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​10th Honors Block Syllabus 2019-20      10th Writing Rubric 2019-20     10th Critical Reading Rubric    Honors v Core: Expectations
​Literary Conventions and Eras Glossary       turnitin.com Class ID for 6/7: 22038078    enrollment key: ask Matheny (online trolls) 

Macbeth--the full text of the original play

Monday, 10.14.18 No School--Teacher Professional Development Day

Tuesday, 10.15.19 50-MINUTE CLASSES (no block schedule this week due to the PSAT)
Classwork:​

• Macbeth:
  • Limerick Sharing
  • Act III Film
  • Cleaning up Preposition Clutter: grammar--editing for brevity
    
  • Act III Prompts

Homework:

• Your Act III Prompt paragraph is due on Friday at 8 AM.

Wednesday, 10.16.19  PSAT Day--no block class

Thursday, 10.17.19 50-MINUTE CLASSES

Classwork:

• TBA

Homework:

• Your Act III Prompt paragraph is due on Friday at 8 AM.

Friday, 10.18.19 50-MINUTE CLASSES
Classwork:

• ​Act IV, i-iii

Homework:

• ​None

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Monday, 10.7.19
Classwork:

• Magic Little Dashes: The hyphen, em-dash, and en-dash
• Macbeth Act II film 
• Prompt options: Your Macbeth Act II paragraph
  • Macbeth Act I Thesis-Driven Paragraph: Matheny's reflections

Homework:

• Macbeth Act II culminating quiz is tomorrow.
• Your Macbeth Act II paragraph is due to turnitin.com  Wednesday, 8/9 at 10 AM.  We will not have in-class writing time for the Act II paragraph--it will be done as homework  between now and Wednesday. 

Tuesday, 10.8. 19
Classwork:

• Macbeth Act II culminating quiz 

Homework:

• Your Macbeth Act II paragraph is due to turnitin.com  tomorrow by 10 AM.  

Wednesday, 10.9.19
Classwork:

• Macbeth Act III, i (B day)

Homework:

• None.

Thursday, 10.10.19

• Macbeth Act II Paragraph Exemplars:     Women     Porter      Weapon Imagery
  • Example: Citing statements about historical culture in literary analysis writing
• Macbeth Act III, i-iii (A day)

Homework:

• None.

Friday, 10.11.19
Classwork:

• Macbeth Act III, iii-vi (B day)

Homework:

• Complete your Macbeth Limerick assignment for Tuesday. 

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Monday, 9.30.19 50-MINUTE CLASSES
Classwork:

• Macbeth Act I quiz

Homework:

• The lowest-cost enrollment window for our 2020 SPRING BREAK tour to GREECE closes TODAY at 9pm! You can enroll on our tour website. 

Tuesday, 10.1.19 80-MINUTE BLOCKS-1, AM-Flex, 3,5,7
Classwork:

• Image tracking assignment
• Macbeth, II, i

Homework:

• Spend about fifteen minutes finding images that relate to your image tracking assignment in act one. You just need to find evidence--we'll share quotes with partners and do analysis in class tomorrow. 

Wednesday, 10.2.19 80-MINUTE BLOCK SCHEDULE-2,4,6, PM-Flex
Classwork:

• Act II, ii--Close reading and discussion

Homework:

• None​

Thursday, 10.3.19 50-MINUTE CLASSES
Classwork:

• Macbeth Act II, iii-iv

Homework:

• Your Macbeth Act II culminating quiz is on Monday.

Friday, 10.4.19 50-MINUTE CLASSES
Classwork:

• Macbeth Act I Thesis-Driven Paragraph: Matheny's reflections
• Prompt options: Your Macbeth Act II paragraph

Homework:

• Macbeth Act II culminating quiz will be on Tuesday, We will watch the Macbeth Act II film on Monday. 
• Your Macbeth Act II paragraph is due to turnitin.com  Wednesday, 8/9 at 10 AM.  We will not have in-class writing time for the Act II paragraph--it will be done as homework  between now and Wednesday. 
  • Review  Matheny's reflections on your Act I paragraph and the above-posted exemplars to see what we can improve on for the next paragraph. 

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Monday, 9.23.19 50-MINUTE CLASSES
Classwork:

•  Enlightenment, Society, and Literature  project presentations

Homework:

• None

Tuesday, 9.24.19 80-MINUTE BLOCKS-1, AM-Flex, 3,5,7
Classwork:

• Macbeth, I, iv-vi

Homework:

• ​Complete the attached Basilicon Doron primary source synthesis assignment for Wednesday's class.

Wednesday, 9.25.19 80-MINUTE BLOCK SCHEDULE-2,4,6, PM-Flex
Classwork:

• All SS, since we did all LA on Tuesday :)

Homework:

• Your Macbeth Act I paragraph is due on Monday at 3PM to turnitin.com.​

Thursday, 9.26.19 50-MINUTE CLASSES
Classwork:

• Macbeth Act I film viewing

Homework:

• Your Macbeth Act I culminating quiz is on Monday.

