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CP Brit Lit, April 15-19, 2019

4/15/2019

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File names in parentheses are NOT links. These are the names of the documents that may be found on the Google drive (in the Class Materials drop-down menu).
 
Monday
Standards: RL1, RL2, RL3, RL4, RL5, RL6
Activities:
  1. Introduce idea of rigid social divisions (Marxist social structure) that are pronounced in Victorian society and continue into the Modern period.
  2. Introduce idea of English being able to tell origin and social class of individuals based on accent alone.
  3. Begin watching My Fair Lady.
  4. Vocab 12 Syn/Ant.
 
Tuesday
Standards: RL1, RL2, RL3, RL4, RL5, RL6, RL7, RL10, SL1, L3, L4, L6
Activities:
  1. Intro to 17th/18th Century (take notes on text pages 464-474; Intro to 17th 18th Pearson Text pp464-474.pdf; Restoration and 18th Century.pptx): non-fiction, intellectual and scientific writing.
  2. Milton (475, 516-521; Milton.ppt; Fall of Satan Bible Verses.docx).
  3. Read/discuss from Paradise Lost (pp. 524-534; Milton Fall of Satan Pearson Text.pdf) (Paradise Lost NotesREV.doc).
  4. Vocab 12 CTS.
 
Wednesday
Standards: RL1, RL2, RL3, RL4, RL5, RL6, RL7, RL10, SL1, L3, L4, L6
Activities:
  1. Carpe Diem poetry: Marvell, 506, To His Coy Mistress (Marvell Coy Mistress Pearson Text.pdf) and Herrick, 510; To the Virgins (Herrick To the Virgins Pearson Text.pdf).
  2. Read aloud, answer MC Qs; then, discuss poetry.
  3. Satire Celebrity Revised.ppt.
  4. Intro to Parody vs. Satire (Satire and Parody.pptx; Satire Polluter Harmony Ad_ Peter & Janet's Story.mp4, Satire Loudness Equals Power - Onion Talks - Ep. 2.mp4, Satire RMR Budget 2010.mp4, Satire Airport Security rmr.mp4, Smell Like a Monster.mp4, Old Spice _ The Man Your Man Could Smell Like.mp4).
  5. If it looks familiar, it’s probably parody. Is there a serious message? If yes, it’s satire.
  6. Read & discuss sample article (Onion - Tips For Fixing The Nation.docx).
  7. Vocab 12 CTS.
 
Thursday
Standards: RL1, RL2, RL3, RL4, RL5, RL6, RL7, RL10, SL1, L3, L4, L6
Activities:
  1. Take up argument synthesis essays.
  2. A Modest Proposal – Lesson.pptx, slide 1 (Onion - Industrial Revolution Provides Millions Of Out.docx).
  3.  “The Rape of the Lock” skit and reading (Rape of the Lock Script.doc).
  4. “The Rape of the Lock” MC Qs and discuss.
  5. Read "A Modest Proposal" by Jonathan Swift (pp. 617-625).
  6. Answer the questions on the worksheet over the text (A Modest Proposal Wkst.docx).
  7. Group Work: analyze sections of Swift's satire - present this work to the class: A Modest Proposal Chunking Analysis.docx.
HW: College Prep: Finalize Vocab Journal #4 (units 10-12).
 
Friday
Standards: RL1, RL2, RL3, RL4, RL5, RL6, RL7, RL10, SL1, L3, L4, L6
Activities:
  1. College Prep: Hand in vocab journal #4 and begin vocab journal #5 (units 13-15), due May 8.
  2. Go over vocab.
  3. Present group analysis.
  4. Discuss warrant, audience, structure, ethos, pathos, and logos in “A Modest Proposal.”
  5. Assign satire essay and begin working: Due Apr. 25 (Modest Proposal Assignment Honors.docx; Modest Proposal Rubric Honors.docx).
Vocab 13 CTRW.
 
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College Prep Brit Lit, April 8-12, 2019

4/8/2019

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File names in parentheses are NOT links. These are the names of the documents that may be found on the Google drive (in the Class Materials drop-down menu).
 
