L. Fragale's English Classes

BLOCK 3: Week of December 17-21

FINAL EXAM THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20 - 1ST TEST

Wednesday Agenda

1. Vocabulary Review - WEEKS 11-15 for Final Exam!

2. Finish Act V

3. Review Study Guide - DUE BEFORE THE FINAL!

4. Book Return Party!

5. Watch Film Version of Romeo and Juliet

Tuesday Agenda

1. Vocabulary Review - WEEKS 6-10 for Final Exam!

2. Acts III and IV Quiz

3. Student-Teacher Conference - Grades and Poetry Research Project

4. Review Study Guide for Act IV

5. Begin reading Act V

Monday Agenda

1. Vocabulary Review - WEEKS 1-5 for Final Exam!

2. Finish reading Act III

3. Answer Study Guide Questions - Paraphrase with a Partner!

4. Read Act IV for HOMEWORK - There will be a quiz!

FINAL EXAM THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20 - 1ST TEST

Wednesday Agenda

1. Vocabulary Review - WEEKS 11-15 for Final Exam!

2. Finish Act V

3. Review Study Guide - DUE BEFORE THE FINAL!

4. Book Return Party!

5. Watch Film Version of Romeo and Juliet

Tuesday Agenda

1. Vocabulary Review - WEEKS 6-10 for Final Exam!

2. Acts III and IV Quiz

3. Student-Teacher Conference - Grades and Poetry Research Project

4. Review Study Guide for Act IV

5. Begin reading Act V

Monday Agenda

1. Vocabulary Review - WEEKS 1-5 for Final Exam!

2. Finish reading Act III

3. Answer Study Guide Questions - Paraphrase with a Partner!

4. Read Act IV for HOMEWORK - There will be a quiz!

BLOCK 3: Week of December 10-14

ELECTRONIC VERSION OF R&J STUDY GUIDE: Download romeo_and_juliet_study_guide_packet.doc

Friday Agenda

1. SPEAKING: Mrs. Fragale's Check-In - This is your last check-in for the semester. What is your final thought? What do you want me to know?

2. Agenda Check

3. 3-Minute Vocabulary Review - COLLECT ALL WEEK 15 VOCABULARY SQUARES

4. Week 15 Vocabulary Quiz

5. Begin Act III in Romeo and Juliet

6. Answer study guide questions for Romeo and Juliet

7. Watch film version of Romeo and Juliet

Thursday Agenda

1. Journal: LISTENING - Artist: Frank Sinatra, Song: "Fly Me to the Moon"

2. Review Week 15 Vocabulary Words

3. Finish reading Act II of Romeo and Juliet

4. Answer study questions for Romeo and Juliet

5. Watch film version of Romeo and Juliet

Wednesday Agenda

1. Week 15 Practice Vocabulary Quiz

2. Act I Romeo and Juliet Study Guide Questions Check

3. Begin Act II of Romeo and Juliet

4. Answer Romeo and Juliet Study Guide Questions as we read

5. Watch Film Version of Romeo and Juliet

Tuesday Agenda

1. Journal: WRITING - Do you believe in love at first sight? Why or why not? In your half-page response, include at least one example of this type of love.

2. Review Week 15 Vocabulary Words

3. Continue reading Act I Scene ii of Romeo and Juliet

4. Complete study guide questions for Romeo and Juliet

5. Watch Film Version of Romeo and Juliet

Monday Agenda

1. Journal: VIEWING - Respond to this "Reduced" version of Romeo and Juliet. In your half-page response, imagine that you are a film critic. What do you think of THIS version of the play?

2. Introduce Week 15 Vocabulary Words - all ten words (FINAL WEEK OF NEW WORDS!)

3. Continue reading Act I of Romeo and Juliet

4. Complete study guide questions for Romeo and Juliet

5. Watch film version of Romeo and Juliet

** Remember to turn in ALL Poetry Research Project Assignments ASAP! **

Week 15 Vocabulary

1. tract (n.)
2. tranquility (n.)
3. truant (n.)
4. truncate (v.)
5. tumultuous (adj.)
6. unbiased (adj.)
7. ubiquitous (adj.)
8. unanimity (n.)
9. undermine (v.)
10. unethical (adj.)

