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10/3 – 10/4
• Hand Out Vocabulary List for 2nd six weeks
• Read Dr. Seuss’ “Yertle the Turtle” to find a connection between events in the story and historical situations
• Explore the meaning of allegory
• Collaboratively, students will choose an event (historically, ;politically, religiously) and write their own allegory
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10/5 – 10/6
• Finish Allegory (due at the end of the period – rhyming, illustrations, connection to another situation)
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10/7– 10/10
• Discuss Poetry: What is good/bad poetry?
• Hand out, discuss, understand poetic devices
• Hand out FRACTIONS method for analyzing poetry
• Use FRACTIONS method to analyze John Donne’s “The Flea” together as a class
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10/11– 10/12
• Use FRACTIONS method to analyze Andrew Marvell’s “To His Coy Mistress” as a class
• Assign Poetry Project – (students will choose a poem and apply the “FRACTIONS” process of analyzing poetry then choose from one of three ways to present analysis – handouts/rubrics to be given) DUE 10/17 (A–Day) 10/18 (B–Day) FOR ALL CLASSES
• HW: Study steps for FRACTIONS and poetic devices for a QUIZ!!!
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10/13 – 10/14
• Use FRACTIONS method to analyze Shakespeare’s “My Mistress’ Eyes” as a class
• QUIZ (Students must know the steps for FRACTIONS and definitions of poetic devices)
• Finish Poetry Project!!!! Due Monday (A-Day) / Tuesday (B-Day)
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10/17 – 10/18
• POETRY PROJECTS DUE!!!!
• Begin Presentation of Poetry Projects
• HW: Study for Vocab Quiz 1 (1-15)
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10/19 – 10/20
• Vocabulary Quiz 1 (1-15)
• Finish Presentation of Poetry Projects
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10/21 – 10/24
• Read Susan Glaspell’s “A Jury of Her Peers”
• HW: Finish reading story (there will be a reading quiz!!!)
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10/25 – 10/26
• Reading Quiz over “A Jury of Her Peers”
• Discuss Elements of Feminism in “A Jury of her Peers”
• Study for Vocab Quiz 2 (16-30) and Pronunciation Quiz!
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10/27 – 10/28
• Read Judy Brady’s essay “I Want a Wife”
• Break into groups to debate how writers/authors portray the roles of women based on time period
• Begin Reading Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream Act I
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10/31 – 11/1
• Finish Reading Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream Act 1
• Journal Assignment for MSND Act I
• HW: Study for Vocab TEST!!! / Finish Writing Journal for MSND Act I
11/2 – 11/3
• VOCAB TEST!!!!
• Begin MSND Act II
11/4 – 11/7
• Finish MSND Act II
• MSND Writing Journal Act II (homework if not finished in class)
• HW: review plot, characterization, devices, setting, for MSND QUIZ Acts I, II
11/8 – 11/9
• Quiz MSND Acts I, II
• Begin Reading MSND Act III
11/10 – 11/11
• Finish Reading MSND Act III
• HW: MSND Writing Assignment Act III
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