UNIT 1:
Betrayal and Perfidy
How do acts and perceptions of treachery motivate character and shape identity?
How is Time the ultimate betrayer of man?
Extended Texts:
Othello text & Othello recording (Shakespeare) AND Fences (August Wilson)
Week of 5 August
Monday
- DIAGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT: "Did I Miss Anything?" theme statements
- "Did I Miss Anything?" by Tom Wayman: close-reading and theme statement practice (details)
- FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT: close-reading practice Frankenstein paired passages (instructions)
- INDEPENDENT PRACTICE: Compose a theme statement for Frankenstein.
Wednesday
- HUMANITIES CONNECTION: tragedy (notes)
- RESEARCH MINI-LESSON: annotated bibliography basics (explanation, example, sample from the Purdue University Online Writing Lab); student samples (sample 1, sample 2); apt sources (SIRS search portal)
Thursday
- DIAGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT: theme statement for Frankenstein passage (instructions)
- DIAGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT: HCS Student Learning Objective pre-assessment
- DIFFERENTIATION GROUPING: (1) continued work on theme statement structure (template), (2) work on annotation skills
- FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT: draft of one entry of annotated bibliography DUE (instructions, rubric)
- discussion of close-reading with focus on tragic aesthetic in Frankenstein paired passages (instructions)
Week of 12 August
Monday
- annotated bibliography draft with comments (text)
- Othello introduction (character chart, literary terms, Moor historical background); reading, viewing, and discussion of Act 1
- HOMEWORK: Reread all of Othello Act 1 independently and augment notes. Complete draft of annotated bibliography for peer review.
- EXTENSION OPPORTUNITY: Prepare for SAT-style sentence-completion test over vocabulary from Frankenstein by examining the words in context within the text (using find function with Project Gutenberg online Frankenstein).
Wednesday
- HUMANITIES CONNECTION: the Great Chain of Being (notes)
- FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT: peer review of annotated bibliography (instructions, rubric)
Thursday
- SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT 1 part 1: annotated bibliography DUE (instructions, rubric)
- close reading of Othello Act 1 passages (text)
- FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT: annotation and theme for Othello passage (text)
- Othello Act 1 discussion and close-reading: multiple-choice and passages (text)
- Othello Act 2 reading and discussion
Week of 19 August
Monday
- SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT 1 part 2: SAT-style sentence-completion multiple-choice (Frankenstein vocabulary)
- SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT 1 part 3: AP-exam open prompt essay about Frankenstein (Project Gutenberg online text)
- Othello Act 2 reading, viewing, and discussion
- HOMEWORK: Complete reading of Othello Act 2 independently.
Wednesday
- HUMANITIES CONNECTION: Machiavelli and Hobbes (notes, Leviathan cover image)
- FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT: Othello Act 2 AP-style multiple-choice questions
Thursday
- DIAGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT: tone and textual evidence in poetry analysis
- introduction to poetry (packet, sonnet, imagery, tone, theme)
- FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT: Compose a summary of the central events of Othello Act 2.
- Othello Act 2 reading, viewing, and discussion continued
- HOMEWORK: Review your annotation of Spenser's "Sonnet 75," annotate Shakespeare's "Sonnet 73," compose theme statements for both sonnets, AND identify complex tone (______ yet ______) for each using apt words from tone list. (Boyd's "Sonnet 75" annotation, tone chart)
Week of 26 August
Monday
- discussion of HOMEWORK: sonnet annotation, theme, tone (theme, tone)
- MINI-LESSON: Elizabethan familiar pronouns (PPT notes)
- Othello Act 3 reading, viewing, and discussion
- HOMEWORK: Complete reading of Othello Act 3 independently.
Wednesday
- HUMANITIES CONNECTION: Dutch masters & still life (PPT, notes)
- Othello Act 3 reading, viewing, and discussion
- HOWEWORK: Complete poetry analysis multiple-choice questions. Read and annotate remaining poems in packet. (packet, sonnet, imagery, tone, theme)
Thursday
- senior meeting (Dr. Daniels)
- ANNOTATION PRACTICE: small-group poetry analysis of 2002B AP Exam prompt and packet poems (packet, sonnet, villanelle, imagery, tone, theme)
- FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT: Othello Act 3 AP-style multiple-choice questions
- Othello Act 3 reading, viewing, and discussion
- ASSESSMENT 1 parts 1, 2, & 3 returned and revision tasks explained (MC revision instructions, revision instructions and organizer)
- review of HUMANITIES CONNECTION
- HOMEWORK: Annotate remaining poems (including 2002B AP Exam prompt) for theme, tone, literary devices, structure. Be prepared to discuss on Thursday 9/6/13.
Week of 3 September
Monday
- LABOR DAY holiday
Wednesday
- DIFFERENTIATION: small-group analysis of thematically-linked poetry (packet, sonnet, imagery, tone, theme)
- MINI-LESSON: timed essay planning and writing (AP Exam essay planning and thesis template, prompt for poetry packet analysis)
- HOMEWORK: Read Othello Act 4 independently.