BLOCK 3: Week of December 3-7

Friday Agenda

1. Meet in classroom to collect cellphones and pass out testing sheets.

2. Then, move to Media Center to begin working on PART TWO OF THE 9th LIT EOCT!

3. Return to classroom!

4. Review EOCT - comments, suggestions, questions, etc.

5. Compare/Contrast - Act I, Prologue and Scene i of Romeo and Juliet

• Baz Luhrman Version
• Thames River Company
• Zefferelli Version

Consider the following concepts for each of the different versions of the play:

1. Prologue
2. Setting (Location and City)
3. Time Period
4. Dialogue
5. Costumes
6. Weapons

Thursday Agenda

1. Meet in classroom to collect cellphones and pass out testing sheets.

2. Then, move to Media Center to begin working on PART ONE OF THE 9th LIT EOCT!

Wednesday Agenda

1. EOCT Practice Questions - 10 minutes

2. Last minute review for EOCT - TESTING THURSDAY AND FRIDAY

3. Review Shakespeare's life and elements of Drama

4. Watch Baz Luhrman film clip from Romeo and Juliet

5. Read Prologue - Classroom Poetry Analysis

6. Begin Reading Act I - FILL IN STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS AS WE READ!

*GET A GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP AND BREAKFAST BEFORE TOMORROW'S EOCT!  LOOK OVER ANY OF THE REVIEW HANDOUTS AND BRING YOUR THINKING CAPS!*

Tuesday Agenda

TO THE COMPUTER LAB TO FINISH POETRY RESEARCH PROJECT!

• Complete FAQ Research Project
• Complete Works Cited Page

Monday Agenda

1. Journal: VIEWING - Watch the following clip from the Reduced Shakespeare Company. Is this REALLY the biography of William Shakespeare? Why or why not? If not, who is the biography describing? What key words give you important information regarding Shakespeare's life? Why do you think that we are watching this clip?

2. Turn in EOCT Grammar Review Packets - ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS

3. Introduction to Shakespeare - CLASS COMPLETION OF KWL CHART

4. Read Shakespeare Background Packet INDIVIDUALLY and answer questions on a separate sheet of paper

5. Poetry Research Project Check: Letter to Poet due TODAY!

6. Complete any makeup work!

* NO VOCABULARY FOR THIS WEEK! REMEMBER EOCT THURSDAY AND FRIDAY! *

BLOCK 3: Week of November 26-30

Friday Agenda  - SUBSTITUTE IN CLASS TODAY! TURN IN ALL EXTRA CREDIT AND MISSING ASSIGNMENTS TO THE YELLOW BIN!

1. 3 Minute Vocabulary Review - Study Week 14 Vocabulary in Pairs

2. Collect Week 14 Vocabulary Squares

3. Week 14 Vocabulary Quiz

4. Continue working on 1 Page Letter to Poet - due Monday!

5. Continue working on EOCT Grammar Review Packet - due Monday!

Thursday Agenda

1. Quick review for Poetry Unit Test - turn in Poetry Study Guide

2. Poetry Unit Test

3. Turn in Imitation Poem and Explanation

4. Journal: LISTENING - Listen and Respond to the following song. How does it make you feel? If there were lyrics, what would they be? If it played in a movie, what would be happening? (COMPOSER: Dvorak, SONG: "Slavonic Dances")

5. EOCT Review - Reading Comprehension

6. Review Week 14 Vocabulary Words - Remember to study these words from previous weeks:

1. synthesis
2. superficial
3. sanction
4. objective
5. speculation

7. Work on 1-Page letter to Poet from Research Project

Wednesday Agenda

1. SSR: Student-selected Silent Reading for 20 minutes! ENJOY :)

2. EOCT Review: Reading Comprehension Questions

3. Review Week 14 Vocabulary Words

4. Poetry Share: "Daybreak" (DUE TODAY!)

5. Complete Study Guide for Poetry Test - DUE TOMORROW BEFORE THE TEST!

6. Work on Imitation Poem (at least 10 lines) and Explanation Paragraph (3-5 sentences) for Poetry Research Project - DUE TOMORROW!

