Week 10 English 9B

Day	Class work	Homework
Monday Driving Questions: How does Strategic Planning empower Odysseus?  How does temptation or recklessness distract Odysseus from his journey?	Begin Take Home Exam on Part II Exam Must be turned in on Tuesday at beginning of school even if you do not have class on Tuesday!	Take home exam on Part II of Odyssey. Revision of  "Real Life" Essay Due.
Tuesday Periods 4,5, and 6	All classes turn in exam!	Read and Take Cornell Notes on Introduction to stagecraft
Wednesday Drama Synthesizing Sources	Introduction to Romeo and Juliet Read Drama and Stage Craft	Read Before You Read  Visitor from Forest Hills
Thursday Vocabulary Play Tragedy Tragic hero Tragic flaw Comedy Conflict Stage Set Lighting Costumes Props Exposition Dialogue Monologue Soliloquy Aside Stage directions Farce Stereotype	Read Plaza Suite and Begin Elements of Drama Checklist	Continue  and Finish working on Elements of Drama Checklist
Friday	Do Literary Response and Analysis Questions 1-10 In your teams. Due at end of Period,	Read and Take Cornell Notes on William Shakespeare’s Life, Shakespeare and his Theater, and How to read Shakespeare. GIST Quiz on Monday!

Week 9 English 9B

Day	Class work	Homework
Monday Driving Questions: How does Strategic Planning empower Odysseus?  How does temptation or recklessness distract Odysseus from his journey?	Poetry Review   Read and Discuss supplementary poems in text.  Part II exam postponed due to upcoming ELA assessment Preparation and NMA project requirements!	Review your assigned poem and submit a summary of the poem. Essay Template is posted in Box. Brainstorm Essay Essay Prompt: A work of Literature becomes important to us when we feel that it relates to our lives. In a brief essay, discuss at least three ways in which the Odyssey relates to life today. You might consider what it says about these values: ·      Courtesy and respect for all groups of people ·      Courage, trust, and discipline ·      Loyalty to family and community ·      Obedience to law-human or divine
Tuesday	Start Essay Template	Complete Essay Template
Wednesday	Peer review Essay Template	Type and submit to turnitin.com by 8am
Thursday Vocabulary Candor Disdainful Adorn Revelry Glowered Avails Lavished Aloof Pliant Tremulous Versatile Wily Enduring Magaron Epithet Homeric Epithet	Grade Window opens for 10- week report card. Begin Review of Dust Bowl era in preparation for ELA Performance Assessment exam. Attributions: You need to introduce a Quote.  For example: The author writes, “…”. The author claimed… The author believes,” …” You can also conclude you quote with the attribution. Doc C claimed, “ Studying helps students retain information.” or “Studying helps students retain information”, claimed Doc C.	Test Prep  “ Evidence-based reading and writing… (tests will use as its source materials pieces of writing — from science articles to historical documents to literature excerpts — which research suggests are important for educated Americans to know and understand deeply. “The Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, the Bill of Rights and the Federalist Papers,” …“have managed to inspire an enduring great conversation about freedom, justice, human dignity in this country and the world” — therefore (tests) will contain a passage from either a founding document or from a text (like Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address) that is part of the “great global conversation” the founding documents inspired…” New York Times 3/9/14
Friday	Review Say, Mean, Matter	Review attributions (How to introduce a quotation).

Week 8 English 9B

Day	Class work	Homework
Monday Driving Questions: How does Strategic Planning empower Odysseus?  How does temptation or recklessness distract Odysseus from his journey? Ancient Greek History and Mythology Review, archetypes, The Odyssey Skills: Identify archetypes, detect stereotypes, understand the role of myth in society, and identify symbols and their impact.	Review Quiz 7 And Correct Reading Check and Interpretations Question	Study for Exam on Part I 1. Review your Quizzes 2.  Review Vocabulary 3.  Review and Study Persuading with Cause and Effect   pages &34-741 (in some editions, check Table of Contents in others)
Tuesday P2	Exam P2	Read Part 2: Coming Home Take Cornell Notes
Wednesday P4	Exam P4	Read Part Two: Coming Home Take Cornell Notes
Thursday Vocabulary Candor Disdainful Adorn Revelry Glowered Avails Lavished Aloof Pliant Tremulous Versatile Wily Enduring Magaron Epithet Homeric Epithet	Review Exam Part I Close Reading Part II	Cornell Notes on Part II are due at beginning of class on Friday
Friday	Quiz Part II	Literary Response and Analysis Questions Part II 1-15 Brainstorm Timeless Messages Essay

Week 7 English 10B

Day	Class work	Homework
Monday Driving Questions: How does Strategic Planning empower Odysseus?  How does temptation or recklessness distract Odysseus from his journey? Ancient Greek History and Mythology Review, archetypes, The Odyssey Skills: Identify archetypes, detect stereotypes, understand the role of myth in society, and identify symbols and their impact.	Grade Ch 5 A,B,C, and D Read and Discuss The Odyssey Lines 75-195	Reread Lotus Eaters Lines. 195 And Cyclops Lines 220-635
Tuesday P2	Discuss Cyclops	Reread The Enchantress Circle lines 540a and The Land of the Dead
Wednesday P4	Discuss The Enchantress Circle and Land of the Dead	Reread The Sirens, Scylla and Charybdis lines 660-684
Thursday	Discuss The Sirens, Scylla and Charybdis lines 660-684	Reread The Cattle of the Son God  Lines  845 =-930
Friday	Answer Literary Response and Analysis Questions Part 1	Study for Exam on Odyssey Part I Remember Vocabulary Words for Part I will be on test! Adversity Formidable Adversary Rancor Abominably Ardor Tumult Restitution

Week 6 English 9B

Day	Class work	Homework
Monday Skills: Students should be able to refute an Argument ☐ Use STEAL to complete a character analysis ☐ Skills:  Consider Multiple Points of View/perspective, observe and discuss tone of character and mood of a text or an excerpt of a text.  Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.	Driving Questions: How does Strategic Planning empower Odysseus?  How does temptation or recklessness distract Odysseus from his journey? Ancient Greek History and Mythology Review, archetypes, The Odyssey Skills: Identify archetypes, detect stereotypes, understand the role of myth in society, and identify symbols and their impact.	Study for Quiz on Cornell Notes and Class Notes on Odyssey Story Board for Hero’s Journey Story Due
Tuesday P2	Write Hero’s Journey Story Using Template	1. Grammar Ch. 5 Review Exercises 2. Reading The Odyssey I am Laertes’ Son- The Cyclops
Wednesday P4	Write Hero’s Journey Story Using Template	1. Grammar Ch. 5 Review Exercises 2. Reading The Odyssey I am Laertes’ Son- The Cyclops
Thursday	1. Correct Grammar 2. How to Keep a dialectical journal 3. The Odyssey 4. Submit story to turnitin.com by Friday 3PM	1. Dialectical Journal for 4 significant quotes from sections I am Laertes’ Son- Cyclops 2. Submit Hero’s Journey story to turnitin.com by Friday  3PM
Friday	The Odyssey Reading Part I continued Review Cause and Effect	The Odyssey  Finish Part I Complete 5 quotes for Dialectical Journal Study for Grammar Quiz on pronouns and Antecedents