Second 9 Weeks Syllabus

10/26
*Finish Act II
*Work on Macbeth Study Questions / 10/27
*Renaissance Lecture Quiz
*Macbeth Vocabulary / 10/28 & 29
*Act I & II Quiz
*Read Act III
*Work on Macbeth Study Questions / 10/30
Writer’s Workshop
*Explain In class writing paper & begin looking for quotes
11/2
*Read Act IV
*Work on Macbeth Study Questions / 11/3
*Act III & IV Quiz
*Grammar Practice / 11/4 & 5
*Macbeth Vocabulary Quiz
*Read Act V
*Work on Macbeth Study Questions
*Begin Scene Rewrite (TBD) / 11/6
*Scene Rewrite
11/9
*Scene Rewrite Due
*Grammar Practice / 11/10
*Test Review / 11/11 & 12
*Macbeth Test
*Macbeth Packet Due
*Grammar Practice
*Work on paper quotes. / 11/13
Writer’s Workshop
*Evidence & analysis
*Work on paper quotes.
11/16
*Start Sonnets / 11/17
*Finish Sonnets / 11/18 & 19
*In class Macbeth essay / 11/20
*Sonnet Quiz
*Grammar Practice
11/23-27
Thanksgiving Break
11/30
*Read Pastoral Poems / 12/1
*Grammar Practice / 12/2 & 3
*Read Excerpt from Paradise Lost
*One-Pager Activity / 12/4
*Metaphysical/Cavalier Poetry
12/7
*Grammar Assessment
*Test Review / 12/8
*Test Review / 12/9 & 10
*Poetry Test
*Poetry Packet Due
*Final Exam Review / 12/11
*Final Exam Review
12/14
*Final Exam Review / 12/15
*Final Exam Review / 12/16
*Final Exams
1, 2, & 5 / 12/17
*Final Exams
3 & 6 / 12/18
*Final Exams
4 & 7

SummativeFormative

*Macbeth Test*Renaissance Lecture Quiz (2)

*Macbeth Essay* Act I & II Quiz

*Poetry Test*Act III & IV Quiz

* Macbeth Vocabulary Quiz (2)

*Scene Rewrite (2)

*Macbeth Packet

*Sonnet Quiz (2)

*One-pager

*Grammar Assessment (2)

*Poetry Packet

*Warm-ups

Second Quarter Unit Plan - English IV

Writing Focus:Macbeth Analysis Essay

Grammar: parts of speech; pronoun-antecedent agreement

Overarching Questions Macbeth: What is a Tragic Hero? How does the Renaissance culture influence the work? How do literary devices influence the telling of the story? How does ambition influence action?

Macbeth
Objectives / TEKS
I can understand the following topics in the Renaissance time period and how it applies to literature:
  • How the following topics affected society:
  • Faith * Economy
  • Education * Humanism
  • The idea of the Renaissance man.
  • The members of the Tudor dynasty and how they affected literature.
  • How poetry and drama changed.
  • Shakespeare’s influence.
/ Student will understand how the history and culture influence the author’s work and can support their opinion with evidence from the text.
Thematic Ideas:
  • The reflection of unnatural deeds in nature.
  • Things are not always what they seem.
  • The destructiveness of selfish ambition.
  • The powerful influence of outside forces.
/ Student can analyze the moral dilemmas presented in the story and the problems faced and how they affect the characters.
I can identify the following literary vocabulary in Macbeth:
  • Imagery *Paradox
  • Foreshadowing *Aside
  • Soliloquy
/ Student knows the meaning of the literary devices and how their use affects the telling of the story.
I can identify and use the following vocabulary from Macbeth:
  • Minion *Chastise
  • Corporal *Surmise
  • Prophetic *Equivocate
  • Appalls *Scruples
  • Carousing *Augment
  • Malice *Purged
  • Eminence *Muse
  • Diminutive *Homage
  • Appease *Malevolence
  • Oblivious *Integrity
/ Student can determine the meaning of words using multiple sources.
Content – While reading Macbeth I will be familiar with the plays:
  • Plot *Characters
  • Conflicts *Thematic concerns
/ Student can analyze the plot structure and advancement of the story and characters.
Poetry
I can identify the following literary devices:
  • Imagery *Personification
  • Rhyme scheme *Tone
  • Quatrain *Turn
  • Couplet *Allusion
/ Student can find examples of the literary devices in poetry, and how their use affects the poem.
I can understand the following writing styles of the Renaissance period:
  • Sonnets *Religious writing
  • Pastoral poetry * Metaphysical poetry
/ Students demonstrate knowledge of the different styles of Renaissance writing and their unique traits.