Thursday & Friday January 31 and Feb 1

Objective: By the end of class, students will analyze drama in order to improve reading comprehensive skills.

Standards: L.F.2.1 / L.F.2.1.1/ L.F.1.1.2 / L.F.2.3.4

DO  NOW

MACBETH ACT 1 TEST - 100 test points

When Complete - 10 review questions - 100 classwork points. 
The answers are on the walls. These are Keystone related questions and information that you must commit to memory before May. The amount of information you will need to retain to score proficiently on the Keystone is A LOT. Start now.


ACT 2 Scene 2
Lady Macbeth
Macbeth

Act 2 Scene 3 
Porter
Macduff
Lennox
Macbeth
Lady Macbeth
Banquo
Malcolm
Donlbain





review macbeth

Tuesday & Wednesday, January 29, 30 - Macbeth Act 2

Objective: By the end of class, students will analyze drama in order to improve reading comprehensive skills.

Standards: L.F.2.1 / L.F.2.1.1/ L.F.1.1.2 / L.F.2.3.4

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Copy definitions into Notebooks:

Soliloquy - an act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by ONESELF or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play.

Monologue - a long speech by one actor in a play TO OTHERS on stage.

Paradox - a statement that leads to a conclusion that seems senseless, not logical, or contradictory. (example: "Fair is Foul and Foul is Fair").

Direct Instruction

Read Act 1 Scenes 6 & 7

Guided / Independent

Complete Act 1 study guide questions

View film through Act 1

Check for Understanding

Individual Student checks during independent work

Closure

Theme review - Betrayal, Ambition, Greed, Deception, Fate, Destiny

Friday, January 25 & Monday, January 28 - MACBETH

Objective: By the end of class, students will analyze drama in order to improve reading comprehensive skills.

DO NOW

Write this Down in Notebooks:
Exposition for the Tragedy of Macbeth
WHO: Macbeth and Banquo are fighting FOR DUNCAN, King of Scotland. 
WHAT: They are trying to protect Scotland from invaders. Witches are nearby the battlefield plotting mischief.
WHEN: around 1100.
WHERE: Battlefield in Scotland
WHY: War with Norway and rebels

Direct Instruction

intro witches

Read Act 1 scenes 1-5

Independent 

Study Guide Questions 1-7.

Tuesday and Wednesday Jan 15 & 17 - Macbeth Intro to Themes & Characterization

Objective: By the end of class students will be introduced to themes and characterization in order to prepare to read Shakespeare's Macbeth.

Standards: L.F.2.1 / L.F.2.1.1/ L.F.1.1.2 / L.F.2.3.4

DO NOW

Copy the following themes and definitions into notebooks:

GREED = 1. excessive consumption of or desire for food and/or excessive desire for wealth or power. It has a NEGATIVE, selfish connotation.

AMBITION =. strong desire for success, achievement, or distinction  // a goal. It has a POSITIVE (not selfish) connotation.

DECEPTION - persuade someone that something false is the                         truth; to trick or fool.

BETRAYAL - to deliver or expose to an enemy;                             disloyalty: to be unfaithful 

Direct Instruction

Anticipation Guide for Macbeth.  

ted talk intro

Macbeth is a DRAMA or PLAY. 

elements of drama

macbeth intro


Guided  / Independent

Read descriptions of characters from NO FEAR SHAKESPEARE  Macbeth. In your notebooks, list three character traits each for:
1. Macbeth
2. King Duncan
3. Banquo
4. Macduff
5. Malcolm
6. 3 witches
7. LADY MACBETH

Remember that you know about characters from not only what they look like, but what they say, how they act, their effects on others etc (indirect character traits).

Thursday and Tuesday, January 17 and 22 - History behind the Tragedy of Macbeth

Objective: By the end of class students will be introduced to drama and Elizabethan England in order to prepare to read Shakespeare's Macbeth.


