English I November 30 Agenda: All Classes • I was absent on this day due to illness • Students will receive the Verona Times Project and read through the requirements independently. I will be present tomorrow to answer questions • Students will receive a packet of work to complete ▫ First they should read and complete the Comma and Quotations worksheet. Then, they should complete the News Article Analysis Worksheet with the accompanying news articles. ▫ Students are to turn both worksheets into the tray when they are done English I November 30 Welcome! • Sit with your chosen partner for project; you may have to share a computer • You can work on project alone if you want • Think of questions you have about project • No WW tomorrow; tutoring today and tomorrow after school • I usually feel But not today…….. Agenda All Classes • Students will meet in the media center. They are to access my website, www.hickmak.weebly.com and under Week 15, find the News Article Planning Sheet. They should complete this with their partner and submit to turnitin.com by the end of class. English I December 1 Agenda: All Classes • Complete the warm up on the next screen • Due to my absence and Thanksgiving Break, this will be a differentiated day. Students who have no missing work will have time to work on a rough draft for their project. Students with missing work will be visiting me and completing make up work as we hit the middle of the quarter. This includes Act IV Packets, Act IV Classwork and Station work from last week. Take out a sheet of notebook paper and call it week 15 warm ups. Put your name and date (12/2/15) at the top. • Write a paragraph (7 to 10 sentences) answering the following: •Based on what you have learned Monday and Tuesday, what are four specific characteristics of a news article? Explain each characteristic. Notes about this report…. • If you turned in something Monday, I put it in the grade book. If you attended tutoring yesterday, I updated the grade. See me for correct grade. • I added the News Article Analysis from Monday. • The Act IV Packet and Station Work are due tomorrow. English I December 3 Turn in Act IV Packets and Station Work to tray as you come in. Then, start on the warm up! Thursday’s Warm Up • On same sheet of notebook paper as yesterday, write a paragraph answering the following font: What will your news article be about? What theme will you communicate through your article? What conflict will be present? How does your topic affect the play? • • • • • • • • • • • • • Gnomeo and Juliet Just think of all the Shakespeare in Love books, movies, and Tromeo and Juliet media you see that Warm Bodies have two lovers who Jules and Monty are not meant to be! West Side Story Taylor Swift’s Love Story Romeo Must Die The Lion King 2: Simba’s Pride Basilisk Romanof and Juliet Romeo and Juliet (2013, 1996, 1936, 1968) Underworld Ticket out the Door 1. Shakespeare once said, “A good story is a good story.” How does this connect to what you have learned about adaptations today? • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpNPQC2v 38c Lion King 2: Simba’s Pride • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6q3fBK6Lb Cc Stella! • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxoC5Oyf_ ss West Side Story 2:00 – 5:00 All Classes: Agenda • Complete warm up • Let’s talk about theme and conflict…… Remember, Honors has no more time to work on project in class • Read Act V, Scene 1 as a class. Answer the Reviewing the Details in the Act V Packet as we go along. • Students should take about 5 minutes to answer the Scene 1, Mantua Questions, 1 -6 • Have students brainstorm titles of stories that have been transformed in books or movies. Create a web on the board with feedback. Ask them this question: Why are stories retold? • Look at two video clips and have them relate the clip to a part of the play • Tell them we will spend a few days talking about adaptations as we finish the play and begin to watch the 1996 version vs. the 1968 version • Distribute the how Romeus became Romeo article and have studentsd read the article idnependently. highlight differences mentioned in the article between Brooke’s version and Shakespeare’s version. English I December 4 Welcome! • Take out your Week 15 Warm Ups and the Act V Packet. Turn in progress reports if you have them signed. • Friday, Week 15 Warm Up Prompt: • What are your ideas for your comic/political cartoon? Are you drawing it or using an online tool? Will you be completing the extra credit portion? If so, describe what you will be doing. If not, explain your choice (no judgement, just wondering!) On the back of your Act V Packet in the blank space, answer the following question: In a paragraph, how does the theme, “the inescapability of fate,” manifests itself in Act V, Scene II? Be detailed with a line or specific event. Thesis Statement A 'thesis statement usually appears at the end of the introductory paragraph of a paper, and it offers a concise summary of the main point or claim of the essay, research paper, etc. It is supported by evidence throughout the rest of the paper. 2. In one sentence, create a thesis statement that would fit with McKittrick’s paper. 1st, 4th, 5th: Agenda • Complete the week 15 warm up and turn in the warm up sheet. • Have students independently read Act V, Scene II on pg. 897. and answer the prompt on the next slide on their Act V Packet. • Give students 15-20 to complete the rest of their Adaptation Classwork looking at points and evidence. • Have students write a thesis statement at the bottom of the paper that relates to the point and evidence. • Distribute the Brookes/Shakespeare Analysis Paper. Have them analyze the Party Scene and fill out the organizer. • They will choose a partner and a second passage to analyze in depth. • HW (or carrying over to Monday) will be to write a synthesis of the two. 3rd and 5th: Agenda • Students will be in media center to finish writing their article