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 * FINALS - Bring your completed LIterary Analysis Essay Outline to the review!!!!! (Or the completed essay if you would like the chance to make edits/changes to it beofre the day of the final)**
 * STUDY THE MACBETH STUDY GUIDE FOR THE TEST QUESTIONS AND SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS**



__**Week of 5/19**__ Macbeth LIterary Analysis - review of outside sources. THIS ESSAY IS DUE ON THE DAY OF THE FINAL.At the very least, you need to have a detailed outline to bring to the final in order to complete the essay after finishing the final (Macbeth questions). The review period in Mandatory next week if you have not begun your essay. __**Week of**__ **5/1****2** Macbeth Literary Analysis Assigned Act II review. **READ ACT 3 & COMPLETE THE WORKSHEET this week FOR HOMEWORK**
 * The Literary Analysis will be mostly independent work.** You need to choose a theme in Macbeth and support how this theme is illustrated in the play with quotes, including one quote from an outside source. SEE HANDOUT WITH ASSIGNMENT DETAILS AND OUTLINE. THIS ASSIGNMENT IS DUE ON THE DATE OF OUR FINAL, 5/28. There will be some time during the final to write, but you should come into the final with at least a complete rough draft.


 * THURSDAY 5/15 - FINAL POEM PRESENTATIONS AND PEER REVIEW IN TEH AUDITORIUM**

__**Week of 5/5**__ NWEA Continue Macbeth Macbeth vocabulary Read ACT II - group jigsaw activity ACT III Assigned for homework for next week INtro Macbeth activities = Famous last lines from Shakespeare. THURSDAY - begin poem presentations Poem Presentation due after Spring Break Continue with poetry - work on your individual poem & visual. Poem checklist due next week!!!!! (presentations will be after spring break) Poem Presentation Checklist: 1. Does your poem have a central theme 2. My central theme is: 3. Are you using persuasion? 4. Are you "for or "Against" this position? 5. Did you use "new figurative language in your poem? Extended metaphor Parallelism ALlusion Euphemism _ 6. Do you have other types of figurative language in your poem? 7. Do you have a way to visually present your poem? (Prezi, video, art, realia) 8. Do you have a tone for your poem? Words of the day: ignorant, ambiguity
 * __Week of 4/21__**
 * __Week of 4/7__**
 * __Week of 3/31__**

Begin Poetry assignment
 * __Week of 3/24__**

Begin poetry unit Continue reading NIGHT. Work on Storybird creative narrative (**FINAL** DUE DATE IS 3/14. Be sure to choose "SAVE AND PUBLISH" under the menu so your story gets saved to the class assignemnt page for Mr. K to see) Thursday, 3/13 NIGHT QUIZ on pgs. 53-58
 * __Week of 3/17__**
 * __Week of 3/3 & 3/10__**

HW for Thursday... Judaism article and questions Begin Creative Narrative on Storybird.... DUE MARCH 14
 * __Week of 2/17__**

Vocab for NIGHT review. (Retest on monday). Continue reading... up to section 3 Vocab in context study sheet for VOCAB TEST MONDAY __**Week of 2/2**__ Night pre-reading quiz Vocab sheet & crossword - **VOCAB QUIZ ON MONDAY** Figurative language review: creative writing project coming up next week
 * __Week of 2/9__**

__**Week of 1/27**__ Night pre-reading activity & vocabulary. QUIZ on Thursday __**Week of 1/21**__ Begin Night activities.... Propoganda poster project

__**Week of 1/13**__ FInish Life Is Beautiful and complete notecatcher/worksheet NWEA

Intro to "Nght" Vocab sheet (see attached) "Life is Beautiful" movie and notecatcher



Review sheet for the Iliad.... Have your 2 short answers completed by Wednesday (finals day) OR be ready to write the responses on day of the final (have outline/notes).
 * __FINALS WEEK__**

__Dec. 9__ Iliad short answer questions for the Final Exam. Write 2 detailed paragraphed each for 2 of the 4 prompts. Due on Final day, or will need to be written on the day of the final.

__Dec. 2__ Black Ships of Troy, (pg. 76-83) __Nov. 18__ Words of the day: misogyny, subtle Iliad study guide for pgs. 1 - 39

__Nov. 11__ Begin "Black Ships Before Troy" (read up to pg. 32 "The Women of Troy") Greeks/Trojans worksheet Word of the day: ubiquitous, deity __Nov. 4__ Pre-reading activities for Troy - sequencing worksheet... :"The Judgement of Paris"/Venn diagram Troy __Oct. 28__ Pre-reading worksheet - wars. Due Wednesday (if you didn't finish it today in class)




 * VOCAB FOR NEXT TEST ON FRIDAY, 11/1: stoic, meticuluous, pervasive, multitude, redundant, insolent, tangible**

__Oct,. 21__ Greek gods./intro to mythology "The apple of discord" worksheet - main events of the the Iliad

__Oct. 14__ Read "The White Snake" by the brothers Grimm & completed questions sheet (in class graded assignment) Begin Greek mythology unit

__Oct. 10__ Simpsons - Homer's epic quest episode

__Oct. 5__ Karate Kid/epic hero's journey. WIll continue movie & worksheet on Monday, 10/7

__Sept. 23__ Epic quest project - Students went on an epic quest through the school. Will present their video/photo journey on Wednesday.

__Sept. 19__ Myth vs. Folktalkes comparison sheet (will be a quiz on this next week!). Complete Green WIllow reading. NWEA Thursday

__Sept. 16__ Green WIllow vocab sheet. Vocab - amiable, samurai, fatigue, meanest, afforded, condescended, quest, deign, reverie, itinerant, mendicant. __Sept. 11__ Myth Essays are due on Monday if you missed the deadline last week. Next Monday (9/16)we will present the myth projects in class. __Sept. 9__ One more lab day to complete essay and myth presentation. Once these are complete, work on Comparing/Contrasting World Myths handout/Venn diagram
 * FOR MONDAY - Have your presentation/project ready to present. Also, turn in the essay if you did not already.**
 * ESSAY AND PRESENTATION DUE ON WEDNESDAY!!! **

__Sept. 5__ Read "The Wooden People." Lab work on myth essays and presentations.


 * Homework: complete essay and myth presentation of your choice (see handout) for MONDAY 9/9.**



__Sept. 3__ Myth assignment (see handout) Read about two different myths on www.bigmyth.com, write 2-5 paragraphs that includes: 1) explanation of the myths 2) compare and contrast the two myths 3) which myth is your favorite and why

__August__ Pre-assessment and ice-breaking activities Begin Myths & Folktales unit... see packet. Probable Passage assignment - Complete vocabulary worksheet and chart for writing the probable passage. MONDAY - We'll be writing a probable passage based on the worksheet in the computer lab.