January 20, 2014 - January 24, 2014

1/20/14 – 1/24/14

Monday – Teacher In-Service Day

Tuesday – School Closed due to inclement weather

Wednesday

• Reading 8 (Odd): Students will view a documentary on the Holocaust and WWII as an introduction to the play, “The Diary of Ann Frank.”
• Reading 7: Students will finish copying notes on poetry from the textbook (pages 574 – 575).
• Practical Literature 12: Students will be introduced to the course and classroom rules/expectations. They will also be assigned their textbooks and we will discuss the readings and assignments for the first unit (Anglo-Saxon poetry and Beowulf).

Thursday

•          Reading 8 (Even): Students will begin the unit on the play, “The Diary of Ann Frank” by discussing what they already know about WWII and the Holocaust as well as Ann Frank. They will complete a KWL chart on this topic and we will discuss the documentary they viewed during the last class period. Students will then read the background sections from the textbook on this topic and discuss big ideas and essential questions for the unit.

•    Reading 7: Students will discuss the poetry notes together and provide examples for the terms discussed. Students will then read a poem with a partner and analyze it together based on the questions provided to them on a worksheet. We will discuss this poem together and students’ analyses.

•         Practical Literature 12: Students will begin unit one by reading background information on Anglo-Saxon poetry and completing a note sheet. We will discuss these notes together and students will then view a PPT with additional notes and background information on this unit.

Friday

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•  Reading 8 (Odd): Students will begin the unit on the play, “The Diary of Ann Frank” by discussing what they already know about WWII and the Holocaust as well as Ann Frank. They will complete a KWL chart on this topic and we will discuss the documentary they viewed during the last class period. Students will then read the background sections from the textbook on this topic and discuss big ideas and essential questions for the unit.

• Reading 7: Students will discuss the poem and their analyses of this poem together. They will continue with reading the first set of poems in the textbook and analyzing these together as a class. We will apply the poetry terms to each poem as elements are identified in each poem.
• Practical Literature 12: Students will begin reading the first poem for unit one, “The Seafarer.” They will read together as a class and complete an analysis of the poem by using the note sheet provided. They will also complete discussion questions after reading the poem.