34th week May 3-7, 2010

English IIB
Lesson Plan #34 Week #34
May 3-7, 2010

Selection: Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare

Homework:
Act V words – cross, exigent, parley, reveler, consorted, disconsolate, pit, smatch
Act IV study guide – due this week

Activities
Monday will be our regular quiz day covering the vocabulary last week. I might throw in a few questions on Act IV. Then we will finish Act V.
Tuesday will be study questions day. You will finish all questions and then we will have a discussion of the answers.
Wednesday will be group day. You will talk to your group members what and how to do the project assigned to you. You will give me the reality show you are adopting for this project today.
Thursday will be planning day again where you will flesh out your plans and start writing your script for your skit. You will decide whether to video tape the skit or present it live in class. You will practice with your group. If the weather is nice, we will go out to the courtyard and you can practice your roles with your group.
Friday will be practice day. You will turn in a copy of the script to me today.

Prepare for a unit test on Friday, May 15, of next week.

33rd Week April 26-30, 2010

English IIB
Lesson Plan #33 Week #33
April 26-30, 2010

Selection:
Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare

Homework:
Act IV vocabulary: proscription, perils, hollow, charges, choler, waspish, vaunting, covetous, rote, vilely
Act IV study guide – due this week

Activities
Monday
Today is quiz day (#15) covering Act III vocabulary and scenes. There will be literary terms/strategies questions.
Tuesday
TAKS
Continue reading.
Wednesday
TAKS
Continue reading.
Thursday
TAKS
Continue reading.
Friday
TAKS
Continue reading.

32nd Week April 19-23, 2010

English IIB
Lesson Plan #32 Week #32
April 19-23, 2010

Selection:
Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare

Homework:
Act III vocabulary: puissant, couching, fond, cur, apprehensive, bootless, knot, group, rank, modesty, oration
Act III study guide – due this week

Activities
Monday
Study Act II and the vocabulary words. I will give a quiz covering these topics today. After the quiz, we will discuss the answers and continue reading Act III.
Tuesday
We will continue reading Act III and answer and discuss the study questions.
Wednesday
Today we read Act IV if Act III is already finished.
Thursday
We will continue reading and answering the study questions.
Friday
We will discuss and review for the quiz on Monday.

31st Week April 12-16, 2010

English IIB
Lesson Plan #31 Week #31
April 12-16, 2010

Selection:
Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare

Homework:
Act I Scene II vocabulary : barren, press, throng, countenance, cogitations, accoutred, rabblement, repute, rogues, mettle

Activities
Monday
1. Quiz #13 Shakespeare's era timeline/ vocabulary/ Act II Scene 2
2. Continue reading, Act I scene II.

Tuesday
1. Read all of Act II and work on study guide questions.

Wednesday
1. Read all of Act III and work on study guide questions.

Thursday
1. Discuss Act III.
2. Discuss syntax in JC. Work on an activity with a group.

Friday
Group presentation.

30th Week April 5-9, 2010

English IIB
Lesson Plan #30 Week #30
April 5-9, 2010

Selection:
Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare

Homework:
Define rhetorical devices: repetition, parallelism, rhetorical questions. Due Thursday
Act I Scene II vocabulary

Activities
Monday
1. Quiz #12 based on literary terms, Act I Scene I vocabulary, and Act I Scene I.
2. Continue reading, Act I scene II.

Tuesday
1. Read Act I Scene II and III.
2. Answer and discuss study guide questions.

Wednesday
1. Read Act I Scene IV.
2. Answer and discuss study questions.
PLC Early release

Thursday
1. Read Act I Scene V.
2. Answer and discuss study questions.

Friday
1. Read Act II Scene I.
2. Answer and discuss study questions.

Prepare for a quiz on Monday.