September 29-October4, 2014
BTW High school
Pre- AP English II MYP
Assembly
Focus ?: What is SAT vocabulary? / Monday: Final Draft of MYP folktale due. SAT Vocab 6: abridged, callous, defiled, gregarious, incorrigible, mundane, nebulous, noxious, rescind, and trite. Define, provide a sample sentence using that word, and write an antonym/ synonym.
Blocks
Focus ?:What are the characteristics of Greek Theater? / Tuesday/ Wednesday: Vocab 1-5 Test; vocab 5 due
Greek Theater notes and YouTube video. Mask and theater worksheets. Due Thursday
Begin Oedipus Rex – Begin prologos
Dialectical journal for Blindness vs. Sight/ dramatic irony / Fate vs. free will/ hamartia/ tragic hero characteristics/ connections to Okonkwo/ paradox
Work on study guide. Both chart and study guide are due when we finish play.
Activity
Focus ?: How do I write my MYP personal project paper. / Thursday:Picture day through English classes. Read Oedipus, if time permits. Possible MYP personal project discussion : How to write paper.
Early release
Focus ?:
What motifs and ironies are being developed in Oedipus? / Friday: Continue to read Prologos and Episode one
If we have time, (most likely Monday activity)
Special notes: / PASS objectives : Standard 1 Vocabulary (2,3,4,5), Standard 2 Comprehension (1,2,3,4). Standard 3 Literature (1,2,3,4), Standard 4 Research and information (1,2), Standard 2 Modes and Forms of Writing (5,7), Standard 3 Grammar/Usage and Mechanics (1,2,3), Standard 1 Listening (1,2,3,4), Standard 1Interpret Meaning (2), Standard 2 Evaluate Media (1,2), Standard 3 Compose a Visual Message (1,2)
Oedipus RexEssential Question:Is it always better to know truth, no matter what the consequences?
Objectives:
1. The student will analyze the characteristics of literary genre-classical tragedy.
2.The student will explore the related themes in the play, i.e. fate vs character, blindness vs vision, truth vs illusion , Greek law vs. Roman (English) law ,etc.
3. The student will learn to argue for their point: what determines a person's life, fate or character?
4. The student will analyze and differentiate the types of irony and justify their meaning.
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October6-10, 2014
BTW High school
Pre-AP English II MYP
1-7
Focus ?: What is stichomythia and what is its purpose in Greek Tragedy. / Monday: Read Oedipus, Episode one, Ode one, Episode Two, Ode two
Oedipus Rex activity – stichomythia analysis and recreation
SAT Vocab 7: capricious, ecstatic, demure, haughty, immutable, jubilant, mandate, odious, poignant, sanguine- Define, sample sentence, antonym/synonym – due Thursday
Block
PLAN exam on Tuesday
Focus ?: What kinds of acts of hatred and intolerance to students witness in their own lives? How do you apply the single story to this film? / Tuesday/ Wednesday:PLAN on Tuesday. Even hours will get MYP personal project notes OR begin Freedom Writers -- Make direct connections about the prejudice and acts of hatred and intolerance that students witness in their own lives. This lesson is meant to facilitate a discussion that examines these issues and to further apply these issues for future units we will study.
Activity
Focus ?: What irony can be identified in Oedipus? / Thursday: Continue with Oedipus – Episode 3 and Ode 3, irony annotations assignment
October 11
Activity
Focus ?: What irony can be identified in Oedipus? / Friday:TragedyWorksheets and annotations. Continue reading Oedipus, Episode 4 and Ode 4. Continuing our focus on irony.
Special notes: / PASS:Standard 1 Vocabulary (2,3,4,5), Standard 2 Comprehension (1,2,3,4). Standard 3 Literature (1,2,3,4), Standard 1 Writing Process (1, 2,3,4,5,6) Standard 2 Modes and Forms of Writing (5,7,8, 9), Standard 3 Grammar/Usage and Mechanics (1,2,3), Standard 1 Listening (1,2,3,4),
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October 13-17, 2014
BTW High school
Pre-APEnglish II MYP
1-7
Focus ?: How can we apply the elements of tragedy to Oedipus? / Monday: Finish reading and analyzing Oedipus, Exodus. Elements of Tragedy Notes and worksheet. Skit Assignment.
1-7
parent/teacher conferences
Focus ?: What kinds of acts of hatred and intolerance to students witness in their own lives? How do you apply the single story to this film? / Tuesday:Work on Skits. All worksheets, study guide and annotations due next Wednesday
Wednesday: Begin Freedom Writers -- Make direct connections about the prejudice and acts of hatred and intolerance that students witness in their own lives. This lesson is meant to facilitate a discussion that examines these issues and to further apply these issues for future units we will study.