Monday
Standards: RI1, RI2, RI3, RI4, RI5, RI6, RI7, RI9, W2, W4, W6, W7, W8, W10
  1. Hand in 5 Annotated Articles.
  2. Students write a paragraph that gives background of topic and establishes its validity. End with claim.
  3. Introductions (Essay Guide ver. 5, pp. 42-45).
  4. List the 2-5 key points you wish to make in your paper/divisions of paper.
  5. Review Outlining and Organizing Your Argument (Essay Guide ver. 5, pp. 46-53).
  6. Identify a Warrant and Counterclaim for your argument.
  7. Type up and hand in your Introduction and the Topic Sentence of each body paragraph (Steps 5 and 6 Sample Essay.docx).
  8. WITHOUT LOOKING AT YOUR ARTICLES, type a body paragraph to go with each of your topic sentences. You may use details from your research if you remember them, but you may not look them up. Just include what you remember.
  9. Vocab 11 CTRW.
 
Tuesday
Standards: RI1, RI2, RI3, RI4, RI5, RI6, RI7, RI9, W2, W4, W6, W7, W8, W10
  1. Essay Guide ver. 5, pp. 62-64; Steps 7 and 8 Sample Essay.docx; add a conclusion to your paper.
  2. Go over paraphrasing and citing paraphrases (Paraphrasing.ppt; Essay Guide ver. 5, pp. 64-72).
  3. Add citations for your paraphrased information.
  4. Go over when and what to quote. Discuss lead-ins, commentary, modifying quotes, citing quotes, examples (Essay Guide ver. 5, pp. 73-93).
  5. Select appropriate details to be quoted in the essay and begin creating lead-ins for the quoted material. Be sure to come to the lab tomorrow WITH A PLAN!
  6. Vocab 11 Syn/Ant.
 
Wednesday
Standards: RI1, RI2, RI3, RI4, RI5, RI6, RI7, RI9, W2, W4, W6, W7, W8, W10
  1. Add citations for paraphrases.
  2. Add quotations, lead-ins, commentary, citations.
  3. Add additional paraphrased and quoted material to your paper to fully develop your points.
  4. Vocab 11 CTS.
 
Thursday
Standards: RI1, RI2, RI3, RI4, RI5, RI6, RI7, RI9, W2, W4, W6, W7, W8, W10
  1. Review rules for scholarly essays (personal pronouns, abbreviations, contractions, numbers, etc.)
  2. LAST DAY IN LAB to finalize/complete essays.
  3. Vocab 11 CTS.
 
Friday
Standards: RL1, RL2, RL3, RL4, RL5, RL6, RL7, RL10, SL1, L3, L4, L6
Activities:
  1. Go over vocab.
  2. Introduce idea of rigid social divisions (Marxist social structure) that are pronounced in Victorian society and continue into the Modern period.
  3. Introduce idea of English being able to tell origin and social class of individuals based on accent alone.
  4. Begin watching My Fair Lady.
  5. Vocab 12 CTRW.
 
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​College Prep Brit Lit, March 25-29, 2019

3/25/2019

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File names in parentheses are NOT links. These are the names of the documents that may be found on the Google drive (in the Class Materials drop-down menu).
 
Monday
Standards: RI1, RI2, RI3, RI4, RI5, RI6, RI7, RI9, SL1, L3, L4
Activities:
  1. Go over vocab 9.
  2. SB, p. 257, “Creating Perspectives.”
  3. “Making Connections” (p. 260).
  4. Go over research paper details.
  5. Hand out detailed assignment documents (Argument Research Synthesis Essay FA18.doc; Research Deadlines and Points FA18 MCC.doc; Research paper rubric FA18.doc).
  6. Students may work alone or with 1-2 people on final paper.
  7. Introduce activity on p. 262 and watch 1st three segments (24.5 minutes) of https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/newswar/#video-3. (Clip: David Javerbaum News is Depressing.mp4).
  8. Groups, #4 and 5, p. 263.
  9. Discuss pp. 262.
HW: Vocab 10 CTRW.
 
