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3.1: How should Ms. Gilpin keep you accountable for choice reading? Agenda: Packets and Calendars passed out (see right/below) Homework: Macbeth Act 1 Quiz on Thursday; Packets Stamped on Quiz Days TUESDAY 3.2: Define characterization. 3.3: “Look like th’ innocent flower / But be the serpent under’t.” Analyze! Agenda: Read Act 1.4, 1.5, 1.6 Homework: Macbeth Act 1 Quiz on Thursday; Packets Stamped on Quiz Days WEDNESDAY Agenda: No LA today THURSDAY 3.4: Movie Reflection (3+sentences) - What surprised you? What did watching the movie help you understand? What did you like/dislike? etc. (If absent, leave space for this and come back to it after we watch the Act 2 selection.) Agenda: Read 1.7; watched Act 1 Homework: Act 1 quiz moved to TOMORROW; packets stamped if you did not get a stamp today. FRIDAY 3.5: Choice Reading Reflection #1 1) Summarize what you have read so far in your book in a few sentences. 2) How is it going? Do you like it, why/why not? 3) When do you plan to read? Agenda: Macbeth Act 1 Quiz; reading time Homework: Read your choice book for 90 minutes between now and next Friday's class. Week four. 30 sep-4 octMONDAY
4.1: Act 2 Prediction: How will Macbeth handle the murder? How will Lady Macbeth handle it? Agenda: Read Act 2 Scenes 1-2 Homework: Read your choice book for 90 minutes between now and next Friday's class; Act 2 Quiz Friday TUESDAY 4.2: Sleep, visions, dreams, guilt - What is going on with Macbeth’s mind in Act 2? Why? How will this continue to affect him? 4.3 - What is the purpose of the porter’s scene in 2.3? Agenda: Finished Act 4 (4.3/4.4); began Lit Lenses discussion Homework: Read your choice book for 90 minutes between now and next Friday's class; Act 2 Quiz Friday WEDNESDAY No LA today! THURSDAY 4.4: Draw something :) Agenda: Watched Act 2 Film; continued Literary Lenses Homework: Finish annotating poem if you did not finish in class; packets stamped tomorrow; quiz tomorrow! FRIDAY 4.5: Tell me how your choice reading went this week. Did you meet your goal, why/why not? Do you like your book, why/why not? Then, summarize the plot of what you have read so far. Agenda: Act 2 Quiz Homework: Read 90 more minutes by next Friday. |
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6.1: Teacher Work Day TUESDAY 6.2: Which is easier for you: a Formalist lens or a Historical lens? Explain why. Agenda: Lit Lens notes; assigned "4.1 Activity" (see right/below) Homework: 4.1 Activity due start of class Monday Macbeth Ingredient Request Form WEDNESDAY 6.3: PSAT Day THURSDAY 6.4: Which lit lens is the most interesting to you so far? Why? Agenda: Lit Lens notes (Psychoanalytic lens); 20 minutes work time on 4.1 Activity Homework: 4.1 Activity due start of class Monday FRIDAY 6.5: Macbeth through a Lens: Look at Macbeth through either a Psychoanalytic Lens or Marxist Lens.What are some moments that would be interesting to dive into, looking through that lens? Agenda: Lit Lens notes (Marxist lens); 20 minutes work time on 4.1 Activity Homework: 4.1 Activity due start of class Monday |
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9.1: Macbeth In-Class Practice Essay Agenda: Macbeth In-Class Practice Essay :) Homework: None TUESDAY 9.2: Practice Essay Reflection: What went well? How was this helpful? What do you need to work on? How will you prepare over the course of the week? Etc. Agenda: Clarification and feedback around the In-Class Essay - details in PPT to right/below Homework: Prepare and take notes for the In-Class Essay next Tuesday WEDNESDAY No LA Today! THURSDAY 9.3: Your in-class essay will need 2+ paragraphs to support your thesis. Each paragraph should start with a BTS (Body Thesis Statement) that narrows down the focus of your thesis. What are some ways to divide up your essay? Agenda: BTS Mini-lesson; time to work on developing notes for next Tuesday's in class essay FRIDAY 9.4: Today's Work Plan (If absent, list the steps you took/need to take to prepare for the in-class essay) 9.5: Draw an interpretation of this picture Agenda: Last day of work time on developing notes/thesis Homework: Prepare for Tuesday's in-class essay! |