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FlashCards
Pre-AP ENGLISH II
Week of Jan. 5th-9th
| Monday 5th |
Objective | The students will learn and utilize new words. |
Teacher Activities | The teacher will hand out vocabulary terms to students and preview the Poetry Unit. |
Student Activities | The students will write the definitions, write one original sentence for each word, and write one POEM using all words. |
Assessment/Evaluation | Grade and record |
Academic Vocabulary | Denotation, connotation, literal, figurative, meter, rhyme, apostrophe, hyperbole, metaphor, metonymy (from Glossary of Poetry Terms) |
Additional Resources | Glossary of Poetry Terms |
| Tuesday 6th |
Objective | The students will become familiar with an analysis method. |
Teacher Activities | The teacher will hand out copies of TPCASTT and preview in class. A poem will be analyzed using this method (for practice). The teacher will model this practice poem. |
Student Activities | The students will complete Cornell Notes on TPCASTT and will analyze (for practice) a poem chosen by the teacher. |
Assessment/Evaluation | Class participation |
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Additional Resources | Poem of teacher’s choice |
| Wednesday 7th |
Objective | The students will analyze a poem. |
Teacher Activities | The teacher will complete a TPCASTT with the students using a poem from the packet. |
Student Activities | The students will begin a TPCASTT on the poem “Courage” by Anne Sexton (out of the packet). Focus on denotation, connotation, and figurative language. |
Assessment/Evaluation | Class participation and TPCASTT graded |
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| Thursday 8th |
Objective | The students will analyze a poem. |
Teacher Activities | …Continue “Courage” by Anne Sexton The teacher will explain “My Memories” poem |
Student Activities | …Continue and finish “Courage by Anne Sexton The students will begin “My Memories” poem (see handout) |
Assessment/Evaluation | Class participation |
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| Friday 9th |
Objective | The students will write a poem using literary elements. |
Teacher Activities | The teacher will remind the students to use poetic devices in their poems. |
Student Activities | The students will continue and finish memory poem using poetic devices. |
Assessment/Evaluation | Grade and record, read aloud in class. |
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Additional Resources | TPCASTT and poetry terms |
Pre-AP ENGLISH II
Week of Nov. 10th-14th
| Monday 10th |
Objective | The students will learn and utilize new words. |
Teacher Activities | The teacher will present new words and review instructions for vocabulary words. |
Student Activities | The students will write the definitions, write one original sentence for each word, and write one poem/story/essay utilizing all words. |
Assessment/Evaluation | Grade and record |
Academic Vocabulary | Achille’s heel, |
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| Tuesday 11th |
Objective | The students will analyze a play. |
Teacher Activities | The teacher will guide a class discussion on the Tragic Figure in Greek plays. (graphic organizer, SOAPSTone) |
Student Activities | The students will discuss and complete “Who’s the Tragic Figure” and Tragic Figure—A Different View”….include Height, Hamartia, Suffering, and Catharsis and discuss which characters fit these criteria. The students will also complete, orally, a SOAPSTone. |
Assessment/Evaluation | Class discussion and observation |
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| Wednesday 12th |
Objective | The students will demonstrate understanding of the themes of a work. |
Teacher Activities | The teacher will lead a discussion on the themes of Antigone. |
Student Activities | The students will discuss the major themes of the play and take Cornell Notes on the discussion. Themes include family loyalty vs. law, the consequences of hubris (pride), and making the right decisions for oneself, among others. |
Assessment/Evaluation | Class discussion, grade and record notes |
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| Thursday 13th |
Objective | The students will brainstorm their own opinions and ideas and provide support for those opinions. |
Teacher Activities | The teacher will hand out the Quotes Essay papers and give instructions on the writing. |
Student Activities | The students will thoroughly explain each quote by giving supporting details and citing evidence from the text. |
Assessment/Evaluation | Observation SUB ON THIS DAY |
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| Friday 14th |
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Student Activities | …Lesson continued and completed from Thursday |
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Additional Resources | Grade and record essays, Vocabulary Test SUB ON THIS DAY |
Week of Nov. 3rd-7th
| Monday 3rd |
