Planning Your Week:
Friday, 11/8 - Unit 5 vocabulary quiz
Be prepared for a reading quiz over each act of the play!
Upcoming Due Dates:
Friday, 11/15 - IR #2 due - complete your reading of your IR book and submit your Flipgrid! (assignment here)
Thursday, 11/21 - Elizabethan Research Presentation and Annotated Bibliography assignment due (packet here) - your presentation must be SHARED with your teacher, and you need a hard copy of your annotated bibliography in class.
Resources:
A Midsummer Night’s Dream - Audiobook (View the first comment for start times for each act/scene.)
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (No Fear Shakespeare)
Monday, November 4 - PJ Day!
Learning Goal(s): Learning Goal(s): Learn about a culture/time period’s impact on a text’s themes; analyze the use of multiple plot lines to connect to author’s purpose; analyze complex characters and conflicting motivations.
Targeted Standards: ELAGSE9-10RL1: Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. ELAGSE9-10W7: Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question) or solve a problem; narrow or broaden the inquiry when appropriate; synthesize multiple sources on the subject, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation. ELAGSE9-10W4: Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. (Grade-specific expectations for writing types are defined in standards 1–3 above.)
Agenda:
Tuesday, November 5 - NO SCHOOL!
Wednesday, November 6 - Decades Day!
Learning Goal(s): Learning Goal(s): Learn about a culture/time period’s impact on a text’s themes; analyze the use of multiple plot lines to connect to author’s purpose; analyze complex characters and conflicting motivations.
Targeted Standards: ELAGSE9-10RL1: Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. ELAGSE9-10W7: Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question) or solve a problem; narrow or broaden the inquiry when appropriate; synthesize multiple sources on the subject, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.
Agenda:
Thursday, November 7 - TikTok Day!
Learning Goal(s): Learning Goal(s): Learn about a culture/time period’s impact on a text’s themes; analyze the use of multiple plot lines to connect to author’s purpose; analyze complex characters and conflicting motivations.
Targeted Standards: ELAGSE9-10W2: Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas, concepts, and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content. ELAGSE9-10RL1: Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. ELAGSE9-10W7: Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question) or solve a problem; narrow or broaden the inquiry when appropriate; synthesize multiple sources on the subject, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.
Agenda:
Friday, November 8 - Class Colors Day!
Learning Goal(s): Demonstrate your knowledge of grammar and SAT vocabulary by taking the assessments.
Targeted Standards: ELAGSE9-10W4: Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. (Grade-specific expectations for writing types are defined in standards 1–3 above.)ELAGSE9-10L4: Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grades 9–10 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies. a. Use context (e.g., the overall meaning of a sentence, paragraph, or text; a word’s position or function in a sentence) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase. ELAGSE9-10L6: Acquire and use accurately general academic and domain-specific words and phrases, sufficient for reading, writing, speaking, and listening at the college and career readiness level; demonstrate independence in gathering vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression.
Agenda:
Friday, 11/8 - Unit 5 vocabulary quiz
Be prepared for a reading quiz over each act of the play!
Upcoming Due Dates:
Friday, 11/15 - IR #2 due - complete your reading of your IR book and submit your Flipgrid! (assignment here)
Thursday, 11/21 - Elizabethan Research Presentation and Annotated Bibliography assignment due (packet here) - your presentation must be SHARED with your teacher, and you need a hard copy of your annotated bibliography in class.
Resources:
A Midsummer Night’s Dream - Audiobook (View the first comment for start times for each act/scene.)
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (No Fear Shakespeare)
Monday, November 4 - PJ Day!
Learning Goal(s): Learning Goal(s): Learn about a culture/time period’s impact on a text’s themes; analyze the use of multiple plot lines to connect to author’s purpose; analyze complex characters and conflicting motivations.
Targeted Standards: ELAGSE9-10RL1: Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. ELAGSE9-10W7: Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question) or solve a problem; narrow or broaden the inquiry when appropriate; synthesize multiple sources on the subject, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation. ELAGSE9-10W4: Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. (Grade-specific expectations for writing types are defined in standards 1–3 above.)
Agenda:
- Label the Magic Lens practice sentence.
- Complete the “Choosing the Right Word” activity for Unit 4 words.
