Honors 9th Literature Week 10 March 12-16

Planning Your Week
S 3/11 – No Red Ink verbals practice due at 11:59 p.m.
T 3/13 – No Red Ink verbals quiz
Th 3/15 – “I Remember You” final labeled draft of poem and complete movie presentation due in class.
F 3/16 – ZINC 2nd quarter check (142 words learned) at 11:59 p.m.
M 3/19 – The Night Circus Part I quiz


Continue independently reading The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern; we will review portions in class, but it is your responsibility to finish Part I by Monday, March 19. To prepare for the quiz, use the Night Circus Study Guide Part I. 


Monday, March 12
Opener: Review exposition of The Night Circus and the study guide.
Work Session: 

1. Introduce The Tempest: View images Visual Texts and Shakespeare’s Language; Word/Phrase Bank and write poems/prose passages to share.
2. Discuss themes that emerge from the images and poems and create a list for the unit study of The Tempest.

Closer: Continue reading The Night Circus Part I and/or revise your “I Remember You” poem and reflections.
HOMEWORK: “I Remember You” complete video and labeled poem due Thursday; ZINC 2nd set due Friday. The Night Circus Part I quiz Monday.


Tuesday, March 13
Opener: Review “I Remember You” assignment requirements and rubric; focus on developing strong reflections to explain your literary technique. Review qualities of strong presentations through the speaking/listening standards for ELA 9th grade.
Work Session:

1. Computer Lab: Revise “I Remember You” poem and reflections; develop your multimedia presentation.​
2. Use the following link to place your finished product in a shared folder:

           https://drive.google.com/open?id=1FN_ju85zmptVHTrWZSciPfNl-FtqmL8m
Closer: Read The Night Circus Part I.
HOMEWORK: “I Remember You” complete video and labeled poem due Thursday; ZINC 2nd set due Friday. The Night Circus Part I quiz Monday.


Wednesday, March 14–EARLY RELEASE
Opener: Review “I Remember You” assignment requirements and rubric; focus on developing strong reflections to explain your literary technique. Review qualities of strong presentations through the speaking/listening standards for ELA 9th grade.
Work Session:

1. Computer Lab: Revise “I Remember You” poem and reflections; develop your multimedia presentation.
2. Checklist for I Remember You.

Closer: Read The Night Circus Part I.
HOMEWORK: “I Remember You” complete video and labeled poem due Thursday; ZINC 2nd set due Friday. The Night Circus Part I quiz Monday.


Thursday, March 15
Opener: Review The Night Circus Part I.
Work Session: 

1. Present “I Remember You” poems.

Closer: Read The Night Circus Part I.
HOMEWORK:  ZINC 2nd set due Friday. The Night Circus Part I quiz Monday.


Friday, March 16
Opener: Finish “I Remember You” presentations and set up Nearpod. 
Work Session:

1. Explore Shakespeare’s world: Elizabethan language, the Globe Theatre, culture, history, and overview of The Tempest with Nearpod.
2. Analyze, rehearse, and perform Act I Scene 1 (pantomime, self-reflection, group discussion; add dialogue).

Closer: Compare/contrast student performances with professional adaptations of the play.
HOMEWORK:  ZINC 2nd set due Friday. The Night Circus Part I quiz Monday.