Sophomore English
Mrs. Fairman
Period 3
Pygmalion and 3 Myth Speech – Calendar 2015
“England and America are two countries separated by a common language.”
“Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine and
at last you create what you will.”
Monday
9/28
(78)
Tuesday
9/29
Wednesday
(56)
9/30
October 5 (100 - LS)
October 6
Pygmalion – Review
Background and start
Act 2 – begin
Character Activity
Discuss Act 2 / Character
Jigsaw / posters / Begin
to discuss Act 3
HW:
1st -Read Act 3 of
Pygmalion p. 67- 92
for next class
2nd Work on Hero
assignment, includes
ARC Conference
October 12
George Bernard Shaw, Irish dramatist & socialist (1856 - 1950)
(78)
*HW: Add annotations
to text from discussion of
Acts 2 and 3!
Thursday
(56)
October 1
Friday
(34)
October 2
(12)
Myth Test #2
HW:
1-Read the myth of
Pygmalion (1 pg.)
2-NB entry “Perfect
Match”
3-Read Preface and
Act 1 of Pygmalion (p.
3 to 27) for next class
Per. 3 - NO
CLASS
“Perfect Match” NB
entry due
Background info about
Shaw (author) and the
play Pygmalion
Q and A about Act 1
HW: Read Act 2 of
Pygmalion p. 29 to 65
for next class
October 7
October 8 (34)
October 9 (12)
Per. 3 - NO
CLASS
Quiz / Test on
Background info. &
Acts 1 –3
(56)
Finish Act 2 posters w/
characters if needed,
Act 3 discussion
continued
*HW: Read Acts 4 & 5
for our next class, Q1
Journal entry, 2
character quotes
*HW: Prep for test @
next class; Read Act 4
& 5 for next week
October 13
October 14 (EB1234)
October 15 (5678)
October 16 (100)
No School – Institute
Day!
Discuss Act 4 and Act 5
w/ focus on character
change
*HW: Read Sequel /
(Epilogue), Q1 Journal
entry TBA
Per. 3 - NO
CLASS
Discuss sequel; in-class
essay prep
October 20 (78)
October 21 (56)
October 22 (34)
October 23 (12)
In –class essay on
Pygmalion
Hero Assignment Due!
Begin 3 myth speech –
details to follow –
speeches begin 10/28
Per. 3 - NO
CLASS
Work on 3 myth speech
Distribute info. for 3
myth speeches
HW: Read info for 3
myth speech
HW: 3 myth speech
October 26 (100)
October 27 (78)
October 28 (56)
October 29 (34)
Work on 3 myth
speech
HW: 3 myth speech
Work on 3 myth speech
HW: 3 myth speech
3 myth speeches begin
today – Day #1 - ALL
OUTLINES DUE!
Per. 3 - NO
CLASS
No School –
Columbus Day
October 19 (100 LS)
In – class essay prep,
movies for archetype
HW: prep for in-class
essay
Hero’s Journey
assignment and ARC
conference due
tomorrow!
HW: prep for in-class
essay
HW: 3 myth speech
October 30 (12)
3 myth speeches,
Day #2
End of 1st Quarter
CONTINUED >>
Notes:
1. A few Q1 Electronic Journal entries may be assigned separately.
2. The speeches for the “Three Myth Speech” (Archetype Speech is another name for this assignment)
will be assigned separately. There will be 1 – 2 check – in assignments related to this speech. This will be
a partner speech and is the major speech of first quarter and final assessment related to myths and
Pygmalion.
3. Additional details to follow about ARC conference for hero’s journey book / movie to demonstrate the
“Hero’s Journey” cycle.