Thursday
- senior advisement (Ms. Glover)
- ASSESSMENT 1 part 2 Frankenstein MC revision sample
- analysis of small-group poetry thesis statements (drafts)
- Othello Acts 3 and 4 reading, viewing, and discussion
- FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT: Othello Act 3 AP-style multiple-choice questions
- HOMEWORK: Prepare for SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT 2 by reviewing humanities connection on time and still life paintings (PPT, notes), annotating poems (packet), determining tone, and working on pre-writing (AP Exam essay planning and thesis template, prompt for poetry packet analysis).
Week of 9 September
Monday
- SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT 2: AP-exam poetry in-class essay (rubric)
- Othello Acts 4 & 5 reading, viewing, and discussion
- HOMEWORK: Complete reading of Othello Act 5 independently.
Wednesday
- HUMANITIES CONNECTION: demons, devils, and witches in Renaissance culture (PPT, notes, Dante's Divine Comedy online text and layers of Hell)
- INDEPENDENT WORK on SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT 3 part 2: Othello multiple-choice analysis (answer explanation and textual evidence)
- HOMEWORK: Complete Othello Act 4 AP-style multiple-choice questions.
Thursday
- Othello Act 5 reading, viewing, and discussion
- preparation for SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT 3 part 1 (instructions and rubric): Othello theme statements and character analysis
- explanation of SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT 3 part 2: Othello multiple-choice analysis (instructions and rubric)
- HOMEWORK: Complete Othello Act 5 AP-style multiple-choice questions.
Week of 16 September
Monday
- DRAFT DUE of 1 paragraph analysis for SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT 3 part 2: Othello multiple-choice analysis (instructions and rubric)
- Fences Act 1 reading and discussion
- viewing and discussion of specific scenes: Act 1, Scene 1 "Death ain't nothing. I done seen him." with Denzel Washington as Troy (YouTube clip)
- SMALL-GROUP DIFFERENTIATION: work on SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT 2 revision (notes, organizer for revision)
Wednesday
- reading, viewing and, discussion of Fences Act 1, Scene 3: "How come you ain't never liked me?" scene with Denzel Washington as Troy (YouTube clip) and James Earl Jones as Troy (YouTube clip); Act 1, Scene 3 "I don't want him to be like me!" with Denzel Washington as Troy (YouTube clip)
- note-taking about characterization, structure, repeated/parallel scenes, symbolism, allusion in Fences
- FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT: written comparison effectiveness and complexity of Denzel Washington and James Earl Jones scenes (with detailed evidence)
- focus on thesis for SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT 3 part 1 (instructions and rubric, Othello online text, thesis template)
Thursday
- SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT 3 part 1 DUE (instructions and rubric, Othello online text, thesis template)
- reading and discussion Fences Act 1, Scene 4
- note-taking about characterization, structure, repeated/parallel scenes, symbolism, allusion in Fences
- DIFFERENTIATION, INDEPENDENT WORK on SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT 3 part 2: Othello multiple-choice analysis (instructions and rubric, student draft samples)
- SMALL-GROUP DIFFERENTIATION: work on SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT 2 revision (notes, organizer for revision)
Week of 23 September
Monday
- Fences Act 2 reading and discussion
- note-taking about characterization, structure, repeated/parallel scenes, symbolism, allusion in Fences
Wednesday
- MINI-LESSON: stage directions and Gabe's role at end of Act 2
- SMALL-GROUP DIFFERENTIATION: analysis of Fences (chronology, theme and characterization activities)
- DIFFERENTIATION, INDEPENDENT WORK on SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT 3 part 2: Othello multiple-choice analysis (instructions and rubric, student draft samples)
Thursday
- MINI-LESSON on topic sentences and paragraph development (BOYD sample paragraph)
- DIFFERENTIATION, INDEPENDENT WORK on SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT 3 part 2: Othello multiple-choice analysis (instructions and rubric, student draft samples, BOYD's sample paragraph)
Week of 30 September
Monday
- SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT 3 part 2 DUE: (instructions and rubric, Othello online text, literary terminology glossary, student draft samples, BOYD's sample paragraph)
- MINI-LESSON on social commentary: close-reading and analysis of background notes for Fences
- FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT: preparation SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT 4: AP-exam open prompt essay about Fences and Troy's complex character
Wednesday
- SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT 4: AP-exam open prompt essay about Fences and Troy's complex character
Thursday
- HUMANITIES CONNECTION: Montaigne (notes, Montaigne's tower)
- DIFFERENTIATION: self-reflection on humanities connections
- preparation for SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT 5: Socratic seminar (graphic organizer, rubric)
- DIFFERENTIATION: conferencing and independent work on SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT 2 revision (notes, organizer for revision) and SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT 3.1 revision
Week of 7 October FALL BREAK