-Students will receive the extra credit schedule for Study Island today
-Students have the opportunity to complement their grade by the successful  completion of this task by the end of Spring

Work Session:
-Students will be working in the department computer lab today as they progress through the learning modules for Study Island
-The instructor will be having individual grade conferences and interactive notebook checks while students work
-This will take the entirety of class

Summarizer:
-Students should complete the Reading and Literature module by the end of class today

Unit 1 Performance Task- 2/6

Warm Up:
-Students will complete the practice reading comprehension questions from the final section of the pretest for the COACH workbooks

Work Session:
-Students will utilize most of class time completing the performance task for unit 1
-In this performance task students will create propaganda posters for "Red Card"
-Students are required to create an original symbol that illustrates the idea behind the program, as well as write copy for the ad
-Final drafts for this will be due at the end of class
-If time permits students will view an episode of "Twilight Zone" to identify literary devices covered in the unit

Summarizer:
-Students will turn in completed performance tasks
-Class time is maximized to complete this task