Unit 5 (6 weeks) - Shakespeare (Priority Standards will focus on achieving Level 4.0) TEXT Julius Caesar
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Week One April 25-29
PS2 - maintain a formal tone
PS3 - identify the meaning of important phrases (3.0 level)
PS6 - synthesize information/ideas from paired texts
Anticipation guide
Act 1, Scene 1: Rome. A street.
Act 1, Scene 2: A public place.
Act 1, Scene 3: The same. A street.
Monday (55 min):
Objective: SW track progress in rhetoric
Good News/Announcements (5 min)
Direct Instruction: Discuss results of 2FA3/6FA4
Independent Practice: Track results of assessment
Finish watching A Raisin in the Sun
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Block 1 (95 min):
Objective: SW understand Shakespeare/Elizabethan era
Good News/Announcements (5 min)
Do Now (5 min): write what you know about Shakespeare (use formal tone and academic vocabulary) (whiparound)
Hook (8 min): Introduction to Shakespeare
Direct Instruction: PowerPoint
Guided Practice: Guided notes on the PowerPoint
Independent Practice (5 + 5 min): Anticipation Guide plus discussion.
Whole Class (30 min): Read Act 1, Scene 1: Rome. A street.and Act 1, Scene 2. Review Act 1 with VIDEO.
Closure/Reflection/Notes for tomorrow/Homework: Answer comprehension questions.
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Block 2 (95 min): Field trip
Friday (55 min):
Objective: SW read closely and analyze text; SW learn about Elizabethan era and the Bubonic Plague
Good News/Hook/Announcements (5 min)
Do Now: p. 38 Vocabulary from Unit Plan (Act I)
Hook (3 min): We ended guided notes with some information on the Bubonic Plague Black Death
Direct Instruction (15 min): Finish guided notes slides 25-35
Guided Practice: Read Act I, Scene 3 of Julius Caesar
Closure/Reflection/Notes for tomorrow/Homework: Analysis and writing assessment next week
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Week Two May 2-6
Analysis of an Excerpt of JC 3FA2 5/4
PS2 - maintain an objective tone
PS3 - support the development of an idea over the course of the text by identifying explicit relationships between individuals (3.0)
PS6 - analyze how words/phrases or patterns of words/phrases shapes the meaning/tone in text
Act 2, Scene 1: Rome. BRUTUS's orchard.
Act 2, Scene 2: CAESAR's house.
Act 2, Scene 3: A street near the Capitol.
Act 2, Scene 4: Another part of the same street, before the house of BRUTUS.
Monday (55 min): Integrity quote: “Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters”
― Albert Einstein
Objective: SW read closely
Good News/Hook/Announcements: Schmoop synopsis
Do Now: What are important characteristics of a leader?
Direct Instruction: Read Act 2, Scene 1: Rome. BRUTUS's orchard.
Closure/Reflection/Notes for tomorrow/Homework: Anticipatory guide
Block 1 (95 min): Integrity quote: “When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everyone will respect you.”
― Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
Objective: SW read closely and analyze themes
Good News/Announcements/Attendance (2 min)
Hook (3 min): REVIEW of Act II 4:30-7:15min
Independent Practice (40 min): Read Act II Scene 2
Direct Instruction: Explain Anticipatory Guide
Independent Practice (20 min): SW complete Guide and discuss
Closure (30 min): Watch VIDEO
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Block 2 (95 min): Integrity quote: “Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
Objective: Students will be given the opportunity to practice reading aloud to improve in this area; SW learn about ancient Rome
Do Now (5 min): Prepared to tell 3 ways that Julius Caesar was told not to go to work on March 15.
Direct Instruction: Group project explanation
Independent Practice: p.47 of Unit Plan
Guided Practice: Read Act II Scene 4 of Julius Caesar: Another part of the same street, before the house of BRUTUS.
Closure/Reflection/Notes for tomorrow/Homework: Tomorrow Assessment Act I & II
Friday (55 min): Integrity quote: “I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence.”
― Frederick Douglass
Objective: SW learn about ancient and modern Rome
Good News/Hook (3 + 7 min): What was Rome Like for a Teenager?
Direct Instruction: reminder of project requirements
Independent Practice: Continue working on projects; this is the last day to work
Closure/Reflection/Notes for tomorrow/Homework:
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Week Three May 9-13
PS2 - adapt voice and style to audience/purpose/task
PS3 - support the development of an idea over the course of the text by identifying explicit relationships between events (3.0)
PS6 - assess how an author uses or fails to use evidence to support a claim or counterclaim
Monday (55 min): Integrity quote: “You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time.” ― Abraham Lincoln
Objective: SW present information on Ancient and Modern Rome and Julius Caesar.
Good News/Hook/Announcements (5 min)
Do Now (10 min): ACT II QUIZLET REVIEW
Direct Instruction & Guided Practice: None today
Independent Practice: Finalize presentations and present them.