** REMEMBER POETRY TEST TOMORROW **

Tuesday Agenda

1. Journal: WRITING - Write a 3 stanza long haiku poem about last night or your Thanksgiving Break. * YOU MUST USE ALLITERATION AND ONOMATOPOEIA *

2. Daily Grammar Practice (DGP)

3. Week 14 Vocabulary - second five words

4. Introduce Imitation Poem and Paragraph - DUE THURSDAY, November 29

5. "Daybreak in Alabama"

• Class Poetry Analysis
• Write Your Own "Daybreak" -  Due Tomorrow

Monday Agenda

1. Journal: VIEWING - Watch the following clip from 10 Things I Hate about You. What is your first reaction to this "modern-day" sonnet? Love it? Why or why not?

2. Daily Grammar Practice (DGP)

3. Introduce Week 14 Vocabulary - first five words

4. Discuss the sonnet - complete Sonnets and Haikus Worksheet - DUE TOMORROW!

5. Finish working on Visual Representation for Poetry Research Project - DUE TOMORROW!

==Absent students MUST turn in Poetry Analyses!==

==Fill-In-The-Blank Sonnet for 10 Points Extra Credit!==

1. ______ power 
2. ______  green
3. ______  shower
4. ______ mean
5. ______  love
6. ______  hate
7. ______  dove
8. ______ plate
9. ______  snake
10. ______  chair
11. ______  fake
12. ______  hair
13. ______  stink
14. ______ pink

Week 14 Vocabulary

1. tacit (adj.)
2. tactful (adj.)
3. taint (v.)
4. taper (v.)
5. temper (v.)
6. tenet (n.)
7. terrestrial (adj.)
8. theologian (n.)
9. theoretical (adj.)
10. thesis (n.)

Monday Agenda

1. Journal: VIEWING - Watch the following clip from 10 Things I Hate about You. What is your first reaction to this "modern-day" sonnet? Love it? Why or why not?

2. Daily Grammar Practice (DGP)

3. Introduce Week 14 Vocabulary - first five words

4. Discuss the sonnet - complete Sonnets and Haikus Worksheet - DUE TOMORROW!

5. Finish working on Visual Representation for Poetry Research Project - DUE TOMORROW!

==Absent students MUST turn in Poetry Analyses!==

==Fill-In-The-Blank Sonnet for 10 Points Extra Credit!==

1. ______ power 
2. ______  green
3. ______  shower
4. ______ mean
5. ______  love
6. ______  hate
7. ______  dove
8. ______ plate
9. ______  snake
10. ______  chair
11. ______  fake
12. ______  hair
13. ______  stink
14. ______ pink

Week 14 Vocabulary

1. tacit (adj.)
2. tactful (adj.)
3. taint (v.)
4. taper (v.)
5. temper (v.)
6. tenet (n.)
7. terrestrial (adj.)
8. theologian (n.)
9. theoretical (adj.)
10. thesis (n.)

BLOCK 3: Week of November 19-20

ENJOY YOUR THANKSGIVING BREAK! :) :)

Tuesday Agenda

1. Poetry Pop Quiz - OPEN NOTE!

2. Daily Grammar Practice (DGP)

3. Turn in Poetry Analyses to Poetry Folder in Red Box

4. Discuss "Visual Interpretation" and NEW due dates

• TWO Poetry Analyses - due Tuesday, 11/20
• Visual Representation of Poet - due Tuesday, 11/27
• Imitation Poem and Explanation Paragraph - Thursday, 11/29
• Letter to Poet - Monday, 12/3
• FAQ Paper with 10 Questions - BY THE END OF THE DAY on Tuesday, 12/4
• FINAL COMPLETE PORTFOLIO WITH WORKS CITED - Thursday, 12/6

5. Introduce the Haiku - page 955 in textbook. Complete Handout!

6. HAIKU SNOWBALL FIGHT!

Monday Agenda

1. Journal: VIEWING - Respond to the image on the Interwrite Board. Write a poem of at least 15 lines inspired by this painting.

