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English IV Lesson Plans for November 30 – December 4, 2015

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Macbeth

M: The students will review the last three predictions made by the witches and predict how these may or may not come true; the students will also predict the fate of Lady Macbeth. Read Act V, scenes 1 – 3. Assign Act V Vocabulary Builder. Announce Act IV quiz for Thursday.

T: The students will read Act V, scenes 4 – 7. Discuss Macbeth’s mental state and the resolution of the witches’ predictions.

W: The students will compete the Act V study guide. Act V Vocabulary Builder due.

Th: The students will complete the Act IV Quiz.

F: The students will complete the SAT prep exercise 10.

TEKS: 12.01, 12.02, 12.04, 1207

A.P. English III Lesson Plans for November 23 – 24, 2015

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To Kill a Mockingbird

M: Student-led learning will be conducted for pages 45 – 59 of the novel. Ten-question quiz and key, vocabulary, and five-point discussion outline due.  Presenter will lead discussion. Vocabulary for pages 60 – 74 will be distributed.

T: Same as above for pages 60 – 74. Vocabulary for pages 75 – 50 will be distributed.

English III Lesson Plans for November 16 – 20, 2015

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The Crucible

M: The students will identify the motif of resentment and discuss the conflicts of: Nurse vs Putnam, Proctor vs Parris, Parris vs church and Procter vs Putnam.

T: The students will complete the Act I Vocabulary Quiz and read pages 1151 – 1155.

W: The students will complete the Act I study guide; assign roles for Act II. Announce Act I Quiz for Friday.

Th: The students will define and discuss allusion and read and discuss pages 1161 – 1170. Assign Act II Vocabulary Builder.

F: The students will complete the Act I Quiz over the concepts of stage direction and dialogue.

A.P. English III Lesson Plans for November 16 – 20, 2015

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M: The students will complete SAT-based vocabulary lesson 11.

T: The students will take notes on and discuss the first-person narrative technique used in To Kill a Mockingbird. Distribute chapter 1 vocabulary and assign pages 3 – 15 to be read for Wednesday.

W: The students will complete a ten-question quiz over pages 3 – 15 of To Kill a Mockingbird and discuss specific examples of setting and characterization. Distribute pages 15 – 27 vocabulary; those pages are to be read for Thursday.

Th: Student – led learning will be conducted for pages 15 – 27; ten-question quiz and key, and five-point discussion outline due. Presenter will lead discussion. Distribute pages 28 – 44 vocabulary.

F: Student-led learning will be conducted for pages 28 – 44; ten-question quiz and key, and five-point discussion outline due. Presenter will lead discussion. Distribute pages 45 – 59 vocabulary.

 

English IV Lesson Plans for November 16 – 20, 2015

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M: The students will define, identify, and discuss the characteristics of the tragic hero and find examples in the character, Macbeth.

T: The students will demonstrate knowledge of Act I of Macbeth. Concepts: reading comprehension, foreshadowing, setting, and characterization.

W & Th: The students will read and discuss Macbeth, Act III scenes i – iv. Concepts: plot, prediction, themes,conflict and imagery.

F: The students will complete the study guide for Macbeth, Act III.

TEKS: ELA 12.01, 12.02, 12.12

 

English IV Lesson Plans for November 9 – 14, 2015

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M:The students will complete the Act I Macbeth study questions.

T: The students will read and discuss Macbeth Act II scenes i – ii, pgs. 343 – 348.

W: The students will read and discuss Macbeth Act II scenes iii – iv, pgs. 349 – 359.

Th: The students will read and discuss Macbeth Act III scenes i – ii, pgs . 361 – 367.

F: The students will read and discuss Macbeth Act III, scenes iii – iv, pgs. 367 – 375.

TEKS: 12.01. 12.02, 12.02, 12.04, 12.06, 12.08.

English III Lesson Plans for November 9 – 13, 2015

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M: Counselor Jack Hale will be in all classes to distribute and discuss the ASVAB results.

T: The students will take notes and discuss The Crucible character guide.

W: The students will define the Act I vocabulary. To help establish setting and characterization, show the first ten minutes of The Crucible motion picture. Assign character roles for Act. I.

Th: The students will will discuss stage direction and read The Crucible pages 1126 – 1134.  Announce Act I Vocabulary Quiz for Tuesday, November 17.

F: The students will read The Crucible pages 1135 – 1142 and discuss Abigail’s deflection of suspicion when it falls on her.

 

A.P. English III Lesson Plans for November 9 – 13, 2015

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M: Counselor Jack Hale will meet with all classes to distribute and discuss the ASVAB results.

T: The student will complete the A.P. Literary Terms Test Part I A – H. Note: This test was announce the second week of school and can not be replaced by a nine weeks test.

W – F: The students will be in the library researching To Kill a Mockingbird and preparing their chapter lesson for the Student-Led Learning Project.