Day 137

Objective:  The students will complete their Roman Newspaper.

Note:  Check Aeries.  I put a bunch of grades in yesterday and they (for some reason) did not save. 

1.  Today:  Finish and Turn In.

2.  Tomorrow:  JC Review Game

3.  Thursday:  JC Final

Each Day:  Outside Book.  Report and Close Reading Due May 11.  We start Lord of the Flies next Monday. 

Day 136

Objective:  The students will finish Roman Newspaper.

1.  Finish Newspaper.  Due tomorrow.

2.  Put together JC Note Packet.  Highlight each Scene title.  There should be 17 0r 18 highlights.  All blanks must be filled in for credit.

3.  Get all work together from JC.  You can use any handwritten notes on the Final. 

 

Day 133

Objective:  The students will review the entire play by creating a Roman Newspaper.

1.  Get the handout and discuss with me.

2.  Discuss how to use columns and adjust margins on doc so that it looks like a newspaper.

3.  Work on paper.

4.  Turn in Act V Review and Translation 

Day 132

Objective:  The students will finish Julius Caesar.

1.  Get books.

2.  Read the final 3 scenes.

3.  Act V Review and Translation. 

Day 131

Objective:  The students will read Act V Scene 1-2.

Note:  By Wednesday, have a white poster board for your group to do the Caesar Newspaper Project. 

1.  Notes Act V Scenes 1-2

2.  Read it.

3.  Outside Book 

Day 130

Objective:  The students will complete the Act III and IV Story Board.

Happy Ides of March (minus two).

1.  WP Number 9

2.  Complete Story Board.  Turn in for 100.  Make sure you have all parts in each square.

3.  Outside Book. 

Day 129

Objective:  The students will complete Act IV Review and Translation.

1.  Get handout.  Complete both sides.  Turn in.

2.  Outside Book. 

Day 128

Objective:  The students will try to read all of Act IV.

Easy day!   

1.  Act IV 1-2 Notes

2.  Read it.

3.  Act IV 3 Notes

4.  Read it. 

Day 127

Objective:  The students will complete story board.

1.  Presentations:  Finish all of them!

2.  Act III Story Board

3.  Outside Book!  We will be done with JC by Spring Break.  What's your plan to finish your reading of your outside book?  We start Lord of the Flies after break (you can buy it and close read it for up to 100 points of EC). 

Day 126

Objective:  The students will finish Act III.

1.  WP Number 8

2.  Presentation:  Helvius Cinna (the poet) 

3.  Notes and Read

4.  Act III Review and Story Board. 

Day 125

Objective:  The students will read the turning point event of the play.

1.  Presentations:  Commoners, Oration, and Roman Money.

2.  Notes

3.  Read

4.  Plan your Ides of March Dress Up.  Next Friday. 

Day 124

Objective:  The students will complete another Soliloquy Translation.

1.  Presentations (Forum, Senate, Ate')

2.  Notes 

3.  Read

4.  Translation Number 4 

Day 122

Objective:  The students will read what happened to Caesar in real life.

Note:  Tomorrow I will be out with my wife for a quick surgery.  I know that you will be great and I appreciate it.

1.  Go over yesterday's vocabulary meanings.

2.  Notes

3.  Read

4.  Go over tomorrow's assignment. 

Day 121

Objective:  The students will know important vocabulary for Act III.

1.  WP

2.  Act III Vocab.  Due today.

Activity 1:  Act III Vocabulary Exercise

1. reek (verb)

2. cumbersome (adj.)

3. enfranchisement (noun)

4. oration (noun)

5. couch (verb)

6. compel (verb)

7. leaden (adj.)

8. abridge (verb)

9. fond (adj.)

10. apprehensive (adj.)

Note: 6 on synonyms: make leaden. Leaden means dull, not

sharp in this play.