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Literary Studies 11
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SEMESTER TWO
Week 1 - Non fiction articles, truth/bias, and MLA style
Tuesday February 1, 2022
1. Review Literary Studies 11 Syllabus and Course Expectations. Fill in the Course Expectations. Write your signature (and your parent/guardian's) acknowledging you have read through the course Syllabus and Expectations.
Due: Turn the Expectations into Teams Wednesday February 2, 2022 by 3:00pm.
2. Select a novel from SORA, or another source for silent reading every period
3. Select a social issue for your Truth, Bias, and the News research
Wednesday February 2, 2021
1. Due: Literary Studies 11 signed Course Expectations. Turn into Teams Wednesday February 2, 2022 by 4:00pm.
2. Due: Novel for silent reading
3. In-class: An introduction to MLA writing style and annotation
4. Due: Truth, Bias, and the News Select a newsworthy topic. Find three articles on your topic.
Thursday February 3, 2022
1. SSR (Sustained silent Reading) begins at the start of the class. Ensure you have a book or access a reading app, like SORA.
2. Due: A typed Body Paragraph #1 Truth, Bias, and the News (social issue)
3. Due: Annotated Valerie Rigo's I Won’t Let the Memories of High School Haunt Me.
4. In-class: MLA writing style and graphic organizers
5. I Won’t Let the Memories of High School Haunt Me Vocabulary, Quiz Feb 16
Friday February 4, 2022
1. SSR
2. Due: Due: Typed Body Paragraph #2 Truth, Bias, and the News
3. In-class: Peer editing
4. Isabella Wang's poem: Mother Explains Men
Week 2 - Poetry, the graphic organizer, and descriptive language
Monday February 7, 2022
1. SSR
2. Due: Bring into class a handwritten/printed or typed and printed on paper Truth, Bias, and the News (multiparagraph: introduction: BP1, BP2, BP3, and conclusion)
3. In-class: Peer editing skills
4. Poetry: Isabella Wang's Mother Explains Men
5. Graphic organizer: Identify the themes
Tuesday February 8, 2022
1. SSR
2. Due into Teams by 5:00pm Word doc or pdf file Truth, Bias, and the News (including the Works Cited and edited rough)
3. Wang's Mother Explains Men graphic organizer
Wednesday February 9, 2022
1. SSR
2. Wang's Mother Explains Men in-class timed paragraph
3. Editing skills
4. Due into Teams by 11:59pm: Revised in-class paragraph
Thursday February 10, 2022
1. SSR
2. Lesson: Using descriptive language in poetry
Personal identity
3. Write your personal identity poem
4. Check out and begin reading Lord of the Flies. Read pages 1-50 for Monday
Friday February 10, 2022 - Professional Day for teachers (no school for students)
Week 3 - Poetry, personal identity, and varying punctuation
Monday February 14, 2022
1. SSR
2. Due: Typed Personal Identity Poem (10 lines - this is not the final draft)
3. Reading Due: Lord of the Flies pages 1-50
4. Close edit for personal identity content, descriptive language, punctuation, and flow
5. Introduction to Lord of the Flies.
Tuesday February 15, 2022
1. SSR
2. Reading Due: Lord of the Flies (read up to page 102 for this Friday)
3. In-class lesson: Student writing exemplars
•Use the colon, semi colon, and dash (see Teams "MLA and writing" File)
•Lord of the Flies Reading Schedule
•Class review of pages 1-50: plot, characters, setting
Wednesday February 16, 2022
1. SSR
2. Reading Due: Lord of the Flies
3. Due into Teams by 11:59pm: Personal identity - Descriptive language - poem
4. Due: Vocabulary Quiz (from I Won’t Let the Memories of High School Haunt Me)
Quick bio of William Golding
Introduction to the main characters
Introduction to writing questions according to Bloom's Taxonomy
Reading schedule
Thursday February 17, 2022
1. SSR
2. Reading Due: Lord of the Flies
3. Vocabulary #2 (Quiz March 3)
•"Close read" skill for reading
Friday February 18, 2022
1. SSR
2. Reading Due: Lord of the Flies up to page 102
3. In-class: Assess - Do people's past experience affect their current experience?
•Review themes - Control/power, evil/good, group/individual, technology, leadership, civilization/savagery, fear, peer pressure
•Lord of the Flies characters
Create a question in Bloom's taxonomy (levels 2-4) for Tuesday
Monday February 21, 2022 Statutory holiday: Family Day (no school)
Week 4 - The novel, dystopian genre, and individual student-teacher conferences
Tuesday February 22, 2022
1. SSR
2. Reading Due: Lord of the Flies (up to page 170 by Friday)
3. Due: Lord of the Flies one question and answer (Bloom's taxonomy)
Teams General Post: post your question and answer
Review for tomorrow's Chapters 1-5 quiz
Lord of the Flies Final Project worksheet
Wednesday February 23, 2022
1. SSR
2. Reading Due: Lord of the Flies
3. Due: Lord of the Flies Quiz -chapters 1 to 5- three questions and answers (Bloom's taxonomy levels 2-4)
4. In-class: Dystopian genre
Character review
5. REP time: short one-on-one teacher-student chats/ What have you enjoyed thus far in Sem2? What skills are you developing/improving?
Final Project Due: Theme #1, scene 1, quote 1, and connection statement
Thursday February 24, 2022
1. SSR
2. Reading Due: Lord of the Flies
3. Lord of the Flies project homework schedule
4. In-class: Powerpoint - Conflict, tension, and character development
5. Theme #1, scene 2, quote 2, and connection statement
Friday February 25, 2022
1. SSR
2. Reading Due: Lord of the Flies up to page 170
3. Review for Quiz Wednesday: Two questions and answers (using Bloom's Taxonomy) written/typed on a piece of paper and brought to class
4. Lord of the Flies Powerpoint: symbolism, tension, the beast
5. Final Project schedule
5, In-class: Due today Theme #2 (it should be related yet different from Theme #1), scene 1, quote, 1 and connection
Who/what is the beast?
