Students have taken two quizzes for Macbeth. We are in the middle Act of the play and should finish it next week. There will be one more quiz and then two summative assignments: CCR and a paper.
This text is on line in a variety of formats. There are translated version and version that have the original text and a more modern interpretation right next to it to help readers who are having trouble.
Reading Act 1 of Macbeth at beginning of the week. Expect a quiz on Wednesday or Thursday (depends on the amount of material discussed).
If your son or daughter needs help with this, there are multiple modern translations online that can help clarify the material.
No Fear Shakespeare: Macbeth is a good book that will help them understand this material. Has has original and modern translations sise by side.
Students responded on Thursday to an essay prompt for the story “The Day of the Last Rock Fight”
The novel The Invisible Man is due to be read on February 29.
Currently working out of the Perrine’s book, reading short stories and writing and discussing the “writer’s craft” or techniques the writer uses to create a story and lead the reader to a thematic understanding of said story.
Past week focus: IRS terms and application of those terms on 1040EZ
Students are currently completing FAFSA search and identify five potential scholarships.
Next week we will begin Macbeth
Class will be given The Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison to be read by February 29
We are working out of the Perrine’s books: short stores and poetry that focus on various literary techniques.
Key concepts so far Literary and Commercial Fiction
This is a tentative agenda for the month of February: We will be mixing in informational reading and writing skills with English Literature:LA 8 PACING GUIDE
Modern Parody of The Canterbury Tales: see attached
Create a frame story and two characters
Character review of Pilgrims in Canterbury Tales
Canterbury-Tales-Character-Chart
When we return we will be reading the Canterbury Tales and be being able to compare and contrast multiple themes found within a text. We will also focus on the use of satire and irony to create humor and make social commentaries.
When we return we will be reading Macbeth. Another of William Shakespeare’s tragedies. Focus will be on Character, setting and the writer’s craft.
The class is working on Kafka’s “Metamorphosis.” They have read the story and are working in teams to give a classroom presentation.