week 37- May 31- June 3

Objectives:
Understanding satire
Decoding French insults
Identifying elements of original stories satirized in a spoof

Tuesday 5/31
understanding satire
watching "Monty Python's Holy Grail"
HW) prepare for Arthur unit test

Wednesday 6/1 and Thursday 6/2
Finish watching "Monty Python's Holy Grail"
notes and answers follow up
What are the elements  of satire?
How does satire work?
Identify satiric elements in the "Holy Grail"

Read "A Fine and Pleasant Misery" p. 397
In four complete sentences a piece:
what examples of satire are there in "A Fine and Pleasant Misery"? 

week 36 - 5/23-5/27

Monday/Tuesday  5/23 and 5/24
Arthur vocab quiz
p. 278 Blue text:  Read "The Acts of King Arthur" by John Steinbeck
answer questions 1-7, pp 284-285
HW) finish questions


Wednesday/Thursday 5/25 and 5/26
p.  287 Blue text: Read "The Death of King Arthur" by Sir Thomas Mallory 
p. 299 Blue text:  Read "The Passing of Arthur" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Answer questions 1-6 pp. 296-297
 HW) finish questions


Friday  5/27
understanding satire
watching "Monty Python's Holy Grail"
HW) prepare for Arthur unit test
 

week 35 - May 16- 20

Monday 5/16

• collect 1st and 2nd drafts of Metamorphosis  essay
• Preview vocab for Arthur story p. 244 Blue text book
• Class group read "The Crowning of Arthur" 245
• Answer questions 1-6 on page 249

HW)
or finish up the essay that you will submit for ten % off late next week



Tuesday/Wednesday 5/17 and 5/18

• preview Arthur stories with notes on mythology
• look up "Building Vocabulary" words on p. 256 blue text
• Read "The Once and Future King" 
• Discuss concepts of chivalry as outlined by Arthur on p. 260
• Answer questions 1-5 on p. 261
• Read "The Mists of Avalon" pp 251-253

HW) find a kids' version of the Arthur stories and watch it for discussion on Thursday/Friday

Thursday/Friday 5/19 and 5/20

• look up ""Building Vocabulary" words on p. 263 blue text
• Read "Sir Launcelot du Lake" pp. 263-269
• Discuss mythic concepts of Lancelot's battle
• view Lancelot battle scene from "First Knight"
• Answer questions 2-5. p. 270

HW)  study for vocab quiz on "Building Vocabulary" words

stratagems
rendezvous
chivalry
monopoly
vanquish
prowess
champion
ignominiously
miscreant
vindicate

sample graphic organizer - mental illness

ATPP
MAP=
The awkward feelings of isolation and public scorn that individuals felt who suffered mental illness in the first  part of the 20th century was seen in a number of events in Gregor Samsa's life. The way his family treated him, how he lost his job, and how he suffered alone in his room are many similarities to the fate of the  mentally ill.
THESIS
Gregor Samsa as a cockroach represents the undesired life of the severely depressed the modern day world.

Paragraph 1 body
TOPIC:
 Psychic break=> apparently a cockroach
Ev1:  locked in bed room
Ev 2:  loses job->scorned by father

Paragraph 2 body
TOPIC:
Isolation in family apartment
Ev1:  sister tries to help but can't understand  him
Ev 2: offered favorite foods, but can hardly eat

Paragraph 3 body
TOPIC :  shunned then suicide
Shunned by society then family, leading to his starvation/death
 Ev1 one last attempt to join the world at sister's violin recital but then shut out
Ev2 father tries to kill him/forces him to solitary confinement

Conclusion:  Even today our prisons are filled with the mentally ill.  Society's practice of isolating the insane, criminalizing their health, and locking them away from any outside influence keeps us all safe; except for the mentally ill themselves.

week 34 - May 9-13

Monday/Tuesday

• Wrap up reading of The Metamorphosis
•  
• complete Graphic organizer for Metamorphosis essay

HW) draft intro paragraph for Metamorphosis essay


Wednesday/Thursday

• write 1st draft of Metamorphosis essay
• peer editing/teacher conferencing for essay
• Final draft of metamorphosis essay

HW) complete final draft of Metamorphosis essay
all students must hand in both 1st and final draft of essay

Friday

• collect 1st and 2nd drafts of Metamorphosis  essay
• Preview vocab for Arthur story p. 244 Blue text book
• Class group read "The Crowning of Arthur" 245
• Answer questions 1-6 on page 249

HW) relax and enjoy the weekend
or finish up the essay that you will submit for ten % off late next week

Graphic organizer for Metamorphosis essay

Name:

Metamorphosis graphic organizer

Prompt:  Create or choose a reading of Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis.  Develop your interpretation in a five paragraph essay.

Use the following graphic organizer to organize and arrange your ideas.

Readings discussed in class:

1. Gregor is mentally ill.
2. Gregor has come out of the closet to his family
3. Gregor is suffering from an addiction.
4. Gregor is just a teenager

Intro paragraph:

Sentence 1:  Author, Title, Protagonist, Problem

Sentence 2: Map

Sentence 3:  Thesis statement

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1st body paragraph:

Topic sentence

Transition to 1st evidence (quoted or paraphrased)

Explain 1st evidence

Transition to 2nd evidence (quoted or paraphrased)

Clincher

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2nd body paragraph:

Topic sentence

Transition to 1st evidence (quoted or paraphrased)

Explain 1st evidence

Transition to 2nd evidence (quoted or paraphrased)

Clincher

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3rd body paragraph:

Topic sentence

Transition to 1st evidence (quoted or paraphrased)

Explain 1st evidence

Transition to 2nd evidence (quoted or paraphrased)

Clincher

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Conclusion:

Revised thesis

Universal message

week 33--May 2-May 6

Monday 5/2/16

• Identify the Error 3 (10 minutes)
  Read Chapter 2  The Metamorphosis
• write response log 3 for chapter 2

HW) create an open-ended question about Gregor Samsa's response to his transformation and answer in one page of writing

Tuesday 5/3 and Wednesday 5/4

• Fix the Sentence 1
•  Complete Chapter 2 The Metamorphosis
• write response log 4 for chapter 2
• read chapter 3 to page 47

HW)  track the transformation of the family through the stages of grief:  denial, anger, acceptance


Thursday 5/5 and Friday 5/6 

• fix the sentence 2
• Complete reading chapter 3 The Metamorphosis
• Socratic seminar full novel
• building readings or interpretations for the novel

HW)  get good rest for the SAT