Weeks 1-12 Assignments Feb. 27 - May 24
Feb. 27 Define poetry/literary terms. See files for terms.
Feb. 28 Review terms and view clip from Dead Poet Society. Get Poetry Portfolio instructions. Begin writing Name poem.
Mar. 1 Read Dr. Seuss stories
Feb 29 Read "Stopping By the Woods" on p. 516 and "Mending Wall" on p. 526 and read the parody "Mending Test" on p. 528 . View Robert Frost Video. Complete worksheet on Frost. Write 5-sense poem.
March 5 Write critical essay on one of Dr. Suess' stories.
Mar. 6 Assess essays. Write Five -Sense Poem and W-W-W-W-W poem
Mar. 7 Learn Haiku and Limerick and write an example of each.
Mar 8 Read "Courage" on p. 512 and explicate the poem. Choose a poem from the text and explicate it. Present the explications on Mon.
Mar 13-15 Oral explications in class.
Mar. 19 Learn alliteration and write Blotz poem.
Mar 21 Go to the library and find 3 poems and the lyrics to a song about a chosen theme. Print and put into portfolios.
Mar. 20 Read various free verse poems and then write a free verse poem.
Mar 22 Read "Legend," p. 530 Learn narrative poems and write narrative poems or rewrite the Night Before Christmas with a new setting and language.
Mar 24 Write rhyming poem (12 lines min. ) Finish narrative poems.
Mar 28 Type and put together portfolios. Due Wed.
March 29 Take Poetry unit test.
Mar 30. Poetry reading day. Share poems. Turn in portfolios
Mar 9 Begin Drama Unit. View and answer questions from video. Create a list of 10 personal values and rank them. Read "Story of Oedipus" on p. 688.
April 10 Assign parts and read Antigone Prologue and Scene 1. Analyze Creon's inaugural speech (see worksheet). Do first page of Antigone worksheets--Conflicts.
April 11 Read and discuss scenes 2-3 of Antigone. Do second page of worksheets.
April 12 Read scenes 4, 5, and Epilogue. Finish worksheets.
April 16 Test on Antigone.
April 17 Write in journal on "What would you do if you were a genius?" Find grade level. Discuss human development and begin novel Flowers for Algernon. Edit the March 5 progress report, finding and fixing the 35 errors in the first paragraph.
April 18 Read and discuss novel. Answer the study questions and the word study sheet.
April 19 Read to page 40
April 23 Read to page 76 of Algernon and complete study questions through #10.
April 24 Turn in punctuation rules worksheets. Read to p. 108 . Study Q to #13.
April 25 Read to page 126. Study Q#18. Vocab. word #31
April 26 Read to page 153 Study Q #20 Vocab words to #36
April 30 Read to page 189. Q # 22, Vocab #44. Work on projects. Due May 5.
May 1 Read to page 224
May 2 Read to page 249 Q # 25, vocab #64
May 3 Read to page 285
May 7 Take the IQ test and finish novel.
May. 8 Test on Flowers for Algernon.
May. 9 Begin Julius Caesar. Take notes on Shakespeare.
May. 10 Read and discuss Act I of Julius Caesar. Complete Worksheet and timelines.
May. 14 Watch video of Julius Caesar.
May. 15 Read Act II and do worksheets. Discuss Brutus' soliloquy.
May. 16 Read Act III scene 1.
May. 17 Read and discuss funeral speeches and conclude Act III
May. 21-22 Acts IV and V Correct Worksheets.
May. 23-24 Final test on Julius Caesar.