Closure/Reflection/Notes for tomorrow/Homework: ACT II QUOTE PRACTICE
Block 1 (95 min): Integrity quote: “One of the greatest regrets in life is being what others would want you to be, rather than being yourself.” ― Shannon L. Alder
Objective: SW examine and explain information and ideas from Julius Caesar Act II.
Good News/Hook/Announcements (5 min)
Do Now (10 min): QUIZLET REVIEW
Independent Practice (30 min): Finish presentations.
Direct Instruction (30 min): Review for assessment.
Closure (15 min): KAHOOT quiz on Act II
Block 2 (95 min): Integrity quote: “Do not act as if you were going to live ten thousand years. Death hangs over you. While you live, while it is in your power, be good.” ― Marcus Aurelius
Objective: SW demonstrate analysis of Julius Caesar Act II
Do Now: REVIEW
Good News/Hook/Announcements (5 min)
Direct Instruction (10 min): Review for Assessment (Summary activity; Fly Swat Game, Telephone game)
Independent Practice: 3FA2. When finished, begin reading Act 3 and complete the worksheet HERE.
Assessment: This assessment counts for the second Analysis test of the semester
Closure/Reflection/Notes for tomorrow/Homework: none
Friday (55 min): Integrity quote: “How much time he gains who does not look to see what his neighbour says or does or thinks, but only at what he does himself, to make it just and holy.” ― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
Objective: SW read closely and analyze text
Good News/Hook/Announcements (5 min)
Do Now: Act 3 Vocabulary QUIZLET
Guided Practice: Assign parts and read Act III, Scene 1 of Julius Caesar
Assessment: SW complete comprehension questions at the end of the hour for Instructional Feedback in Analysis
Closure/Reflection/Notes for tomorrow/Homework: Exit ticket: summarize Act III Scene 1
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Week Four May 16-20
Analysis of Julius Caesar 1FA4, 2FA4, 3FA4 5/17
PS2 - sequence events seamlessly to create a coherent, unified text
PS3 - support the development of an idea over the course of the text by identifying explicit relationships between ideas (3.0)
Act 3, Scene 1: Rome. Before the Capitol; the Senate sitting above.
Act 3, Scene 2: The Forum.
Act 3, Scene 3: A street.
Act 3 AUDIO
Monday (55 min): Integrity quote: “Being different is a revolving door in your life where secure people enter and insecure exit.” ― Shannon L. Alder
Objective: SW read closely and analyze text
Good News/Hook/Announcements (5 min)
Do Now (10 min): NWEA PREP
Guided Practice (30 min): Read Act III and answer comprehension questions (Scene 1 & 2 are key scenes in the play)
Closure/Reflection/Notes for tomorrow/Homework (10 min): NWEA PREP
Block 1 (95 min): Integrity quote: “Integrity is telling myself the truth. And honesty is telling the truth to other people.” ― Spencer Johnson
Objective: SW read closely and analyze text
Good News/Hook/Announcements (5 min)
Do Now (10 min): NWEA PREP
Guided Practice (30 + 40 min): Read Act IV. Answer comprehension questions. Watch Act III-IV video.
Closure/Reflection/Notes for tomorrow/Homework (10 min): NWEA PREP
Block 2 (95 min):
Integrity quote:
“Never do anything that you can't admit doing, because if you are that ashamed of whatever it is, it's probably wrong.” ― Ashly Lorenzana
Objective: SW read closely and analyze text
Good News/Hook/Announcements (5 min)
Do Now (20 min): NWEA PREP and KAHOOT
Independent Practice:
Group work (30 min): Analysis of Act III
B HOUR SLIDESHOW
C HOUR SLIDESHOW
E HOUR SLIDESHOW
Present slideshow (25 min).
Closure/Reflection/Notes for tomorrow/Homework (15 min): QUIA Rags to Riches and NWEA PREP
Progress Update
Friday (55 min):“Decide what you stand for. And then stand for it all the time.” ― Clayton M. Christensen
Objective: SW read closely and analyze text
Good News/Hook/Announcements (5 min)
Do Now (10 min): NWEA PREP
Guided Practice (30 min): Read Act IV Scenes 1-2. Read Act V Scenes 3-4. Answer comprehension questions. Video.
Closure/Reflection/Notes for tomorrow/Homework (10 min): NWEA PREP
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Week Five May 23-27
PS3 - make a claim regarding the development of an idea over the course of an above-grade level text (4.0)
Monday (55 min):
Integrity quote: “Govern thy life and thy thoughts as if the whole world were to see the one, and read the other.” ― Thomas Fuller
Objective: SW read and analyze Shakespearean text
Good News/Hook/Announcements (5 min)
Do Now (10 min): NWEA PREP (incentive slideshow?)