Objective | The students will learn and utilize new words. |
Teacher Activities | The teacher will present the new words, pronounce them, and review instructions for them. |
Student Activities | The students will write the definitions, write one original sentence for each word, and write one poem/essay/story using all the words. |
Assessment/Evaluation | Discuss, grade, and record |
Academic Vocabulary | Vocabulary Analysis |
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| Tuesday 4th |
Objective | The students will analyze text from a given play. |
Teacher Activities | The teacher will review characterization, conflict, and plot for Antigone. |
Student Activities | The students will continue reading the play, take Cornell Notes on Antigone, one of the major characters, complete a SOAPSTONE on the reading so far, and continue writing down quotes from play in preparation for test. Focus on emerging theme in play. Reading Assignment: Scene 3 Ode 3 |
Assessment/Evaluation | Class reading and discussion, Cornell Notes |
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| Wednesday 5th |
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Teacher Activities | The teacher will guide reading of the play. |
Student Activities | The students will continue writing down quotes from play in preparation for test. The students will complete Scene 3 Ode 3 Test. |
Assessment/Evaluation | Test |
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| Thursday 6th |
Objective | The students will understand characteristics of Greek theater and Tragedy. |
Teacher Activities | The teacher will guide students in discussing key elements of Greek theater (Tragic Hero, Hamartia, Suffering, Catharsis..etc.) and apply these elements to the play. |
Student Activities | The students will discuss elements of Greek writing in detail while applying these to the play. The students will finish reading through Scene 5 (end of play). |
Assessment/Evaluation | Class discussion and final test over play. |
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Additional Resources | Handout “The Why of It” (Motives and Consequences of Antigone and King Creon) |
| Friday 7th |
Objective | The students will synthesize thematic elements of a Greek tragedy. |
Teacher Activities | The teacher will discuss thematic elements of Antigone. |
Student Activities | The students will discuss and write an essay on the major themes of the play. The essay will consist of a 2 pg. discussion on what they’ve learned through reading the play, with a focus on topic sentences, supporting details, and conclusion. |
Assessment/Evaluation | Grade essays |
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Week of Oct. 27th-31st
| Monday 27th |
Objective | The students will learn and utilize new words. |
Teacher Activities | The teacher will present the new words, pronounce them, and review instructions. |
Student Activities | The students will write the definitions for the words, write one original sentence for each word, and write a poem/essay/story for each word. |
Assessment/Evaluation | Discuss, grade, and record |
Academic Vocabulary | Calypso, odyssey, palladium, Penelope, procrustean, protean, sibyl, siren |
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| Tuesday 28th |
Objective | The students will analyze text from literature. |
Teacher Activities | The teacher will preview the play Antigone, go over main characters and plot. The teacher will review making predictions in the text, characters, conflict, and plot. |
Student Activities | The students will preview the play, begin reading, and make predictions on the plot while reading. They will also begin taking notes on the two main characters in the story, and become familiar with the main conflict of the story. Reading Prologue through Scene Two pgs 670-682 |
Assessment/Evaluation | Class reading, discussion |
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| Wednesday 29th |
Objective | The students will analyze a character’s motives |
Teacher Activities | The teacher will guide reading and discussion on main characters, conflict, and plot. |
Student Activities | The students will take Cornell Notes on the plot of the play so far, and of the main character, Antigone. Continue reading… |
Assessment/Evaluation | Discussion of plot, King Creon, and Antigone, main conflict TEST ON SCENE ONE ODE ONE |
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| Thursday 30th |
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Student Activities | …continue reading the play, focusing in on the tragic flaw (emerging) on King Creon and Antigone….the main conflict of the play…harmartia, and height of King Creon |
Assessment/Evaluation | Class reading and discussion |
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| Friday 31st |
Objective | The students will synthesize the text while reading. |
Teacher Activities | The teacher will SOAPSTONE the play thus far with the students. |
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