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Outstanding Romeo and Juliet Projects

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May 2- 13 lesson plans

— English I

— Week 16

— The Odyssey

— Unit Due Dates

— Summary and illustration of Land of the Dead May 5^th

— Summary and illustration of Cattle of the Son God May 11

— Summary and illustration of The Suitors May 12^th

— Summary and illustration of choice May 12^th

— Project due May 13^th

(two weeks to read The Odyssey and create five summaries and illustrations)

— Monday

— Prompt: What is myth? Complete the Oh My God Project.

— Cornell Notes on the Odyssey

— Notes on myths

— Notes on Gods

— Read part I of the Odyssey

— Hw create summary of Land of Dead by Thursday

— Assignment Odyssey Project Due 12^th

— Tuesday

— Prompt: Make a list of action adventure movies and list the heroes in the film.

— WDJ

— Malicious-purposefully hateful (adjective)

— grammar – Study Island

— Tool Box

— Epic Hero

— Activity

— Read the Cyclops 957-968, create summary, assign study guide

— Wednesday

— Journal: If you were a god, what powers would you have?

— Study Island Grammar

— Get out your textbook and turn to the Cyclopes section

— Complete your Cyclopes section

— Create a summary

— Land of the Dead summary due tomorrow

— Thursday

— Lab Day

— Friday

— Movie

— Monday

— Prompt: Free Write

— WDJ: Pessimistic- without hope, seeing the worst side of things

— Grammar: Start Grammar Packet counts as 50 point test grade. Ex One Complete Sentences.

— Tool Box: Archetypes- reoccurring images, symbols, characters, patterns, and settings that give literature unity. The occur repeatedly in the literature of all ages. What is your archetype extra credit project

— Activities

— Illustrate and Archetype and present to a small group (picture on the front and definition on the back) (assign each student one to do)

— Read the Monsters chapters and Cattle of the Sun God Due Monday and Project Due Friday

— Project Must include

— Five Summaries and illustrations

-Cyclopes

-Land of the Dead

-Cattle of the Son God

-The Suitors

-Summary of choice

— Grammar Packet

— Odyssey Study Guide

— Tuesday

— Prompt: Can you think of a movie that uses archetypes? What archetypes does the movie depend on? Can you think of any movies with monsters?

— WDJ: Eager-feeling/showing much desire

— grammar : Grammar Packet Section Correct Sentence Fragments page 2

— Tool Box: List Archetypes on the board and review

— Quiz on cattle of the sun god

— 994-1000 Odysseus Returns

— Suitors 1001-1003 summary and illustration Thursday

— Wednesday

— prompt: Make a list of names that Odysseus is called in the poem. You can turn in list for extra credit if you can find ten names. Hint: that man skilled in all ways of contending, Laeters’ son

— WDJ: Ambivalent-having conflicting feelings towards a person/thing

— Grammar: Sentence Varity Chart

— Tool Box: Epithets- is a descriptive word or phrase accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a person or thing. Athena is the only one described 'grey-eyed'.

— Activities

— Create and Epithet for yourself on your id badge

— Finish the Odyssey on your own

— Thursday

— prompt: Find some examples of really long similes from the Odyssey

— WDJ: Remorseful-feeling or expressing extreme guilt for ones actions

— Grammar: Packet Section (Compound Sentences 1-5)

— Tool Box Homeric Simile- an extended simile often running to several lines, used typically in epic poetry to intensify the heroic stature of the subject and to serve as decoration. An example from the Iliad follows:

— As when the shudder of the west wind suddenly rising scatters across the water,
and the water darkens beneath it, so darkening were settled the ranks of Achaians and Trojans in the plain

— Review and Seminar

— Thursday

— Define:

— archetype,

— Homeric simile,

— epithet,

— myth,

— epic hero,

— epic,

— minstrel,

— invocation,

— muse,

— god/goddess,

— imagery,

— metaphor,

— simile,

— personification,

— dramatic irony,

— tragic hero,

— tragedy,

— comedy,

— plot,

— protagonist,

— antagonist,

— author’s purpose,

— author’s style,

— diction,

— stanza,

— prose,

— paradox,

— literal,

— figurative

— Friday

— Share Project

— Assign Study Guide

— Watch movie

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Week 13 Lesson Plans

žWeek 13

žRomeo and Juliet

žMonday

žWDJ

žCulpable- deserving of blame

žgrammar

žPun- a play on words based on the words that sound alike.

žComplete the movie

ž

žTuesday

žPresent projects

žPun

Romeo and Juliet (Act I scene IV)

Mercutio: “Nay, gentle Romeo, we must have you dance.”

Romeo: “Not I, believe me. You have dancing shoes

With nimble soles; I have a soul of lead

So stakes me to the ground I cannot move.”

Context: Romeo is reluctant to attend a party because he is suffering from a broken heart.

žWednesday

žWhat key themes do you see in the play?

žTimeline

žSeminar on theme

žSymbolism Test tomorrow

žFriday

žPainful grammar for EOC

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