- Enjoy your IR time!
- Read/Finish Act 3/ Act 3 quiz as needed.
- Begin reading act IV of the play with the graphic novel and audiobook, then discuss the resolution of the plot. Are you satisfied with the final character developments? Discuss the dream symbolism as a class, then complete the dream symbolism graphic organizer.
- Fill out the plot map periodically through the reading.
- Discus how the “love map” changes; adjust on your original illustrations!
- Complete the plot paragraph (fill-in-the-blank) for act IV.
- Prepare for the act IV quiz.
- View 1999 film adaptation of A Midsummer Night’s Dream through the end of act IV; compare the text to the film.
- Review your unit 5 vocabulary and Magic Lens skills for quizzes on Friday.
- Continue reading your IR#2 to prepare for your second project (assignment here), due 11/15.
Tuesday, November 5 - NO SCHOOL!
Wednesday, November 6 - Decades Day!
Learning Goal(s): Learning Goal(s): Learn about a culture/time period’s impact on a text’s themes; analyze the use of multiple plot lines to connect to author’s purpose; analyze complex characters and conflicting motivations.
Targeted Standards: ELAGSE9-10RL1: Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. ELAGSE9-10W7: Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question) or solve a problem; narrow or broaden the inquiry when appropriate; synthesize multiple sources on the subject, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.
Agenda:
- Label the Magic Lens practice sentence.
- Complete the “Synonyms” and “Antonyms” activities for Unit 5 words.
- Enjoy your IR time!
- Take a quiz on act IV of AMND.
- Begin reading act V of the play with the graphic novel and audiobook, then discuss the resolution of the play.
- Fill out the plot map periodically through the reading.
- Complete the plot paragraph (fill-in-the-blank) for act V.
- Prepare for the act V quiz.
- View 1999 film adaptation of A Midsummer Night’s Dream through the end of act V; compare the text to the film.
- Review your unit 5 vocabulary and Magic Lens skills for quizzes on Friday.
- Continue reading your IR#2 to prepare for your second project (assignment here), due 11/15.
Thursday, November 7 - TikTok Day!
Learning Goal(s): Learning Goal(s): Learn about a culture/time period’s impact on a text’s themes; analyze the use of multiple plot lines to connect to author’s purpose; analyze complex characters and conflicting motivations.
Targeted Standards: ELAGSE9-10W2: Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas, concepts, and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content. ELAGSE9-10RL1: Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. ELAGSE9-10W7: Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question) or solve a problem; narrow or broaden the inquiry when appropriate; synthesize multiple sources on the subject, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.
Agenda:
- Label the Magic Lens practice sentence.
- Study your Unit 5 vocabulary words for tomorrow’s quiz.
- Enjoy your IR time!
- Take a quiz on act V of AMND.
- Finish all activities on the play - plot map, viewing the 1999 film adaptation of A Midsummer Night’s Dream and comparing the text to the film, etc.
- Complete the highlighting activity on the sample annotated bibliography from your packet (packet here). Discuss the structure and writing conventions of an annotated bibliography to prepare for your research.
- Review your unit 5 vocabulary and Magic Lens skills for quizzes on Friday.
- Continue reading your IR#2 to prepare for your second project (assignment here), due 11/15.
Friday, November 8 - Class Colors Day!
Learning Goal(s): Demonstrate your knowledge of grammar and SAT vocabulary by taking the assessments.
Targeted Standards: ELAGSE9-10W4: Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. (Grade-specific expectations for writing types are defined in standards 1–3 above.)ELAGSE9-10L4: Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grades 9–10 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies. a. Use context (e.g., the overall meaning of a sentence, paragraph, or text; a word’s position or function in a sentence) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase. ELAGSE9-10L6: Acquire and use accurately general academic and domain-specific words and phrases, sufficient for reading, writing, speaking, and listening at the college and career readiness level; demonstrate independence in gathering vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression.
Agenda:
- Take the vocabulary assessment on Unit 5 words!
- Take the Magic Lens quiz on levels 1-3 (with prepositional phrases!)
- Enjoy your IR time!
- Continue reading your IR#2 to prepare for your second project (assignment here), due 11/15.