Today's Agenda

Agenda

SA: Is Hamlet a sympathetic character? Use text evidence to support your claims.

1. Continue reading Act IV - acting and analyzing the play
2. Act IV small group questions

Homework

Select and answer one 40 minute open-ended essay prompt for Friday

Today's Agenda

Agenda

SA: What are your goals and expectations for this writer's workshop session?

1. Introduction to journal writing (first assigned piece)
2. Time to write

Homework

1. Finish Hamlet and journal for Wednesday!

Today's Agenda

Agenda

SA: Is Hamlet justified in his treatment of Ophelia? Why or why not?

1. Roots Quiz II
2. Discuss Hamlet's actions and rationale
3. Continue reading Act III
4. Discuss character, theme, and conflict
5. Analyze Act III questions

Homework

Complete the play and journal by Wednesday

Today's Agenda

Agenda

SA: Create and answer one AP-style question regarding Hamlet

1. Continue reading and discussing Act II
2. Group analysis of Act II questions

Homework

1. Read and journal through Act IV
2. Prepare for ROOTS quiz (tomorrow!)

Today's Agenda

Agenda

SA: What do you think of Hamlet's mother? What kind of woman is she? Is she to blame for the shame Hamlet feels? Use text evidence to support your claims.

1. Complete and discuss Act I questions
2. Continue reading Act II in class
3. Discuss character, theme, and conflict
4. Journaling Activity

Homework:
Act IV and journal due Friday
Root quiz due Friday

Agenda - First Day of Semester Two!

Agenda

SA: How would you characterize Hamlet? How do you know?

1. Class reading of the play
2. Discussion of key elements, themes, and conflicts
3. Completion of Act I questions
4. Group activity discussing journal prompts

Homework

Read Act IV and journal by Friday!

Today's Agenda

Agenda

1. SA: What do you remember about Shakespeare? His language? His times?
2. Final Beloved discussion
3. Grade Reports!
4. Shakespeare background research

Homework

1. Prepare for prefix quiz
2. Finalize background research
3. Read and journal Hamlet through Act I

Today's Agenda

Agenda

1. SA: Status report for writer's workshop (what is done, what is in the works, what is left to do?)
2. Writers Workshop Day

Homework

1. Read Hamlet, preface and Act I, sc i
2. Study prefixes for quiz this Friday

Today's Agenda

Agenda

1 . SA: Answer two of the questions you wrote for Morrison (by taking her perspective)
2. Discussion of yesterday's poetry activity
3. Video: Toni Morrison interview
4. Post-Beloved question/answer activity

Homework

Continue to study prefixes (new novel coming on Monday!)

Yesterday's Agenda

Sorry for the delay!

1. SA: List as many prefixes (with their meanings) as you can remember.
2. Distribution of prefixes list (quiz next week)
3. "Barbie Doll" versus "Phenomenal Woman" poetry analysis activity

Homework

1. Study prefixes
2. Create five questions that you would like to ask Toni Morrison regarding her novel.

Today's Agenda

Agenda

1. SA: List your thesis and topic sentences
2. Reverse outline review
3. Post-Beloved questions
4. Class discussion

Homework

Read and take notes from Sound and Sense, chapters 6 and 7

Today's Agenda

Agenda

Writer's Workshop
SA: Based on your recollection, begin to compile a list of all the practical uses for writer's workshop that you have done so far. In addition, list the result of that piece of writing (for instance, if you wrote a college application, did you get in?)

Homework

By tomorrow, finish Beloved and write a two to three page choice thesis.