Week 4 - The novel, final project homework, and individual student-teacher conferences
Monday February 28, 2022
1. SSR
2. Reading Due: Lord of the Flies (read up to page 202 for Friday, Mar. 4)
3. Final Project Due: Body Paragraph #1 (typed/written on paper and brought to class)
See Body Paragraph structure:
5. LOTFlies and Solomon Asch's conformity study
Tuesday March 1, 2022
1. SSR
2. Reading Due: Lord of the Flies
3. In-class: Final project visual sketch work
Body paragraph structure composition, quote integration, and editing
4. Powerpoint: LOTFlies and conformity and WWII leaders
Wednesday March 2, 2022 - INTERIMS
1. SSR
2. Reading Due: Lord of the Flies
3. Due: Vocabulary Quiz #2 (this Quiz is moved to Friday March 4'22)
5, Final Project Due: Theme #2, scene 2, quote 2, and connection statement
Due: 1/4 of Visual is complete (show a picture on your phone/device)
Thursday March 3, 2022
1. SSR
2. Reading Due: Lord of the Flies
3. Due: Body Paragraph #1 and #2 typed/written on a piece of paper and brought to class
4. In-class: Editing
Friday March 4, 2022
1. SSR
2. Reading Due: Lord of the Flies (to page 202/ch. 11)
3. Final Project Due: Introduction typed/written on paper and brought to class (hook, introduce the text, author, themes, and thesis)
4. Due: 1/2 of Visual is complete (show a picture on your phone/device)
5. Due: Return the interims with your Parent's printed name and signature
Week 5 - The novel, final project completion and submission, and parent-teacher conferences
Monday March 7, 2022
1. SSR (read up to page 225 for Wednesday, Mar. 9)
2. Due: 1/2 of visual is complete (bring a picture of it to class)
3. Powerpoint lesson: LOTFlies conclusion,
LOTFlies and Personality Psychology,
Stanley Milgram's Obedience experiment,
LOTFlies movie clips:
Tuesday March 8, 2022
1. SSR
2. Due: Typed Conclusion paragraph including the Works Cited
3. Powerpoint: LOTFlies and Zimbardo's Prison study
Quiz Review, Lord of the Flies -chapters 10 to 12-
Kahoot Review
One-on-one discussions
Wednesday March 9, 2022
1. SSR:
2. Reading Due: Lord of the Flies (to page 225/end of book)
3. Powerpoint: LOTFlies plot summary, themes, and integrating the visual into your essay.
4. Due: Lord of the Flies -chapters 10 to 12- Quiz -->Two questions and answers written/typed on a piece of paper and brought to class (Bloom's taxonomy levels 2-4)
Thursday March 10, 2022
1. SSR (turn in your copy of Lord of the Flies)
2. Due in class: Bring to class your complete visual project (One-pager or novel cover)
3. Due into Teams by 11:59pm: Typed analysis essay, Works Cited, and edited rough draft
4. Gallery Walk
Discussion Questions
Friday March 11, 2022
1. SSR
2. Conclusion to LOTFlies novel
Discussion Questions
Introduction to Shakespeare and the play: Macbeth
Week 6 - The drama and Shakespeare's history and writing
Monday March 28, 2022
1. SSR
2. Lord of the Flies Project review
3. Introduction to Shakespeare and the play: Macbeth
King James I, the real Macbeth and King Duncan, and witches
4. Vocabulary #4 (Quiz April 14)
Tuesday March 29, 2022
1. SSR
2. Macbeth powerpoint: Macbeth and common beliefs like The Great Chain of being (class tableau)
3. Dramatization Act 1 Scene 2
Wednesday March 30, 2022
1. SSR
2. Lesson: Stuart England, Common beliefs like witchcraft and
3. Dramatization Act 1 Scenes 3-4
Thursday March 31, 2022
1. SSR
2. Lesson: Shakespeare's use of language, Macbeth's themes, and the Tragic Hero
3. Dramatization Act 1 Scenes 4-5
Friday April 1, 2022
1. Due: Write one theme, two supporting scenes, and one quote per the two scenes
2. Lesson: Act 1 review, Tragic Hero, themes, and the final project
Theme: Macbeth meets the witches, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5TpecxZL88
3. Dramatization Act 2 Scene 1
Monday April 4, 2022
1. Due: Proficient/Developing Write one theme, two supporting scenes, and one quote per the two scenes
2. Lesson: Gender roles and fate
What are society's ideas about what is masculine and what is feminine?