Standards: L.F.2.1 / L.F.2.1.1/ L.F.1.1.2 / L.F.2.3.4

DO NOW

Who are the following characters and tell me three things or character traits about each of them:
1. Macbeth
2. Banquo
3. Lady Macbeth
4. Duncan


Direct Instruction

macbeth intro






As you watch this video, write down three ways women were 'TESTED" to determine if they were witches or not in 17th century England.

witchcraft in england 

Guided / Independent 

website where following information can be found

Historical background questions: Explain:

1. Who was Queen of England and who was Queen of Scotland and what happened and why.  

2. What did Queen Elizabeth do on her deathbed? What year was that? Why did she do that (why was it a good political move?)?

3. Who is James VI of Scotland and who is James 1 of England? 

4. What year did Shakespeare write Macbeth and why did he write it?

5. What message did Shakespeare want to send to the people of England by writing Macbeth?

6. According to Shakespeare, why was it important to support the king?

7. The story of Macbeth was written by Shakespeare in 1606, however, the drama takes place in the 11 century (between the years 1000 -1100). Who was King of Scotland at that time? 

8. What was happening in Scotland at that time?

Friday - January 3 - Fiction vs Non Fiction

Objective: By the end of class, students will learn the elements of fiction vs the elements of non-fiction in order to improve reading comprehensive skills.

Standards: L.F.2.1 / L.F.2.1.1/ L.F.1.1.2 / L.F.2.3.4

DO NOW
Write into notebooks:

DIALOGUE (conversation) is an element of fiction and drama. People do speak in informational non-fiction (speeches, interviews, etc) but it is not a conversation. (This is a common question on the Keystone exam).

Direct Instruction

Divide your paper in half vertically. 

Elements/Types of Fiction vs. Elements/Types of Non-Fiction

Take notes from slideshare.

slideshare - elements of fiction vs non-fiction

elements of drama

Guided
Jeopardy - fiction vs. Non-Fiction

Independent

Non Fiction worksheet review - be sure to read the questions prior to reading the passage. Answer all multiple choice questions and the constructed response.

Wednesday, January 2 - Themes across genres - personal writing

Objective: By the end of class, students will analyze figurative language in non-fiction in order to improve reading comprehensive skills
Standards: L.F.2.1 / L.F.2.1.1/ L.F.1.1.2 / L.F.2.3.4

DO NOW
Put the following thematic ideals in the order of importance to YOU:
1. TRUST 
2. LOYALTY
3. DETERMINATION
4. OVERCOMING FEAR
5. PRIDE
6. CONFIDENCE


Direct Instruction
Discuss the themes above and how THEMES can cross genres. 
The same theme can be in fiction as well as non-fiction, poetry, drama, etc. 
In addition, figurative language can be used in various genres as well, even non-fiction.

Guided / Independent

1. Using a NEO, write 3-5 sentances about each of the above themes that you put in order of importance to yourself. 
2. Explain why and how each is important to you.
3. Use at least one form of figurative language in each paragraph to help the reader visualize what you mean. Use a different type of figurative language for each paragraph.
4. Note that you are writing NON-FICTION.

Examples of types of figurative language you can use include:
1. Similes
2. Hyperboles
3. Personification
4. Allusion
5. Alliteration

6. Metaphors

7. Idioms

Need an example to get started??

Confidence is the most important ideal to me. Confidence is most important because it is a solid rock (metaphor) within me that cannot be shaken. Confidence means I can be brave and face my fears like a champion (simile). Without confidence, I may not be able to achieve any of my goals. My parents help give me confidence by pushing me to do my best.

In your note books, make two columns

Elements of Fiction vs. Elements of Non-Fiction


Figurative Language is also used in NON-FICTION.

Guided
Read Stickeen and identify multiple uses of figurative language in this TRUE story:
1. Similes
2. Hyperboles
3. Personification
4. Allusion
5. Alliteration

Independent

Answer the eight questions related to Stickeen and figurative language in this short piece of non-fiction.

CRQ

ANALYZE how Muir uses figurative language in Stickeen in order to communicate the theme of ___________________.