Week of February 5th
This week in language arts, all students should have two new notebooks to begin the 2nd semester. We will finish up our compare/contrast essays on The Prince and the Pauper, with a lesson on theme and conclusion. Students will work in class to type their essays in Google Classroom and edit with a peer. We will begin a unit on fairy tales by reading Yeh Shen this week and Sootface next week. In the coming week, (date to be determined) students will write a summative compare/contrast essay to compare these two versions of Cinderella.
Monday: Notebooks due, Type and peer edit first three paragraphs of compare/contrast drafts
Tuesday: Theme lesson, complete graphic organizer on theme for compare/contrast essay, review drama unit vocabulary for quiz Friday
Wednesday: Conclusion lesson, complete graphic organizer on conclusion of compare/contrast essay, type essay paragraphs 4 and 5
Thursday: Begin reading Yeh Shen, complete any unfinished essays, review for vocabulary quiz
Friday: Vocabulary quiz over Drama Unit (see vocabulary below), Continue reading Yeh Shen
DRAMA UNIT VOCABULARY (QUIZ FRIDAY)
drama-a play; story written to be performed by actors
act-a division or unit of a theatre work, including a play, film, opera, and musical theatre
scene-a subdivision of an act
dialogue-the words, speeches or conversation, spoken by characters in a book, movie, or play, or a section of a work the contains spoken words
aside-a brief speech delivered by one person while other people are around but no one can hear that person speaking
cast-characters in the play
musical-a stage, television or film production using popular-style songs
monologue-a speech delivered by one person while the other people or audience members are listening
soliloquy-a speech delivered alone on stage by one character. The purpose is to reveal the character’s thoughts, motives, feelings and problems to the audience.
stage directions-italicized instructions in a play written to describe the setting, entrances and exits of characters, and how characters look, speak and react to events and others.