October 10-14 Weekly Recap

Monday- We introduced the plot and characters of Macbeth; Students learned about Tragic Heroes
Tuesday- Students either attended the Shakespeare's Tavern Field Trip o fill outr  began watching Macbeth in class; Students had a response worksheet to
Wednesday- We finished watching Macbeth; Discussed Macbeth as a Tragic Hero; TPFASTTed Sonnet 130 in groups
Thursday- Students discussed Sonnet 130 as a class
Friday- Students worked on questions about Tragic heroes with Sra. Santaiti

EXTRA CREDIT OPPORTUNITY!

Attached is a link to the Booth Western Art Museum Writing Competition. For an extra credit (yet to be determined because it has to be approved by the department) grade, you can complete an entry to the contest.

Who can enter? The competition is open to students in grades 9 – 12 in Georgia, public or private schools, and students who are home-schooled in grades 9 – 12.

Incentives:  Award certificates, recognition (press release sent to local paper in student’s city/county, winners photographed and posted on our website), and cash prizes for students. Museum passes, gift cards, and recognition for teachers. Please note: this is a statewide competition and looks GREAT on a college application!

Deadline for entries:  December 9, 2016

What to Write?  Students may enter short stories, essays, narrative poetry and/or Cowboy poetry. Entries must be the result of a required writing assignment based on selected works of art from Booth Museum’s collection. Each entry must be submitted to a teacher for a grade. Images and lesson plans are available by grade level on the Museum’s website,

http://boothmuseum.org/writing-through-art/ . Local schools may choose to visit the museum to see the selected art (entrance fees to the museum do apply).

http://boothmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/2016-Writing-Through-Art-Literary-Competition-Contest-Rules.pdf - Contest Rules

http://boothmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/WTA-literary-competition-entry-form-2016-17_v3.pdf - Entry Form

How many entries can be submitted per school? The contest coordinator at each school or home-school group can submit up to twelve entries per genre to the Booth Museum. Example: 12 essays, 12 short stories, 12 narrative poems and 12 cowboy poems*

9^th and 10^th

http://boothmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Writing-Through-Art-9th10th-images.pdf

September 12- September 16

Monday- Trujillo Background; Intro'd Annotated Bibliographies
Tuesday- Intro Types of Heroes; Make group posters; Present
Wednesday- Watch In The Time of the Butterflies with viewing questions
Thursday- Spanish Instruction in Santaiti's room
Friday- MLA Format Quiz; Historical Fiction; Begin ITOB (the play)

September 5- September 9

Monday- Labor Day!
Tuesday- Review Stations
Wednesday- Test
Thursday- In Class Essay
Friday- Test Corrections; Trujillo Background

ISA August 22-August26

Monday: First 10- Hand out Papers; introduce feedback sheets -Peer check “Most Dangerous Game” Quiz Last 10- Show writing Example

Tuesday: First 10- Vocab Review -Vocab practice and review packet Last 10-Reminders for Quiz on Friday

Wednesday: First 10- Go over test and procedures/go to lab -MI/RI Testing -Introduce TPFASTT -Begin “La United Fruit Company” Last 10- Stop light Activity

Thursday: First 10- Vocab Check - Recap “La United Fruit Co.” - Finish “La United Fruit Co.” Last 10- Stoplight Activity

Friday: First 10- Vocab Quiz -SRI Testing

Lessons August 15-August 19

Monday: First 10- Review/Group Writing Instruction -Intro/Conclusion Instruction -Group Writing Last 10- Writing Individual Paragraph

Tuesday: First 10- Vocab Review -Spanish Essay Analysis Last 10-Literary Spanish Assignment

Wednesday: First 10- Review of Literary Terms -“The Most Dangerous Game” Last 10- MDG Justice Journal Prompt

Thursday: - Continue MDG and group quiz

Friday: Finish MDG and group quiz

August 8-August 12

Monday- Discussed essay rubric; graded peer's essays; went over examples as a class
Tuesday- Read Cask of Amontillado as a class
Wednesday-Recapped Cask of Amontillado; Vocab and language instruction
Thursday- We began planning a literary analysis essay as a class; writing instruction
Friday- Finish class planning; go on to individual planning for 2nd body paragraph