Reading The Odyssey

Big Ideas: What does it take to be a hero?

Reading: Today we will read for 10 minutes. Your Newsela articles are due on Friday.


Agenda:

1. Finish slides up to number 22. We will play a Kahoot about the Greek gods and goddesses.
2. I will read to you the story of Odysseus and the Cyclops.
3. Make sure you have turned in:
1. Website portfolio. Click publish. Get the link. Turn in using this Google Form.
2. Make sure you completed the MSND one-pager.

Homework:

1. Study guide for final exam.

Greek Mythology Partner Activity

Big Ideas: What does it take to be a hero?

Reading: Today we will read for 10 minutes. Your Newsela articles are due on Friday.


Agenda:

1. Introduction to the Odyssey and Greek mythology.
1. Today we will work on the Greek gods and goddesses partner activity.
2. Finish slides up to number 22.
3. Make sure you have turned in:
1. Website portfolio. Click publish. Get the link. Turn in using this Google Form.
2. Make sure you completed the MSND one-pager.

Homework:

1. Study guide for final exam.

Greek Mythology Partner Activity

Big Ideas: What does it take to be a hero?

Reading: Today we will read for 10 minutes. Your Newsela articles are due on Friday.

WE WILL TURN IN TEXTBOOKS TOMORROW!

Agenda:

1. BARR program survey in Google Classroom.
2. Introduction to the Odyssey and Greek mythology.
1. Today we will work on the Greek gods and goddesses partner activity.
3. Make sure you have turned in:
1. Website portfolio. Click publish. Get the link. Turn in using this Google Form.
2. Make sure you completed the MSND one-pager.

Homework:

1. Study guide for final exam.

Greek Mythology

Big Ideas: What does it take to be a hero?

Reading: Today we will read for 10 minutes. Your next book review will be on May 17th.

Agenda:

1. Introduction to the Odyssey and Greek mythology.
2. Make sure you have turned in:
1. Website portfolio. Click publish. Get the link. Turn in using this Google Form.
2. Make sure you completed the MSND one-pager.

Homework:

1. Study guide for final exam.

Guest Speaker

Big Ideas: Who or what is in control?

Reading: Today we will read for 10 minutes. Your next book review will be on May 17th.

Agenda:

1. Today Hong-an, a senior at BHS, will talk to us about things she wishes she knew as a freshman.
2. Don't forget about the following things:
1. Turn in your book slides.
2. Make sure both of your grammar assignments are turned in.
3. Your website portfolio should be complete, published, and you have turned in the link.
4. Finally, don't forget about the study guide.

Homework:

1. Finish the study guide so that you can be prepared for the exam and get extra credit.

Final Exam Preparation Day 2

Big Ideas: How will you end the year?

Reading: Today we will read for 10 minutes. NEWSELA code: GY7BYY

Agenda:

1. Make sure you have completed the reading progress form for your book and turned in your slides from last week.
2. You need to have these tasks done by tomorrow. Make sure you turn them in.
1. Our final exam is coming up in two weeks. You will find the grammar review for the final on GOOGLE CLASSROOM.
2. We will bring our website portfolio to completion.
1. Bookshelf needs to be complete (7 books).
2. My capacities
1. Content knowledge, add info about the four loves and the three parts of a person.
2. Comprehend as well as critique, add the things we did to help us understand A Midsummer Night's Dream.
3. They value evidence, add how we use quotes to complete our one-pagers
4. Understand other perspectives, include a section on Shakespeare. Look up information about him.
3. My Favorite words
1. Add another row of vocabulary words (9 total)
4. Publish your website. Turn in the link to your website on this Google Form.
3. If there is time left, you will start your review for the final exam. You will find it in GOOGLE CLASSROOM.
1. Central image of a poem
2. Allusion
3. Repetition
4. Symbol
5. Slant Rhyme
6. Alliteration
7. Consonance
8. Onomatopoeia
9. Idiom
10. Characterization
11. Inferences
12. Ironic ending
13. Author's tone
14. Ethos/Pathos/Logos
15. Denotation and Connotation

Homework:

1. No homework

Final Exam Preparation

Big Ideas: How will you end the year?

