Room 7 Edublog

OBJECTIVES
Establish Shakespeare Introduction
Discuss Shakespeare’s time and life

BELLRINGER
Book Report reading time

AGENDA
Watch the following Shakespeare clip while answering questions:
Establish Shakespeare Introduction
Shakespeare in our Time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wVkqPFEwGo
R & J in popular culture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xg3vE8Ie_E

Homework
Reading Logs

OBJECTIVES
Establish Shakespeare Introduction
Practice note-taking skills

BELLRINGER
TH: Write an original sentence that you think has never been written before

AGENDA
Watch the following Shakespeare clips while taking notes:



Practice creating Shakespearian insults

HOMEWORK
Reading Logs

OBJECTIVES
Edit compositions, including eliminating banned words and inserting a variety of sentence openers
Analyze compositions for persuasive elements, rewriting as needed

BELLRINGER
T: If you had to share your brain with someone, whom would you choose?
W: W: Write 5 Facebook posts from your future self, 10 years from now

AGENDA
Hand back compositions
Go over rubrics individually with students
Computer time in library lab given to edit compositions
Students will use the rubric to self-analyze their new grade
Conference with the teacher to explain their self-evaluations

HOMEWORK
Reading Logs

OBJECTIVES
To determine 2 or more themes and analyze their development
To cite evidence to support analysis
To determine meaning of words and phrases as they are used in text
To write to examine and convey information, analyzing and evaluating the text
To participate effectively in collaborative discussions
To respond thoughtfully to diverse perspectives

AGENDA
Choose a character from the play Macbeth
Create a social media page (on paper) as though you are them
Incorporate friends’ posts on their wall

HOMEWORK
Act II Newspapers, notes, and themes due 3/23/15

OBJECTIVES
Analyze literary devices
Construct meaning, building on explication of theme, purpose, and literary devices
Justify analysis through selecting textual evidence

BELLRINGER
W: Create 5 Facebook posts from your future self, 10 years from now.
Th and F: Multiple choice tests reveiw

AGENDA
Review and discuss next section of literary devices: P-R
Continue analysis of “Thou Blind Man’s Mark”
Score tests

HOMEWORK
Next section of multiple-choice test
Next literary device test (P-R) is Wednesday, 4/25/15

OBJECTIVES
Research Sir Philip Sidney’s life and times
Construct meaning, building on explication of theme, purpose, and literary devices
Justify analysis through selecting textual evidence

BELLRINGER
If you were forced to share your brain, whom would you choose to share it with?

AGENDA
Jigsaw research of Sir Philip Sidney: Personal life (family, romance, religion, death), Career (education, offices, positions), Era (ruling monarch, philosophy, social/political issues), Writings (form, structure, themes, inspiration), Contemporaries (who they were, what they said about him, what historians say about him)
Begin analysis of poem “Thou Blind Man’s Mark” as a class

OBJECTIVES
Respond to a timed poetry prompt in the allotted 40 minutes
Construct meaning, building on explication of theme, purpose, and literary devices
Justify analysis through selecting textual evidence

BELLRINGER
What are the pros and cons to knowing when a relationship will “expire”?

AGENDA
Overview of quarter
Timed poetry prompt on “Thou Blind Man’s Mark”

HOMEWORK
Next section of multiple-choice test

OBJECTIVES
To determine 2 or more themes and analyze their development
To cite evidence to support analysis
To determine meaning of words and phrases as they are used in text
To write to examine and convey information, analyzing and evaluating the text
To participate effectively in collaborative discussions
To respond thoughtfully to diverse perspectives

BELLRINGER
M: What if friendships came with an expiration date?
T: If you had to share a brain with someone, whom would it be?
W: Write 5 Facebook posts from your future self, 10 years from now
TH: Write an original sentence that you think has never been written before

AGENDA
Read, analyze, and discuss Macbeth
Take notes and analyze themes
Watch each act after reading and discuss

HOMEWORK
Act II Newspapers, notes, and themes due 3/23/15

BELLRINGER
3 minute quickwrite: What would it be like if all friendships came with an expiration date (like groceries)? What would be the pros and cons?
Library books: check out new books for book reports

HOMEWORK
Reading Logs

OBJECTIVES
Write to persuade, using examples, stories, and persuasive elements
Insert a variety of sentence openers and lengths

AGENDA
Edit, revise, and print Pet Peeve drafts

HOMEWORK
Turn in any missing assignments