*Senior Project Info
8/24 - Topics/Product Plans Due
9/1 - Sign of Commitment Due
9/9 - Letter of Intent Due
10/7 - Interview Due
10/14 - Annotated Bibliography Due
10/23 - Rough Draft of Paper Due
11/16 - Final Paper Due
8/10-14/09
Mon - 1.Welcome,class guidelines, calendar 2. lit/vocab terms
Tues - 1. Vocab 1:1 2. Question levels, "The Chaser" HW: Develop 3 level 2-3
questions form "Caedmon" (due Thurs)
Wed - 1.Voice Lesson 2.Intro to Anglo-Saxon lit, p. 83+
Thurs - 1. Vocab 1:2 2. "Caedmon" & question levels, p. 95+
Fri - 1.Vocab 1:3 2. "The Wife's Lament" & riddles
8/17-21/09
Mon - 1. Vocab 1:4 2. "The Seafarer"
Tues - 1.Voice Lesson 2. "The Seafarer"
Wed - 1. VL 2. Senior project Conferences 3. Beowulf - Read pages 112- top of
124. Answer question in blue boxes on these pages.
Thurs - 1. Vocab 1:5-6 2. Beowulf
Fri - 1.VL 2. Beowulf
8/24-8/28/09
Mon - 1. VL4 2.SAT writing lesson 3. Learning styles quiz
Tues - 1. VL5 2. Beowulf Study Guide HW:Study vocab
Wed - 1. Vocab Quiz 1 2. Beowulf Study Guide 3. Turn in Vocab & VL exercises
Thurs - 1. Unit 2 Vocab terms 2. Sign of Commitment requirements
Fri - 1.In-Class Essay
8/31-9/4
Mon - LAB 178 to work on sr project
Tues -1.Voc 2:1&2 2. Anglo-Saxon unit review
Wed -1. Voc2:3&4 2. Anglo-Saxon test review
Thurs -1. Voc 2:5&6 2. Anglo-Saxon test
Fri -1. Voc 2 Quiz 2.Review letter of intent requirements 3. Intro to
Medieval Literature
9/8-9/11
Tues - 1) Vocab 3 terms & definitions 2) Canterbury Tales pilgrim character
trait handout.
Wed - Letter of Intent Due 1) VL#6 2) Continue Canterbury Tales character work
Thurs - 1)Vocab 3:1&2 2) Pardoner's Tale
Fri - 1)VL#7 2) Pardoner's Tale
9/14-9/18/09
Mon - 1)Vocab 3:3&4 2) Canterbury Tales practice test handout
Tues - 1)VL#8 2) Margery Kempe, p.212 3)Interview a friend and tell his/her
story. Use quotes correctly
Wed - 1)Vocab 3:5&6 2)MLA review lesson
Thurs -1)VL #9 2)Vocab Quiz 3 (Early Release Day)
Fri - 1)Modern Pilgrims 2)Essay rewrites due
9/21-9/25/09
Mon - 1)Vocab 4 terms 2)King Arthur ppt notes. HW: Read pages 200-208 in lit
book. Quiz tomorrow.
Tues - 1)Reading quiz on hw 2)Vocab 4:1&2 3) Finish King Arthur ppt notes
Wed - Chivalry Brainstorming & Essay HW: Finish essay
Thurs - 1)VL 10&11 2)Read "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight," p. 187-196.
Answer questions 1a, 2a, 3a, 4a, and define Arthurian Romance.
Fri - 1)Vocab 4:3&4 2)Using the code for knights, evaluate which character
most closely follows the rules of chivalry.
9/28-10/2
Mon - 1)Vocab 4:5&6 2)Everyman, p. 244
Tues - 1)VL#12 2) Work with Everyman. *Bring textbooks!
Wed - 1)Vocab quiz 4 2) Review for Middle Ages Test
Thurs - 1)VL#13 2)Media Center to work on Interview and Annotated Bibliography
Fri - 1)Vocab 5 terms 2)Middle Ages Test
10/5-10/9
Mon -1)VL 2)Intro to Renaissance lit & era
Tues - 1)Vocab 5:1&2 2)"The Passionate Shepherd to his Love", p. 302
Wed - 1)SP INTERVIEW DUE 2)"The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd" p. 307 3)HW
due Fri -Write a modern version of either poem (Shepherd or Nymph).
Thurs - 1)Vocab 5:3&4 2)Media Center - Work on Annotated Bib
Fri - 1) VL 2) "Shades of Underground" p. 315 3)Define ambiguity, allusion &
answer q. 1a-5a on p. 317.
10/12-10/16
Mon -1)Vocab5:5&6 2)Song to Celia, p. 326 3)MLA/APA review for annotated bib
Tues - 1)Vocab 5 quiz 2)"Faerie Queen" p. 297 3) MLA/APA review for annotated
bib
Wed -ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY DUE 1)VL 2)Sonnet 18, p. 319
Thurs -1)Vocab 6 terms 2)sonnet 29, pl. 321
Fri -1)VL 2)Sonnet 130, p. 323
10/19-10/23
Mon -1)Vocab 6:1&2 2)Sr paper guidelines review
Tues -1)VL 2)Active/Passive verb lesson 3)Write one paragraph completely in
passive voice.