Direct Instruction: Present Act III Analysis Slideshow. (E hr last 6 slides)
Guided Practice: Read Act IV
Act 4, Scene 1: A house in Rome.
Act 4, Scene 2: Camp near Sardis. Before BRUTUS's tent.
Act 4, Scene 3: Brutus's tent
Independent Practice: Answer QUESTIONS
Assessment: Stoplight exit ticket
Closure/Reflection/Notes for tomorrow/Homework (10 min): NWEA PREP
Block 1 (95 min): Integrity quote: “Whatever is rightly done, however humble, is noble.” ― Henry Royce
NWEA Testing
Block 2 (95 min): Integrity quote: “There are, basically, three kinds of people: the unsuccessful, the temporarily successful, and those who become and remain successful. The difference is character.”
― Jon Hunstman
Continue NWEA testing
Friday (55 min): Integrity quote: “You don't have to walk on water, it's how you walk on land.” ― Jason Crabb
Objective: SW read closely and analyze text
Good News/Hook/Announcements
Guided Practice: Act IV Julius Caesar review and prepare for assessment
Independent Practice: watch video
Assessment: pass out review sheets and complete
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Week Six May 30 - June 3
PS3 - identify the purpose of important words/phrases in an above grade-level text (4.0)
Act 5, Scene 1: The plains of Philippi.
Act 5, Scene 2: The same. The field of battle.
Act 5, Scene 3: Another part of the field.
Act 5, Scene 4: Another part of the field.
Act 5, Scene 5: Another part of the field.
Monday: No School
Block 1 (95 min):
Objective: SW demonstrate understanding of analysis of Julius Caesar Act 4
Good News/Hook/Announcements (5 min)
Guided Practice (20 min): KAHOOT
Independent Practice: Assessment. When finished, begin reading Act V and complete the worksheet HERE_.
Block 2 (95 min):
Objective: I can read and analyze Julius Caesar.
Do Now (5 min): QUIZLET Julius Caesar Act 5 Vocabulary.
Good News/Hook/Announcements (5 min): Some students will need to do NWEA makeups or finish 3FA3 today.
Direct Instruction: Review previous Act and assign parts (Scenes 1-3 should have been read silently HERE is the review. Scenes 4-5 will be read together.
Guided Practice: Read LISTEN to Act V, Scene 1+ together (20 min). Watch video (Acts IV-V 30 min) (1:45 onward).
Independent Practice: Fill out comprehension worksheets as we read.
Closure/Reflection/Notes for tomorrow/Homework: none
Friday (55 min):
Objective: I can read and understand Julius Caesar Act V
Do Now (5 min): QUIZLET Julius Caesar Act 5 Vocabulary.
Good News/Hook/Announcements
Direct Instruction: Review Act IV & Act V Scenes 1-3
Guided Practice: Read Scenes 4-5
Independent Practice: Complete worksheet/review for final assessment on JC
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June 6-10 Exam Review (and make up work) Week
Monday (55 min):
Do Now (2 min): Surveymonkey.com/r/FMR5ZBV and get out your writing outline
Good News/Attendance/Agenda/Go over Do Now (3 min)
Direct Instruction: Review outline and requirements for Julius Caesar Final Assessment. Distribute writing prompt
Independent Practe: Begin working on final assessment.
Block 1 (95 min):
Do Now (2 min): Access your email and look over the Julius Caesar quotes that I sent you yesterday.
Good News/Attendance/Agenda/Go over Do Now (3 min)
Direct Instruction: questions on assessment? clarification?
Independent Practice: Julius Caesar Final Assessment (1FA, 2FA, 3FA4). When finished, begin exam review.
Block 2 (95 min):
Do Now (5 min): Conventions handout (3 questions)
Good News/Attendance/Agenda/Go over Do Now (5 min)
Conventions review while others finish assessment (25 min):
Subject/verb agreement
Subject/verb agreement exercise 2
Modifiers
Modifiers exercise 2
Comma Usage
Comma usage exercise 2
Exam review conventions/analysis
(15 + 15 min) Work in assigned groups to discuss the correct answers for the analysis packet ("Watch"). Discuss as class.
(15 + 15 min) Work in assigned groups to discuss the correct answers for the analysis packet ("Grammar"). Discuss as a class.
Friday (95 min):
Do Now (2 min)
Good News/Attendance/Agenda/Go over Do Now (3 min)
Exam review writing/rhetoric
Rhetoric Practice #1 "Women and the Draft"
Rhetoric Practice #2 "The Eviction Economy"
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6/13 Exam week
- Tuesday, Exam A 7:45-9:10 a.m. & Exam B 9:20-10:45 a.m.
- Wednesday, Exam C 7:45-9:10 a.m. & Exam D 9:20-10:45 a.m.
- Thursday, Exam E 7:45-9:10 a.m. & Exam F 9:20-10:45 a.m.
Jun 17 Last Day