Monday, May 20th

1. Motif and theme in Midsummer Night's Dream.  Due to Schoology by 11:59 PM MONDAY.

2. In class: Passage explication- A Midsummer Night's Dream. Midsummer Passage Explication (DUE WEDNESDAY/THURSDAY)

3. Last Literature Circle meeting- Tuesday.

• Books should be finished by Tuesday.
• Journal
• Role sheet
• 2nd literary device

** I have canceled the last reflection paper for literature circles

End-of-School Schedule: 

Monday, May 20th: Literary analysis- Midsummer Night's Dream explication

Tuesday, May 21st:  Literature circle meeting #3

Wednesday/Thursday, May 22nd/23rd: Project preparation. MSD explication due. 

Friday, May 24th: Project preparation

Monday, May 27th: No school

Tuesday, May 28th:  Class-5th and 7th hours

Wednesday, May 29th: Class- 6th hour. Presentations- 7th hour

Thursday, May 30th: Class- Presentations- 4th, 5th, and 6th hours

Friday, May 31st: Remaining presentations- 4th and 5th hours.
                              Half day. SCHOOL'S OUT FOR SUMMER!!

Wednesday/Thursday, May 15th/16th

Gather together in book groups.

Class-Time:

• All group members need to have the book and their role sheet out on their desks at the beginning of the discussion. Desks are in a circle. Discussion Director selects a timekeeper to help manage the group’s time. 
• The Discussion Director begins the discussion by asking the Summarizer to go first. 
• The Discussion Director then asks one of the below-the-surface questions he/she has prepared. Group discusses the question, taking notes. 
• After the Director has asked all questions, the Passage Analyst shares his/her passage prepared for the day.  The Passage Analyst reads the passage and group members discuss, taking notes. 
• After the Passage Analyst finishes, the Essential Questions Connector identifies specific passages in the text that address one or more of the essential questions. Group members discuss and take notes. 
• The Vocabulary Enricher will interject as needed to define terms or look them up (if a new one has been added to the list).

During discussion:

Members of the group should take care to make connections during each discussion time.  It is one thing to discuss the book, but members should also expect these connections:
Text to Text: Are there similarities or differences between the book you are reading
now and one that was assigned for another class or that you have read for pleasure at another time?
Text to Self:  In what ways can you identify with the characters or circumstances in this book?  
What kinds of personal/emotional reactions do you have to specific parts of this book?
Text to World:  In what ways is this book reminiscent of current events or “real world” issues?

For next meeting:

• This meeting will have a second literary device focus. IN ADDITION to your specific roles, you will need to select a literary device that you will apply and report back on next meeting discussing its evidence and relevance to the text.
• Assign new group roles.
• Work on upcoming group project.
• Continue reading.

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A Midsummer Night's Dream

Motif: A recurrent idea, image, or symbol that develops a theme.

Theme: The commentary of an author on a universal issue.

Identify two motifs in A Midsummer Night's Dream with two examples of how and when it/they are seen.

THEN... identify a theme that each motif supports.. or helps develop.

Tuesday, May 14th

1. Finish Taming of the Shrew.

2. Turn in Taming explication practice.

FOR WEDNESDAY/THURSDAY

3. Literature circle meeting preparation.

• Caught up on reading for 2nd meeting.
• Journal #2
• Role sheet completed
• Literary device prepared for discussion

Monday, May 13th

1. Taming of the Shrew explication practice.  Due Tuesday at the beginning of class.

Handout found here:
Explication practice of Taming of the Shrew

Thursday/Friday May 9th/10th

1. First Literature Circle Meeting!

Journal and Role Sheet due at the beginning of class.

Gather together in book groups.

