Planning Your Week:
Tuesday, 11/13 - Elizabethan Presentations in class! Bring a printed copy of your annotated bibliography to class. (packet here)
Friday, 11/16 - Vocabulary Unit 6 assessment and Magic Lens assessment
Upcoming Due Dates:
Friday, 12/14 - Complete reading of final independent reading book due; be ready for your presentation
Resources:
The Tragedy of Julius Caesar (digital copy)
No Fear Shakespeare: Julius Caesar (Struggling? Try this!)
Monday, November 12
Learning Goal(s): Perform Shakespeare’s work through the use of intonation and movement to demonstrate interpretation of characters.
Targeted Standards: ELAGSE9-10SL4: Present information, findings, and supporting evidence clearly, concisely, and logically such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning and the organization, development,substance, and style are appropriate to purpose, audience, and task. ELAGSE9-10SL6: Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and tasks, demonstrating command of formal English when indicated or appropriate.
Agenda:
Tuesday, November 13
Learning Goal(s): Present your research findings to the class with an engaging speech and presentation!
Targeted Standards: ELAGSE9-10SL4: Present information, findings, and supporting evidence clearly, concisely, and logically such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning and the organization, development,substance, and style are appropriate to purpose, audience, and task. ELAGSE9-10SL5: Make strategic use of digital media (e.g., textual, graphical, audio, visual, and interactive elements) in presentations to enhance understanding of findings, reasoning, and evidence and to add interest. ELAGSE9-10SL6: Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and tasks, demonstrating command of formal English when indicated or appropriate.
Agenda:
Wednesday, November 14
Learning Goal(s): Present your research findings to the class with an engaging speech and presentation!
Targeted Standards: ELAGSE9-10SL4: Present information, findings, and supporting evidence clearly, concisely, and logically such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning and the organization, development,substance, and style are appropriate to purpose, audience, and task. ELAGSE9-10SL5: Make strategic use of digital media (e.g., textual, graphical, audio, visual, and interactive elements) in presentations to enhance understanding of findings, reasoning, and evidence and to add interest. ELAGSE9-10SL6: Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and tasks, demonstrating command of formal English when indicated or appropriate.
Agenda:
Thursday, November 15
Learning Goal(s): Compare the class’s reading with a film adaptation of Julius Caesar.
Targeted Standards: ELAGSE9-10RL3: Analyze how complex characters(e.g., those with multiple or conflicting motivations) develop over the course of a text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot or develop the theme. ELAGSE9-10RL7: Analyze the representation of a subject or a key scene in two different artistic mediums (e.g., Auden’s poem “Musée de Beaux Arts” and Breughel’s painting Landscape with the Fall of Icarus), including what is emphasized or absent in each treatment.
Agenda:
Friday, November 16 - Last day before break!
Learning Goal(s): Demonstrate your knowledge of SAT vocabulary and language skills.
Targeted Standards: 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:
Tuesday, 11/13 - Elizabethan Presentations in class! Bring a printed copy of your annotated bibliography to class. (packet here)
Friday, 11/16 - Vocabulary Unit 6 assessment and Magic Lens assessment
Upcoming Due Dates:
Friday, 12/14 - Complete reading of final independent reading book due; be ready for your presentation
Resources:
The Tragedy of Julius Caesar (digital copy)
No Fear Shakespeare: Julius Caesar (Struggling? Try this!)
Monday, November 12
Learning Goal(s): Perform Shakespeare’s work through the use of intonation and movement to demonstrate interpretation of characters.
Targeted Standards: ELAGSE9-10SL4: Present information, findings, and supporting evidence clearly, concisely, and logically such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning and the organization, development,substance, and style are appropriate to purpose, audience, and task. ELAGSE9-10SL6: Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and tasks, demonstrating command of formal English when indicated or appropriate.
Agenda:
- Label the Magic Lens practice sentence for all three levels - quiz Friday!
- Complete the Unit 6 vocabulary activities on Synonyms and Antonyms
- Review instructions for sharing presentation with your teacher, which must be completed before you come to class tomorrow.
- Complete presentations: groups perform Act II scenes based on annotations and analysis.
- If time, continue watching the film production of Caesar.
- Elizabethan/Shakespeare Research Presentations & Printed copies due TOMORROW! Make sure to share your presentation with your teacher.
