Friday, March 31, 2017

Friday, March 31

ENGLISH 4, HONORS
Short block due to half day/inclement weather schedule.
Choice of independent reading or continuing work on literary analysis essays on Macbeth.

DUE DATES

THURSDAY, April 6: Rough draft Macbeth analysis due.

Thursday, March 30, 2017

Thursday, March 30

ENGLISH 4, HONORS
Short choice period: work on essays or independent reading.
Continued work on literary analysis essays on Macbeth.

DUE DATES

WEDNESDAY, March 29: Third Quarter ends.

THURSDAY, April 6: Rough draft Macbeth analysis due.

Wednesday, March 29, 2017

Wednesday, March 29

ENGLISH 4, HONORS
Short choice period: work on essays or independent reading.
Continued work on literary analysis essays on Macbeth.

DUE DATES

WEDNESDAY, March 29: Third Quarter ends.

TUESDAY, April 4: Rough draft Macbeth analysis due (tentatively).

Tuesday, March 28, 2017

Tuesday, March 28

ENGLISH 4, HONORS
Reminder of MLA template and of conventions for citing sources and the Works Cited section of the essay.
Began gathering evidence for a literary analysis essay on Macbeth.

DUE DATES

WEDNESDAY, March 29: Third Quarter ends.

TUESDAY, April 4: Rough draft Macbeth analysis due (tentatively).

Monday, March 27, 2017

Monday, March 27

ENGLISH 4, HONORS
Silent reading.
COLLECTED weekly reading logs.
Reading quiz on "The Mystery of Evil," analysis of Macbeth (522--523).

Introduced template, overview of MLA format.

DUE DATES

MONDAY, March 27: Reading quiz on "The Mystery of Evil," analysis (522--523). 
WEDNESDAY, March 29: Third Quarter ends.
FRIDAY, March 31: Rough draft Macbeth analysis due (tentatively).

Friday, March 24, 2017

Friday, March 24

ENGLISH 4, HONORS

HOMEWORK: Read "The Mystery of Evil," an analysis of Macbeth (522--523).
Silent reading/homework.

Finished final speech and Macbeth.Watched final scenes of the play.

DUE DATES

MONDAY, March 27: Reading quiz on "The Mystery of Evil," analysis (522--523). 
WEDNESDAY, March 29: Third Quarter ends.
FRIDAY, March 31: Rough draft Macbeth analysis due (tentatively).

Thursday, March 23, 2017

Thursday, March 23

ENGLISH 4, HONORS

Silent reading.

Read 5.4, 5.5 Macbeth. Discussed the "Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow" speech.
Finished play, except for Malcolm's final speech.

DUE DATES

THURSDAY, March 23: Blizzard Bag #5 must be submitted in order to receive credit.

Wednesday, March 22, 2017

Wednesday, March 22

ENGLISH 4, HONORS

Silent reading/make-up Flashback Quiz.
Watched 5.1 in film version of Macbeth.
Read 5.2--5.3, Macbeth.

DUE DATES

THURSDAY, March 23: Blizzard Bag #5 must be submitted in order to receive credit.

Tuesday, March 21, 2017

Tuesday, March 21

ENGLISH 4, HONORS

Assigned writing groups for the Macbeth essay assignment.
Watched 4.2--4.3 in film version of Macbeth.
Read, discussed 5.1 (the sleepwalking scene).
Working in new writing groups, students completed the 5.1 Flashback Quiz.

DUE DATES

THURSDAY, March 23: Blizzard Bag #5 must be submitted in order to receive credit.

Monday, March 20, 2017

Monday, March 20

ENGLISH 4, HONORS

Silent reading.
COLLECTED weekly reading logs.

Reminder of prompts for Macbeth essay assignment.
Continued watching Macbeth on film (3.6 and 4.1).

DUE DATES

THURSDAY, March 23: Blizzard Bag #5 must be submitted in order to receive credit.

Friday, March 17, 2017

Friday, March 17

ENGLISH 4, HONORS

Introduced prompts for Macbeth essay assignment.
Read and discussed Macbeth, 4.3.
Watched 3.4, the banquet scene.

DUE DATES

THURSDAY, March 23: Blizzard Bag #5 must be submitted in order to receive credit.