3. Dramatizing: Act 2 Scene 1-2
Tuesday April 5, 2022
1. Due: Macbeth Act 1 Quiz
2. Lesson: The witches' power and Macbeth's mental health
Lady Macbeth asserts her influence over Macbeth when he say's "if we fail [in killing King Duncan]" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKTJ9Nkk9kI
3. Dramatizing: Act 2 Scenes 3-4
Wednesday April 6, 2022
1. Lesson: Act 2 Macbeth's Suspicion
2. Dramatizing: Act 2 Scenes 3-4
Thursday April 7, 2022
1. Kahoot review
2. Lesson: Macbeth's suspicion and the final project
3. Dramatizing: Act 2 Scene 4
Friday April 8, 2022
1. Due: Body paragraph on a Macbeth theme using two connected scenes and two supportive quotes
Use this structure: TS, P, E, E, I, T, P, E, E,I , T, CS
2. Lesson: Macbeth's guilt, humour, and horror
We have scorched the snake https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1029577347082459
Dinner toast to Banquo/his ghost https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gx2vkK_tX2k
3. Dramatizing: Act 2 Scene 4-5 to Act 3 Scene 4
Monday April 11, 2022
1. Review Act 2 (see Act 2 Quiz Review in Teams Files)
Kahoot review
2. Lesson: Hell, humour, and misplaced blame
3. Macbeth final project and checkpoints
4. Dramatization: Act 3 Scene 4
Tuesday April 12, 2022
1. Due: Macbeth Act 2 Quiz
2. Lesson: Macbeth is a fake friend
Macbeth addresses Banquo who is "absent" (last 60 seconds) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gx2vkK_tX2k
3. Dramatization: Act 3 Scenes 4-5
Wednesday April 13, 2022
1. Lesson: Visions, ghosts, and hallucinations
2. Dramatization: Act 3 Scenes 5-6
Thursday April 14, 2022
1. Due: Macbeth theme paragraph #2 (use this structure: TS, P, E, E, I, T, P, E, E, I, T, CS)
2. Vocabulary Quiz
4. Dramatization: Act 4 Scene 1
Friday April 15, 2022 - Good Friday Statutory holiday (no school)
Wednesday April 20, 2022
1. Review Act 3 Kahoot Quiz: https://create.kahoot.it/details/93a01137-c0ef-4314-b8ea-ebe9af9df200
2. Lesson: Toxic Masculinity
3. Dramatize Act 5
Thursday April 21, 2022
1. Hamlet Act 3 Quiz
2. Lesson: Grief
3. Dramatize Act 4 Scene 4
4. Project work time
Friday April 22, 2022
1. Lesson: Half-truths and tension
2. Dramatize Act 5
3. Project work time
Monday April 25, 2022
1. Due: 350 words written and 1/2 of visual
2. Dramatize Act 5 to the end
3. Project work time
Tuesday April 26, 2022
1. Lesson: Macbeth final scenes analysis and discussion
2. Shakespeare's Macbeth: Final discussion
3. Project work time
Wednesday April 27, 2022
1. Due: Typed hard copy of written
2. Peer editing
3. Project work time
Thursday April 28, 2022
1. Due into Teams by 11:59pm: Macbeth final project- written
2. Due in class: Macbeth final project- visual
3. Gallery Walk
4. Film clip - House of Cards vs. Macbeth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvSkxBYuoQY
5. Macbeth Final Discussion: How do people's past experience affect their current perspective?
Friday April 29, 2022
1. SSR
2. Introduction to Literary Circles
3. Discussion: What is critical thinking?
4. Selecting and discussing novels
Choose and sign up for Lit.Circles:
Monday May 2, 2022
1. SSR
2. Lit.Circle groups:
Tuesday May 3, 2022
1. SSR
2. What makes a good discussion?
Is there a wrong way to read a book? https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/02/books/review/can-you-read-a-book-the-wrong-way.html
3. Post your Lit.Circle discussion agendas on Wednesday in your Teams Lit.Circle group chat
Wednesday May 4, 2022 May the force be with you!
1. SSR
2. Lit.Circle Discussion #1 (come prepared to discuss your novel)
3. Writing review: a Good Writer's Checklist
Thursday May 5, 2022
1. SSR
2. Lit. Circle Discussion Review: What went well? What can be improved?
3. What is interpretation? 2021 version of Macbeth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VAXElyAJyg
4. Lit.Circle Work time:
Friday May 6, 2022
1. SSR
2. “The Danger of a Single Story” – TED Talk from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9Ihs241zeg&t=12s
Discussion response: What is an example of single story in our society?
3. Lit Circle Work
Monday May 9, 2022
1. SSR
2. Forming an argument: Read New York Times article in class “How Do You Feel About Cancel Culture?” https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/13/learning/how-do-you-feel-about-cancel-culture.html
3. Lit.Circle work
Tuesday May 10, 2022
1. SSR
2. In-class: Lit.Circle Group Discussion #1 (and assessment)
Discuss
Wednesday May 11, 2022
1. SSR
2. Vocabulary (Quiz next week)
4. Lit.Circle work
Thursday May 12, 2022
1. SSR
2. Vocabulary Words to Learn for Quiz Next Wednesday May 18 (see Wednesday May 11 for words)
3. Cancel Culture Conclusions - share arguments
4. Character Essay Handout
Friday May 13, 2022
1. SSR
2. Review Vocabulary Words (see Wednesday May 11)
3. Character Progression – groups share their protagonist’s growth so far
4. Vocabulary Review: Catchphrase Game
5. Lit Circle Work
Monday May 16, 2022
1. SSR
2. Due into Teams by 4pm: Lit.Circle Question Responses #2
3. Review Vocabulary (Quiz Wednesday)
4. Connecting the Protagonist to the Novel Themes
5. Lit Circle Work
Tuesday May 17, 2022
1. SSR
2. Lit.Circle Discussion #2 (and assessment)
Wednesday May 18, 2022
1. SSR
2. Due: Vocabulary Quiz (see words Wednesday May 11)
3. Protagonist Essay
Thursday May 19, 2022
1. SSR
2. Homework Check: Homework check: Intro and thesis due
Protagonist Essay introduction OR Body Paragraph #1
3. Article: “Seven Ways a Book Can Change You” https://www.huffpost.com/entry/7-ways-books-can-change-y_b_5482902
4. Lit Circle Work
Friday May 20, 2022 (Pro-D- No school for students)
Monday May 23, 2022 (Stat holiday - No school)
Due into Teams by 4pm: Lit. Circle Question Responses Week 3
Tuesday May 24, 2022
1. SSR
2. Lit Circle Discussion Day
4. Protagonist Essay
Wednesday May 25, 2022
1. SSR
2. Homework check: Protagonist Essay Body Paragraph #1
3. Vocabulary List for Quiz Next Week
Thursday May 26, 2022
1. SSR
2. White Hatter Presentation on Social Media in class live streamed – 9:00 am-10:30 am
3. Lit Circle Reminders: Chairs post discussion assessment and summarizers post notes in your chats
Friday May 27, 2022
1. SSR
2. Vocabulary review
3. Using Literary Devices in Your Writing
4. Lit Circle Work
Monday May 30, 2022
1. SSR
2. Homework check: Protagonist Essay Body Paragraph #2
3. Vocabulary review
4. Lit Circle Work – Week 4 Questions Due today @ 4 pm (last set of questions!)
Tuesday May 31, 2022
1. SSR
2. Review vocabulary
3. Final Lit Circle Discussion - Discuss overarching themes and how the novel resonates in today's society.
4. Work on Essay - Have typed and printed double spaced essay ready for Wednesday's peer editing
Wednesday June 1, 2022
1. SSR
2. Due: Protagonist Essay Rough draft (Intro, BP1, BP2, Conclusion)
3. Due: Vocabulary Quiz (see May 25 for words)
4. Peer Editing – Bring your typed and printed essay to class (double spaced!)
5. Work on Essay – Consider these points for your conclusion: What is the authour’s intent in writing this novel? How does this resonate?
