August 2016 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 August 16: First Day of School 16: Course Introduction; Origin of Literature in the Western Hemisphere 18: Course Intro; History of Drama and Theatre; Elizabethan Era: XVI c. England 23: Act 1 Scene 1 of Romeo & Juliet; Essential Vocabulary; Class Discussion 25: Journal; Act 1 Scene 1; The Language of Shakespeare (video) 30: Review of the Origin of Lit/Elizabethan Era; Literary elements & terms: tragedy, metaphor, foreshadowing, pun, theme, prologue
September 2016 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 September 1: Journal; R&J, Act 1, Scene 2; Theme: Matchmaking; In-class activity 6: Theme: Matchmaking (students create fictional couples) 8: R&J Act 1, Scene 3; Student Presentations (what ingredients ensure relationship success?) 13: Discussion of Scenes 2 & 3; Themes: Arranged Marriage 15: R&J Act 1 Scene 4; Theme: Power of Influence; Interview: Questions for David Burstein 20: Journal & Discussion: Personal Influence; Student Poster: My Message to the World 22: R&J Act 1 Scene 5; Theme: The (In)Constancy of Love; Sonnet Form 27: The Language of R&J: Blank Verse & Sonnet (history of sonnet handout); Study of Sonnet 130 29: Journal; Review Blank Verse (elements of iambic pentameter) & Sonnet; Original Sonnet
October 2016 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 October 4: Writing Workshop: Sonnet 6: Journal & Discussion; R&J Act 2 Prologue (cloze-type activity) 11: R&J Act 2 Scenes 1 & 2; Theme: The Art of Love (balcony scene) 13: Journal & Discussion; R&J Act 2 Sc. 3; Theme: The Nature of Nature (Friar Laurence s Soliloquy) 18: Student Activity 20: Memorize Verse (Acts 1 & 2) 25: Elements of Early Modern English; Shakespearean English (video) 27: R&J Act 2 Scenes 4 & 5
November 2016 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 November 1: Romeo & Juliet by Franco Zeffirelli (1969); Discussion 3: Romeo & Juliet by Franco Zeffirelli (1969); Discussion 8: Romeo & Juliet by Franco Zeffirelli (1969); Discussion 10: Play vs. the Movie: Comp. Analysis; Segment from Baz Luhrmann s 1996 R&J (aquarium scene) 15: In Character s Shoes: Juliet, Prince Escalus, or Lady Capulet (written assignment) 17: Journal & Discussion; Students Vote on Favorite R&J Verse 22-25: Thanksgiving Break 29: Figures of Speech (alliteration, metaphor, pun, oxymoron, personification, simile)
December 2016 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 December 1: Journal & Discussion; Figure of Speech Practice: Sonnet 18 (Shall I compare thee..?) 6: Review 8: Review 13: Mid-Term Exam 15: Shakespeare Poetry Slam; TED-Ed: Akala on Hip-Hop and Shakespeare 20-30: Christmas Break
January 2017 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 January 3: The Story of Me 5: Journal & Discussion; The Road Not Taken 10: Robert Frost: Famous First Lines 12: Journal & Discussion; 17: Creative Writing: Short Story Mapping 19: Creative Writing: Short Story 24: Creative Writing: Short Story 26: Creative Writing: Short Story
February 2017 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 February 2: Short Story 1 st Edit 7: No Class: Field Trip to WWI Museum 9: My Fair Lady (1964); The Myth of Pygmalion Satire as a Commentary on What Ails the Society 14: My Fair Lady (1964); The Play Pygmalion; Language: Tool for Advancement & Discrimination 16: Journal; Class Discussion of the Movie and Play (class system, women s rights; Henry v. Freddy) 21: Short Story 2 nd Edit 23: Journal; Literature of the Victorian Era: Charles Dickens (video) 28: David Copperfield, Chapter 1; Excellence in Writing: ABC sentence
March 2017 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 March 2: David Copperfield: Writer s Craft; EIW: ABC Sentence 7: David Copperfield: Writer s Craft 9: Journal & Discussion; EIW: Hidden ABC 14: David Copperfield; EIW: Hidden ABC 16: Journal & Discussion; Movie: David Copperfield (2000) 21: No Class: Field Trip to Branson 23: David Copperfield; Creative Writing: TBA EIW: Pattern 2 28: David Copperfield; Creative Writing: TBA EIW: Pattern 2 30: Review
April 2017 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 April 4 6: Terra Nova Testing 11 14: Easter Break 18: David Copperfield; Creative Writing: Book of Questions; EIW 20: David Copperfield; Creative Writing: Book of Questions; EIW 25: David Copperfield; Creative Writing: I, the Superhero; EIW 27: David Copperfield; Creative Writing: My Fake Obit
May 2017 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 May 2: David Copperfield; Creative Writing: Fictional News Story 4: David Copperfield; Creative Writing: My Letter to An Advice Columnist 9: David Copperfield; Creative Writing: When I Was Five 11: David Copperfield; Creative Writing: Dear Mr. Dickens 16: David Copperfield; Creative Writing: TBA 18: Student Portfolio 19: Last Day of School