Please see Edmodo for all end of year assignments and notes. Thank you!

1. SSR
2. EOC Research Packet: Discuss Answers
3. LOTF Socratic Seminar Sign-Up and Assignment Overview
4. Components of an Effective Outline
5. LOTF Chapter 1 R/A

Homework:

• Read through the end of Chapter 2
• Continue working on your outline (due Weds)

1. Julius Caesar Final Quiz
2. RESEARCH

Homework: 

• Continue researching!  Suggested: Finish two source pages with at least two pieces of evidence (a DQ or P) for each source.
• Obtain copy of Lord of the Flies.  Chapters 1-2 Due Tuesday 5/8

1. Caesar Review Jeopardy
2. EbscoHost & DISCUS Intro (sw.horrycountyschools.net to access files from home)
3. Pre-Research

• Edmodo Account
• Narrow Research Topic

Homework:

• Continue Research
• Entrance Slip for Topic Approval (submit on Edmodo)
• Julius Caesar Final Quiz

1. EOC Resarch Topic Video & Questions:
2. Intro. to Research Visit www.edmodo.com (class code was distributed during class) to download Research Assignment, Rubric, and Timeline

• Notes Packet
• Easybib.com
• Research Timeline

3. Julius Caesar Movie

Homework: Study literary terms for Julius Caesar Final Quiz (ananchronism, ethos, pathos, logo, metonymy, synecdoche, blank verse, iambic pentameter, anaphora, aside, soliloquy, and monologue)

1. SSR
2. Julius Caear Movie
3. Antony's Speech

Homework: Continue memorizing

1. Rhetoric: A Presentation on Ethos, Pathos, & Logos
2. Memorization Assignment
3. Antony's Speech:  Annotate for Ethos, Pathos, Logos


Homework:

• Begin memorizing
• Annotate Antony's speech

1. Julius Caesar Act II Quiz
2. SSR
3. Close Reading: Brutus's speech to the citizens
4. Julius Caesar Movie

1. SSR
2. EOC Question & Vocab of the Day
3. Julius Caesar Verbal Phrases
4. Julius Caesar Act III R/A & Annotate

Homework: Finish Verbal Phrases & Review Act II (QUIZ TOMORROW)

1. SSR

2. Phrases Quiz

3. Julius Caesar Act II

Homework: Finish reading Act II

1. SSR

2. EOC Question and Vocab of the Day

3. Verbal Phrases Review

4. Julius Caesar Trouble Spots

5. Exit Slip: 3-2-1

Homework: Phrases Practice Handout

1. Quick write: 

What role does nature play in our lives? How can nature surprise us? Think of an experience you had with nature or something you observed in nature. Maybe you were camping, or hiking, or simply going for a walk. Describe the experience.

2. Question/Vocab of the Day (USA Test Prep)

3. Verbal Phrases

Homework: Entrance slip (Using a gerund, participial, and infinitive phrase, write about your Spring Break.)

1. SSR

2. Level Three Practice:

• Two      dogs        barked      at        the         moon.
• Joe   and    I,   best      friends,   asked     for     a     raise.

3. Metonymy & Synecdoche

4. Julius Caesar Reading Check (Act I, Scenes ii & iii)

Homework: Review Act I & bring 3 questions (or 3 "trouble spots") that you would like to discuss tomorrow.

As you finish reading Act I, please use these questions to guide your reading and annotations:

Act I Scene ii  (some of these questions we have already discussed, so please use them to review our in-class reading)
1. Why does Caesar mention his desire that Calpurnia stand “directly in Antonio’s way”?

2. Why are the tribunes Flavius and Marullus punished?
3. What is the soothsayer’s warning to Caesar? What does it mean?
4. What fear does Brutus note?
5. According to Cassius, what happened when Caesar and Cassius went swimming in the
Tiber? What is the point of this story?
6. What does Cassius say about fate, free will, and being “underlings”? What is noticeably different about Casca’s speech pattern compared to Caesar’s or Brutus’? Why is this significant?
7. What two physical ailments of Caesar’s are mentioned in this scene? Why are they significant?

8. In response to the “falling sickness,” what is the meaning of Cassius’ sarcasm?

Act I, scene iii
1. Why do the conspirators plant papers on Brutus’s chair?
2. There are four specific things Casca has seen. What are they? How does Casca interpret
these strange happenings? How does Cassius? How would Shakespeare’s audience have interpreted them?

3. On whom does Cassius blame Caesar’s power? Why is this significant?

4. Cassius describes Caesar as a wolf and a lion, and the Romans as sheep. What literary term is illustrated here? What is its significance?
5. Why is it important to the conspirators to have Brutus come in with them?

1. Blank Verse and Dramatic Speeches Quiz

2. Rhetorical Device: Anaphora (Submit anaphora poem)

3. Julius Caesar Act I Scene ii

Homework: Read and annotate the rest of Act I  (reading check on Monday, April 16th)

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

1. SSR: Prepositional Phrase Hunt

2.Prepositional Phrases Poetry

1. You must write two stanzas of five lines each.

2. The first four lines of each stanza must begin with a preposition and end with an object—each line must be a prepositional phrase.