Thursday June 2, 2022
1. SSR
2. Due via Teams by 11:59pm: Protagonist Essay Final copy (Intro, BP1, BP2, Conclusion - Include rough draft and Works Cited)
3. Identifying Literary Devices
Friday June 3, 2022
1. SSR
2. Question of the Day
3. Scattergories
4. Intro to Poetry – PowerPoint Uploaded to Teams
Monday June 6, 2022
1. SSR
2. Question of the Day
3. Poetry Analysis – Analyze the poem “to you who would wage war against me” by Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm
Tuesday June 7, 2022
1. SSR
2. Question of the Day
3, Using Imagery in Poetry – Imagery Practice with Creative Writing
4, Using Figurative Language – “to you who would wage war against me” by Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm
Wednesday June 8, 2022
1. Question of the Day
2. Using Figurative Language – “to you who would wage war against me” by Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm
3. Poetry Assignment Handout
Thursday June 9, 2022
1. Question of the Day – what is something you are utterly obsessed with at the moment?
2. Perspective in Poetry
4. Work on Poetry Assignment
Friday June 10, 2022
1. Rhythm in Poetry – “Tarantella” by Hilaire Belloc
2. Work on Poetry Assignment – Due Monday June 13th at 11:59 pm on Teams
3. Today at 4pm – Last day to submit outstanding Lit Circle assignments
4. Bring in a printed copy of your poem for peer editing for Monday's class
Monday June 13, 2022
1. Due into Teams at 11:59pm: Final Poetry Assignment
2. Question of the Day – Where is the best place on earth?
3. Peer Editing of Poems – Turn in by 11:59pm on Teams
4. Work on Poems
Tuesday June 14, 2022
1. Question of the Day – If you could be any superhero, who would you be?
2. Poems that Resonate: Analysis of “The Lake Isle of Innisfree” by William Butler Yeats
3. Choose a Poem that Resonates with YOU
Post a poem or link to a poem that resonates with YOU. List 2 reasons why this poem resonates with you. You can search for poems on the following site, or feel free to find your own from somewhere else https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems
Wednesday June 15, 2022
1. Question of the Day – What is your biggest pet peeve?
2. Mood and Tone in Poetry
3. Blackout Poetry Activity
Thursday June 16, 2022
1.
Friday June 17, 2022
1.
Monday June 20, 2022
1. Work on Visual Essay/Creative Inquiry Project
Tuesday June 21, 2022
1. Work on Visual Essay/Creative Inquiry Project
Wednesday June 22, 2022
1. Due into Teams at the end of class: Visual Essay/Creative Inquiry Project - Final Assignment
SEMESTER TWO
Week 1 - Non fiction articles, truth/bias, and MLA style
Tuesday February 1, 2022
1. Review Literary Studies 11 Syllabus and Course Expectations. Fill in the Course Expectations. Write your signature (and your parent/guardian's) acknowledging you have read through the course Syllabus and Expectations.
Due: Turn the Expectations into Teams Wednesday February 2, 2022 by 3:00pm.
2. Select a novel from SORA, or another source for silent reading every period
3. Select a social issue for your Truth, Bias, and the News research
Wednesday February 2, 2021
1. Due: Literary Studies 11 signed Course Expectations. Turn into Teams Wednesday February 2, 2022 by 4:00pm.
2. Due: Novel for silent reading
3. In-class: An introduction to MLA writing style and annotation
4. Due: Truth, Bias, and the News Select a newsworthy topic. Find three articles on your topic.
Thursday February 3, 2022
1. SSR (Sustained silent Reading) begins at the start of the class. Ensure you have a book or access a reading app, like SORA.
2. Due: A typed Body Paragraph #1 Truth, Bias, and the News (social issue)
3. Due: Annotated Valerie Rigo's I Won’t Let the Memories of High School Haunt Me.
4. In-class: MLA writing style and graphic organizers
5. I Won’t Let the Memories of High School Haunt Me Vocabulary, Quiz Feb 16
- a. Aligned - place or arrange (things) in a straight line
- b. Cliché – trite; something that is said too many times that it seems meaningless
- c. Catfish – someone sets up a fake online profile to trick people who are looking for love, usually to get money out of them
- d. Resilience – the capacity to overcome difficulties; toughness
- e. Forgive - stop feeling angry or resentful toward someone for (an offense, flaw, or mistake
Friday February 4, 2022
1. SSR
2. Due: Due: Typed Body Paragraph #2 Truth, Bias, and the News
3. In-class: Peer editing
4. Isabella Wang's poem: Mother Explains Men
Week 2 - Poetry, the graphic organizer, and descriptive language
Monday February 7, 2022
1. SSR
2. Due: Bring into class a handwritten/printed or typed and printed on paper Truth, Bias, and the News (multiparagraph: introduction: BP1, BP2, BP3, and conclusion)
3. In-class: Peer editing skills
4. Poetry: Isabella Wang's Mother Explains Men
5. Graphic organizer: Identify the themes
Tuesday February 8, 2022
1. SSR
2. Due into Teams by 5:00pm Word doc or pdf file Truth, Bias, and the News (including the Works Cited and edited rough)
3. Wang's Mother Explains Men graphic organizer
Wednesday February 9, 2022
1. SSR
2. Wang's Mother Explains Men in-class timed paragraph
3. Editing skills
4. Due into Teams by 11:59pm: Revised in-class paragraph
Thursday February 10, 2022
1. SSR
2. Lesson: Using descriptive language in poetry
Personal identity
3. Write your personal identity poem
4. Check out and begin reading Lord of the Flies. Read pages 1-50 for Monday
Friday February 10, 2022 - Professional Day for teachers (no school for students)