Tuesday
Standards: RI1, RI2, RI3, RI4, RI5, RI6, RI7, RI9, W2, W4, W6, W7, W8, W10
Activities:
  1. Go over techniques for “Slanting the News” (p. 273) and assign one technique to each group.
  2. Watch the MSNBC and Fox News videos on gun control. Groups look for evidence of their assigned techniques (MSNBC Matthews_ We Need To Do More On Gun Control _ Hardball _ MSNBC.mp4, Fox News Ben Shapiro on Fox and Friends_ 'Gun Control Is Not The Answer To The Vegas Massacre'.mp4).
  3. Groups present findings.
  4. Read articles (Trump plan to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital triggers warnings - NBC News.docx and Trump to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital, forge ahead with moving US Embassy _ Fox News.docx; charts on 274-275. Discuss.
  5. “Check Your Understanding” (275).
  6. Discuss “Bias in the Media” article/wkst.
  7. Form groups and determine a topic.
 
Wednesday
Standards: RI1, RI2, RI3, RI4, RI5, RI6, RI7, RI9, W2, W4, W6, W7, W8, W10
Activities:
  1. Go over Scholarly Sources (Information Literacy overview.docx).
  2. Go over Annotated Bibliography format, with extended assessment (Springboard, p. 314; Essay Guide ver. 5, pp. 17-21; Annotated Bib Extended Assessment Model and Rubric.docx).
  3. Go over documenting a web site in MLA format using Essay Guide ver. 5, pp. 22-38.
  4. How to save article to PDF in Chrome.
  5. Each group member finds a different article on the chosen topic and creates an annotated bibliography entry with an extended assessment (AUTHOR, METHOD, BIAS, LINK, PUBLICATION) for the article (see text p. 314): Annotated Bib Extended Assessment Model and Rubric.docx.
  6. PRINT and annotate articles.
  7. Hand in annotated bibliography to be graded.
  8. Vocab 10 Syn/Ant.
 
Thursday
Standards: RI1, RI2, RI3, RI4, RI5, RI6, RI7, RI9, W2, W4, W6, W7, W8, W10
Activities:
  1. Show how to create essay and Works Cited page in the same file (Sample McStudent Paper in MLA8.docx; Sample McStudent Paper in MLA8.pdf).
  2. Find, print, and annotate articles. Create a Works Cited page for at least 5 articles and hand in.
  3. Go over the claim statement (Essay Guide ver. 5, pp. 6-9; 40-41).
  4. Students create a claim statement in essay file (MLA format) and hand in.
  5. Vocab 10 CTS.
 
Friday
Standards: RI1, RI2, RI3, RI4, RI5, RI6, RI7, RI9, W2, W4, W6, W7, W8, W10
Activities:
  1. Go over vocab.
  2. Students write a paragraph that gives background of topic and establishes its validity. End with claim.
  3. Review Introductions (Essay Guide ver. 5, pp. 42-45).
  4. List the 2-5 key points you wish to make in your paper/divisions of paper.
  5. Review Outlining and Organizing Your Argument (Essay Guide ver. 5, pp. 46-53).
  6. Identify a Warrant and Counterclaim for your argument.
  7. Create a sentence outline for your essay.
  8. Vocab 11 CTRW.
 
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College Prep Brit Lit, March 18-22, 2019

3/18/2019

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File names in parentheses are NOT links. These are the names of the documents that may be found on the Google drive (in the Class Materials drop-down menu).
 
Monday
Standards: RL1, RL2, RL3, RL4, RL5, RL6, RI1, RI2, RI3, RI4, RI5, RI6, RI7, RI9
Activities:
  1. Go over vocab.
  2. Create handkerchief chart (Handkerchief Trace.docx).
  3. Finish Act II and Read Act III.
  4. Begin Act IV.
  5. Vocab 9 CTRW.
 
Tuesday
Standards: RI1, RI2, RI3, RI4, RI5, RI6, RI7, RI9, L3, L4
Activities:
  1. Go over vocab.
  2. A Day at the Office.pptx.
  3. Finish Othello (Acts IV and V).
  4. Vocab 9 Syn/Ant.
 
Wednesday
Standards: RL1, RL2, RL3, RL4, RL5, RL6, RL7, RL10, RI1, RI2, L6
Activities:
  1. Go over vocab.
  2. Finish Othello.
  3. Vocab 9 CTS.
 