Friday, 9.27.19 50-MINUTE CLASSES
Classwork:

• Macbeth Act I thesis-driven paragraph prompt choices and paragraph directions
• Passive Voice--Avoiding Wordy Writing and a Lack of Specificity
• Macbeth Act I paragraph writing time with laptop carts

Homework:

• Macbeth Act I culminating quiz will be on Monday. 
• Your Macbeth Act I paragraph is due on Monday at 3PM to turnitin.com.

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Monday, 9.16.19 50-MINUTE CLASSES
Classwork:

•  Blythe Matheny is sick. Matheny is out today. ​:(
• Macbeth: assigning roles

Homework:

• The Curse of Macbeth--briefly answer the questions in complete ideas #shorthomeworkassignment

Tuesday, 9.17.19 80-MINUTE BLOCKS-1, AM-Flex, 3,5,7
Classwork:

• Library work time: Enlightenment, Society, and Literature  project
  • ​Example of how to integrate language and literary analysis 

Homework:

• Your Enlightenment, Society, and Literature  project is due 9.23.

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Wednesday, 9.18.19 80-MINUTE BLOCK SCHEDULE-2,4,6, PM-Flex
Classwork:

• Work time: Enlightenment, Society, and Literature  project

​Homework:

• None

Thursday, 9.19.19 50-MINUTE CLASSES
Classwork:

• ​Macbeth I, i-iii

Homework:

• None

Friday, 9.20.19 50-MINUTE CLASSES
Classwork:

• Macbeth I, iii

Homework:

• Your Enlightenment, Society, and Literature  project is due 9.23.

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Monday, 9.9.19 50-MINUTE CLASSES
Classwork:

• Socratic Seminar Pre-Assessment Discussion & Reflection
  • For more information about the Socratic Seminar, review the last few slides from Friday's class. 
  • Discussion pre-assessment scoring guide

Homework:

• None. Prepare to return to Shakespeare tomorrow! 
• Doran and Matheny are excited to lead an educational trip to Greece over Spring Break, 2020 (2.16-24.2019)!   Click here to jump to our travel page for itinerary and cost. Register now to get a spot on the rapidly filling trip! 

Tuesday, 9.10.19 80-MINUTE BLOCK SCHEDULE  (OMG! Brace for the whirling confusion of block classes and flex time!)
Classwork:

• Class Intro Survey--sharing results and reflecting on our culture
• Shakespeare! 
  • What do we already know about the Bard? Let's avoid redundancy.

Homework:

• None.

Wednesday, 9.11.19 80-MINUTE BLOCK SCHEDULE
Classwork:

• Shakespeare! ​
  • Jorge Borges "Everything and Nothing" critical read and discussion ​
• Table group webs--Shakespeare: he's lit and his lit--what do we already know?

Homework:

• Read British King James I's meditations (primary source!) in "Daemonologie in the Forme of A Dialogue" and answer the questions that follow using complete ideas. 

Thursday, 9.12.19 50-MINUTE CLASSES
Classwork:

• Discuss your evaluation of  "Daemonologie in the Forme of A Dialogue": to what extent was James I misogynistic?
• Webs--Shakespeare: he's lit and his lit--what do we already know?, cont'd

Homework:

• None

Friday, 9.13.19 50-MINUTE CLASSES
Classwork:

• English, Shakespeare, and Macbeth
  • The English Language changes--thorn!
  • The United Kingdom Explained
  • Shakespeare-not required but quite informative article I used to teach (#ripsixperiodday) to add WS historical context: ​"Mirror of Life"--Harpers Magazine article 
• Macbeth: assigning roles

Homework:

• Take this survey before Monday's class so we can cast the major roles in Macbeth. 
• Bring your book copy of Macbeth to class on Monday.

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First Week of School Bell Schedule
Wednesday, 9.4.19
Classwork:

• Welcome to honors block! 10th Honors Block Syllabus 2019-20     
• Summer Reading discussion information

Homework:

• Register for our block's turnitin.com class before tomorrow's class Class ID for 6/7: 22038078    enrollment key: prufrock 
• Take our block's welcome survey before class tomorrow
• Bring your summer reading book to class tomorrow
• Have a parent or guardian sign your 10th Honors Block Syllabus before class Friday. 

Thursday, 9.5.19
Classwork:

• Summer Reading: Socratic Seminar discussion criteria and outer-circle writing task information 
  • Discussion pre-assessment scoring guide
• Picture Day!

Homework:

•  Continue bringing your SR novel to class for the next week.

Friday, 9.6.19
Classwork:

• Summer Reading: Partner Work and a model for evaluating bias in literature
  • Slides from Friday's Class
• Sharing welcome survey results

Homework:

• Have finished your summer reading partner evaluation charts before class on Monday and have it ready to turn it in on Monday.
• For more information about the Socratic Seminar, review the last few slides from Friday's class. (If you want more practice identifying literary conventions or reviewing the parts of a thesis, there are some more practice slides I didn't get to in class on Friday as well)
• On Monday, we will have our Socratic Seminar Discussion over your SR novel-bring your SR novel to class for our discussion. scoring guide

Your Act III Prompt paragraph is due on Friday at 8 AM.