Class-Time:

• All group members need to have the book and their role sheet out on their desks at the beginning of the discussion. Desks are in a circle. Discussion Director selects a timekeeper to help manage the group’s time. 
• The Discussion Director begins the discussion by asking the Summarizer to go first. 
• The Discussion Director then asks one of the below-the-surface questions he/she has prepared. Group discusses the question, taking notes. 
• After the Director has asked all questions, the Passage Analyst shares his/her passage prepared for the day.  The Passage Analyst reads the passage and group members discuss, taking notes. 
• After the Passage Analyst finishes, the Essential Questions Connector identifies specific passages in the text that address one or more of the essential questions. Group members discuss and take notes. 
• The Vocabulary Enricher will interject as needed to define terms or look them up (if a new one has been added to the list).

During discussion:

Members of the group should take care to make connections during each discussion time.  It is one thing to discuss the book, but members should also expect these connections:
Text to Text: Are there similarities or differences between the book you are reading now and one that was assigned for another class or that you have read for pleasure at another time?
Text to Self:  In what ways can you identify with the characters or circumstances in this book?  What kinds of personal/emotional reactions do you have to specific parts of this book?
Text to World:  In what ways is this book reminiscent of current events or “real world” issues?

For next meeting:

• This meeting will have a literary device focus. IN ADDITION to your specific roles, you will need to select a literary device that you will apply and report back on next meeting discussing its evidence and relevance to the text.
• Assign new group roles.
• Continue reading.

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2. Taming of the Shrew- Theme study

Tuesday/Wednesday, May 7th/8th

Bit of a change to the schedule.. . You all need a break after the long days of EOC testing. We will push our first literature circle meeting to Thursday/Friday of this week.

Class today: 

Theme: is the COMMENTARY of an author on a universal issue.

The process of determining theme is:

1. Identify a common/universal thematic issue. (Love, marriage, death, fear, friendship, etc.)

2. Consider examples of the evidence of this thematic issue in the studied text.

3. Ask what is the author saying about this thematic issue. What is his/her take on this issue?

4. State this stance as a general message about life. Ask yourself what is the author is teaching about life through this universal issue. Make your statement general.. no specific names or titles. Make applicable to multiple texts. Viola... theme.
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SELECT TWO OF THE FOLLOWING ISSUES TO APPLY TO TAMING OF THE SHREW:
Fear. Identity. Marriage. Family.

On Schoology:
Post what you feel are TWO THEMES of Taming of the Shrew. Remember... what is the message about the issue?

Provide four specific examples from Taming as support of your thematic conclusion.

Due: Friday, May 10th

Revised literary circle due dates: 

• May 3rd: Group roles reported on Schoology. 
• May 9th/10th: Literature Circle Meeting #1. Journal and individual role sheet due. 
• May 14th/15th: Literature Circle Meeting #2. Journal and individual role sheet due. 
• May 21st: Literature Circle Meeting #3: Journal and individual role sheet due. 
• May 24th: Individual reflection paper due
• May 28th-31st: Group projects

End-of-Year Schedule:

Tuesday, May 7th (B):  Taming of the Shrew and THEME. (note.. another B day)

Wednesday, May 8th (A): Taming of the Shrew and THEME.

Thursday, May 9th (B): Literature circle meeting #1.  Taming of the Shrew

Friday, May 10th (A): Literature circle meeting #1. Taming of the Shrew (Theme due to Schoology)

Monday, May 13th:  Theme- Literary Analysis: Determine 3 themes of your literature circle text.

Tuesday, May 14th:  Finish Taming. Preparation for Literature Circle meeting. 

Wednesday/Thursday, May 15th/16th: Literature circle meeting #2

Friday, May 17th: Reading day

Monday, May 20th: Author purpose- Literary Analysis

Tuesday, May 21st:  Literature circle meeting #3

Wednesday/Thursday, May 22nd/23rd: Final preparation

Friday, May 24th: Final preparation

Monday, May 27th: No school

Tuesday, May 28th:  Finals

Wednesday, May 29th: Finals

Thursday, May 30th: Finals

Friday, May 31st: Finals. Half day. SCHOOL'S OUT FOR SUMMER!!

May 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 6th

EOC TESTING-
May 1st and 2nd- Session 1
May 3rd and 6th- Session 2
* Bring your literature circle books