Category Archives: Analyze Literary Text- PS#2

1. Supplies- Composition book, writing utensils, notebook. That’s really it.

2. Friday writings- Every week there is a short paper due on Classroom.

3. Literary terms review- These are the terms we will use during the first few weeks.

Monday- MND Act 4. Begin FW#32

Tuesday- MND Act 5

Wednesday- Figurative language activity

Thursday- Character foils and conflicts

Friday- Workday- Project Due– Please copy/paste all work onto the document in Classroom.

Monday- Continue working through MND Act 2. Friday #31 is posted in Classroom.

Tuesday- MND Act 3. This act includes the turning point, the place where the plot is the most hopelessly tangled.

Wednesday- Biology trip to the zoo. If you are not going, use today as a workday.

Thursday- Workday

Friday- MND Act 3/4.

It’s time for Shakespeare! Let’s start with a bit of introduction to the man and his time. First a short video. And another from my favorite, Mr.Sato.

10 minute Google!- Find as much as you can about Elizabethan England. Put ONE piece of information on the Padlet linked below.

Pd 1
Pd 2
Pd 4
Pd 8

Later, when you are on a computer, take this Interactive tour (This does NOT work on iPads). Here is a Video tour with better visuals.  You can also use the search terms“Globe theater interactive tour“ to find more.

Midsummer Night’s Dream– Set up character chart. There are 3 categories of characters: the Nobles, the Rustics, and the Fairies. Create a graphic organizer with the characters in the play. Divide them into the three categories. You may use paper or the iPad for this.

How to read this Shakespeare stuff.

Setting the scene and doing a bit of reading. Begin Act 1– Character introductions of the Nobles.

May the 4th be with you!

Today is a workday. Please use the lists below to make sure you have everything done.

Pds 1&4-
Friday 25- Creativity
Friday 26- Nonfiction check 1
Swimmer response
Friday 27- Nonfiction check 2
Friday 28- Choice
LOTF ch 3&4
Lenses follow-up
Friday 29- Works Cited (due tomorrow)
Read and journal nonfiction book
Read and journal short nonfiction
Read Lord of the Flies

Pd 2
Friday 25- Creativity
Friday 26- Nonfiction check 1
Friday 27- Nonfiction check 2
Friday 28- Choice
Friday 29- Works Cited (due tomorrow)
Read and journal nonfiction book
Read and journal short nonfiction
View and write about video
Begin Mango project

Pd 8
Friday 25- Creativity
Friday 26- Nonfiction check 1
Friday 27- Nonfiction check 2
Friday 28- Choice
Friday 29- Works Cited (due tomorrow)
Read and journal nonfiction book
Read and journal short nonfiction
View and write about video
Continue literary essay (Night)

Pds 1&4- Lord of the Flies chapters 5&6. Questions are in Classroom

Pd 2- Read The House on Mango Street

Pd 8- Night literary analysis essay

Pds 1&4- Workday! Read Flies ch 5&6, work on FW#29, work on the project, write the Flies lenses response. So much to do…

I compiled your exit tickets below. Check it out.

Pd 2- Finish Mango.

Pd 8- Finish Night.

Friday #29 is posted in Classroom. It’s the Work Cited (so far) for your project.

Pds 1&4- Gallery Walk. Take 10 minutes to finish your work from Friday. Then we will begin our sharing and learning. You need to read/reread chapters 5&6 in Flies for class on Wednesday.

Pd 2- Continue reading Mango. We need to finish this book this week.

Pd 8- Continue reading Night. We will finish this book Tuesday or Wednesday.

Pds 1&4- Lenses! Continued.
Today we will be applying our study of literary lenses by working with the poem “Oranges” by Gary Soto. The assignment sheet is here and in Classroom.

Pd 2- Mango
Same as yesterday. 10-15 min of independent work, then Mango.

Pd 8- Workday. You need to use all of this time to complete some of the writing for your project.

Pds 1&4- Literary Lenses–>

Lenses- Imagine putting on blue tinted glasses. How would that change what you see? How about if you put on glasses that only have a tiny window to see out of? Think of the how things would look different. Literary lenses are a similar idea. By looking at a text through the lens, we see the meaning in a different way. Today we will be discussing the 8 lenses and applying some to Flies. Tomorrow we will be doing an activity using these lenses and a poem. Handouts are in Classroom.

Pd 2- The House on Mango Street–> Start with a few minutes to work quietly on Friday #28. Then begin reading Mango in the chapter titled “Chanclas”.

Pd 8- Night–> Pick up where we left off on Tuesday.