WELCOME

I trust you to know where you need to sit, so choose

wisely and have a seat.

When the bell rings you should be seated and ready

to begin.

AGENDA

•Warm-up•Housekeeping •Writing Sample•Learner Poll and Reflection•Who Are We?•Goals

AUGUST 26

Warm-up: Looking Back

Where were you at this time last year? Describe yourself and how you have changed

since last year. (Think deeper than…well, I used to have

long hair, but now it’s short.)

Make sure to write a full paragraph.

Warm-up continued: Looking Forward

Where will you be at this time next year? Describe how you

think your life will be different. If you don’t think it will be different, explain why.

Make sure to write a full paragraph.

WHAT IS A HERO?• Write a FULL page.• Give evidence.• Write legibly.

WHAT TYPE OF LEARNER ARE YOU?

VisualAuditoryRead-WriteKinesthetic

ARE YOU A VISUAL LEARNER?

They tend to be fast talkers. They exhibit impatience and have a tendency

to interrupt. They use words and phrases that evoke

visual images. They learn by seeing and visualizing.

ARE YOU AN AUDITORY LEARNER?

They speak slowly and tend to be natural listeners.

They think in a linear manner. They prefer to have things explained to them

verbally rather than to read written information.

They learn by listening and verbalizing.

ARE YOU A READ-WRITE LEARNER?

They prefer for information to be displayed in writing, such as lists of ideas.

They emphasize text-based input and output. They enjoy reading and writing in all forms.

ARE YOU A KINESTHETIC LEARNER?

They tend to be the slowest talkers of all. They tend to be slow to make decisions. They use all their senses to engage in

learning. They learn by doing and solving real-life

problems. They like hands-on approaches to things and

learn through trial and error.

REFLECT

How do you know what type of learner you are? What is your evidence? What does this mean for you in the classroom? What does this mean for your teacher? Knowing this information about yourself, what do you need to do to be successful in this class?

BODY BIO• Heart: Who or what do you hold near

and dear to your heart?• Spine: What is your goal? What drives

you…your thoughts…your actions?• Feet: Where are you going? What

journey are you on?• Mirror: How do people see you? Is this

how you see yourself?• Color: What color is a symbol of you

and why?

REFLECT

Write at least 3 goals for this class and a to do list of how to accomplish them.

AUGUST 27Grab a green book off the shelf. We’ll be using these today. Then, go ahead and get started on

the warm-up.

Warm – up: Where do monsters lurk?

What does evil mean to you? Write your own

definition of the word and provide some examples of

real-life monsters.

AGENDA

Characteristics of a hero/monster Research Anglo-Saxon History Define Academic Vocabulary Read Beowulf Text Analysis Your own Heroic Introduction

ANGLO-SAXON HISTORY

Read assigned section. Write down interesting facts. Each person shares one with class. Responsible to keep info shared in day book.

ACADEMIC VOCABULARY – PG 41

Epic Poetry Caesura Kenning Alliteration

HEROIC INTRODUCTION

Greeting Past Victories Current Mission Kennings Alliteration

AUGUST 28

-Take out a sheet of paper (can be a half sheet). -Name and Date.-Number 1-5…maybe skip a line or two between.-Take out pg 15 (if you don’t know what I am talking about, don’t worry about it).-Clear your desk.

AGENDA

Beowulf in Old English Identify Academic Vocabulary in Beowulf New Academic Vocab Compare/Contrast Our Heroes to Beowulf Read Beowulf’s Battle – pg 50 Final Reflection

FINDING ACADEMIC VOCAB

Alliteration Kennings

ACADEMIC VOCAB

Symbol – person, place or object that has a concrete meaning in itself and also stands for something beyond itself, such as an idea or feeling (Ex: Herot)

Metaphor – figure of speech in which a word or phrase that ordinarily means one thing is applied to another thing to suggest a likeness between the two (Ex: whale road)

Scop – professional poet; performances were set musical history lessons, moral sermons, and pep talks

REFLECTION

Why does Beowulf let Grendel kill a fellow Geat before he jumps into action? Would you have done the same or not? Explain your response.

AUGUST 29

Warm-up: Think of a popular song, radio commercial jingle, or song you remember from childhood for which you know all or most of the words. Write it down and analyze the elements that make the song so memorable.