PSAT exam- Wednesday
17/18 / Thursday/Friday: No School
Special notes: / Weekly PASS Objectives:Standard 1 Vocabulary (2,3,4,5), Standard 2 Comprehension (1,2,3,4). Standard 3 Literature (1,2,3,4),Standard 1 Writing Process (1, 2,3,4,5,6) Standard 2 Modes and Forms of Writing (5,7,8, 9), Standard 3 Grammar/Usage and Mechanics (1,2,3), Standard 1 Listening (1,2,3,4), ), Standard 1Interpret Meaning (2),
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October 20-24, 2014
BTW High school
Pre- AP English II MYP
Monday: No School
Activity period
Focus?: How can we translate the story of Oedipus and its themes to the modern world?
1-7
Focus?: How can we translate the story of Oedipus and its themes to the modern world? / Tuesday: Work on skits in class/ script writing guidelines.Vocab 8: Accost, emulate, fidelity, foster, hiatus, immerse, lucid, meticulous, taciturn, vex – Define, Sample Sentence, antonym/synonym—due Friday.
Wednesday: Oedipus teststudy guide given – this will take place Monday the 28thand perform Oedipus skits.
October 24
Pep assembly / Thursday: Finish Oedipus skits. How to write a movie critique. Begin Antigone movie.
Focus ?: What are the major themes of Antigone? How do I write a play critique?
October 25
Coronation Assembly
Focus ?: What are the major themes of Antigone? How do I write a play critique? / Friday:Vocab 8 due. Finish Antigone
Special notes: / Standard 1 Vocabulary (2,3,4,5), Standard 2 Comprehension (1,2,3,4). Standard 3 Literature (1,2,3,4), Standard 4 Research and information (1,2),Standard 1 Writing Process (1, 2,3,4,5,6) Standard 2 Modes and Forms of Writing (5,7,8, 9), Standard 3 Grammar/Usage and Mechanics (1,2,3), Standard 1 Listening (1,2,3,4), )
/ Lesson Plans
October 27- 31, 2014
BTW High school
Pre-AP English II MYP
1-7
Focus ?: How can I apply irony, tragedy, paradox, and Greek Theater characteristics to Oedipus? / Monday: Oedipus test with in-class essay. Annotations, Study guide, and worksheets due.
Block day
Focus ?: What is the Roman Empire and who is Julius Caesar? / Tuesday/ Wednesday: Define, sample sentence, and antonym/synonym.
Vocabulary 9
- Abscond (v) to sneak away and hide.
- Bereft (adj)devoid of, without
- Canny (adj) shrewd, careful
- Denigrate (v) to belittle, diminish the opinion of
- Embezzle (v) to steal money by falsifying records
- Feral (adj) wild, savage
- Genial (adj) friendly, affable
- Hierarchy (n) a system with ranked groups, usually according to social, economic, or professional class.
- Imperative (adj) necessary, pressing
- Lenient (adj) demonstrating tolerance or gentleness
1-7 / Thursday: Antigone movie critique due.
Focus ?: What argumentative techniques does Marc Antony use and why? / Continue Julius Caesar. Antony’s speech analysis – due Monday
Activity
Focus ?: What are the major themes in Julius Caesar? / Friday: Finish Julius Caesar
Special notes: / Julius CaesarGuiding questions: How does the quest for power and/or fame lead us to act with honor or shame?How and why do humans betray each other? Ourselves?
Julius Caesar Objectives: Through reading William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, students will gain a better understanding of the Roman Empire, Rome, and the assassination of Julius Caesar.
Students will see that political struggles for power within a government are a part of any historical era, not just in modern times.
Students will consider many quotations from the text to better appreciate Shakespeare's use of language and to better understand the play.
Students will answer questions to demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of the main events and characters in Julius Caesar as they relate to the author's theme development.
Weekly PASS objectives: Standard 2 Comprehension (1,2,3,4), Standard 4 Research and information (1,2), Standard 2 Modes and Forms of Writing (5,7,8, 9), Standard 3 Grammar/Usage and Mechanics (1,2,3), Standard 1 Listening (1,2,3,4), Standard 2 Speaking (1,2,3) ), Standard 1Interpret Meaning (2), Standard 2 Evaluate Media (1,2), Standard 3 Compose a Visual Message (1,2)