Week 3 - Poetry, personal identity, and varying punctuation
Monday February 14, 2022
1. SSR
2. Due: Typed Personal Identity Poem (10 lines - this is not the final draft)
3. Reading Due: Lord of the Flies pages 1-50
4. Close edit for personal identity content, descriptive language, punctuation, and flow
5. Introduction to Lord of the Flies.
Tuesday February 15, 2022
1. SSR
2. Reading Due: Lord of the Flies (read up to page 102 for this Friday)
3. In-class lesson: Student writing exemplars
•Use the colon, semi colon, and dash (see Teams "MLA and writing" File)
•Lord of the Flies Reading Schedule
•Class review of pages 1-50: plot, characters, setting
Wednesday February 16, 2022
1. SSR
2. Reading Due: Lord of the Flies
3. Due into Teams by 11:59pm: Personal identity - Descriptive language - poem
4. Due: Vocabulary Quiz (from I Won’t Let the Memories of High School Haunt Me)
- a. Aligned - place or arrange (things) in a straight line
- b. Cliché – trite; something that is said too many times that it seems meaningless
- c. Catfish – someone sets up a fake online profile to trick people who are looking for love, usually to get money out of them
- d. Resilience – the capacity to overcome difficulties; toughness
- e. Forgive - stop feeling angry or resentful toward someone for (an offense, flaw, or mistake
Quick bio of William Golding
Introduction to the main characters
Introduction to writing questions according to Bloom's Taxonomy
Reading schedule
Thursday February 17, 2022
1. SSR
2. Reading Due: Lord of the Flies
3. Vocabulary #2 (Quiz March 3)
- a. malevolent – wishing evil or harm
- b. agathokakological – composed of both good and evil
- c. allusion – brief reference to something in history or literature that the writer expects the reader to understand
- d. juxtaposition – placing two items next to or near each other to create an effect
- e. censorious – too ready to find fault, severely critical
- f. dystopian - relating to or denoting an imagined state or society where there is great suffering or injustice
•"Close read" skill for reading
Friday February 18, 2022
1. SSR
2. Reading Due: Lord of the Flies up to page 102
3. In-class: Assess - Do people's past experience affect their current experience?
•Review themes - Control/power, evil/good, group/individual, technology, leadership, civilization/savagery, fear, peer pressure
•Lord of the Flies characters
Create a question in Bloom's taxonomy (levels 2-4) for Tuesday
Monday February 21, 2022 Statutory holiday: Family Day (no school)
Week 4 - The novel, dystopian genre, and individual student-teacher conferences
Tuesday February 22, 2022
1. SSR
2. Reading Due: Lord of the Flies (up to page 170 by Friday)
3. Due: Lord of the Flies one question and answer (Bloom's taxonomy)
Teams General Post: post your question and answer
Review for tomorrow's Chapters 1-5 quiz
Lord of the Flies Final Project worksheet
Wednesday February 23, 2022
1. SSR
2. Reading Due: Lord of the Flies
3. Due: Lord of the Flies Quiz -chapters 1 to 5- three questions and answers (Bloom's taxonomy levels 2-4)
4. In-class: Dystopian genre
Character review
5. REP time: short one-on-one teacher-student chats/ What have you enjoyed thus far in Sem2? What skills are you developing/improving?
Final Project Due: Theme #1, scene 1, quote 1, and connection statement
Thursday February 24, 2022
1. SSR
2. Reading Due: Lord of the Flies
3. Lord of the Flies project homework schedule
4. In-class: Powerpoint - Conflict, tension, and character development
5. Theme #1, scene 2, quote 2, and connection statement
Friday February 25, 2022
1. SSR
2. Reading Due: Lord of the Flies up to page 170
3. Review for Quiz Wednesday: Two questions and answers (using Bloom's Taxonomy) written/typed on a piece of paper and brought to class
4. Lord of the Flies Powerpoint: symbolism, tension, the beast
5. Final Project schedule
5, In-class: Due today Theme #2 (it should be related yet different from Theme #1), scene 1, quote, 1 and connection
Who/what is the beast?
Week 4 - The novel, final project homework, and individual student-teacher conferences
Monday February 28, 2022
1. SSR
2. Reading Due: Lord of the Flies (read up to page 202 for Friday, Mar. 4)
3. Final Project Due: Body Paragraph #1 (typed/written on paper and brought to class)
See Body Paragraph structure:
- TS - Theme
- P-Point (supporting the theme)
- E-Example (quote)
- E-Explain (how the quote connects with the point)
- I-Interpret the quote (in your words)
- T-Transition to the next point
- P-Point (supporting the theme)
- E-Example (quote)
- E-Explain (how the quote connects with the point)
- I-Interpret the quote (in your words)
- T-Transition to the next point
- CS-Tie up this point. Explain how this theme resonates with the modern reader.