2ND PERIOD AGENDA

Finish Beowulf and perform it in groups. Academic Vocab Chaucer – pg 142 Middle English Prologue Extra Credit Prologue Partners and Body Bio Modern Pilgrim Project

3RD PERIOD AGENDA

5 minute Beowulf performance prep Beowulf performances Academic Vocab Chaucer – pg 142 Middle English Prologue Extra Credit Prologue Partners and Body Bio Modern Pilgrim Project

AUGUST 30

Warm-up: Describe the most interesting person you have ever met.

2ND PERIOD AGENDA

Academic Vocab Chaucer – pg 142 Prologue Partners and Body Bio Middle English Prologue Extra Credit Modern Pilgrim Project

3RD PERIOD AGENDA

Prologue Partners and Body Bio Middle English Prologue Extra Credit Modern Pilgrim Project

ACADEMIC VOCAB Frame story – joins one or more stories within a story Prologue – intro to a literary work; can establish setting

and give background Medieval literature – ballads, romances, allegories, and

moral tales; most were religious – but some dealt with love, exemplary life and behavior, and political and social issues

Ballads – narrative songs (tragic love, domestic conflicts, disastrous wars, shipwrecks, sensational crimes, exploits of outlaws, celebrated historical events, romantic heroes, revenge, rebellion, envy, betrayal, and superstition)

Allegories – narrative in which something concrete represents something abstract (Ex. Cowardly Lion; Animal Farm, Pilgrim’s Progress)

Dramatic irony – reader knows more than the character Verbal irony – someone says one thing but means another Situational irony – what is expected to happen is not what

actually happens

PROLOGUE PARTNERS Knight – pg 146 Squire – pg 147 Nun – pg 148 Monk – pg 149 Worthy Woman – pg 156 Parson – pg157 Plowman – pg 158 Miller – pg 159 Summoner – 161 Pardoner – pg 162 Friar – pg 150 Oxford Cleric – pg 152 Yeoman – pg 147

MODERN PILGRIM PROJECT Front Cover

Picture (drawing or collage) Title Author’s Name

Description of Pilgrim Status in life (student/celebrity/politician) Physical description 20 lines of rhyming couplets

The Tale 2 or more pages (double-spaced) 3 if written Reflection of the character Moral or message

About the Author 2 paragraphs

SEPTEMBER 3

Warm-up: “Money is the root of all

evil.”

Do you agree/disagree? Why?

AGENDA

New Acad Vocab Analyze modern depiction of greed Re-read Pardoner’s Prologue Read Pardoner’s Tale and complete analysis Compare/Contrast Pardoner’s Tale to modern

depiction Final Reflection HW

Day books due on Monday September 9 Test Monday September 9 Be ready to write a resume tomorrow Flash drive

ACADEMIC VOCAB

Iambic pentameter – line of poetry with 5 meters, or 10 syllables

Characterization - techniques an author uses to develop characters including description of the character’s appearance; character’s speech, thoughts, and actions; responses of other characters to the character; and direct comments from the narrator.

Satire - a literary work that ridicules its subject in order to make a comment or criticism about it

THE DARK KNIGHT

REFLECTION

Why is the theme of the Pardoner’s Tale still being repeated today? Describe another source (TV show, song, book, etc) where you have seen this theme repeated.

(Casino, Jerry Maguire, Slumdog Millionaire, Do You Want to be a Millionaire, The Lorax, A Christmas Carol, “Billionaire,” “Bills-Bills-Bills,” “Mo’ Money, Mo’ Problems”)

SEPTEMBER 4

Agenda: •Grammar Diagnostic•Lab

-Cover Page-Table of Contents-Resume

SEPTEMBER 5

Agenda: •Grammar Diagnostic•Lab

-Resume-Pilgrim Project

PROJECT RUBRIC Front Cover Picture: 5 _____ Front Cover Title: 5 _____ Front Cover Name: 5 ______ Pilgrim Physical Description: 5 ______ Pilgrim Psychological Description: 5 ______ Description Length: 5 _______ Description Rhyme: 5 _______ Story Length: 10 ______ Story Moral: 10 _____ Story Reflection of Character: 10 ______ About the Author Length: 10 _______ Grammar, Mechanics, etc.: 15 _______ Appearance: 10 ______

