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Quarter 2

From 10/24/2011	To 10/30/2011
Content -Build on essential questions for course -To develop specific reading skills while engaging students in discussion, reflection and written response to the selected readings -Focus on drama - both form and content -To develop writing skills (focus on thesis statements, quote interpretation, structure) -Grammar -Vocabulary building
Skills -Read for pleasure and meaning -Develop questioning skills -Recognize significant themes and ideas in literature, particularly as they function in a play -Analyze how dramatic elements-- e.g. blocking/character activity, set design, costuming, etc.-- influence interpretation and impact a play's overall effect. -Identify and understand the significance of literary genres -Actively participate in class discussions and follow-up questions -Write critical responses to literature -Use reading to build vocabulary
Resources -Romeo & Juliet, William Shakespeare -Additional in-class resources -Vocabulary Workshop, Level D
Instructional Strategies -Discussion and lecture (small groups and whole class) -Active questioning -Reading aloud, discovering words -Individual and group work in class, using a variety of writing strategies -Individual and group presentations -Multiple drafts of written work -Research skills
Assessment -Weekly vocabulary quizzes -Small group projects -Several in-class writing exercises -Concept Film + director's cut essay -Timed in-class essays -Creative writing
Outcomes Students will: -become increasingly aware of processes and growth as readers, writers and thinkers -ask different kinds of questions about a text -identify text features such as signal words, structures, and specialized vocabulary -participate in small- and large-group discussions about reading and texts -participate in active listening of fellow students in text discussions -articulate follow-up questions -name the structure of a text and understand how the structure contributes to communicate meaning -respond to text excerpts and themes; articulate main ideas and themes

From

10/24/2011

To

10/30/2011

Content

-Build on essential questions for course
-To develop specific reading skills while engaging students in discussion, reflection and written response to the selected readings
-Focus on drama - both form and content
-To develop writing skills (focus on thesis statements, quote interpretation, structure)
-Grammar
-Vocabulary building

Skills

-Read for pleasure and meaning
-Develop questioning skills
-Recognize significant themes and ideas in literature, particularly as they function in a play

-Analyze how dramatic elements-- e.g. blocking/character activity, set design, costuming, etc.-- influence interpretation and impact a play's overall effect.
-Identify and understand the significance of literary genres
-Actively participate in class discussions and follow-up questions
-Write critical responses to literature
-Use reading to build vocabulary

Resources

-Romeo & Juliet, William Shakespeare
-Additional in-class resources
-Vocabulary Workshop, Level D

Instructional Strategies

-Discussion and lecture (small groups and whole class)
-Active questioning
-Reading aloud, discovering words
-Individual and group work in class, using a variety of writing strategies
-Individual and group presentations
-Multiple drafts of written work
-Research skills

Assessment

-Weekly vocabulary quizzes
-Small group projects
-Several in-class writing exercises
-Concept Film + director's cut essay
-Timed in-class essays
-Creative writing

Outcomes

Students will:
-become increasingly aware of processes and growth as readers, writers and thinkers
-ask different kinds of questions about a text
-identify text features such as signal words, structures, and specialized vocabulary
-participate in small- and large-group discussions about reading and texts
-participate in active listening of fellow students in text discussions
-articulate follow-up questions
-name the structure of a text and understand how the structure contributes to communicate meaning
-respond to text excerpts and themes; articulate main ideas and themes