Wed -1)Vocab 6:3&4 2)Ecclesiastes & King James bible, p. 331 (passive voice,
parallelism & repetition)-handout.
Thurs -1)VL 2)Ecclesiastes & King James Bible, p. 331 (passive voice,
parallelism & repetition)3) Senior Project Rough Draft Review.
Fri -**SP Rough Draft Due 1)Vocab 6:5&6 2)Parallelism writing lesson-
handouts/in-class practice.
10/23-10/30
Mon 1)Voice Lesson 2)Review Renaissance poetry & era
Tues 1)Vocab Quiz 6 2)Renaissance/Shakespeare drama & intro
Wed 1)Voice Lesson 2)Renaissance POetry & Era Test
Thurs 1)Vocab 7 Terms 2)Begin Macbeth, p. 374
Fri -1)VL 2)Macbeth, p. 374]
11/2-11/6/09
Mon -1)Vocab 7:1&2 2)Macbeth Act I, Improvisation handout. *Health Survey in
the computer lab HW:Journal about a "predicted" event. Please write this
underneath today's vocabulary exercises.
Tues -1)VL#23 2)Macbeth Act I, Improvisation handout.
Wed -1)vocab 7:3&4 2)Act I Study Handout
Thurs -1)VL 2)Act I Study Handout
Fri -1)Vocab 7:5&6 2)Finish act I study handout.
11/9-11/13
Mon 1)VL 2)Analyze text with film version of act I
Tues 1)Vocab 7 Review 2)Analyze "If it were done" soliloquy (1.7.1-28).
Verbalize the inner arguments, Macbeth's state of mind, and his resolve. HW:
Do the same with 1.7.29-96.
Wed 1)VL 2)Continue from Tues.
Thurs 1)Vocab 7 Quiz 2)Review lit terms and act I.
Fri Act I Test, Macbeth.
11/16-11/20
*Turn in Senior Project Final Draft
Monday: EQ: 1. What techniques do we use to interpret/analyze diction,
detail, imagery, syntax, and tone?
2. What are effective ways to understand Shakespeare’s language and analyze
theme, motive, and characterization?
1. Voice Lesson #27 RL 1-2, LSV 1
2. Students “toss” key lines in act 2 to familiarize themselves with key
themes/ideas.
3. In groups, students will create word webs with thematic terms from Macbeth
(blood, hands, night, sleep). Students will add 15-20 associated terms and
then explain connections with the terms and key characters. RL1-3; SLV2
HW: Read Act 2, scene 1 RC1
Tuesday: EQ: 1.How does the study of Greek/Latin root words aid in the
understanding of complex vocabulary?
2. What are effective ways to understand Shakespeare’s language and analyze
theme, motive, and characterization?
1. Vocabulary 8 Exercises 1&2 RL5;RC3
2. Summarize Act 2, scene 1. Then, students work to analyze context,
blocking, tone, volume, pacing for scene 2. Act out in groups. RL1-3;LSV1-2
HW: Read Act 2, scenes 3&4. RC1
Wednesday: EQ: 1. What techniques do we use to interpret/analyze diction,
detail, imagery, syntax, and tone?
2. What are effective ways to understand Shakespeare’s language and analyze
theme, motive, and characterization?
1. Voice Lesson #28 RL 1-2, LSV 1
2. Summarize scenes 3 & 4 and analyze Duncan’s sons’ motives for fleeing the
scene. RL1-3;LSV1-2
3. Read and analyze character motivations in act 3, scenes 1&2. RL1-3;LSV1-2
HW: With a copy of act 3, scene 3, students analyze and mark text for
blocking, context, tone, volume, and pacing. RL1-3;LSV1-2
Thursday: EQ: 1. How does the study of Greek/Latin root words aid in the
understanding of complex vocabulary?
2. What are effective ways to understand Shakespeare’s language and analyze
theme, motive, and characterization?
1. Vocabulary 8 Exercises 3&4 RL5;RC3
2. Volunteers will act out 3.3, varying the performance according to
different directions. RL1-3;LSV1-2
HW: Read 3.4
Friday: EQ: 1. What techniques do we use to interpret/analyze diction,
detail, imagery, syntax, and tone?
2. What are effective ways to understand Shakespeare’s language and
analyze theme, motive, and characterization?
3. How does understanding viewing drama increase comprehension of text?
1. Voice Lesson #29 RL 1-2, LSV 1
2. Analyze filmed performances of 3.4 in terms of characterization,
portrayals, and directors’ purposes. RL1-3;LSV1-2
**SR PROJECT FINAL PAPER DUE 11/16.