5. LOTFlies and Solomon Asch's conformity study
Tuesday March 1, 2022
1. SSR
2. Reading Due: Lord of the Flies
3. In-class: Final project visual sketch work
Body paragraph structure composition, quote integration, and editing
4. Powerpoint: LOTFlies and conformity and WWII leaders
Wednesday March 2, 2022 - INTERIMS
1. SSR
2. Reading Due: Lord of the Flies
3. Due: Vocabulary Quiz #2 (this Quiz is moved to Friday March 4'22)
- a. malevolent – wishing evil or harm
- b. agathokakological – composed of both good and evil
- c. allusion – brief reference to something in history or literature that the writer expects the reader to understand
- d. juxtaposition – placing two items next to or near each other to create an effect
- e. censorious – too ready to find fault, severely critical
- f. dystopian - relating to or denoting an imagined state or society where there is great suffering or injustice
5, Final Project Due: Theme #2, scene 2, quote 2, and connection statement
Due: 1/4 of Visual is complete (show a picture on your phone/device)
Thursday March 3, 2022
1. SSR
2. Reading Due: Lord of the Flies
3. Due: Body Paragraph #1 and #2 typed/written on a piece of paper and brought to class
4. In-class: Editing
Friday March 4, 2022
1. SSR
2. Reading Due: Lord of the Flies (to page 202/ch. 11)
3. Final Project Due: Introduction typed/written on paper and brought to class (hook, introduce the text, author, themes, and thesis)
4. Due: 1/2 of Visual is complete (show a picture on your phone/device)
5. Due: Return the interims with your Parent's printed name and signature
Week 5 - The novel, final project completion and submission, and parent-teacher conferences
Monday March 7, 2022
1. SSR (read up to page 225 for Wednesday, Mar. 9)
2. Due: 1/2 of visual is complete (bring a picture of it to class)
3. Powerpoint lesson: LOTFlies conclusion,
LOTFlies and Personality Psychology,
Stanley Milgram's Obedience experiment,
LOTFlies movie clips:
- "Whoever holds the conch” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipkF3xkP63M
- “Feast/and hunting dance” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wB-4zgJ2LLs
- “Conclusion/Jack smokes out Ralph” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MHExbJGIQs
Tuesday March 8, 2022
1. SSR
2. Due: Typed Conclusion paragraph including the Works Cited
3. Powerpoint: LOTFlies and Zimbardo's Prison study
Quiz Review, Lord of the Flies -chapters 10 to 12-
Kahoot Review
One-on-one discussions
Wednesday March 9, 2022
1. SSR:
2. Reading Due: Lord of the Flies (to page 225/end of book)
3. Powerpoint: LOTFlies plot summary, themes, and integrating the visual into your essay.
4. Due: Lord of the Flies -chapters 10 to 12- Quiz -->Two questions and answers written/typed on a piece of paper and brought to class (Bloom's taxonomy levels 2-4)
Thursday March 10, 2022
1. SSR (turn in your copy of Lord of the Flies)
2. Due in class: Bring to class your complete visual project (One-pager or novel cover)
3. Due into Teams by 11:59pm: Typed analysis essay, Works Cited, and edited rough draft
4. Gallery Walk
Discussion Questions
Friday March 11, 2022
1. SSR
2. Conclusion to LOTFlies novel
Discussion Questions
Introduction to Shakespeare and the play: Macbeth
Week 6 - The drama and Shakespeare's history and writing
Monday March 28, 2022
1. SSR
2. Lord of the Flies Project review
3. Introduction to Shakespeare and the play: Macbeth
King James I, the real Macbeth and King Duncan, and witches
4. Vocabulary #4 (Quiz April 14)
- 1. malevolent - (adj) wishing evil or harm
- 2. agathokakological – (adj) composed of both good and evil
- 3. mellifluous – (adj) sweet sounding, tuneful
- 4. tendril – (n) a slender threadlike stem
- 5. rinderpest – (n) cattle disease [Shakespearean insult]
- 6. cockatrice - [(Shakespearean insult)] (n) ancient monster
- 7. prithee – [Shakespearean phrase] [“I pray thee”] (please)
Tuesday March 29, 2022
1. SSR
2. Macbeth powerpoint: Macbeth and common beliefs like The Great Chain of being (class tableau)
3. Dramatization Act 1 Scene 2
Wednesday March 30, 2022
1. SSR
2. Lesson: Stuart England, Common beliefs like witchcraft and
3. Dramatization Act 1 Scenes 3-4
Thursday March 31, 2022
1. SSR
2. Lesson: Shakespeare's use of language, Macbeth's themes, and the Tragic Hero
3. Dramatization Act 1 Scenes 4-5
Friday April 1, 2022
1. Due: Write one theme, two supporting scenes, and one quote per the two scenes
2. Lesson: Act 1 review, Tragic Hero, themes, and the final project
Theme: Macbeth meets the witches, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5TpecxZL88
3. Dramatization Act 2 Scene 1
Monday April 4, 2022
1. Due: Proficient/Developing Write one theme, two supporting scenes, and one quote per the two scenes
2. Lesson: Gender roles and fate
What are society's ideas about what is masculine and what is feminine?
