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Star-crossed Lovers. Naomi. "Gallery." William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Feb 1997. 20th Century Fox. 11 Ap. 2000
<http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Theater/8591/gallery.htm>.

 
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
31     1   April Fool's Day 2     3     4    
         
Spring Break Spring Break
7  
Welcome Back
8     9     10     11    
Voc. #8 1.Pre-AP Voc #8 Correcting WASL Rdg Correcting WASL Rdg
1. Review Voc
Best PB essay for Mrs. Sakai Correcting WASL Rdg
Voc Game with Partners
Voc Game with Partners
2. Voc notebooks and worksheets due
Corrections       3. Voc Test
4. Begin on WASL Rdg or Wrtg
Last day for late work from those on an IEP or 504        
14   3rd Quarter Ends 15   2-Hour Late Start 16   2-Hour Late Start 17   2-Hour Late Start 18   2-Hour Late Start
Third Quarter Test will cover:
Classic Card Review
WASL Wrtg or Rdg Test
Score WASL Rdg

1. Additional Room Rep
2. Team Formation
3. Challenge for First:
Change the room
4. Shake Lecture, Part I
3rd qtr voc and Poetic devices
Poetry Book Review
 
Finish WASL Wrtg
What causes the destruction of a culture?
WASL Wtg or Rdg Test
 WASL Math 1 WASL Math 2 WASL Science 1 WASL Science 2
    National Library Week    
21     22   Earth Day 23     24     25    

1. Voc #9
usurer, digressing
valor, perjury
lamentation, loathed

Worksheet #9
Shake Lecture, Part III

 "Meet Bill"
Shake Lecture, Part IV		 In Search of Shakespeare - video
Take notes to answer question below. 		Voc Test
Prep for Shake Test
Get R&J
Shake Lecture, Part II
CHALLENGE #1: Banner		 2 work on banner Banners due at the beginning bell Role Assignment
Homework: Prep lines
What factors stabilize a culture and make it thrive?

If writing is inevitably reflective,
what might be factors that
are relected in Shake's work?

What are ways we can appreciate
literature that is difficult to read? 		What factors about Shake's life
help us understand his work better?
    er Week        
28     29     30  
3rd Per.
Assembly
            
Focus on communication        

CHALLENGE #2: Shake Test
Excerpts from both movies
on Act I
Began reading Act I

Voc #10
CHALLENGE #3
BIN: Will choose 6th per. Friday.
Act I 		Voc 10 worksheet
Act I 		Act I CHALLENGE #3
Vocabulary Test - worksheet -
or notebook? Team w/highest average
What screws up relationships? What are some similarities
between SHS and Verona?
What happens when conflicts aren't solved? 		In general, why do people fight?
Causes of Conflist: 		  Discussion
Report Cards Distributed: Q will handout Tues.   er Week        
     
 
   
 
       
       
       
       
                         
The Essential Question (EQ) for each day is given in the purple section.

 

2008
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
4/7
4/8
4/9
4/10
4/11

Voc #8
1. effeminate
2. jocund
3. sojourn
4. bier
5. inundation
6. sententious

WELCOME BACK

1.Final Presentations
2. Voc
3. Review Picture Bride book reports. Redo due 4/12
4. Correct



Correcting as needed


1.Pre-AP Voc
2. Correcting
Begin correcting WASL

 


Correct WASL Reading Test

Correct AF Card

 

1. Review Voc
2. Voc notebooks due
3. Voc Test
4. Correct WASL Reading Test
4/14
WASL 4/15
WASL 4/16
WASL 4/17
WASL 4/18

 

THIRD QUARTER TEST

1. Voc #9
usurer, digressing
valor, perjury
lamentation, loathed


5. Worksheet #9

Prep for Writing Test

 

 

WASL Testing
LATE ARRIVAL

1. Voc. #8 Test
2. WASL Writing Strategies

END OF THIRD QUARTER

Dismount on Third Qtr


LATE ARRIVAL

WASL Writing Test

Preparation

DEADSASQUWATCH

Brainstorm
Thesis Thinking Page
First Draft
Edit
Final Draft
Proofread



LATE ARRIVAL

WASL Writing Test

WASL Writing Test

Brainstorm
Thesis Thinking Page
First Draft
Edit
Final Draft
Proofread

LATE ARRIVAL

WASL Writing Test

Final Draft
Proofread

 
4/21
4/22
4/23
4/24
4/25

Final Draft of WASL Writing
Proofread

1. Review Voc #9 and Pre-AP Words:

 

