April+2016


 * Friday, April 1, 2016 **
 * Bell Ringer:** none

- //TKM// film: Watch Closing statements from Atticus - Work on completing Chapter 20 and analyzing how Atticus achieves his objectives of his speech
 * Activities:**


 * HW**: Complete Chapter 20 worksheet for Monday.


 * Monday, April 4, 2016 **
 * Bell Ringer:** none

- Discuss Chapter 20 worksheet with partners - Have a group share of results and analysis - Work on completing Unit 10/11 vocabulary chart
 * Activities:**


 * HW**: Finish Unit 10/11 vocabulary chart; quiz will be on Thursday. Read Chapters 21-23 and complete worksheet by Wednesday.




 * Tuesday, April 5, 2016 **
 * Bell Ringer:** none

- Finish discussing Units 10/11 vocabulary terms - Work on Poetry Scramble activity (group work)
 * Activities:**


 * HW**: Read Chapters 21-23 and complete worksheet for Wednesday. Unit 10 & 11 vocabulary quiz on Thursday.

Match one of your vocabulary words to each of the following clues. Briefly explain the connection for each one.
 * Wednesday, April 6, 2016 **
 * **Bell Ringer:**
 * 1) Laughing at a funeral
 * 2) Jealousy
 * 3) Judge Judy

- Finish discussion and analysis of “Strange Fruit”
 * Activities:**


 * HW**: none


 * Thursday, April 7 2016 **
 * Bell Ringer:** none

- Discuss key questions from Chapters 21-23 - Complete Unit 10/11 Vocabulary Quiz
 * Activities:**


 * HW**: Read Chapters 28-31 and complete Guided Reading Questions for Monday




 * Friday, April 8, 2016 **
 * Bell Ringer:** none

- Work on classroom collage - Read Chapters 28-31 and complete worksheet
 * Activities:**


 * HW**: Read Chapters 28-31 and complete Guided Reading Questions.


 * Monday, April 11, 2016 **
 * Bell Ringer:** none

- Watch ending of TKM film - Complete and turn in Ch. 28-31 worksheet
 * Activities:**


 * HW**: none


 * Tuesday, April 12, 2016 **
 * Bell Ringer:** Did Heck Tate do the right thing by deciding to rule Bob Ewell's death a suicide? Why or why not?

- Discuss Heck Tate's decision and Boo Radley's character - Brainstorm topics from TKM - Turn topics into themes/messages - Introduce Modern Connections assignment
 * Activities:**


 * HW**: Monday: Complete Modern Connections Assignment



- Finish intro to Modern Connections Assignment - Work on connecting theme to novel
 * Wednesday, April 13, 2016 **
 * **Bell Ringer: none**
 * Activities:**

Monday: - Complete Modern Connections Assignment - //TKM// Test
 * HW**:



- In groups, students work on completing the following questions: - #1: What’s the significance of the book’s title? What does the mockingbird represent? Which characters are associated with it? - #2: Why does Harper Lee decide to tell the story from the perspective of Scout? How would it change if it was told from an adult’s perspective? - #3: How does the setting (the time and place) contribute to the plot? How might the story change if it was set in the north? Or in the year 2000?
 * Thursday, April 14, 2016 **
 * **Bell Ringer: none**
 * Activities:**

- Work on completing Anticipation Guide for //Romeo and Juliet//


 * HW**: Complete Anticipation Guide for tomorrow

- Engage in conversation and class discussion on Anticipation Guide for //Romeo and Juliet//
 * Friday, April 15, 2016 **
 * Bell Ringer: none**
 * Activities:**


 * HW**:

Complete Modern Connections assignment for Monday Monday: //TKM// Test

- Complete //TKM// Test - Turn in Modern Connections Assignment
 * Monday, April 18, 2016 **
 * **Bell Ringer:** none
 * Activities:**


 * HW**: none


 * Tuesday, April 19, 2016 **
 * Bell Ringer:** What do you know about William Shakespeare? (when did he live? Who was he? What did he write?, etc.)

- Read Pg. 983- 985 of Textbook (building background on Shakespeare) - Answer guided reading questions
 * Activities:**


 * HW**: none

- Finish answering Shakespeare background questions and defining drama terminology - Learn about Globe theatre (see video: [])
 * Wednesday, April 20, 2016 **
 * Bell Ringer:** none
 * Activities:**


 * HW**: none

- Finish defining dramatic terminology - Understand and analyze iambic pentameter - Start paraphrasing the prologue to Act One of //Romeo and Juliet//
 * Thursday, April 21, 2016 **
 * Bell Ringer:** What are three things you learned about Shakespeare and/or the Elizabethan Theater?
 * Activities:**


 * HW**: none

- Finish reading and analyzing prologue’s meaning as a class - Analyze purpose and mood of prologue - Introduce characters of //R +J// - Begin reading Act One and completing guided reading questions
 * Friday, April 21, 2016 **
 * Bell Ringer: none**
 * Activities:**


 * HW**: none

Write one sentence that uses alliteration to describe what you did this weekend. Alliteration: repetition of consonant sounds Ex: I had a __f__everishly __f__un time at my __f__riend’s __f__irst birthday __f__estivities.
 * Monday, April 25, 2016 **
 * Bell Ringer:**

- Watch scene one and two from Act One of //Romeo and Juliet// - Perform close readings on select passages and complete guided reading questions
 * Activities:**

- Watch Act One, Scenes 2 and 3 of //Romeo and Juliet// - Complete guided reading questions in packet
 * HW**: none
 * Tuesday, April 26, 2016 **
 * Bell Ringer: none**
 * Activities:**


 * HW**: Thursday: Complete Act One Writing Assignment

- Watch Scenes 4 and 5 of //Romeo and Juliet// - Complete Guided Reading Questions - Define and identify examples of foreshadowing, puns, oxymoron, and metaphors
 * Wednesday, April 27, 2016 **
 * Bell Ringer: none**
 * Activities:**

For Thursday: Finish Act One of //Romeo and Juliet//, complete guided reading questions, and complete Act One Writing Assignment Identify which literary device is used in the following passage __and explain how you know.__ “The earth hath swallowed all my hopes but she” – Lord Capulet talking about Juliet A. metaphor B. personification C. simile D. oxymoron
 * HW**:
 * Thursday, April 28, 2016 **
 * Bell Ringer:**

- Collect Act One Guided Questions and writing assignment - Finish watching Act One of the film - Analyze what outside forces are at play with Romeo and Juliet - Watch Act Two, Scenes One and Two; complete questions for Scene 2
 * Activities:**


 * HW**: none

Identify which literary device is used in the following lines and explain how you know: Romeo: My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand / To smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss.
 * Friday, April 29, 2016 **
 * Bell Ringer:**
 * 1) Personification
 * 2) Allusion
 * 3) Imagery
 * 4) Metaphor

- Read/watch Act Two, Scene Two and Three - Complete questions in guided reading packet
 * Activities:**


 * HW**: Finish questions if not completed in class