Total: _______/100

THE REAL HOUSEWIFE

BY: MRS. GILLESPIE

THE REAL HOUSEWIFE

Last to sleep, first to riseThe one who soothes the babies criesShe scrambles the eggs and toast the breadMaking sure her family’s fed…The tale I will tell may surprise youBut believe me, the tale I tell is true

THE REAL HOUSEWIFE’S TALE

Every morning Jack is up before the sun. He takes a shower, gets dressed, and heads to the kitchen for a bite to eat. He rarely sits for lack of time, and usually grabs his food and hurries outside.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Sarah Gillespie was born in Miami, Florida. Her parents were immigrants from Cuba when they were young. She has two older sisters and a younger sister. In high school, she hated English and enjoyed playing volleyball, softball, and basketball…

She graduated from UNCC in 2009 with a Bachelor’s Degree in English. In 2013, she completed her Education Degree…

SEPTEMBER 6

Warm-up:

1. Would you rather spend the rest of your life with someone who is ugly and faithful OR beautiful and unfaithful? Why?

2. What do women want?

AGENDA 2nd period: Turn in creative writing HW Text Book Logins Go over day book requirements Return work Create grade tracker for day book Discuss constructed response and textual

evidence Review academic vocab Practice Prologue – possible extra credit for

test and project Discuss products Read Wife of Bath’s Tale – pg 183 Wife Theme Questions

SEPTEMBER 9

-No warm-up-Take out Study Guide for Test-Turn In Day Books/NoteBooks; make a stack in the front

AGENDA

View and Analyze Wife of Bath Go over Beowulf Quiz Go over Study Guide Take Beowulf/Chaucer Test

WIFE OF BATH VIEWING AND ANALYSIS

Wife of Bath What was the knight’s crime? What was his punishment? According to the wife, what do women want? How do you know the knight learned his

lesson? Did the knight get what he deserved? What is the moral of the story?

2ND PERIOD BEOWULF QUIZ

Grendel is a descendent of what man? Cain Is Beowulf a Geat or a Dane? Geat How does Beowulf kill Grendel? Rip him to

pieces What symbolic gesture does Beowulf do after

his battle with Grendel? Hang up his arm What is the name of the mead-hall? Herot

3RD PERIOD BEOWULF QUIZ

Is Beowulf a Dane or a Geat? Geat What impression of Beowulf does the poet

convey through Beowulf’s opening remarks to Hrothgar? Bold and confident; many heroic deeds; proud

Why does Beowulf come to see Hrothgar? Volunteer to kill Beowulf

What were the warriors doing in Herot when Grendel attacked? Sleeping because they had been drinking

Grendel is a descendent of what man? Cain

SEPTEMBER 10

Good Morning.

AGENDA

Finish test – 15-20 min New Acad Vocab Sonnet Notes Paraphrase Sonnets Create Visual Representations

ACAD VOCAB Sonnet – 14 line lyric poem Octave – first 8 lines Sestet – last 6 lines Quatrains – stanzas of 4 lines Couplet – 2 lines Petrarchan Sonnet – abbaabba cdcdcd

Octave that establishes situation Sestet that resolves, draws conclusion about or

expresses reaction to situation Shakespearean Sonnet – abab cdcd efef gg

1ST Quatrain introduces situation 2nd Quatrain explores the situation 3rd Quatrain usually includes a turn or shift in thought Couplet resolves the situation

Iambic pentameter – line of poetry with 5 meters, or 10 syllables

SEPTEMBER 11

Good Morning.

AGENDA

Turn in your Product Description HW – We are making a timeline tomorrow Sonnet Partner Work

SONNET PARTNER WORKYOU MUST FINISH TODAY!

