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9th Grade Georgia Standards of Excellence

Honors 9th Literature Week 11 March 19-23

3/18/2018

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Planning Your Week
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 II and Part II, using the Night Circus Study Guide Part II-III.
We will be reading The Tempest in class; we will use a class set of books at school, and you may read/review online using the Folger edition of The Tempest.


Monday, March 19
Opener: The Night Circus Part I quiz.
Work Session: 
  1. Analyze theme: examine Bailey’s upbringing and make a claim about parent/child relationships and self-identity.
Closer: Continue reading The Night Circus Part II-III.
HOMEWORK: Read The Night Circus Part II-III.


Tuesday, March 20
Opener: 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.
Closer: Compare/contrast student performances with adaptations of the play.
HOMEWORK: Read The Night Circus Part II-III.


Wednesday, March 21
Opener: Read the Act I Scene 2 summary.
Work Session:
  1. Prepare group scenes for Act I, Scene 2; focus on blocking, stage directions, physical gestures, and voice inflection (annotate the scene, write the actions that your groups need to complete, prepare props and timing).
  2. Perform the scene.
Closer: Read The Night Circus Part II-III.
HOMEWORK: Read The Night Circus Part II-III.


Thursday, March 22
Opener: Review “The Betrayed Duke Prospero” (PBS) and The Tempest Act I.
Work Session: 
  1. Perform group scenes for Act I, Scene 2; focus on blocking, stage directions, physical gestures, and voice inflection (annotate the scene, write the actions that your groups need to complete, prepare props and timing).
  2. Review elements of exposition. Summarize the exposition of The Tempest.
Closer: Read The Night Circus Part I.
HOMEWORK:  Read The Night Circus Part II-III.


Friday, March 23
Opener:
  1. Compose a "Somebody Wanted But So" statement for Act I Scene 1
  2. View “The Betrayed Duke Prospero” (PBS)  
Work Session:
  1. Perform group scenes for Act I, Scene 2; focus on blocking, stage directions, physical gestures, and voice inflection (annotate the scene, write the actions that your groups need to complete, prepare props and timing).
  2. View The Tempest Act I.
  3. Compose a  "Somebody Wanted But So" statement for Act I Scene 2; review expository elements
  4. Complete scholar’s journal responses for Act 1 Scene 1 and Act 1 Scene 2.
Closer: Review The Night Circus Part II (study guide).
HOMEWORK:  Read The Night Circus Part II-III by March 30th. Quiz on Friday, March 30th. 
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