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ESTIMATED PLANS for the Week of February 13th through February 17th :
6th Grade Plan...
Topic - Poetry Unit
Major due dates for this quarter:
Poem Recitals will begin February 16th
Independent Reading Documentation is due March 20th
State Standards:
*Use effective Reading Strategies such as analyze and evaluate in writing for specific purposes
*Read, interpret, and critically analyze literature by identifying features such as language, topic, purpose, and point of view
*Use knowledge of visual features of texts as aids to comprehension
*Draw on a broad base of knowledge of various literary genre’ when interpreting the meaning of a literary piece
*Select and evaluate orally passages of a selected text for a specific purpose
*Develop criteria to evaluate the literary merit and explain critical opinions about a text in a well -organized oral presentation
*Read to acquire knowledge through interpretation, comparison and contrast, identifying main idea, and distinguish between broad generalizations and interpretation
Exit Expectations:
*Understand the difference between poetry and prose
*Identify and define sound devices, figures of speech, literary language, figurative language, and various poetic devices
*Write an analysis of presenting theme and story in poetic form
*Identify and define various forms of poetry and the narrative, cultural value of poetry using various poetic devices
Assessments included:
Analysis of BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC
MIRACLES poem
Procedure:
Activity/Day 1: We will read the Whitman poem entitled MIRACLES, which uses repetition to teach a very valuable lesson..and create powerful images. Your homework is to think of the many miracles in the world that you value. Make a list of these! We will also practice recognizing miracles.
Activity/Day 2: Today we are in the Lab working on our MIRACLE word clouds.
Activity/Day 3: Practicing our Poem Presentations is on the list of tasks today. We present tomorrow and Friday.
Activity/Day 4-5: We start our presentations and finish on Friday. If time permits on Friday we will look at WHEN THE FROST IS ON THE PUNKIN.
Materials Needed:
Notebooks
Reliable Pen
Assignments:
Miracles Word Cloud
Poem Presentations
7th Grade...
Topic - Poetry Unit
Major due dates for this quarter:
Poetry Project will be due March 6th
Independent Reading Documentation is due March 20th
State Standards:
*Read, interpret, and critically analyze literature using cues such as writer background and purpose, visual imagery, and poetic devices
*Summarize, paraphrase, analyze, and evaluate orally and in writing, passages of text for a chosen purpose
*Draw on a broad base of knowledge about the genres of literature when interpreting the meaning of a poetry
*Develop criteria to evaluate literary merit and explain critical opinions of text informally and formally in essay form
*Provide interpretive responses orally and in writing to a literary text
*Draw on a broad base of knowledge concerning theme and issues raised through study of poetry while reading, interpreting, and reflecting on contemporary text
*Evaluate themes and main ideas considering audience and purpose through the study of various poetic forms and manipulation of sound devices, figures of speech, and poetic devices
*Read and discuss to understand the human experience through the study and creation of poetry
*Read to acquire knowledge through comparison, contrast, and evaluate the usefulness of information with relative accuracy
*Use effective reading strategies such as cause and effect, creating a summary, paraphrasing, analysis, evaluation of writing for specific purposes, prediction, visual imagery, and recognizing context clues
*Use knowledge of sentence and word structure, word origins, and context clues to understand words and clarify passages of text in poetry
Exit Expectations:
*Identify, create, and understand various forms of poetry such as personal/protest, haiku, quatrain, limerick, and traditional/literary ballads
*Identify and create meaningful poetry using figures of speech, sound devices, and other poetic devices such as paradox, irony, imagery, oxymoron, and symbol
Assessments of Student Learning:
Project discussion
Class participation and discussion
Metaphor work
Personal and Protest poem work
Procedure:
Activity/Day 1-2: We are checking Personal or Protest Poems and hope to finish on Tuesday. Monday I will discuss Symbols and the next worksheet in our packet will be due by the end of class on Tuesday. I will also introduce Limericks.
Activity/Day 3: We will work on our Limericks today and checking this type of poem will begin on Friday.
Activity/Day 4: Today we practice understanding symbols with our worksheet on THE POISON TREE.
Materials Needed:
Notebook
Assignments:
Allusion and Symbol worksheet
Limerick Poem
8th Grade...
Unit Topic: Drama
Major due dates for this quarter:
Diorama is due February 17th
Drama Project Presentations will be performed March 15th
Independent Reading Documentation is due March 20th
State Standards:
*Use effective reading strategies such as knowledge of sentence structure/origins/context clues to decode and understand unfamiliar language as well as clarify text and determine cause and effect
*Use knowledge of visual features of text to aid in comprehension
*Use text to find information and gain and understanding of the dramatic point of view
*Select, summarize, and paraphrase passages of chosen text for specific purposes
*Read, interpret, and critically analyze literature using identifying features such as point of view, character, conflict, and draw on a broad base of knowledge to interpret meaning
*Analyze the effect of characters, plot, setting, language, topic, style, purpose and point of view
*Read and discuss to understand the human experience through an evaluation of theme and main ideal of a work considering audience and purpose
*Read to acquire knowledge through interpretation, main idea, generalization through the use of flow charts, compare, contrast, and evaluate the usefulness of information
*Identify and explain information, main idea and the organization of text/story
Exit Expectations:
*Identify and draw on author, cultural, social and historical influences to understand theme in Shakespearean Drama
*Define and understand drama in its first professional format and through the use of the Dramatic point of view
*Define and understand tragedy and pathos through the use of conflict and story structure in the dramatic form
*Relate the use of setting to a single effect
*Understand the psychology and the workings of the mind to analyze and interpret the tragic Shakespearean protagonist
*Identify, evaluate, and interpret the effect of a tragic characters physical journey on their psychological journey and its reverse effects
Assessments of Student Learning:
Video Notes on the Life of Shakespeare
Outline of Influences on William Shakespeare – Historical, Social, Personal, Political
Activity/Day 1-5: I will return your experimental quizzes and your work packet on OTHELLO We will review assign roles for our next selection of HAMLET. If you have a part in this reading enactment, you will have to bring in a prop or costume piece to reflect your character. This week will be a mix of reading the original script, viewing the movie version, reenacting scenes in class, and class discussion of events. Your homework questions will be due upon conclusion of the play study.
We will Materials Needed:
Notebooks
Reliable Pen
HAMLET synopsis
Assignments:
Work on HAMLET
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