Ms. Fuller

Shakespeare Background

Here's a powerpoint for you to review and the video we watched in class!

Download Shakespeare__Module_1__Intro_to_Shakespeare_

Download Shakespeare

Flashcards for Unit 8 Vocab. (on-level)

Download Unit 8 E ppt game

Renaissance Powerpoint

Download Renaissancehistory

Tudor History - Timeline Scavenger Hunt

Here's a link to the timeline you can use to complete the scavenger hunt. When it loads, you'll have to make a couple of quick choices to access the timeline. First, click on the brownish region (London and the Southeast). Next, in the blue circle click on the TUDOR era. For the skill level, click on the bottom one, the Veteran Hack. A headling list pops up. You may click on any of these newspapers to access the Tudor timeline. Once the paper loads, look for the menu icon on the left hand side. Click on the picture of the three pieces of paper, "other features." New icons slide out, and you need to click on the top one, the picture of the hour glass. That opens up the timeline! WHEW! The information from this scavenger hunt and the short Renaissance powerpoint is what I will use for the background portion of the test.

 timeline

Chaucer Background Notes

Here's the powerpoint for the background information about Chaucer and Canterbury Tales.

Download Chaucer

Lord of the Flies downloads!!!!

Download Reading schedule          Download Map of island        

Download LotF Ch. 1                     Download LotF Ch. 2

Download LotF Ch. 3-4                 Download LotF Ch. 5             

Download LotF Ch. 6-7                 Download Lotf Ch. 8

Download Lotf Ch. 9-10               Download LotF Ch. 11          

Download LotF Ch. 12

Download Character analysis bio-poem

DOWNLOADS for AUTHOR STUDY BOOK REVIEW

Download How to Write a book Review

Download Copy of Rubric for Book Review

Week of February 9 - 13, 2009 HONORS

OOPS! Somehow, I missed getting last week’s plan uploaded into the blog. Let’s get caught up! We’re starting a new unit of study – The Middle Ages. Our Anglo-Saxon unit test was last week, and I hope to be finished scoring those in another day or two. It was long and required a great deal of writing, so turn around time for grades is going to be longer! Here’s our plan for this week:

 

ALERT!!!! - Parallel reading assignment:  The Lord of the Flies. These books are available for purchase at just about any bookstore. You might even find copies at a used bookstore. There are several copies available for check-out in the library, but it is first-come, first-served. Also, remember that you are responsible for due dates, fines, etc. Everyone needs to have a copy for use no later than Friday, as we will be starting our background work and reading assignments on that day.

 

Monday –Middle Ages background! We’re going to spend some time today with learning stations, which are just simple mini-lessons to get our brains focused on this new period of British history.

 

Tuesday – Notes over Medieval history; discuss Medieval Romance and the Code of Chivalry (handouts). Introduce “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight”. Pre-reading ‘wordle’ activity. Begin reading story.

 

Wednesday – Writing!!! Iron Man and the Hero’s Journey rough draft papers are due today. We’ll look a bit at content, but mostly we’re going to look at proper MLA format, make revisions, and prepare the paper for final draft publishing. Final copies w/ correct MLA are due Friday. Today is also the day we look back at the three rough-draft essays we’ve written so far and select one to revise, edit, and publish. Once our selections are made, we’ll practice some specific revision strategies and apply those to our rough drafts. The final papers will have to be typed and will be due on Tuesday, February 17.

 

Thursday – Continue “Sir Gawain…” and analyze as Medieval romance. Guided reading questions for story

 

Friday – VOCABULARY QUIZ; Parallel reading background information; reading / assignments schedule. In-class group reading / independent reading time

 

Week of February 9 - 13, 2009

OOPS! Somehow, I missed getting last week’s plan uploaded into the blog. Let’s get caught up! We’re starting a new unit of study – The Middle Ages. Our Anglo-Saxon unit test was last week, and I hope to be finished scoring those in another day or two. It was long and required a great deal of writing, so turn around time for grades is going to be longer! Here’s our plan for this week:

 

ALERT!!!! - Parallel reading assignment:  The Lord of the Flies. These books are available for purchase at just about any bookstore. You might even find copies at a used bookstore. There are several copies available for check-out in the library, but it is first-come, first-served. Also, remember that you are responsible for due dates, fines, etc. Everyone needs to have a copy for use no later than Friday, as we will be starting our background work and reading assignments on that day.

 

Monday –Finish Middle Ages background! We got half way through our learning station on Friday, so we’ll finish the other mini-lessons today. We’re also taking notes about Medieval history.

 

Tuesday – Discuss Medieval Romance and the Code of Chivalry (handouts). Introduce “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight”. Pre-reading ‘wordle’ activity. Begin reading story.

 

Wednesday – Writing!!! Today is the day we look back at the three rough-draft essays we’ve written so far and select one to revise, edit, and publish. Once our selections are made, we’ll practice some specific revision strategies and apply those to our rough drafts. The final papers will have to be typed and will be due on Tuesday, February 17.

 

Thursday – Continue “Sir Gawain…” and analyze as Medieval romance. Guided reading questions for story

 

Friday – VOCABULARY QUIZ; Parallel reading background information; reading / assignments schedule. In-class group reading / independent reading time

Life Map Project: Link!!!!

 Here's the list of lessons we learn from Beowulf. Remember, the final format is up to you but must include a well-written paragraph and pictures for each lesson.

Download Life Map

Week of January 26 - 30, 2009 HONORS

Monday:

• Oral reading – “The Monster’s Lair” and “The Battle with Grendel’s Mother”; student notes on plot development and poetic devices
• Reciprocal Teaching – assign roles for collaborative groups and begin independent reading and note-taking, “The Last Battle,” “The Spoils,” and “The Farewell”
• HOMEWORK:  Unit 2 workbook exercises; FINISH RIDDLE!!

Tuesday:

• Illuminated Riddle DUE TODAY!
• Reciprocal Teaching – finish independent reading and note-taking; brief collaboration for same-role students; jigsaw groups for cooperative groups (students complete empty sections of the graphic with notes from group mini-lessons)
• HOMEWORK:  Unit 2 workbook exercises

Wednesday:

• Writing Wednesday – essay rough draft writing practice (timed with a prompt)
• Epic Hero notes; graphic organizer analysis of Beowulf as an epic hero
• HOMEWORK:  Finish Unit 2 workbook exercises; check tomorrow; test Friday

Thursday:

• Vocabulary workbook check
• Archetypes in literature – explanation and examples; team centers applying archetypal images to contemporary world;  Analyze archetypes in Beowulf
• Anglo-Saxon literature review – notes, test information, pair and/or small group review
• Ticket Out:  most common archetype in modern literature and movies, examples
• HOMEWORK:  Study for vocabulary quiz

Friday

• Vocabulary quiz
• The Last Kingdom - character and plot development; thematic connections to AS history; charactersitics of an epic; archetypal images
• TEST MONDAY!!!!