2. Daily Grammar Practice (DGP)

3. Finish Poetry Group Presentations

4. Review Poetry Analysis Process

5. Check for two poems by Research Poet

6. Complete Poetry Analyses for BOTH Poems by Research Poet - DUE TOMORROW!

** NO VOCABULARY THIS WEEK! Happy Thanksgiving! **

Week of November 12-16

FAQ RESEARCH PROJECT DUE DATE MOVED TO DECEMBER 4! Directions and Sample Paper can be found here: Download faq_example_paper.doc and Download faq_project_instructions.doc

Friday Agenda

1. SPEAKING: Mrs. Fragale's Check-In: What is the worst thing you ever did when you were little? (For Example, "Painting" the carpet with jelly)

2. Agenda Check

3. 3-Minute Vocabulary Review

4. Week 13 Vocabulary Quiz

5. Daily Grammar Practice (DGP)

6. 15 Minutes to Prepare Group Presentations

7. Poetry Analysis Group Presentations :)

Thursday Agenda

1. Week 13 Practice Vocabulary Quiz

2. To the Lab to continue work on FAQ Research Project

Wednesday Agenda

1. Reading: 20 Minutes SSR

2. Daily Grammar Practice (DGP)

3. Week 13 Vocabulary Review

4. Small Group Poetry Analysis - "Dream Deferred", "Incident", "We Real Cool", or "We Wear the Mask" - EVERY GROUP MEMBER MUST COMPLETE THE WORKSHEET

Tuesday Agenda

1. Journal: WRITING - Look at Langston Hughes' poem "Theme for English B." What do you think? Write your immediate reaction in one word. What do you see as you read the poem? Draw a picture. Which line is most important to you? Why? Which word is more important to you? Why?

2. Review Poetry Analysis for "Theme for English B"

3. Daily Grammar Practice (DGP)

4. Week 13 Vocabulary - introduce second five words

Monday Agenda

1. Journal: VIEWING - Watch the following clip from Dead Poets Society. Do you agree with the teacher? Why or why not? Should we graph poetry? Would you like to have him for a teacher? In the play of life, what will your verse be???

2. Daily Grammar Practice (DGP)

3. Introduce Week 13 Vocabulary - first five words

4. To Computer Lab to Continue Research for Poet

Week 13 Vocabulary

1. strident (adj.)
2. stylized (adj.)
3. stupefy (v.)
4. subordinate (adj. and n.)
5. subtle (adj.)
6. sullen (n.)
7. superficial (adj.)
8. suppleness (n.)
9. swindle (v.)
10. synthesis (n.)

BLOCK 3: Week of November 7-9

Friday Agenda

1. Mrs. Fragale's Check-In: If you were an animal, what would you be? Why?

2. Agenda Check

3. Daily Grammar Practice (DGP)

4. To the Computer Lab

• EOCT Practice Assessment - www.usatestprep.com (Email answers to Lizzie.Mills@cobbk12.org)
• Research Poet for Poetry Research Project - 5 DIFFERENT Sources to answer the 10 FAQ

Thursday Agenda

BEFORE LUNCH:

* Poetry Lounge in Library *

AFTER LUNCH:

1. Journal: LISTENING - ARTIST: India.Arie SONG TITLE: "I am Ready for Love"

2. Daily Grammar Practice (DGP)

Wednesday Agenda

1. SSR: Reading - 20 minutes individual Student-selected Silent Reading

2. Daily Grammar Practice - Review for the EOCT

3. Turn in 10 Interview Questions for Poetry Research Project

4. Pass out Folders for Poetry Research Project and label necessary information

5. Review Poetry Terms - Word Wall Activity

Tuesday Agenda

STUDENT HOLIDAY! No class today!