Reading: Today we will read for 10 minutes. NEWSELA code: GY7BYY

Agenda:

1. Make sure you have completed the reading progress form for your book and turned in your slides from last week.
2. You need to have these tasks done by tomorrow. Make sure you turn them in.
1. Our final exam is coming up in two weeks. You will find the grammar review for the final on GOOGLE CLASSROOM.
2. We will bring our website portfolio to completion.
1. Bookshelf needs to be complete (7 books).
2. My capacities
1. Content knowledge, add info about 3 parts of a person and four loves
2. Comprehend as well as critique, add understanding Shakespeare
3. They value evidence, add how we use quotes to complete our one-pagers
4. Understand other perspectives, you can add Shakespeare here too.
3. My Favorite words
1. Add another row of vocabulary words (9 total)
4. Publish your website. Turn in the link to your website on this Google Form.
3. If there is time left, you will start your review for the final exam. You will find it in GOOGLE CLASSROOM.
1. Central image of a poem
2. Allusion
3. Repetition
4. Symbol
5. Slant Rhyme
6. Alliteration
7. Consonance
8. Onomatopoeia
9. Idiom
10. Characterization
11. Inferences
12. Ironic ending
13. Author's tone
14. Ethos/Pathos/Logos
15. Denotation and Connotation

Homework:

1. No homework

Final Exam Review

Big Ideas: How will you end the year?

Reading: Today we will read for 10 minutes. NEWSELA code: GY7BYY

Agenda:

1. Make sure you have completed the reading progress form for your book and turned in your slides from last week.
2. Our final exam is coming up in two weeks. You will find the grammar review for the final on GOOGLE CLASSROOM.
3. Over the next two days, we will bring our website portfolio almost to completion.
1. You will write a final letter to me expressing how you have grown this year.
1. Use the pictures from the beginning and end of the year as part of your letter.
2. We will work on bringing our capacities up to date.
3. We will identify the capacities that we haven't covered.
4. If there is time left, you will start your review for the final exam.

Homework:

1. No homework

Website Portfolio

Big Ideas: How will you end the year?

Reading: Today we will read for 10 minutes. NEWSELA code: GY7BYY

Agenda:

1. Make sure you have completed the reading progress form for your book and turned in your slides from last week.
2. Over the next two days, we will bring our website portfolio almost to completion.
1. You will write a final letter to me expressing how you have grown this year.
1. Use the pictures from the beginning and end of the year as part of your letter.
2. We will work on bringing our capacities up to date.
3.  We will study the topics we have covered this year and play our review game. Would you be able to pass this if it was a multiple choice test?
4. Final exam review through story writing.

Homework:

1. No homework

Book Party

Big Ideas: Who or what is in control?

Reading: Today we will read for 10 minutes. Your next book review will be on May 17th.

Agenda:

1. Fill out the reading progress form.
2. Today we will present our Google Slides and enjoy the food everyone brought.
3. Here is a list of the books that you have read.
4. Class pictures folder.

Success Criteria:

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Homework:

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Independent Reading Activity

Big Ideas: Who or what is in control?

Reading: Today we will read for 10 minutes. Your next book review will be on May 17th.

Agenda:

1. Fill out the reading progress form. 
2. We will work on our Google Slides for the book activity on Friday. Make sure you finish reading your book and remember to bring your food to class.
3. We will add all of our books to our Google Sites portfolio.
4. We will also look back at the SMART goals we made at the beginning of the year.
5. Finally, we will fill out the Time Capsule activity and compare it to what we wrote at the beginning of the year.

Homework:

1. No vocabulary this week. Just read your book.

Independent Reading Activity

Big Ideas: Who or what is in control?

Reading: Today we will read for 10 minutes. Your next book review will be on May 17th.

Agenda:

1. Fill out the reading progress form. 
2. Today you finish your one-pager for MSND to show you understood the characters and themes of the play. Here is what you need:
1. A central image that represents the play.
2. Smaller images that represent the four relationships explored in the play: friendship, love, parent-to-child, and rulers-to-subjects.
3. Quotes from the play:
1. “And will you rend our ancient love asunder / To join with men in scorning your poor friend?” - Helena
2. "Full of vexation come I, with complaint Against my child, my daughter Hermia." - Egeus
3. "Ay me! for aught that I could ever read, Could ever hear by tale or history, The course of true love never did run smooth. " -Lysander
4. "Hippolyta, I woo'd thee with my sword, And won thy love, doing thee injuries; But I will wed thee in another key, With pomp, with triumph and with revelling." - Theseus
4. In each box explain what that character teaches us about that relationship.
5. Helena is a good/bad example of being a friend because...She teaches us...I think...
6. Finally, you must add a 12-15 sentence summary of the play on the back of your one-pager. You can use the play map to help with your summary.\
3. We will work on our Google Slides for the book activity on Friday. Make sure you finish reading your book and remember to bring your food to class.

Homework:

1. No vocabulary this week. Just read your book.

MSND One Pager

Big Ideas: Who or what is in control?

Reading: Today we will read for 10 minutes. Your next book review will be on May 17th.

