Week of November 30- December 4, 2015

PHS 3.0- BELIEVE YOU CAN!
 Quote of the week:
"Good is the enemy of great."- John Chandler
Terms to Know:
monologue, soliloquy, theme, aside, bard, sonnet,summarize, analyze, interpret, evaluate


Monday-
Interactive Notebooks (EOC prep)- ALL CLASSES
Romeo & Juliet (Acts IV-V)- study guides (review)
"Tic Tac  Know" Projects- (Romeo & Juliet)-students are assigned project and begin selecting three assignments for final project.


Tuesday-
Interactive Notebooks- (EOC prep)- ALL CLASSES
*COMPUTER LAB- EOC PREP


Wednesday-
*COMPUTER LAB- EOC PREP


Thursday-
Interactive Notebooks- (EOC prep)- ALL CLASSES
"Tic Tac Know"- (in-class)-students continue working on projects for submission on December 11, 2015.


Friday-
EOC prep (all classes)
Final Assessment- Romeo & Juliet
"Tic Tac Know" projects- (in-class)

Week of November 16-20, 2015

PHS- 3.0
"Believe you Can"

Quote of the week:
"The brightness of her cheek would shame those stars as daylight doth a lamp."- Romeo


Words to know:
bard, Montague, Capulet, fate, foreshadowing, Verona, soliloquy, monologue, pun, feud


Monday-
*Quick write- Do parents always know what's best for their children? (Explain)
Literature Circles- (Acts II & III)- (Romeo & Juliet)
Analyzing Text- "Shakespeare's Dentist"


Tuesday-
Interactive Notebooks- (Elizabethan Customs & Traditions)
Literature Circles- (study guides)
*EOCT prep- (packets issued to students to complete over break)
LOWEST test grade will be dropped and replaced
* DEADLINE: November 30, 2015


Wednesday-
Interactive Notebooks- (review Acts I, II, & III)
*Psychosocial Evaluations- (Romeo & Juliet)
Study Guides-(Act IV)
*PLEASE submit ALL guides at the END of the period.
   Thursday-
*EOC PREP- (Computer Lab)- ALL CLASSES
*OPEN BOOK EXAM:
(ACTS I, II, & III)


Friday-
Part II- (Romeo & Juliet)
*EXAM CONTINUED... (essays  & optics)


*Essays must include the following:
-MLA Heading
-blue/black ink only
-five well- developed paragraphs


*HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL!

Week of November 9-13, 2015

Believe you Can! PHS 3.0
Quote of the week:
"My only love sprung from my only hate."- Juliet (Romeo & Juliet)

Words to Know: bard, set, tragedy, chorus, theme, acts, props, script, scenes, dramatic irony, foil, monologue, soliloquy, tragic flaw, dialogue 

**You will need a copy of "No Fear Shakespeare"- Romeo and Juliet
 (See Media Center or Book House on Veterans Memorial)

Monday:
*COMMON ASSESSMENT- (All Classes)

Tuesday:
"The Bard"- Biography of William Shakespeare
Prologue- (Romeo & Juliet)
Dramatic Terms (power point)
*HOMEWORK: "You Don't Get It": Parents And Children) -INTERVIEWS

Wednesday:

Act I  (Romeo and Juliet)-(Study Guides)
Literature Circles
"Who's Who in Romeo & Juliet"-(character analysis)

Thursday:

Act I & II- (Study Guides)
 (Literature Circles)
Project Overview

Friday:
Literary Terms Review (EOC Prep)

* ( Romeo and Juliet)
Study Guides- (Acts I & II)
Vocabulary (Acts I & II)
"Shakespeare's Dentist"- (article)

Week of November 2-6, 2015

Quote of the week: "People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for."
-Harper Lee


Terms to Know:
assuaged, impotent, imprudent, malevolence, persevere, auspicious, arbitrated, asinine, edification, ramshackle


Monday-
Interactive Notebooks
(Quick write:) Why is this novel entitled To Kill a Mockingbird and which character best fits the mockingbird metaphor? 
Literary Terms Chart- chapters (1-31)
The Concept of the Outsider- "Tusk, Tusk" by David McKee & "Black Misery" by LangstonHughes


Tuesday-
Poetry is for the Birds (article on robins, finches, and mockingbirds)
Poem: Maya Angelou, "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"
Poem: Paul Laurence Dunbar, "Sympathy"


Wednesday-
Videos: "The Murder of Emmitt Till"/The Trial of Tom Robinson/The Murder of Mike Brown
*Film Analysis- (students re-examine individual roles in creating film for Multi Genre assignment. 
*Tom Robinson/Emmitt Till/Mike Brown- A Comparison
*Rubrics-group presentations
"Glows/Grows"-students offer helpful advice/suggestions on how to improve final product.


Thursday-
*Teacher Surveys- (all classes)
Music- Muddy Waters- "Mannish Boy"- Bill Broonzy-"When Will I Get To Be Called a Man"
Reading: Sojourner Truth- "Ain't I a Woman"


Friday-
*Trial Response Journals- (TKAM)
Mock Trial- (worksheet)
Research- "Famous Trials"- (computer lab)
"To Kill a Mockingbird"/The Trial of Mike Brown (class re-enactment)