Monday Agenda

STUDENT HOLIDAY! No class today!

**** NO VOCABULARY THIS WEEK! ENJOY YOUR MINI-VOCAB VACATION :) ****

BLOCK 3: Week of October 29 - November 2

Friday Agenda

1. Mrs. Fragale's Check-In: Tell me one way in which your mom or dad really help you out :)

2. Agenda Check

3. Turn in Vocabulary Squares!

4. Week 12 Vocabulary Quiz

5. To Computer Lab:

• Online SAT Registration
• Poetry Research Project - 10 Interview Questions for your Poet due Wednesday!

Thursday Agenda

1. Journal: LISTENING ("Tank!" from Cowboy Bebop)

2. Review Week 12 Vocabulary: REMEMBER TO STUDY THESE WORDS FROM PREVIOUS WEEKS -

1. recluse
2. reconcile
3. provincial
4. prominent
5. redundant

3. Poetry Pre-Test

4. Poetry Background Information: Complete the Poetry Terms Worksheet using textbook

Wednesday Agenda

1. Bellwork: "The Odyssey" Questionnaire

2. "The Odyssey" Project Presentations

3. "The Odyssey" Party!

4. Watch O Brother, Where Art Thou?

Tuesday Agenda

BEFORE LUNCH

1. Journal: WRITING - Imagine you're a director and you're casting your own movie version of "The Odyssey." What actors would you pick? Why? Where would you film the movie? What kind of costumes would you pick?

2. Last minute "Odyssey" questions and collect study guides

3. Part 2 "Odyssey" Test

4. Work on "Odyssey" Projects SILENTLY until lunch

4. Week 12 Vocabulary - introduce second five words

5. "Odyssey" Party Planning - TOMORROW!!

6. If any additional time, work on "Odyssey" Projects - DUE WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31!!!

Monday Agenda

1. Journal: VIEWING

2. Introduce Week 12 Vocabulary - first five words

3. Last minute "Odyssey" questions and review - PART 2 TEST TOMORROW!

4. Take post-test for "The Epic"

5. Finish the film version of "The Odyssey"

6. Work on "Odyssey" Projects - DUE WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31!!!

Week 12 Vocabulary Words

1. resolute (adj.)
2. retort (v. and n.)
3. revere (v.)
4. sanction (v. and n.)
5. sect (n.)
6. sentinel (n.)
7. skeptical (adj.)
8. slander (v. and n.)
9. sobriety (n.)
10. speculation (n.)

BLOCK 3: Week of October 22-26

Friday Agenda

1. Mrs. Fragale's Check-In: What's the weirdest thing that you LOVE to eat?

2. Agenda Check

3. BRIEF Week 11 Vocabulary Review - 4 MINUTES

4. Week 11 Vocabulary Quiz

5. Finish study guide questions for "The Odyssey"

6. Watch the film version of "The Odyssey"

7. Work on "Odyssey" Projects - DUE WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31!!!

Thursday Agenda - CLASS HAS A SUBSTITUTE TEACHER

1. Journal: LISTENING - TURN IN FOR A GRADE!

2. Review Week 11 Vocabulary Words

3. Finish reading Part 2 of "The Odyssey" - 'Penelope's Test' and 'Ending'

4. Answer study guide questions for "The Odyssey"

5. Answer textbook questions on page 1046 - TURN IN FOR A GRADE!

6. Work on "Odyssey" Projects - DUE WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31!!!

Wednesday Agenda

1. SSR: Reading - 20 minutes individual Student-selected Silent Reading

2. Week 11 Vocabulary Review

3. Continue reading Part 2 of "The Odyssey" - 'Odysseus' Revenge'

4. Answer study guide questions for "The Odyssey"

5. Watch the film version of "The Odyssey"

Tuesday Agenda

1. Journal: WRITING - How would you feel if you were in Odysseus' position, coming back to a home in distress? Would you have acted the same way or differently? Would you have told Penelope of your return immediately or tested her faithfulness? Why or why not?