Agenda:

1. Today you will create a one-pager for MSND to show you understood the characters and themes of the play. Here is what you need:
1. A central image that represents the play.
2. Smaller images that represent the four relationships explored in the play: friendship, love, parent-to-child, and rulers-to-subjects.
3. Quotes from the play:
1. “And will you rend our ancient love asunder / To join with men in scorning your poor friend?” - Helena
2. "Full of vexation come I, with complaint Against my child, my daughter Hermia." - Egeus
3. "Ay me! for aught that I could ever read, Could ever hear by tale or history, The course of true love never did run smooth. " -Lysander
4. "Hippolyta, I woo'd thee with my sword, And won thy love, doing thee injuries; But I will wed thee in another key, With pomp, with triumph and with revelling." - Theseus
2. In each box explain what that character teaches us about that relationship.
1. Helena is a good/bad example of being a friend because...She teaches us...I think...
3. Finally, you must add a 12-15 sentence summary of the play on the back of your one-pager. You can use the play map to help with your summary.

Homework:

1. No vocabulary this week. Just read your book.

MSND One Pager

Big Ideas: Who or what is in control?

Reading: Today we will read for 10 minutes. Your next book review will be on May 17th.

Agenda:

1. Today you will create a one-pager for MSND to show you understood the characters and themes of the play. Here is what you need:
1. A central image that represents the play.
2. Smaller images that represent the four relationships explored in the play: friendship, love, parent-to-child, and rulers-to-subjects.
3. Quotes from the play:
1. “And will you rend our ancient love asunder / To join with men in scorning your poor friend?” - Helena
2. "Full of vexation come I, with complaint Against my child, my daughter Hermia." - Egeus
3. "Ay me! for aught that I could ever read, Could ever hear by tale or history, The course of true love never did run smooth. " -Lysander
4. "Hippolyta, I woo'd thee with my sword, And won thy love, doing thee injuries; But I will wed thee in another key, With pomp, with triumph and with revelling." - Theseus
2. In each box explain what that character teaches us about that relationship.
1. Helena is a good/bad example of being a friend because...She teaches us...I think...

Homework:

1. No vocabulary this week. Just read your book.

Watching the last part of the play

Big Ideas: Who or what is in control?

Reading: Today we will read for 10 minutes. Your next book review will be on May 17th.

Agenda:

1. We will finish watching the play.
2. You will complete a Quizizz to make sure you understood the play.
1. Code: 

Success Criteria:

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Homework:

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Acting Groups Day 3

Big Ideas: Who or what is in control?

Reading: Today we will read for 10 minutes. Your next book review will be on May 17th.

Agenda:

1. Fill out the reading progress form. 
2. Start this week's vocabulary. It is not a difficult list.
3. Today we will catch up on watching MSND.
4. Today you will act out your scene one last time.
1. What props do you need?
2. How will you space yourselves on the stage?
3. Add emotion and movements to your lines.
4. Read through your lines at home.
5. Tomorrow is performance day. Be ready!

Homework:

1. Make sure you start your vocabulary for this week.

Acting Groups Day 2

Big Ideas: Who or what is in control?

Reading: Today we will read for 10 minutes. Your next book review will be on May 17th.

Agenda:

1. Start this week's vocabulary. It is not a difficult list.
2. Today you need to put your lines in your own words.
1. Use the dictionary at the bottom or online to look up unfamiliar words.
2. Ask how to pronounce unfamiliar words.
3. Today you will read through your scene two times.
1. On the first read, try to read it through quickly.
2. On the second read, start to add emotion to movement to your reading. I demonstrated how to do this frequently.
4. I will call each group up to the front and give them tips on how to block the scene. I will give each group 3 minutes.

Homework:

1. Make sure you start your vocabulary for this week.

Beginning Acting Groups

Big Ideas: Who or what is in control?

Reading: Today we will read for 10 minutes. Your next book review will be on May 17th.

Agenda:

1. Start this week's vocabulary. It is not a difficult list.
2. Play a Kahoot to review the myth of Pyramus and Thisbe.
3. I will break you into acting groups.
1. Highlight all of your parts in the script.
2. Sit with your acting group. Have everyone read to the end of a line. Try to figure out what is going on.
3. Read your scene again. This time have each person read his or her part. What do you notice the second time that you didn't understand at first?
4. Now, look up the words you don't know for your part. Also, figure out what words you don't know how to say.

Homework:

1. Make sure you start your vocabulary for this week.

Pyramus and Thisbe

Big Ideas: Who or what is in control?

Reading: Today we will read for 10 minutes. Your next book review will be on May 17th.

Agenda:

1. Fill out the reading progress form.
2. With a partner, you will read the myth of Pyramus and Thisbe.
3. Go to Google Classroom. You will find a digital copy of the myth of Pyramus and Thisbe.
1. Each partner will open his or her own copy of the image.
2. You must annotate the image using emojis
   
3. You should have at least 15 emojis, but closer to 20 is better.
4. Turn in the image when you are done.
4. We will play a Kahoot based on the myth to make sure you understood it.
5. Start a new English Journal: Pyramus and Thisbe
1. Summarize the myth in 5 sentences.

Homework:

1. Make sure you are reading the book at home.