Thursday
Standards: RL1, RL2, RL3, RL4, RL5, RL6, RL7, RL10, RI1, RI2, L6
Activities:
  1. Othello Test (Othello Unit Test. SP16.docx).
  2. Finish Vocab.
HW: College Prep: Finalize vocab journal #3 (units 7-9).
 
Friday
Standards: RI1, RI2, RI3, RI4, RI5, RI6, RI7, RI9, SL1, L3, L4
Activities:
  1. Finish test.
  2. Hand in vocab journal #3 and begin vocab journal #4 (units 10-12), due April 19.
  3. Read “How the Media Twist the News” pp. 266-268 and paragraphs 1, 7, and 10 of “Why Partisans View Mainstream Media as Biased and Ideological Media as Objective” (pp. 268-270) and answer questions on worksheet (Bias in the Media Wkst Pp 266_270.docx).
  4. Scholarly Sources (Information Literacy overview.docx) worksheet.
 
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​College Prep Brit Lit, March 11-15, 2019

3/11/2019

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File names in parentheses are NOT links. These are the names of the documents that may be found on the Google drive (in the Class Materials drop-down menu).
 
Monday
Standards: L3, L4, RL1, RL2, RL3, RL4, RL5, RL6, RL7, RL9, RL10
Activities:
  1. Read I.iii through line 295.
  2. Critically analyze Othello’s speech with 3.8 A Husband’s Response (201-203, #s 1-3 on 203, then chart on 204).
  3. Watch I.iii in Fishburne and Kani.
  4. View and evaluate Desdemona’s “Divided Duty” clips.
  5. Vocab 8 CTRW.
 
Tuesday
Standards: L3, L4, RL1, RL2, RL3, RL4, RL5, RL6, RL7, RL9, RL10
Activities:
  1. Go over Vocab.
  2. Read act I.
  3. While reading II.i, fill in chart, p. 212.
 
Wednesday
Standards: L3, L4, L6, RL1, RL2, RL3, RL4, RL5, RL6, RL7, RL9, RL10
Activities:
  1. 3.10 Friendly Banter or Pointed Comments? Feminist Criticism, Qs 1-6 (212-213). –Online MC Qs (Sparknotes version lines 1-164; discuss Marxist and Feminist lens).
  2. Othello II.i.165-312 Questions.docx.
  3. Have a student read aloud for the class the proclamation that makes up Act II, scene ii and discuss what it means.
  4. Have student readers read 2.3.1-11 and discuss: Othello’s directions to Cassio and opinion of Iago.
  5. Hand out Othello study questions as review guide for test (Othello Unit Plan Yeah.pdf, pp. 17-18).
  6. Vocab 8 Syn/Ant.
 
Thursday
Standards: L3, L4, L6, RL1, RL2, RL3, RL4, RL5, RL6, RL7, RL9, RL10
Activities:
  1. Groups plan and stage interactions: II.iii: 11-59; 60-116; 117-141; 142-161;162-195; 196-257; 258-292; 293-335; 336-388.
  2. Discuss themes and quotes in scenes through the end of Act II.
  3. Vocab 8 CTS.
 
Friday
Standards: L3, L4, L6, RL1, RL2, RL3, RL4, RL5, RL6, RL7, RL9,  25RL10
Activities:
  1. Quick iRespond quiz: Act II (ELA Grade 12 Unit 3 Quiz 1 Act II.docx; iRespond: FA18 Othello Act II Springboard MCC 2-18016454).
  2. Read/act/watch/discuss/analyze Act II of Othello.
 
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College Prep Brit Lit, March 4-8, 2019

3/4/2019

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File names in parentheses are NOT links. These are the names of the documents that may be found on the Google drive (in the Class Materials drop-down menu).
 
Monday
Standards: RI1, RI2, RI3, RI4, RI5, RI6, RI7, RI9
L1, L2,  L4, L6
Activities:
  1. Collect remaining essays.
  2. Renaissance notes (Renaissance 2017.ppt, Renaissance Monarch Chart.doc; Tudor Family Tree.pptx).
  3. Elizabeth’s speech to the troops – SOAPStone analysis (SOAPSTone.doc).
  4. Queen Elizabeth I Speech - Against the Spanish Armada.pdf; Queen Elizabeth I Speech Before Her Troops MC Qs.docx; Queen Elizabeth I - Speech to the Troops at Tilbury.mp4.
HW: College Prep: Finalize Vocab Journal 2 (Units 4-6).
 