Thursday, March 16, 2017

Thursday, March 16

ENGLISH 4, HONORS

Shared and COLLECTED Blizzard Bag #5.  (Can submit for a grade through Thursday, March 23.)

Run throughs and performances of 3.4.
Reminder of background for 4.3.

DUE DATES

THURSDAY, March 23: Blizzard Bag #5 must be submitted in order to receive credit.

Monday, March 13, 2017

Monday, March 13

ENGLISH 4, HONORS

Silent reading.
COLLECTED weekly reading logs.
Assigned Blizzard Bag 5.

Postponed performances of 3.4 until tomorrow. (In the event of a snow day tomorrow, until Wednesday.)
Reviewed 4.1 and the second set of the witches' prophecies.

Read 4.2.
Discussed background for 4.3.


DUE DATES

FRIDAY, March 10: Macbeth master vocabulary review test
MONDAY, March 13: Banquet scene performances (tentatively).

Friday, March 10, 2017

Friday, March 10

ENGLISH 4, HONORS

Macbeth master vocabulary quiz.
Finished reading 4.1; discussed the prophecies.

Groups rehearsed performances of 3.4.


DUE DATES

FRIDAY, March 10: Macbeth master vocabulary review test
MONDAY, March 13: Banquet scene performances (tentatively).

Thursday, March 9, 2017

Thursday, March 9

ENGLISH 4, HONORS

Choice of silent reading or vocabulary work.

Groups rehearsed performances of 3.4.


DUE DATES

FRIDAY, March 10: Macbeth master vocabulary review test; Banquet scene performances (tentatively).

Wednesday, March 8, 2017

Wednesday, March 8

ENGLISH 4, HONORS

Shared last "Shoebox" performance of 1.3 (a video version of the scene).

Groups rehearsed performances of 3.4.
Began reading 4.1. Now on page 493, line 106.

DUE DATES

FRIDAY, March 10: Macbeth master vocabulary review test; Banquet scene performances (tentatively).

Tuesday, March 7, 2017

Tuesday, March 7

ENGLISH 4, HONORS

Short class due to early release day schedule.
Introduced master Macbeth vocabulary review; choice of reading or vocabulary work.
Groups met to plan, rehearse performances of 3.4 ("Scene 15"--the banquet scene.)

DUE DATES

FRIDAY, March 3: Macbeth Vocabulary Unit 3 Quiz.
FRIDAY, March 10: Banquet Scene performances.

Monday, March 6, 2017

Monday, March 6

ENGLISH 4, HONORS

Silent reading.
COLLECTED weekly reading logs.
Watched film version of 3.1--3.3.

DUE DATES

FRIDAY, March 3: Macbeth Vocabulary Unit 3 Quiz.
FRIDAY, March 10: Banquet Scene performances.

Friday, March 3

ENGLISH 4, HONORS
This lesson taught by Ms. Havlak in Ms. Bishop's absence.
Quiz on unit 3 Macbeth vocabulary.
Silent reading.
Shared performance rubric to discuss in groups.
Performance groups continued planning performances of 3.4 ("Scene 15" in mini-script) for Friday, March 10.

DUE DATES

FRIDAY, March 3: Macbeth Vocabulary Unit 3 Quiz.
FRIDAY, March 10: Banquet Scene performances.

Thursday, March 2, 2017

Thursday, March 2

ENGLISH 4, HONORS

Choice of silent reading or vocabulary work.

Explanation of skipping Macbeth 3.5.
Introduced 3.6; read as a class.
Groups reviewed the scene together; reading quiz.
Performance groups continued planning performances of 3.4 ("Scene 15" in mini-script) for Friday, March 10.

DUE DATES

FRIDAY, March 3: Macbeth Vocabulary Unit 3 Quiz.
FRIDAY, March 10: Banquet Scene performances.

Wednesday, March 1, 2017

Wednesday, March 1

ENGLISH 4, HONORS
Macbeth 3.4 reading quiz.
Distributed abridged (mini) scripts of 3.4 (aka "Scene 15.")

Performance groups selected directors, read through new script and began planning performances (tentatively scheduled for Friday, March 10).

DUE DATES

FRIDAY, March 3: Macbeth Vocabulary Unit 3 Quiz.
FRIDAY, March 10: Banquet Scene performances.