2. Week 11 Vocabulary - second five words

3. Read "Penelope" and "The Challenge" individually

4. Answer study guide questions for both sections

5. Packet Check - "Trade and 'Grade'"

6. Watch Film Version of "The Odyssey"

Monday Agenda

1. Journal: VIEWING - Respond to the clip from O, Brother Where art thou? - How is this related to "The Odyssey"? Where do you see similarities/differences?

2. Introduce "The Odyssey" Project - DUE WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 31!!

3. Introduce Week 11 Vocabulary - first five words

4. Read in Part 2 of "The Odyssey" - 'Argus' and 'The Suitors'

5. Answer study guide questions for the text.

6. Watch film version of "The Odyssey"

Week 11 Vocabulary Words

1. raconteur (n.)
2. rebuttal (n.)
3. recluse (n.)
4. reconcile (v.)
5. redundant (adj.)
6. reiteration (n.)
7. renounce (v.)
8. replete (adj.)
9. repudiate (v.)
10. residual (adj.)

BLOCK 3: Week of October 15-19

Friday Agenda

1. Turn in COMPLETED "Odyssey" Comic Strip

2. FOUR Minute Vocabulary Review

3. Turn in Week 10 Vocabulary Squares

4. Week 10 Vocabulary Quiz

5. Begin Practice EOCT - WRITE ALL ANSWERS ON A SEPARATE SHEET OF PAPER

Thursday Agenda

1. Journal: LISTENING - Artist - Nickel Creek, Song - "Lighthouse"

2. Week 10 Vocabulary Review - WORDS FROM PREVIOUS WEEKS: stoic, monotonous, pious, plateau, methodical

3. Begin reading Part 2 of "The Odyssey" - Answer study guide questions

4. Work on "The Odyssey" Comic Strip Assignment - DUE FRIDAY!

5. Review Grades from "The Odyssey" Test

6. Watch Film Version of "The Odyssey"

Wednesday Agenda

1. SSR: READING - 20 minutes individual silent reading

2. Review Week 10 Vocabulary Terms

3. Re-Introduce "The Odyssey" Comic Strip Assignment - DUE FRIDAY!

4. Field Trip Participants - Makeup "The Odyssey" Part 1 Test

5. Work on Comic Strip Assignment

6. Watch Film Version of "The Odyssey"

Tuesday Agenda

1. Journal: WRITING - Do you have any last minute questions/concerns about "The Odyssey" before the test? If not, begin your entry by completing the following simile: "Odysseus is like..."

2. Last Minute "Odyssey" Questions - collect Study Guide and Extra Credit Worksheets

3. "The Odyssey" Part 1 Test

4. Week 10 Vocabulary Words - second five words

5. Introduce "The Odyssey" Comic Strip Assignment - DUE FRIDAY!

6. Watch Film Version of "The Odyssey"

Monday Agenda

1. Journal: VIEWING - Watch the clip of Odysseus' encounter with Tiresias. Is this depiction accurate? Do you think the movie portrays the scene well? Why or why not?

2. Make-up Mythological Creature Poetry Presentations

3. Introduce Week 10 Vocabulary - first five words

4. Odyssey Review Worksheets - turn in completed sheets for 5 points bonus (+3 for 1 sheet only)

5. Last Minute Questions from "The Odyssey" - PART ONE TEST TOMORROW!

6. Watch Film Version of "The Odyssey"

Week 10 Vocabulary Words

1. preclude (v.)
2. predecessor (n.)
3. presumptuous (adj.)
4. prevailing (adj.)
5. prevalent (adj.)
6. prominent (adj.)
7. provincial (adj.)
8. provoke (v.)
9. purgation (n.)
10. quarry (n.)