English I 5th Six Weeks Syllabus
Reading: Romeo and Juliet
Vocabulary: Rock the SAT
Grammar: Fragments, Run-ons, Compound/Complex Sentences
Assessments: Romeo and Juliet Tests
Monday:
TAKS Prep
Week of Feb
Perfect match survey home
I can . . .
Tuesday:
*PASS TAKS!
TAKS Test-5th Background on Shakespeare
*Indentify Shakespearean
Wednesday:
Drama
Warm-up: What is love (Music Wed.)
*Identify conventions of
Intro to Shakespeare and Shakespearean Drama
Shakespearean plays
Thursday:
*Identify and analyze
6th Background on Shakespeare
Shakespearean language,
Friday:
including word play and
Quiz-Shakespeare
blank verse
Expository Writing-Love
Monday:
Warm Up: Music Monday-Unrequited love
Tracking events and characters in Shakespearean
Week of March 7th
works
I can . . .
Keeping Track of Characters Worksheet
*Use strategies for reading
Tuesday:
Shakespearean Drama,
Warm-up: Vocabulary
including keeping track of
Begin Act I
events and characters
Paraphrasing passages-Re-writing for comprehension
*translate Romeo and Juliet
Block:
into my own terms
Warm: Up: Grammar
*practice and apply the rules Romeo and Juliet Read Act I. Watch Clips
of grammar
Introduce project
*study vocabulary and apply Homework: Note Taking Parts 1 and 2
my vocabulary words
Friday:
Warm Up: Act out exercise
Begin Act II
Assign Romeo and Juliet project
Quiz: Vocabulary and Grammar
st
Monday: Read Act II
Week of March 21
Balcony Exercise
I can . . .
Tuesday: Romeo and Juliet Test 1
*recall information about
Shakespearean to study for a Block: Warm up: Grammar
Check progress on projects
test
Continue Act II Scenes 3-5
*write thorough OER answers
Friday: Warm-Up: Vocabulary
using correct grammar
Consequences of revenge exercise
*practice and apply the rules
Quiz: Vocabulary and Grammar
of grammar
*study vocabulary and apply
my vocabulary words
28th
QUIZ: Intro to
Shakespeare
FRIDAY: QUIZ:
Vocabulary and
Grammar
Tuesday: Romeo and
Juliet Test 1
FRIDAY: QUIZ –
Vocabulary and
Grammar
Week of March 28th
I can . . .
* remember to bring my
workbook to class
*identify dramatic irony
*present my Romeo and
Juliet project
*practice and apply the rules
of grammar
*study vocabulary and apply
my vocabulary words
Week of April 4th
I can . . .
*create study materials to
review for a test
*apply knowledge of the
Shakespearean Drama to my
own life
*create a project that tells
the story of my own Hero’s
Journey
*practice and apply the rules
of grammar
*study vocabulary and apply
my vocabulary words
Week of April 11th
I can . . .
*Create my own test review
sheet
*Evaluate the consequences
of ones actions from different
perpectives
*identify comic relief in a
Shakespearean tragedy
*recognize the protagonist
and the antagonist in a play
Monday: Warm-up: Music Monday (Juliet’s
Denouncement of Romeo?)
Begin Act III
Tuesday: Warm-up: Vocabulary
Continue Act III
Dramatic irony in Romeo’s 1st “death”
Where does loyalty lie?
Block: Warm-up: Grammar
Projects due
Presentations
Friday: Warm-up: Vocabulary
SAT Vocabulary
Begin Act IV
Quiz: Vocabulary and Grammar
Monday: Warm-up- Music Monday
Test Review
Tuesday: Warm-up: Vocabulary
Romeo and Juliet Test II
Block: Warm-up: Grammar
Continue Act IV
My life as Shakespearean drama
Friday: Warm-up: Vocabulary
SAT Vocab
Begin Act V
Quiz: Vocabulary and Grammar
Monday: Act V-Comic relief
How would older and younger people’s
views on Romeo and Juliet’s actions differ?
Tuesday: Warm-up: Vocabulary
Complete Act V
Romeo and Juliet Test Review
Block: Romeo and Juliet Test III
Friday: Romeo and Juliet Scene Act outs
BLOCK: Projects due
QUIZ: SAT Vocabulary
and Grammar
Tuesday: R&J TEST
FRIDAY: QUIZ:
Vocabulary and
Grammar
BLOCK: Test III
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