- Vocab Unit 6 and Magic Lens Assessments - prepare for both quizzes Friday, 11/16
- Independent Reading #3 - continue reading your novel, due Friday, 12/16.
Tuesday, November 13
Learning Goal(s): Present your research findings to the class with an engaging speech and presentation!
Targeted Standards: ELAGSE9-10SL4: Present information, findings, and supporting evidence clearly, concisely, and logically such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning and the organization, development,substance, and style are appropriate to purpose, audience, and task. ELAGSE9-10SL5: Make strategic use of digital media (e.g., textual, graphical, audio, visual, and interactive elements) in presentations to enhance understanding of findings, reasoning, and evidence and to add interest. ELAGSE9-10SL6: Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and tasks, demonstrating command of formal English when indicated or appropriate.
Agenda:
- Label the Magic Lens practice sentence for all three levels - quiz Friday!
- Students complete their Elizabethan/Shakespeare presentations in class.
- (You will present your findings in a dynamic 3-to-5-minute presentation focusing on five of the most interesting facts from your research and prepare a speech through which you educate and entertain your audience. Your speech must include a visual aid, in the form of either a PowerPoint, Google Slides presentation, Nearpod, Glogster, or Prezi. You will be graded on the quality of your writing, oral presentation, and multimedia presentation (visual aid).
- Make sure to have SHARED your presentation with your teacher before class begins.
- Vocab Unit 6 and Magic Lens Assessments - prepare for both quizzes Friday, 11/16
- Independent Reading #3 - continue reading your novel, due Friday, 12/16.
Wednesday, November 14
Learning Goal(s): Present your research findings to the class with an engaging speech and presentation!
Targeted Standards: ELAGSE9-10SL4: Present information, findings, and supporting evidence clearly, concisely, and logically such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning and the organization, development,substance, and style are appropriate to purpose, audience, and task. ELAGSE9-10SL5: Make strategic use of digital media (e.g., textual, graphical, audio, visual, and interactive elements) in presentations to enhance understanding of findings, reasoning, and evidence and to add interest. ELAGSE9-10SL6: Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and tasks, demonstrating command of formal English when indicated or appropriate.
Agenda:
- Label the Magic Lens practice sentence for all three levels - quiz Friday!
- Students complete their Elizabethan/Shakespeare presentations in class.
- (You will present your findings in a dynamic 3-to-5-minute presentation focusing on five of the most interesting facts from your research and prepare a speech through which you educate and entertain your audience. Your speech must include a visual aid, in the form of either a PowerPoint, Google Slides presentation, Nearpod, Glogster, or Prezi. You will be graded on the quality of your writing, oral presentation, and multimedia presentation (visual aid).
- Make sure to have SHARED your presentation with your teacher before class begins.
- If time permits, continue viewing the Caesar film adaptation
- Vocab Unit 6 and Magic Lens Assessments - prepare for both quizzes Friday, 11/16
- Independent Reading #3 - continue reading your novel, due Friday, 12/16.
Thursday, November 15
Learning Goal(s): Compare the class’s reading with a film adaptation of Julius Caesar.
Targeted Standards: ELAGSE9-10RL3: Analyze how complex characters(e.g., those with multiple or conflicting motivations) develop over the course of a text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot or develop the theme. ELAGSE9-10RL7: Analyze the representation of a subject or a key scene in two different artistic mediums (e.g., Auden’s poem “Musée de Beaux Arts” and Breughel’s painting Landscape with the Fall of Icarus), including what is emphasized or absent in each treatment.
Agenda:
- Label the Magic Lens practice sentence for all three levels - quiz TOMORROW!
- Study vocab words for tomorrow’s quiz!
- Read Act 3 in class and continue viewing the the Caesar film adaptation.
- Vocab Unit 6 and Magic Lens Assessments - prepare for both quizzes TOMORROW
- Independent Reading #3 - continue reading your novel, due Friday, 12/16.
Friday, November 16 - Last day before break!
Learning Goal(s): Demonstrate your knowledge of SAT vocabulary and language skills.
Targeted Standards: 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 Sadlier vocabulary Unit 6 and Magic Lens level 3 assessments.
- Enjoy your independent reading time!
- Independent Reading #3 - continue reading your novel, due Friday, 12/16.