Tuesday
Standards: RI1, RI2, RI3, RI4, RI5, RI6, RI7, RI9, RL1, RL2, RL3, RL4, RL5, RL6, RL7, RL10, L6
Activities:
  1. College Prep: Hand in Vocab Journal #2 and begin Vocab Journal #3 (Units 7-9), due Mar. 21.
  2. Go over Queen Elizabeth’s speeches, filling in the SOAPSTone chart (Speech SOAPSTone.docx).
  3. Discuss Cultural Criticism, p. 184, #1.
  4. Marxist Anticipation Guide (2014 Springboard Text 2.14 p. 117).
  5. Read/discuss description of Marxist Criticism, p. 132.
  6. Have volunteers prepare dialogue on p. 117 with scenarios.
  7. Discuss subtext.
  8. Brush Up Your Shakespeare Reference Sheet, Tempest_Teachers_Guide_web.pdf, p. 56.
 
Wednesday
Standards: L1, RL1, RL2, RL3, RL4, RL5, RL6, RL7, RL10
Activities:
  1. Go over vocab.
  2. StudyGuideForTempestp5.pdf, pp. 4-5.
  3. Think/Pair/Share Essential Questions, p. 102.
  4. “How is My Perspective Shaped?” discussion (p. 103).
  5. Introduce task, tracing motifs: Othello Evidence Log New.docx; Perspectives in Othello_Lenses.docx; Resources: Literary Theories Combined.docx.
  6. Begin Othello.
  7. Read Othello, I.i and discuss Cultural Criticism.
  8. I.i “I Am Not What I Am” clip comparison.
  9. Finish reading I.i.
  10. Vocab 7 CTRW.
 
Thursday
Standards: L1, RL1, RL2, RL3, RL4, RL5, RL6, RL7, RL9, RL10, L1, L6
Activities:
  1. Finish I.i.
  2. Analyze I.i with activity 3.7, pp. 198-199.
  3. Vocab 7 Syn/Ant.
 
Friday
Standards: L1, RL1, RL2, RL3, RL4, RL5, RL6, RL7, RL9, RL10, SL3, L3, L4
Activities:
  1. Read I.ii and complete/discuss chart on p. 200.
  2. View/compare/discuss videos of street confrontation between Othello and Brabantio (Comparing Film Versions Graphic Organizer.docx).
  3. Vocab 7 CTS.
 
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College Prep Brit Lit, Feb. 25-March 1, 2019

2/25/2019

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File names in parentheses are NOT links. These are the names of the documents that may be found on the Google drive (in the Class Materials drop-down menu).
 
Monday
Standards: RI1, RI2, RL1, RL2, RL3, RL4, RL5, RL6,  RL7, RL9, RL10, L4
Activities:
  1. Clip from Legally Blonde (court scene) with Viewing prompts on p. 139. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyv20R-k3aY
  2. Discuss stereotypes, patriarchal and feminist figures in clip – pause on 0:23 and 0:45.
  3. Canterbury Tales Begin REV2017.ppt.
  4. What Does He Mean Chaucers Sardonic Wit.pptx.
  5. Read the first few lines of the prologue in Middle English (p. 97).
  6. Read the Wife of Bath's description & "The Wife of Bath's Tale" (139) (Wife of Bath Description and Tale.pdf), answer “Second Viewing” Qs 2, 4, 5 about the “Wife of Bath’s Tale” and answer A) How are Legally Blonde and “The Wife of Bath’s Tale” similar? B) What theme appears to be prevalent in both? C) What stereotype do both oppose? D) How is this relevant to the Medieval Period?
HW: Vocab 5, CTS
 
