Wednesday, March 31, 2010

30th week April 5-9, 2010

English IB CP Bellaire High SchoolLesson Plan #13 Week #13April 5-9, 2010Selection:
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

Homework:
GE #s 604-608 due – April 8
Allusion activity – due April 8, 2010, Thursday

Monday
Today we will briefly discuss chapters 6-10, then have Quiz #11 covering Vocabulary #s 584-603 and Chapters 5-10 of the novel. We then continue with our reading if we finish the quiz early.

Tuesday
We will discuss the clauses, poetic devices, allusions, and symbols today. We will look at your answers on the exercises I left for you on the days I was out.

Wednesday
We go back to our reading of the novel. We should be able to accomplish chapters 16-20 and 21-25 this week. Extra credit will be given to those who will read and accomplish the study guide questions ahead of the chapter series read each week.

Thursday
There are only five (5) vocabulary words from GE this week. We will continue with the sustained silent reading. The allusion project will be collected today.

Friday
You will present your projects to the class.

Prepare for a quiz on Monday.
Name: __________________________ Date: __________________

ALLUSIONS in Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

As you read the novel, watch for allusions that are listed and complete the analysis that is demonstrated below. Use this paper for your draft, then for the final copy use construction paper and FORMAT YOUR PAPER EXACTLY as it is shown below. Choose at least one allusion and complete your project. Include a photo or illustration of the allusion. The page numbers are from the textbook. Due: April 8, 2010.


“a great iron” (Chap. 1, p. 668)
Hercules (Chap. 2, p.671)
Roman (Chap. 4, p. 676)
Handel (Chap.17, p. 735)
Noah’s Ark (Chap. 22, p. 747)
Devil (Chap. 12, p. 710)
Guillotine (Chap. 16, 732)


Allusion:
Quote from the novel:_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Context(What is going in the part of the novel where the allusion appears?):__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Explanation of allusion:________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Connotation of allusion:___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

ANALYSIS:
By making allusion to _____________________________, the author wants the reader to understand that ___________________________________________________________________.


PHOTO/ILLUSTRATION:

Saturday, March 27, 2010

29th Week March 29-April 2, 2010

English IB CP Bellaire High School
Lesson Plan #12 Week #12
March 29-April 2, 2010

Selection:
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

Homework:
GE #s 585-603 due – April 1
Allusion activity – due April 8, 2010, Tuesday


Monday
1. Briefly discuss chapters 1-5.
2. Quiz #10 – GE #s 564-584/Chapters 1-4/Fragments
3. Continue with sustained silent reading novel: chapters 6-10.

Tuesday
1. Continue with sustained silent reading chapters 6-10
2. Answer guide questions for chapters 6-10 and discuss.

Wednesday
1. Go over Exercise #s 8.10,12.
2. Continue with sustained silent reading of novel if time permits.

Thursday
1. Continue with sustained silent reading: chapters 11-15.
2. Annotate and take notes in study guide packet.

Friday
NO SCHOOL

Prepare for quiz on Monday.

Friday, March 12, 2010

28th Week March 22-26, 2010

English IB CP Bellaire High School
Lesson Plan #11 Week #11
March 22-26, 2010

Selection:
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare TEST

Homework:
Study for Twelfth Night test - March 22.
GE #s 564-583 due – March 25
TN Act IV and V guide questions – due March 22

Activities
On Monday, I will give the UNIT TEST for Twelfth Night. Please study the following: Act I-V, parts of speech, verbs, simple subject and predicate, imagery, and Twelfth Night vocabulary #s 10-40. There are 70 questions on the test.

On Tuesday, I will check the annotation on the packet with the article “Fragments of An Autobiography” by Charles Dickens. Prepare for a reading check on the article read and annotated. (Cancelled for today. Moved to Thursday)

On Wednesday, you will work on Exercise #8 (Clauses) and #10 (Poetic Devices). These two activities are due today, March 24.

On Thursday, submit GE vocabulary #s 564-583. We will start reading a very shortened version of the novel, Great Expectations.

On Friday, you will work on the guide questions for Chapters 1-5 in class.

Prepare for a quiz on Monday.

Friday, March 5, 2010

27th Week March 8-12, 2010

English IB CP Bellaire High School
Lesson Plan #10 Week #10
March 8-12, 2010

Selection: Twelfth Night Act III-V by William Shakespeare
- Focus on: character, characterization, setting, plot, details, figurative language, irony, iambic pentameter, shared lines, soliloquy, aside, feminine ending, Alexandria

Homework:
Exercise #8 (Clauses) and #10 (Poetic Devices) – due March 10
Study for Twelfth Night test - March 12.
GE #s 544-563 due – March 11
TN Act IV and V guide questions – due March 12

Activities
ON Monday, we will have the regular vocabulary quiz with words from Great Expectations and questions covering Acts I-III. Then we will continue with film viewing. Please be reminded to bring Exercises #s 8 and #10.

ON Tuesday, before we continue viewing the film, we will discuss CLAUSES. Then you will work on your activities due that day.

ON Wednesday, we will discuss POETIC DEVICES and work on the assignment in class. Then we will discuss study guide questions from III to V before continuing to view the film.

ON Thursday, you will work on Exercise #11 SENSORY IMAGE and Exercise #12 ALLUSIONS AND SYMBOLS after a short review.

ON Friday, I will give you a test on Twelfth Night, Or What You Will.

Sunday, February 28, 2010

26th Week March 1-5, 2010

English IB CP Bellaire High School
Lesson Plan #9 Week #9
March 1-5, 2010

Selection: Twelfth Night Act III-V by William Shakespeare
- Focus on: character, characterization, setting, plot, details, figurative language, irony, iambic pentameter, shared lines, soliloquy, aside, feminine ending, Alexandria
TAKS Practice

Homework: Prepare for TAKS on March 3
Complete Excercise #6 and #7, due March 5
Great Expectations Vocab #s (A list will be given on Wednesday, March 3)

On Monday, I will give a vocabulary quiz with some questions based on Twelfth Night. Then, those who are not finished with the OER questions in the practice booklet will complete them. On Tuesday, we will go over the revising and editing part of the practice booklet. On Wednesday, you will take the reading TAKS and in the afternoon, we will go back to our regular lesson and discuss Act III questions. On Thursday, we will review phrases and discuss Excercise #6. I will collect vocabulary list on Friday. Then view Acts IV and V of Twelfth Night.

Prepare for Monday’s quiz with GE vocabulary and Twelfth Night Acts I-III.

Sunday, February 21, 2010

25th Week Feb 22-26, 2010

This week, we will continue learning skills in TAKS OER questions. We were able to finish lessons on the literary part last week. We will pursue expository question and crossover this week. We may even have another set to work on just to see if we have mastered the art of ACE- ANSWER the question, provide text EVIDENCE to support your response, and provide a COMMENTARY in the form of an insightful or analytical statement that makes a clear connection between the answer and support. If we finish all TAKS lessons, we will continue with ACT III through V of Twelfth Night.

Once again, I will postpone having a new set of vocabulary words this week. We will recycle Twelfth Night vocabulary since we have exhausted all of the 120 words already. Our next set of words will be from Great Expectations. I will provide a list at the end of this week.

Vocabulary #s 101-120 QUIZ- Monday, March 1, 2010