Starting Act I- 2/27

Warm Up:
-Students will take the review quiz for Elizabethan Times
-This will be a formative assessment to determine the need for further remediation or enrichment

Work Session:
-Students will take notes on the family tree and organizational chart for the Montague and the Capulet families
-As a class we will discuss the characterization of the major characters
-As a class we will read and discuss the Prologue to the play
-We will discuss the spoilers inherent in the Prologue
-As a class we will begin reading Act I of Romeo and Juliet
-Students will break into their reading groups to read the last two scenes of the play

Summarizer:
-Students will summarize the events of Act I in three sentences or less on a sticky note
-These sticky notes will serve as today's Exit Ticket

Philosophical Chairs- 2/26

Warm Up:
-Students will take brief notes on subject-verb agreement
-Students will complete the accompanying grammar worksheet

Work Session:
-As an anticipatory activity, students will engage in Philosophical Chairs
-Each group will have to explain their position, as they side with emotionally charged statements relating to the overall themes explored in Romeo and Juliet
-Students will take brief notes on the background information they will need for Act I
-As a class we will read and discuss the Prologue
-Students will annotate the Prologue and identify plot structures (handout)

Summarizer:
-Completed Prologue handouts are due at the conclusion of class

Career Cruising Lesson and Common Assessment Performance Task- 2/25

-The class will meet in the Career Center for the first half of class as the guidance department conducts their Career Cruiser lessons
-The last portion of class will be spent as students complete the performance task for the common assessment

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