Tuesday
Standards: RI1, RI2, RL1, RL2, RL3, RL4, RL5, RL6,  RL7, RL9, RL10, L1, L2, L4, L6
Activities:
  1. In a patriarchal society, women are viewed ….
  2. Bechdel Test for Women in Movies:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLF6sAAMb4s
  1. The Bechdel Test is the Worst: 0:45-1:10, movie statistics:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQUf8FpKsvw
  2. Assign groups different critical perspectives (lenses): horticulturalist (a person who studies plants and tree), gerontologist (a person who studies aging), and a feminist.
  3. Read The Giving Tree and discuss what each of the different perspectives would see in the text.
  4. Read “Cinderella, the Legend” (pp. 140-142) marking Feminist Criticism, allusions, and words (NOT Marxist Criticism) and answer questions 1-6 on pp. 142-143 to hand in.
HW: Vocab 6 CTRW
 
Wednesday
Standards: RL1, RL2, RL3, RL4, RL6, RL7, RL10, W2, W4, W9, W10
  1. Review Lead-ins/outs (Essay Guide ver. 5, pp. 73-92); Other_Ways_to_Say_Said_Poster_TipSheet.pdf, Synonyms for said.docx.
  2. Review sentence structure (47 Sentence Structure 12GE1915.pdf) – students must label ONE example of each structure in paper.
  3. Check sentence structure in paper (Find subject-verb pairs, find the complete clause(s), and determine if the clauses are joined properly).
  4. Rvw: Literary Present.
  5. Citing texts: author and title of a literary work in the introduction. For this essay:  “Quotation” (para. 5).
  6. Quoting Dialogue_NO.pptx.
  7. Begin Unit 2, EA 2, pp. 170-176; read and annotate texts twice, once for vocabulary and once for feministic lens.
HW: Vocab 6 Syn/Ant.
 
Thursday
Standards: RL1, RL2, RL3, RL4, RL6, RL7, RL10, W2, W4, W5, W9, W10, L3, L4, L5, L6
Activities:
  1. Check vocab 5 CTS.
  2. Work on EA2.
  3. Reminder: You MAY NOT use first or second person pronouns. This paper MUST be written in third person!
HW: Vocab 6 CTS.
 
Friday
Standards: RL1, RL2, RL3, RL4, RL6, RL7, RL10, W2, W4, W5, W6, W9, W10, L6
Activities:
  1. Check vocab.
  2. Work on EA2 in lab.
  3. Do NOT use first or second person pronouns. This paper MUST be written in third person!
HW: Vocab 6 CTS.
 
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College Prep Brit Lit, Feb. 11-15, 2019

2/11/2019

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File names in parentheses are NOT links. These are the names of the documents that may be found on the Google drive (in the Class Materials drop-down menu).
 
Monday
Standards: W2, W3 (depending on reflective essay), W4, W5, W6, W10, L1, L2
Activities:
  1. Individuals identify at least one instance of each brushstroke in the essay.
  2. Review dialogue structure (Dialogue Guidelines.pptx).
  3. Review MLA format (Common Violations of Scholarly Writing.pptx).
  4. Reminders: must be an identifiable stranger and village, must be based around an event, NOT a situation, must have a real title.
  5. Ruby Grammar Wkbk, Faulty Coordination, pages 83-84 (11GE2023pdf. 11GE2024.pdf).
 
Tuesday
Standards: W2, W3 (depending on reflective essay), W4, W5, W6, W10, L1, L2
Activities:
  1. Work on reflective essay in lab – due Wednesday, Feb. 13, in hard copy and in Turnitin.com, by the beginning of class.
  2. Before handing in paper, be sure to underline/bold 6 vocab words (2 words from Unit 2; 2 words from Unit 3; 2 words from Unit 4). Label the Event, Response, and Reflection.
HW: Ruby Grammar Wkbk, Faulty Coordination, pages 85-86 (11GE2025.pdf; 11GE2026.pdf). Ex.1, 5-10, p. 86 for grade.
 
Wednesday
Standards: RL1, RL2, RL4, RL6, RI1, RI2, SL1, L1, L2
Activities:
  1. Hand in Reflective Essay.
  2. Check vocab 4 CTS.
  3. Go over worksheets from Friday.
  4. Common Violations of Scholarly Writing .pptx.
  5. Making the Most of Feedback 3 All Areas.docx. DUE FRIDAY
  6. Vocab 5 CTRW.
 
