​Honors 9th Lit. Week 16
Planning Your Week
W 11/29 – F 12/1: Georgia Milestones 9th Literature/Composition End of Course Assessment
W 12/13 – The Night Circus presentations due.
Continue practicing grammar/EOC concepts and vocabulary through No Red Ink website, the SpringBoard website through Zinc, and USA Test Prep website. 


Monday, 11/27
Opener: Review TNC project requirements and due dates. View Tim Burton’s Movie Montage (1982-2005); list stylistic techniques characteristic of Burton. Watch “What If Tim Burton Directed Frozen?”  and discuss stylistic changes.
Work Session:

1. Review goals p.94-5 and EA 2 p.185-6.
2. Read/analyze “Comparing Points of View” p.99 (2.2); groups work through #1-5 then discuss “Check Your Understanding” with the class.
3. Connect style and point-of-view analysis to EOC prompts.

Closer: Compose a response to narrative prompt (either “Summer” mood/setting conversion or Nighthawks character and point of view development).
Homework: Rest and prepare for the EOC.


Tuesday, 11/28
Opener: Activity 2.3 “Analyzing Writer’s Style” p. 101; complete the language check p.115 and work through USA Test Prep multiple choice for within sentence punctuation.
Work Session: 

1. Complete Activity 2.7 “Introducing a Story of Revenge” and focus on context clues for finding meaning of unknown words.
2. Read aloud for Activity 2.8 “Irony in the Vaults,” identifying examples of irony.

Closer: Compose a response to the explanatory prompt p. 139.
Homework: Rest and prepare for the EOC.


Wednesday, 11/29 – Friday, 12/1
Georgia Milestones 9th Literature/Composition End of Course Assessment

Honors 9th Lit. Week 15
Planning Your Week


S 11/12 – Submit The Tempest scholar’s journal to Turnitin.com
M 11/13 – The Tempest Socratic discussion; scholar’s journal and article due in class (scholar’s journal should be submitted to Turnitin.com before class).
M 11/27
Link to The Tempest full text from MIT.
Watch these videos to solidify your understanding of the play:
PBS Learning Media Parent-Child Relationships in Shakespeare’s Works Scroll down to watch three videos: “Prospero and Miranda,” “Parenting and Gender Roles in The Tempest,” and “Miranda’s Disobedience”
PBS Learning Media Shakespeare and the Evolution of Character Scroll down to watch two videos: “The Betrayed Duke Prospero” and “I’ll Drown My Book.”


Continue practicing grammar/EOC concepts and vocabulary through No Red Ink website, the SpringBoard website through Zinc, and USA Test Prep website. 


Monday, 11/13
Opener: Turn in printed article with citation, printed scholar’s journal .
Work Session:

1. Finish viewing The Tempest
2. Prepare seminar questions 
3. Complete EOC prompt (individual assignments based on past performance to check off narrative and analytic responses.

Closer: Compose a reflection for the discussion.
Homework: Complete USA Test Prep practice for the EOC.


Tuesday, 11/14
Opener: Turn in typed questions for Socratic seminar.
 
Work Session: 

1. Participate effectively in collaborative discussion of character and theme development in The Tempest.

Closer: 

1. Review results from EOC argument prompt; create a plan to improve performance based on the rubric.
2. Introduce The Night Circus project and begin brainstorming ideas for a 21st century tent.
   

Homework: Complete USA Test Prep practice for the EOC.


Wednesday, 11/15
Opener: Work with Night Circus groups to continue planning for project.
Work Session:

1. Compose a response to the EOC informational prompt.

Closer: Peer review EOC responses with rubric.
Homework: Complete USA Test Prep practice for the EOC.


Thursday, 11/16
Opener: Learning Commons visit: lesson on informational writing/EOC prompts.
Work Session:

1. Collaborate with Night Circus groups to plan projects.
2. Develop a plan and timeline for completing the project.

Closer: Review EOC skills with USA Test Prep.
Homework: Complete USA Test Prep practice for the EOC.


Friday, 11/17
Opener: Create individual EOC plan for studying over the break and before the exam. 
Work Session:

1. Practice EOC skills with USA Test Prep.

Closer: Collaborate with Night Circus groups.
Homework: Complete USA Test Prep practice for the EOC.

Honors 9th Lit. Week 14
Planning Your Week
W 11/8 – Finish reading The Night Circus Part IV-V; prepare for an in class reading quiz.
Th 11/9 – ZINC 3rd quarter deadline; learn 213 words by this deadline.
S 11/12 – Submit The Tempest scholar’s journal to Turnitin.com
M 11/13 – The Tempest Socratic discussion; scholar’s journal and article due in class (scholar’s journal should be submitted to Turnitin.com before class).
Continue practicing grammar/EOC concepts and vocabulary through No Red Ink website, the SpringBoard website through Zinc, and USA Test Prep website. 


Monday, 11/6 
Opener: Review The Tempest scholar’s journal and Socratic discussion/article requirements.
Work Session:

1. Complete Q3 Touchstone.
2. Research to find an article on your Tempest topic from your scholar’s journal.

Closer: Introduce The Night Circus project.
Homework: Finish reading The Night Circus; prepare for the Part IV-V reading quiz in class on Wednesday.


Tuesday, 11/7 – Student Holiday 
Finish homework from Monday.


Wednesday, 11/8
Opener: Review EOC requirements/rubric for narrative prompts.
Work Session:

1. Complete TNC Part IV & V quiz.
2. Compose a response to the Bailey narrative prompt.

Closer: Review The Tempest scholar’s journal and Socratic discussion/article requirements.
Homework: Finish ZINC vocabulary practice (learn 213 words by this deadline); type scholar’s journal for The Tempest. 


Thursday, 11/9
Opener: View Act III Scene 1 (Miranda and Ferdinand); discuss EOC prompt highlights (writing about complexity of the evolution of their relationship vs. simple answers).
Work Session:

1. Read Act IV & V, completing scholar’s journals.
2. 9th advisement in the lab

Closer: Compose leveled questions to prepare for the Socratic discussion.
Homework: Finish ZINC vocabulary practice (learn 213 words by this deadline); type scholar’s journal for The Tempest.


Friday, 11/10
Opener: View Act IV-V of The Tempest. 
Work Session:

1. Island families collaborate to complete scholar’s journals and character/theme trackers.

Closer: Compose leveled questions and article connections for Socratic discussion.
Homework: Finish scholar’s journal and submit to Turnitin.com; bring printed copy of scholar’s journal and your article on Monday. Prepare to participate in the Socratic discussion.