3. Dramatizing: Act 2 Scene 1-2
Tuesday April 5, 2022
1. Due: Macbeth Act 1 Quiz
2. Lesson: The witches' power and Macbeth's mental health
Lady Macbeth asserts her influence over Macbeth when he say's "if we fail [in killing King Duncan]" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKTJ9Nkk9kI
3. Dramatizing: Act 2 Scenes 3-4
Wednesday April 6, 2022
1. Lesson: Act 2 Macbeth's Suspicion
2. Dramatizing: Act 2 Scenes 3-4
Thursday April 7, 2022
1. Kahoot review
2. Lesson: Macbeth's suspicion and the final project
3. Dramatizing: Act 2 Scene 4
Friday April 8, 2022
1. Due: Body paragraph on a Macbeth theme using two connected scenes and two supportive quotes
Use this structure: TS, P, E, E, I, T, P, E, E,I , T, CS
2. Lesson: Macbeth's guilt, humour, and horror
We have scorched the snake https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1029577347082459
Dinner toast to Banquo/his ghost https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gx2vkK_tX2k
3. Dramatizing: Act 2 Scene 4-5 to Act 3 Scene 4
Monday April 11, 2022
1. Review Act 2 (see Act 2 Quiz Review in Teams Files)
Kahoot review
2. Lesson: Hell, humour, and misplaced blame
3. Macbeth final project and checkpoints
4. Dramatization: Act 3 Scene 4
Tuesday April 12, 2022
1. Due: Macbeth Act 2 Quiz
2. Lesson: Macbeth is a fake friend
Macbeth addresses Banquo who is "absent" (last 60 seconds) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gx2vkK_tX2k
3. Dramatization: Act 3 Scenes 4-5
Wednesday April 13, 2022
1. Lesson: Visions, ghosts, and hallucinations
2. Dramatization: Act 3 Scenes 5-6
Thursday April 14, 2022
1. Due: Macbeth theme paragraph #2 (use this structure: TS, P, E, E, I, T, P, E, E, I, T, CS)
2. Vocabulary Quiz
- 1. malevolent - (adj) wishing evil or harm
- 2. agathokakological – (adj) composed of both good and evil
- 3. mellifluous – (adj) sweet sounding, tuneful
- 4. tendril – (n) a slender threadlike stem
- 5. rinderpest – (n) cattle disease [Shakespearean insult]
- 6. cockatrice - [(Shakespearean insult)] (n) ancient monster
- 7. prithee – [Shakespearean phrase] [“I pray thee”] (please)
4. Dramatization: Act 4 Scene 1
Friday April 15, 2022 - Good Friday Statutory holiday (no school)
Wednesday April 20, 2022
1. Review Act 3 Kahoot Quiz: https://create.kahoot.it/details/93a01137-c0ef-4314-b8ea-ebe9af9df200
2. Lesson: Toxic Masculinity
3. Dramatize Act 5
Thursday April 21, 2022
1. Hamlet Act 3 Quiz
2. Lesson: Grief
3. Dramatize Act 4 Scene 4
4. Project work time
Friday April 22, 2022
1. Lesson: Half-truths and tension
2. Dramatize Act 5
3. Project work time
Monday April 25, 2022
1. Due: 350 words written and 1/2 of visual
2. Dramatize Act 5 to the end
3. Project work time
Tuesday April 26, 2022
1. Lesson: Macbeth final scenes analysis and discussion
2. Shakespeare's Macbeth: Final discussion
3. Project work time
Wednesday April 27, 2022
1. Due: Typed hard copy of written
2. Peer editing
3. Project work time
Thursday April 28, 2022
1. Due into Teams by 11:59pm: Macbeth final project- written
2. Due in class: Macbeth final project- visual
3. Gallery Walk
4. Film clip - House of Cards vs. Macbeth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvSkxBYuoQY
5. Macbeth Final Discussion: How do people's past experience affect their current perspective?
Friday April 29, 2022
1. SSR
2. Introduction to Literary Circles
3. Discussion: What is critical thinking?
4. Selecting and discussing novels
Choose and sign up for Lit.Circles:
- Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice
- Medicine Walk by Richard Wagamese
- The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
- Beartown by Fredrik Backman
Monday May 2, 2022
1. SSR
2. Lit.Circle groups:
- Novel selections
- Lit.Circle roles
- Reading schedule
Tuesday May 3, 2022
1. SSR
2. What makes a good discussion?
Is there a wrong way to read a book? https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/02/books/review/can-you-read-a-book-the-wrong-way.html
3. Post your Lit.Circle discussion agendas on Wednesday in your Teams Lit.Circle group chat
Wednesday May 4, 2022 May the force be with you!
1. SSR
2. Lit.Circle Discussion #1 (come prepared to discuss your novel)
3. Writing review: a Good Writer's Checklist
Thursday May 5, 2022
1. SSR
2. Lit. Circle Discussion Review: What went well? What can be improved?
3. What is interpretation? 2021 version of Macbeth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VAXElyAJyg
4. Lit.Circle Work time:
- Finish questions
- Begin work on question responses
- Chairs post group assignments
- Summarizers post minutes
Friday May 6, 2022
1. SSR
2. “The Danger of a Single Story” – TED Talk from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9Ihs241zeg&t=12s
Discussion response: What is an example of single story in our society?
3. Lit Circle Work
- Question responses due Monday
- Review tasks and due dates
- Next group discussion is Tuesday
Monday May 9, 2022
1. SSR
2. Forming an argument: Read New York Times article in class “How Do You Feel About Cancel Culture?” https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/13/learning/how-do-you-feel-about-cancel-culture.html
3. Lit.Circle work
- Due into Teams: Lit.Circle Question Responses #1 by 4pm
- Review tasks and due dates
- Next group discussion is Tuesday
- Due in-class: Agendas for tomorrow’s discussion
Tuesday May 10, 2022
1. SSR
2. In-class: Lit.Circle Group Discussion #1 (and assessment)
Discuss
- Lit.Circle questions
- Novel themes
- Character development
Wednesday May 11, 2022
1. SSR
2. Vocabulary (Quiz next week)
- Abolish – to cancel; to put and end to something
- Expendable – to be used and then discarded, abandoned, or destroyed
- Qualms – an uneasy feeling
- Furtive – an attempt to avoid notice or attention
- Bougie – extravagant, often to the point of snobbery
- Reverie – a state of being pleasantly lost in thought
- Suppress – Forcibly put an end to
4. Lit.Circle work
- Chairs post discussion assessment
- Summarizers post minutes
Thursday May 12, 2022
1. SSR
2. Vocabulary Words to Learn for Quiz Next Wednesday May 18 (see Wednesday May 11 for words)
3. Cancel Culture Conclusions - share arguments
4. Character Essay Handout
- Reviewing character progression
Friday May 13, 2022
1. SSR
2. Review Vocabulary Words (see Wednesday May 11)
