Major Grades: Participial Phrase Test, Absolute Phrase Test, Moral Tale, Unit 2 Test

2017-2018 English IV
Calendar T2:
October 9-November 10
Sunday / Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday / Saturday
Oct 9 / Oct 9
Silent Reading
Hand back seminar essays
Finish Fallen Princesses Stories for T2 Quiz Grade / Oct 10
Silent Reading
Final Check for Fallen Princesses Story - Quiz Grade
Introduce Participial Phrases
New Vocabulary
Story of Thomas Becket's murder in Canterbury Cathedral / Oct 11
PSAT Testing Day
Senior Informatio Day / Oct 12
Silent Reading
Participial Phrases
Review background story of The Canterbury Tales
Watch Video Tour of Canterbury Cathedral
http://www.canterbury-cathedral.org/2013/03/01/video-footage/
Evolution of English:
O.E. - Listen to Beowulf
M.E. - Listen to Prologue
Modern - Watch Romeo and Juliet 1996 movie trailer / Oct 13
Silent Reading
Participial Phrases
The Canterbury Tales: “The General Prologue”
Students will go on a scanvenger hunt Monday / Oct 14
Oct 15 / Oct 16
Scavenger Hunt for Chaucer’s Pilgrims in “The General Prologue” to The Canterbury Tales / Oct 17
Silent Reading
Participial Phrases Worksheet - 1st side
Read Prologue: The Miller and the Plowman
Assign Pilgrim Comparative Paragraph / 18
Silent Reading
Participial Phrases Worksheet - Dangling Participles (2nd side)
Read CT: Miller and Plowman to take notes on their characteristics / 19
Participial Phrase Test / 20
Silent Reading
CB Cart from Leah:
Workday for Comparative Paragraph / 21
22 / 23 Jury Duty
Sub Teacher
Silent Reading
Students work to finish their Pilgrim comparative paragraph / 24
Pilgrim Paragraph Due 4:00
Quiz Grade
Printing and Turnitin Time (20 minutes)
“The Wife of Bath’s Tale" Prologue + Tale pg. 184 / 25
Silent Reading
Intro. Absolute Phrases
Read “The Wife of Bath’s Tale” pg. 189 / 26
Silent Reading
Hermione and “The Tale of the Three Brothers”
Assign Moral Tale
Absolute Phrases
Finish "The Wife of Bath's Tale" pg. 191 / 27 P2 Ends
New Vocab.
Silent Reading
Absolute Phrases Worksheet (Daily Grade)
Finish "The Wife of Bath's Tale" / 28
29 / 30
Silent Reading
Absolutes Phrases
“The Pardoner’s Tale” / 31
Silent Reading
Absolute Phrases
Finish "The Pardoner's Tale"
Show video clip / Nov 1
Moral Tale Due -
Test Grade
Presentations and Prizes!
Post Grades P2 / 2
Absolute Phrase Test / 3
Three Irony Videos
Writing reflection for T2 - Morality Questions for "The Wife of Bath's Tale" (Daily Grade) / 4
5 / 6
Silent Reading
Background to The Tragedy of Macbeth / 7
Silent Reading
Lesson on Verse Drama
Blank Verse, Rhyming Couplet
Macbeth: Act 1,
Scene 1
Three Videos comparing the three movie versions / 8
Silent Reading
Macbeth
Read pg. 350 start
Video Clip:
Cromwell Productions: Macbeth meets the three witches. Min. 4:00 to min. 10:00. / 9
Unit 2 Test with Writing Prompt / 10
End of T2
Silent Reading
T2 Notebook Check for Quiz Grade / 11

*Please keep in mind there may be minor changes in this calendar as we progress through the 1st 6 weeks.