3. The last line of the stanza cannot begin with a preposition and must be an independent clause (contains a subject and its predicate; makes a complete thought).

4. The first word of each line must begin with a capital letter.

5. The first four lines are punctuated with a comma, and the last line is punctuated with a period.

Line Order: Preposition --- ----Object

Sentence Order: Subject ---Verb….

Example Stanza:

Due to the insightful comments,

As a result of the thought provoking questions,

After the awkward silence,

Before Julius Caesar,

We watched The Odyssey.

3. Intro to Caesar ppt

4. Julius Caesar Act 1 Scene 1

1. Julius Caesar Anticipation Socratic Seminar :)

2. The Odyssey

Homework: Bring copy of Julius Caesar

1. SSR
2. Julius Caesar Anticipation Seminar
3. Deciphering Shakespeare & Shakespeare Stages: Cornell Notes

Homework: 

• Bring copy of Julius Caesar
• Revamp answers to anticipation prompts (SEMINAR TOMORROW) 

Friday, March 30, 2012

Odyssey Board Games!

Homework: 

•  Julius Caesar Anticipation Prompts (come prepared for the Socratic Seminar)
• Julius Caesar (own copy required for Tuesday)

1. Level Two Analysis
2. Intro to Appositive Phrases
3. Odyssey Book 12 Analysis Questions
4. Exit Slip:

• Using a prepositional phrase, write a sentence about the setting and/or characters of your favorite movie/book.  Circle and label the phrase.
• Using an appositive phrase, write about a character in your favorite movie/book.   Circle and label the phrase.

Homework: 

• Sentence Recipes
• Annotation Check for Book 12 Tomorrow!  
• Study grammar notes!
• Bring Julius Caesar next week!

1. SSR

2. Level Two Analysis (MCT slides 1-3 on Level 2)

3. Intro to Phrases: Prepositional

4. Odyssey

Homework: Finish reading Odyssey

1. Grammar Go-Back Level Two Quiz

2. Odyssey Board Game Project 

3. Odyssey  Movie

Homework: Board Games Due Tomorrow!

Odyssey Board Game Projects:  Work individually or in groups on completing your questions, summary of the epic poem, and game directions.  

Do not forget to study for your Level Two Grammar Go-Back Quiz tomorrow!

Odyssey Board Game Project: Drafting Questions (mini-laptops)

Homework: Board Game Project & Study Grammar Notes (Grammar Go Back Level Two Quiz Tomorrow)

1. SSR
2. Small Group Discussion of Level Two Analysis
3. The Odyssey Book 12 (Stanzas 13-35)


Homework: 

• Finish reading and annotating
• Continue drafting Board Game Questions (Rough Draft of Questions must be shown to Ms. Ward by the end of Friday's class)

1. Quickwrite:

Mitch Albom says that "all endings are also beginnings." In general, what does this mean? How does it relate to Odysseus’s story in particular? Share something in your life that has begun as another thing ended-- and the events that followed.

2. Level Two Analysis Quiz

3. Grammar Go-Back Study

4. Predicate Adjective & Nominative

5. Odyssey:  

• Mark stanzas for Book 12 
• Brainstorm for Board Game Project

Homework: Work on Board Game Project

(Due Tuesday, March 27th)

1. SSR

2. Subject Verb Agreement

3. Level Two Analysis

Homework:  Level Two Analysis Quiz

1. Quickwrite: 

1. Underline the verbs.   2. Circle the adjectives.  3. Box the prepositional phrase.  4. Double underline the adverb.  5. Revise this passage to use stronger verbs and imagery to create a more vivid description:

The tornado was very close to my house. It was windy and loud. It made me nervous. I was scared.

2. Level Two Analysis (Discuss HW & complete #5)
3. The Odyssey Book 10 Reading Check 
Homework: Read and annotate the rest of Book 10 and STUDY GRAMMAR NOTES


Wednesday, March 15, 2012

1. SSR

2. Level Two Analysis

3. Odyssey Annotations: Peer Discussion of Annotations in Response Groups

4. Introduction to Odyssey Game Board Project

Homework: Re-read & re-annotate Book 10 (through stanza 34).  Be prepared for a reading check. 

1.Writer's Choice: Freewrite or SSR

2. Subject Verb Agreement Online Practice

Great Website for Grammar and Writing Tutorials, Practice, and Quizzes

3. Subject Complements

4. Exit Slip:

• Write a sentence with the following pattern:

                        S       AVP        IDO      DO

• Write a sentence with the following pattern:

                        S        LVP        SC

       Complete a two level analysis on each sentence. 

Homework: Read and annotate Book 10: Stanzas 10-34 (Reading Check Tomorrow)