Background on Pride and Prejudice

1. Read “Winter in Minnesota” and identify pride and prejudice in the statements
2. Highlight the article “Pride and Prejudice and the English Class System”
3. Highlight FYI packet on the background of Pride and Prejudice
(pick a partner and read a paragraph as the other partner summarizes)
4. Field Trip tomorrow (Leave 1st hour at 8:15 a.m., then go to your locker, then the bus. Buses leave at 8:30. Sit with your platoon. Get three tickets on the bus. Follow theatre etiquette.
5. Read Chapter 7-8

Becoming Jane

Tuesday, April 29, 2008

1. RIF books in library
2. Watch “Becoming Jane”
3. packet on “The Picture of Success” due Wednesday
4. Read Chap 5-6
5. Complete Character Sheet as you read

Introduction to Jane Austen

1. Background information on Jane Austen – highlight 6 articles
2. Watch “Becoming Jane”
3. Complete “The Picture of Success”
By Wednesday
4. Read Chap 3-4
5. Field Trip to Guthrie on Thursday (8:15-2:15) 3 hour performance and intermission (10:30-1:45)

Final Test on A Midsummer Night's Dream - 100 pts.

1. Pick up a Pride and Prejudice book and fill out the card
2. Pick up a reading calendar for the rest of the year.
3. Start reading Pride and Prejudice.

Review for Test

1. Review for Final – Highlight articles
· Character List
· Quotations (famous and by characters)
· Plot (Read the summaries)
2. Review game
· Work in partners
· Cut up strips and turn over
· First one done correctly after I say start are coupon winners
3. Final Test on A Midsummer Night’s Dream – 100 points on Friday

Journals and worksheets due

Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Happy Birthday, William Shakespeare!

1. Parent Conferences tonight in my room
2. Sign up for platoons for field trip
3. Journals Due today
4. Act III, IV, V worksheets due today
5. Correct allusion quiz
6. finish video Hours 3,4,6

Thursday: Review for test; handouts
Friday: Test on A Midsummer Night’s Dream – 100 points
Study character quiz and summaries of each act plus famous quotations

Quiz on Allusions and AP Question

1. Quiz on Allusions (put in folder)
2. AP Question – write for 30 minutes
· Answer all parts of the questions
· Start with a solid claim
· Give examples + prove your claim after each example (individual warrant)
· Final warrant (prove how all the examples prove the claim
3. Spanish Field Trip Students: Watch movie after school before the test on Friday
4. Finish worksheets on Acts III, IV, V

Journals and Video

1. Sign up for platoons
2. Journal:
· Several characters look back at prior infatuations with disbelief. What do you think Shakespeare is saying about love and infatuation?
· Explain why the “play within the play” is funny.
· Why do you think Shakespeare chose to set the play in the world of fairies?
· Why do you think it is necessary for Oberon to make a fool of Titania and why do you think Puck chooses Bottom as his victim?
3. collect extra credit on The Crucible

Act IV Video and AP Question

1. Hand back grades and papers
2. Discuss AP question for next Tuesday
3. Discuss A Midsummer Night’s Dream and watch video

Quiz and Allusions

1. Quiz on A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Number your own paper 1-30.
2. Journal on same paper as quiz: How might the magical herb described by Oberon act as a metaphor for the way infatuation operates in real life?
3. Definition of infatuation: A foolish, unreasoning, or extravagant passion of attraction
4. Finish allusions
5. Allusion TEST next Tuesday with an AP essay question.
6. Continue A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Read ACT IV Summary and answer questions.

Acting, Hours 4,5,6

1. Extra Credit: The Crucible
2. Finish allusions on Thursday
3. Quiz on Thursday on comprehension/plot of play so far (look up name of flower of the love potion)
4. Finish one line acting parts
5. Acting parts – practice and perform – graded on voice and movement – Wow points for special performances
6. Record answers to each act

Acting

1. Extra Credit: The Crucible
2. Finish allusions
3. Finish one line acting parts
4. Acting parts – practice and perform
5. Record answers to each act

Journal, Act III, Acting

1. Journal today and put in bin:
· How does Bottom become an ass? What is the reason for this strange event?
· What does Oberon realize when he sees Demetrius following Hermia?
· What causes Helena to become angry with Hermia? In you opinion, why does Helena refuse to believe her friend and her would-be lovers?
2. Read summary of Act III and answer worksheet.
3. Extra Credit on The Crucible: get program signed by a cast member and write a one page review of what you liked/disliked about script, characters, costumes, setting, lighting, etc.
4. Reading Test on Tuesday and Wednesday

5. Acting for “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”

Act II, Scene 1 and 2

1. Allusions:
· Elves (24)
· Ninus’ tomb (25)
2. Read summary of Act II and complete worksheet-put in bin
3. watch video
4. sub tomorrow – Mrs. Grivna
· finish taking reading tests.
· correct for immediate feedback

Act II, Scene 1 and 2

1. Act II, Scene 1 and 2
2. Highlight Act I Summary
3. Allusions
4. Journal
· Why are Oberon and Titania fighting?
· How does Oberon intend to blackmail Titania into giving him what he wants?

A Midsummer Night's Dream Act I, Scene 1

1. Journal: How would you feel if someone you liked suddenly stopped liking you?
2. Start Act I, Scene 1
3. Allusion reports as we go along. Take notes. These will be on the test.
4. Journal at the end of Act I:
· As a father, do you think that Egeus has the right to tell his daughter Hermia who to marry?
· What are the similarities/differences between Egeus and Capulet as fathers?

Journal,Notes, and allusions

Journal on A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Respond to the following questions:
1. You can fall in love at first sight.
2. If you disobey your parents, you should be punished with isolation or death.
3. You should pursue the person you love no matter what.
4. When you are in love, you do crazy things.
5. Being in love is like being in a dream.
6. Love is blind. What does this mean and do you agree with it?

1. Journal on love
2. Notes on A Midsummer Night’s Dream
3. Assign allusions

MCA Reading Test Prep

April 2, 2008

1. Calendar for reading/MCA Preparation
2. Finish survey
3. Start A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Handouts – strategy of A andB

April Fool's

1. Read Pyramus and Thisbe p. 105-107 (Write a description explaining this myth)
2. Read Theseus and Hippola
(Write a paragraph explaining how he captured the Queen of the Amazon, who he eventually married)
3. Retake grammar tests if below 16/20 or 8/10.
4. Journal #1
Why do young people in love sometimes experience conflict with their parents?