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.

M: The students will complete final editing on their college essay; due Wednesday. Assign SAT Vocabulary Lesson 9 All About Time, Thursday. Distribute and file graded papers.

T: The students will be introduced to drama and Elizabethan theater. Read and discuss pages 308 – 313.

W: Introduction to Macbeth. Read pages 314 – 315 and complete Contemporary Commentary assignment. Assign Character roles.

Th: The students will read and discuss Macbeth, Act I, scenes i & ii.

F: The students will read and discuss Macbeth. Act I, scenes iii & iv.

TEKS: 12.1, 12.2, 12.4, 12.8

M: The students will take a nine weeks test.

T & W: The students will be the library typing their research interview questions and answers, and the final copies of their compiled career/college information.

Th & F: The students will turn in the rough drafts of their two college entrance essays and conference with the teacher about them.

TEKS: 12.13, 12.15, 12.17, 12.18, 12.19, 12.20

M: The students will be given the requirements for comparing two colleges for their college/career research project.

T – Th: The students will be in the Plato Lab researching their college/career project. Th: Apply Texas Application due.

F: The students will prepare a rough draft of the Works Cited page for their college career project.

M & T: The students will complete a review for the Puritan Influence unit test and be introduced to the background information to the PBS documentary Colonial House.

W:The students will view the first installment of Colonial House.

Th: The students will complete the Puritan Influence unit test.

F: The students will view the final installment of Colonial House.

M – T: The students will be in the Plato Lab writing an obituary for Captain John Smith.

W: The students will  read the biographical sketch of William Bradford, pg. 64 (red lit. book). Introduce selection vocabulary and read from Of Plymouth Plantation, pgs. 71 – 75.

Th: Define and discuss epistle, pg. 193. Read de Crevecouer biographical sketch, pg. 192 and Letters from an American Farmer, pgs. 197 – 198. Discussion and notes on European immigrant view of America as a new Eden.

F: The students will review for the Colonial Literature unit test.

M: The student groups will complete the final copies of their Beowulf songs.

T – W: The student groups will present their Beowulf  songs to the class.

Th: After concluding the epic, Beowulf, the students will consider it from the point of view of its contemporary translation by Burton Rafael. Read text pgs. 36 – 37 and write a commentary on who or what drives the plot of Beowulf?

F: The students will complete SAT-based vocabulary Lesson 2: Appearances and Attitudes.

TEKS: 12.01, 12.13, 12.14, 12.17, 12.18

H: School Holiday

T – Th: Distribute criteria and assign groups for creation of Beowulf song creation; review kennings.

F: Beowulf song presentations.

TEKS: 12.01, 12.05, 12.25, 12.26

BEOWULF

M: The students will read and discuss pgs. 47 – 51, The Wrath of Grendel. Assignment: Read The Monster’s Lair, pgs. 51 – 52 paraphrasing lines 411 – 448 and determine the main idea (five major points). Due Tuesday.

T: Main Idea assignment due. The students will read and discuss The Battle with Grendel’s Mother, pgs. 52 – 56.

W: The students will complete Study Guide 1.

Th: The students will complete Beowulf, pgs. 56 – 64 and write kennings about students in the classroom.

F: The students will complete Study Guide 2.

ELA 12.o1, 12.02, 12.03, 12.05, 12.13, 12.14, 12.17, 12.18, 12.24, 12.25, 12.26