Thursday
Standards: RI1, RI2, RL1, RL2, RL3, RL4, RL5, RL6,  RL7, RL9, RL10, L4
Activities:
  1. Go over vocabulary.
  2. Introduction to the medieval period (Medieval Period Historical.ppt slides 1-26 and videos 10 & 11: 10Castles__Manors__and_Feudalism.asx, 11The_Norman_Conquest_of_England.asx).
  3. Canterbury Tales Begin REV2017.ppt.
  4. Knight and Nun (slides 1-9) in What Does He Mean Chaucers Sardonic Wit.pptx.
  5. Major events of the medieval period (Medieval Period Historical.ppt slides 29-44).
  6. Read the first few lines of the prologue in Middle English (p. 97).
  7. Vocab 5 Syn/Ant.
 
Friday
Standards: RI1, RI2, RL1, RL2, RL3, RL4, RL5, RL6,  RL7, RL9, RL10, L4
Activities:
  1. Hand in Feedback Analysis sheet (from Wednesday).
  2. Finish discussing the religious figures (slides 10-16) in What Does He Mean Chaucers Sardonic Wit.pptx.
  3. Springboard text p. 138.
  4. Discuss difference between feminism and feminist lens (gender lens).
  5. Read text p. 139.
  6. Clip from Legally Blonde (court scene) with Viewing prompts on p. 139. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyv20R-k3aY
  7. Discuss stereotypes, patriarchal and feminist figures in clip – pause on 0:23 and 0:45.
  8. Read the Wife of Bath's description & "The Wife of Bath's Tale" (139; Wife of Bath Description and Tale.pdf), answering “Second Viewing” questions 2, 4, 5 about the “Wife of Bath’s Tale” and respond to the following questions: A) How are Legally Blonde and “The Wife of Bath’s Tale” similar? B) What theme appears to be prevalent in both? C) What stereotype do both oppose? D) How is this relevant to the Medieval Period?
  9. Vocab 5 CTS.
 
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College Prep Brit Lit, Feb. 4-8, 2019

2/4/2019

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File names in parentheses are NOT links. These are the names of the documents that may be found on the Google drive (in the Class Materials drop-down menu).
 
Monday
Standards: RL1, RL2, RL3, RL4, RL5, RL9, L1, L2, L6, W2, W4, W5, W6, W8, SL4, SL6, RI1, L1, L2, L6
Activities:
  1. Appositives (brushstrokes_EXCELLENTwQuotes.pdf (49-61)). Record definition and example of brushstroke in notebook.
  2. Briefly review essay structure, lead-ins, and citations (showing examples in essay guide).
  3. Work on Beowulf Summative Analysis Essay SP19.docx.
HW: Finalize Vocab Journal #1 (H dates: Jan. 21-Feb.1; CP Units: 1-3).
 
Tuesday
Standards: RL1, RL2, RL3, RL4, RL5, RL9, L1, L2, L6,
W2, W4, W5, W6, W8, SL4, SL6, RI1, L1, L2, L6
Activities:
  1. Hand in Vocab Journal #1 and begin Vocab Journal #2 (Units 4-6), due Mar. 5.
  2. Finish and hand in Beowulf Summative Analysis Essay SP19.docx.
 
Wednesday
Standards: RI1, RI2, RI3, RI4, RI5, RI6, RI10, RL1, RL2, RL3, RL4, RL5, RL6, RL10, L3, L4, L5, W2
Activities:
  1. Take up Beowulf literary analysis.
  2. Go over Vocab 3.
  3. Unpack Embedded Assessment 2, p. 57.
  4. Discussion on perspectives and "the outsider."
  5. Cultural Criticism, p. 58.
  6. Read and SOAPSTone WW1 Reflective Essay “In Search of Adventure,” pp. 3-4 (Grade 12_Writing Workshop 1_CC2018_SE Writing Process.pdf).
  7. Structure of a Reflective Essay, p. 71.
  8. Identify/label the three parts of the reflective essay.
  9. Brainstorm ideas for your reflective essay.
  10. Quotation marks worksheets (137 Q Marks Quotations 12GE2711.pdf; 138 Q Marks Quotations 12GE2712.pdf; 139 Q Marks wOther Marks 12GE2713.pdf; 140 Q Marks wOther Marks 12GE2714.pdf).
  11. Vocab 4, CTRW.
 