3. Character Progression – groups share their protagonist’s growth so far
4. Vocabulary Review: Catchphrase Game
5. Lit Circle Work
- Work on Week 2 Questions Due via Teams Monday by 4:00 pm
- Question Quizzer post questions in group chat by Saturday
- Protagonist Plotter, Artful Human, Vocab Wizard, Researcher post your updates by Sunday
Monday May 16, 2022
1. SSR
2. Due into Teams by 4pm: Lit.Circle Question Responses #2
3. Review Vocabulary (Quiz Wednesday)
4. Connecting the Protagonist to the Novel Themes
5. Lit Circle Work
- Questions Responses Due Monday by 4 pm
Tuesday May 17, 2022
1. SSR
2. Lit.Circle Discussion #2 (and assessment)
- Themes, protagonist's development, develop questions for Week #3 responses
Wednesday May 18, 2022
1. SSR
2. Due: Vocabulary Quiz (see words Wednesday May 11)
3. Protagonist Essay
- Work on introduction
Thursday May 19, 2022
1. SSR
2. Homework Check: Homework check: Intro and thesis due
Protagonist Essay introduction OR Body Paragraph #1
3. Article: “Seven Ways a Book Can Change You” https://www.huffpost.com/entry/7-ways-books-can-change-y_b_5482902
4. Lit Circle Work
- Week 3 Question Responses Due Monday May 23 @ 4pm
- Researchers post update in chat by Saturday
- Artful Humans post update in chat by Sunday
- Vocab Wizard post word list in chat by Sunday
- Protagonist Plotter post update in chat by Sunday
Friday May 20, 2022 (Pro-D- No school for students)
Monday May 23, 2022 (Stat holiday - No school)
Due into Teams by 4pm: Lit. Circle Question Responses Week 3
Tuesday May 24, 2022
1. SSR
2. Lit Circle Discussion Day
- Remember to post agendas in your chats before class
4. Protagonist Essay
- Next Homework Check May 25: Intro and body para #1
Wednesday May 25, 2022
1. SSR
2. Homework check: Protagonist Essay Body Paragraph #1
3. Vocabulary List for Quiz Next Week
- Encompass (v): surround and have or hold within
- Pedagogical (a): relating to teaching
- Dwindled (v): diminish gradually in size, amount, or strength
- Harangue (n): to nag or lecture
- Blasphemous (a): sacrilegious against God or sacred things
- Idyllic (a): extremely peaceful, picturesque
Thursday May 26, 2022
1. SSR
2. White Hatter Presentation on Social Media in class live streamed – 9:00 am-10:30 am
3. Lit Circle Reminders: Chairs post discussion assessment and summarizers post notes in your chats
Friday May 27, 2022
1. SSR
2. Vocabulary review
3. Using Literary Devices in Your Writing
4. Lit Circle Work
- Reminders: Chairs post discussion assessment and summarizers post notes in your chats
Monday May 30, 2022
1. SSR
2. Homework check: Protagonist Essay Body Paragraph #2
3. Vocabulary review
4. Lit Circle Work – Week 4 Questions Due today @ 4 pm (last set of questions!)
Tuesday May 31, 2022
1. SSR
2. Review vocabulary
3. Final Lit Circle Discussion - Discuss overarching themes and how the novel resonates in today's society.
4. Work on Essay - Have typed and printed double spaced essay ready for Wednesday's peer editing
Wednesday June 1, 2022
1. SSR
2. Due: Protagonist Essay Rough draft (Intro, BP1, BP2, Conclusion)
3. Due: Vocabulary Quiz (see May 25 for words)
4. Peer Editing – Bring your typed and printed essay to class (double spaced!)
5. Work on Essay – Consider these points for your conclusion: What is the authour’s intent in writing this novel? How does this resonate?
Thursday June 2, 2022
1. SSR
2. Due via Teams by 11:59pm: Protagonist Essay Final copy (Intro, BP1, BP2, Conclusion - Include rough draft and Works Cited)
3. Identifying Literary Devices
- Satire example: “Thought Leader” – CBC’s “This is That” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZBKX-6Gz6A
Friday June 3, 2022
1. SSR
2. Question of the Day
3. Scattergories
4. Intro to Poetry – PowerPoint Uploaded to Teams
- What is Poetry?
- Examples of Poetry
Monday June 6, 2022
1. SSR
2. Question of the Day
3. Poetry Analysis – Analyze the poem “to you who would wage war against me” by Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm
- See analysis sheet and poem uploaded to Teams (copies in class)
Tuesday June 7, 2022
1. SSR
2. Question of the Day
3, Using Imagery in Poetry – Imagery Practice with Creative Writing
4, Using Figurative Language – “to you who would wage war against me” by Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm
Wednesday June 8, 2022
1. Question of the Day
2. Using Figurative Language – “to you who would wage war against me” by Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm
3. Poetry Assignment Handout
Thursday June 9, 2022
1. Question of the Day – what is something you are utterly obsessed with at the moment?
2. Perspective in Poetry
- 2 examples of using perspective
4. Work on Poetry Assignment
Friday June 10, 2022
1. Rhythm in Poetry – “Tarantella” by Hilaire Belloc
2. Work on Poetry Assignment – Due Monday June 13th at 11:59 pm on Teams
3. Today at 4pm – Last day to submit outstanding Lit Circle assignments
4. Bring in a printed copy of your poem for peer editing for Monday's class
Monday June 13, 2022
1. Due into Teams at 11:59pm: Final Poetry Assignment
2. Question of the Day – Where is the best place on earth?
3. Peer Editing of Poems – Turn in by 11:59pm on Teams
4. Work on Poems
Tuesday June 14, 2022
1. Question of the Day – If you could be any superhero, who would you be?
2. Poems that Resonate: Analysis of “The Lake Isle of Innisfree” by William Butler Yeats
3. Choose a Poem that Resonates with YOU
Post a poem or link to a poem that resonates with YOU. List 2 reasons why this poem resonates with you. You can search for poems on the following site, or feel free to find your own from somewhere else https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems
Wednesday June 15, 2022
1. Question of the Day – What is your biggest pet peeve?
2. Mood and Tone in Poetry
3. Blackout Poetry Activity
Thursday June 16, 2022
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Friday June 17, 2022
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Monday June 20, 2022
1. Work on Visual Essay/Creative Inquiry Project
Tuesday June 21, 2022
1. Work on Visual Essay/Creative Inquiry Project
Wednesday June 22, 2022
1. Due into Teams at the end of class: Visual Essay/Creative Inquiry Project - Final Assignment
Marks
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