Sonnet Number Author Identify the rhyme scheme Paraphrase the sonnet Create a visual representation of the sonnet

Spencer Sonnet 30 – pg 320 Sonnet 75 – pg 321

Shakespeare Sonnet 29 – pg 328 Sonnet 116 – pg 329 Sonnet 130 – pg 330

Petrach Sonnet 90 – pg 336 Sonnet 292 – pg 337

SEPTEMBER 12

Agree/Disagree

1. Behind every great man is a great woman.

2. Witches, demons, and evil spirits actually exist.

3. Sometimes it is necessary to do something wrong to get what you want.

4. What goes around comes around.

5. There are circumstances or events that justify murder.

6. Success is worth any price.

7. Criminals can still feel love, fear, and concern for other people.

8. One mistake always leads to another.

9. A guilty conscious will destroy you.

10. Greed and ambition are the same.

AGENDA

The Globe Finish Sonnets and Present Shakespeare Quotes Shakespeare academic vocab Macbeth Cast of Characters Read Act 1 Scene 1 pg 350 Compare/Contrast with Audio and Visual

Productions Analyze Act 1 Quotes Bring the research back tomorrow

SHAKESPEARE QUOTES "Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears; I come to bury

Caesar, not to praise him". Quote (Julius Caesar Act III, Scene II). "But, for my own part, it was Greek to me". - Julius Caesar Quote

(Act I, Scene II). "To be, or not to be: that is the question". Hamlet quote (Act III, Sc.

I). "This above all: to thine own self be true" Hamlet quote (Act I, Sc.

III). "Though this be madness, yet there is method in 't." Haml "Good Night, Good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow, that I shall

say good night till it be morrow." Romeo and Juliet ( Quote Act II, Scene II). "What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name

would smell as sweet". Romeo and Juliet ( Quote Act II, Sc. II). "‘T’is neither here nor there." Othello Quote (Act IV, Scene III). "I will wear my heart upon my sleeve for daws to peck at". Othello

Quote (Act I, Scene I).et quote (Act II, Scene II).

TRAGEDY

The intention of tragedy is to exemplify the idea that human beings are doomed to suffer, fail, or die because of their own flaws, destiny, or fate.

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TRAGIC HERO

Main character who does not live happily ever after

Usually significant in society – king or queen Amazing abilities but his faults lead to his demise

TRAGIC FLAW

A bad decision or character limitation that leads to the ruin of the character

ANTAGONIST

The power the hero must battle

THEME

The author’s message

COMIC RELIEF

Funny scene following a serious one

BLANK VERSE

Unrhymed iambic pentameter

IAMBIC PENTAMETER

Line of poetry containing five meters; unstressed syllable followed by stressed

syllable

SOLILOQUY

an alone character on stage shares his thoughts with the audience

ASIDE

a statement made by a character to the audience or another character that is unheard by other characters on stage

DRAMATIC IRONY

When the audience knows something the characters do not

FORESHADOWING

Hints to something that may happen later

SITUATIONAL IRONY

when one thing is expected but another thing occurs

METAPHOR

A comparison made by referring to one thing as another

Example: “No man is an island.”

MOOD

The feeling the reader gets by reading the story

IMAGERY

The author’s use of words to paint a picture or appeal to the reader’s senses

MOTIFS

A recurring element that serves as a symbol for the piece

SYMBOLS

something that stands for something else

INVERTED SENTENCES

Normal word order is reversed

Example: In her hand are two red roses.

PARADOX

A statement that contradicts itself

Example: This is the beginning of the end.

MACBETH CAST OF CHARACTERS

Macbeth - a Scottish general and the thane of Glamis Lady Macbeth - Macbeth’s wife Banquo - a general King Duncan - good King of Scotland Macduff - a Scottish nobleman Malcolm - son of Duncan Hecate - goddess of witchcraft Fleance - Banquo’s son Lennox - a Scottish nobleman. Ross - a Scottish nobleman. Porter - drunken doorman of Macbeth’s castle. Lady Macduff - Macduff’s wife Donalbain - Duncan’s son and Malcolm’s younger

brother.

ACT I SCENE 1

Audio Older Movie Newer Movie Movie with a twist

SEPTEMBER 13

Macbeth Journal #1Write a full page.

What is your highest ambition? What are you

willing to do to get there?

AGENDA

Macbeth Journals Analyze Lady Macbeth Reading Guide for Act 1-2 Schoology Discussion Question – due Wed

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Lady MacbethLady Macbeth 2Lady Macbeth 3

What words would you use to describe Lady Macbeth?

How does Macbeth’s appearance compare or contrast to how he was described earlier in the play?

How would you compare Macbeth’s appearance to Lady Macbeth’s?

What does Lady Macbeth’s physical position symbolize?