Thursday
Standards: W2, W3 (depending on reflective essay), W4, W5, W6, W10, L1, L2
Activities:
  1. Go over worksheets from yesterday.
  2. Clip from Edward Scissorhands: Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PubEgTsP-Kc
  3. Read “Lindo Jong: Double Face” pp. 81-82 and answer questions/fill in chart pp. 82-83. Note the information about punctuating dialogue on p. 82.
  4. Discuss the Reflective Essay structure as shown in “In Search of Adventure” and “Lindo Jong.”
  5. Discuss guided directions in “Drafting the Embedded Assessment,” p. 84.
  6. Writing a Reflective Essay, p. 97; Rubric, p. 98.
  7. Work on reflective essay in classroom (bring rough draft to class with you Monday – only 1.5 days to type).
  8. Vocab 4, Syn/Ant.
 
Friday
Standards: RI1, RI2, RI3, RI4, RI5, RI6, RI10, SL1, SL4, SL5, L1, L2, L6
Activities:
  1. Review Pronoun Agreement and Faulty Comparison (packet, general directions REV MC2 FA16.dox, pp. 11-12).
  2. Pronoun-Antecedent review: 99 PA Agrmt Personal Pro 12GE2307.pdf; 101 PA Agrmt Indef Reflexive Pro 12GE2309.pdf; 103 PA Agrmt Vague Pro Ref 12GE2311.pdf
  3. Pronoun-Antecedent review (105 PA Agrmt Ambiguous Distant Pro 12GE2313.pdf; 106 PA Agrmt Ambiguous Distant Pro 12GE2314 .pdf; 85 Pronoun Case 12GE2201.pdf; 86 Pronoun Case 12GE2202 .pdf; 87 Nom Obj Case 12GE2203.pdf).
  4. 143 Dashes Parentheses 12GE2717.pdf; 144 Dashes Parentheses 12GE2718.pdf.
  5. Vocab 4 CTS.
  6. Conjunction Sort by Meaning.docx.
  7. Conjunctions exercise choosing the correct one.docx.
 
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College Prep Brit Lit, Wed.-Fri., Jan. 30-Feb. 1, 2019

1/30/2019

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File names in parentheses are NOT links. These are the names of the documents that may be found on the Google drive (in the Class Materials drop-down menu).
 
Wednesday
Standards: RL1, RL2, RL3, RL4, RL5, W3, W4, W6, SL3, L1, L2, L6
Activities:
  1. Go over Vocab.
  2. Finish Grendel’s perspectives in lab.
HW: Vocab U3 CTRW.
 
Thursday
Standards: RL1, RL2, RL3, RL4, RL5, RL7, W3, W4, W6, SL1, SL3, L1, L2, L6
Activities:
  1. Share Grendel’s perspectives.
  2. Read Ch. 11-12 from Grendel.
  3. Written reflection: similarities and differences between student-generated and professional author texts.
  4. Go over grammar worksheets from Tuesday.
  5. Appositives (brushstrokes_EXCELLENTwQuotes.pdf (49-61)). Record definition and example of brushstroke in notebook.
  6. Modifiers review (65 Mis Dang Modifiers 12GE2017.pdf and 66 Mis Dang Modifiers 12GE2018.pdf).
  7. Quotation mark worksheets (141 Q Marks and Underline 12GE2715.pdf; 142 Q Marks and Underline 12GE2716.pdf).
  8. Read “The Monsters’ Lair” (pp. 51-52) and “The Battle with Grendel’s Mother” (pp. 52-56).
HW:  Vocab 3 Syn/Ant.
 
Friday
Standards: RL1, RL2, RL3, RL4, RL5, RL9, L1, L2, L6,
W2, W4, W5, W6, W8, SL4, SL6, RI1, L1, L2, L6
Activities:
  1. Discuss and begin Beowulf Summative Analysis Essay SP19.docx.
  2. Individuals identify at least one instance of each brushstroke in the essay.
 
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