1. Additional Room Rep
Team assign.

2. Challenge for First: Change the room

CHALLENGE #1: Banner

3. What Screws up
Relationships?

4. Shake Lecture

 

1. Get Books: Tell Weir

2. Team Time: Parts

3. Voc #9

4. Pre-AP Words

5. Shake Lecture

 

ACT ONE


Reading RJ
Act 1, pages 6-20


Shake Lecture

Read "Meet Bill"

 

Reps Run the Show
CHALLENGE #2: Sub Report

1. Review for test and notebook
2. Notebooks in for Sub to correct
3. Worksheets in for Q to correct
4. Voc #9 Test
5. See Shake video or read "Meet Bill"
or Videos of Act I
( __ minutes)

4/28
4/29
4/30
5/1
5/2

 

Voc 10

Worksheet #10

Prep for Test: Team Time
Practice Test

Planning for Challenges #5 & 6:
Capulet Ball and Mask due_____

CHALLENGE #4: Fight in Verona in the back parking lot on Friday (aka voc test - highest
team voc test average)

CHALLENGE #3: Shake Test

    
CHALLENGE #4: Voc Test

March 2007 Calendar - March 2007 Log - April 2007 Log


Planning for next challenge: Capulet Ball and Mask due_____

ARCHIVES

-------------------- 2007 -----------------------
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
4/7
4/8
4/9
4/10
4/11

Voc #8
1. effeminate
2. jocund
3. sojourn
4. bier
5. inundation
6. sententious

WELCOME BACK

1.Final Presentations
2. Voc
3. Review Picture Bride book reports. Redo due 4/12
4. Correct



Correcting as needed


1.Pre-AP Voc
2. Correcting
Begin correcting WASL

 


Correct WASL Reading Test

Correct AF Card

 

1. Review Voc
2. Voc notebooks due
3. Voc Test
4. Correct WASL Reading Test
4/14
WASL 4/15
WASL 4/16
WASL 4/17
WASL 4/18

 

THIRD QUARTER TEST

1. Voc #9
usurer, digressing
valor, perjury
lamentation, loathed


5. Worksheet #9

Prep for Writing Test

 

 

WASL Testing
LATE ARRIVAL

1. Voc. #8 Test
2. WASL Writing Strategies

END OF THIRD QUARTER

Dismount on Third Qtr


LATE ARRIVAL

WASL Writing Test

Preparation

DEADSASQUWATCH

Brainstorm
Thesis Thinking Page
First Draft
Edit
Final Draft
Proofread



LATE ARRIVAL

WASL Writing Test

WASL Writing Test

Brainstorm
Thesis Thinking Page
First Draft
Edit
Final Draft
Proofread

LATE ARRIVAL

WASL Writing Test

Final Draft
Proofread

 
4/21
4/22
4/23
4/24
4/25

Final Draft of WASL Writing
Proofread

1. Review Voc #9 and Pre-AP Words:

 

1. Additional Room Rep
Team assign.

2. Challenge for First: Change the room

CHALLENGE #1: Banner

3. What Screws up
Relationships?

4. Shake Lecture

 

1. Get Books: Tell Weir

2. Team Time: Parts

3. Voc #9

4. Pre-AP Words

5. Shake Lecture

 

ACT ONE


Reading RJ
Act 1, pages 6-20


Shake Lecture

Read "Meet Bill"

 

Reps Run the Show
CHALLENGE #2: Sub Report

1. Review for test and notebook
2. Notebooks in for Sub to correct
3. Worksheets in for Q to correct
4. Voc #9 Test
5. See Shake video or read "Meet Bill"
or Videos of Act I
( __ minutes)

4/28
4/29
4/30
5/1
5/2

 

Voc 10

Worksheet #10

Prep for Test: Team Time
Practice Test

Planning for Challenges #5 & 6:
Capulet Ball and Mask due_____

CHALLENGE #4: Fight in Verona in the back parking lot on Friday (aka voc test - highest
team voc test average)

CHALLENGE #3: Shake Test

    
CHALLENGE #4: Voc Test

 

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
4/9
4/10
4/11
4/12
4/13

Voc #8
1. effeminate
2. jocun
3. sojourn
4. bier
5. inundation
6. sententious

WELCOME BACK

1.Voc
2. Correct WASL Reading Test



Video on Shakespeare:
Take notes in
Writing Notebook


1. AF Quiz (chapters 8-9)
2. Finish correcting
WASL Reading Test
3. Correct AF 1-3 and 4-7



1. Voc review
2. Discuss AF
3. AF Packet
4. Book Card #1
Book Card Format #2
Class Example: Odyssey
 Small Example: Od.
OR
4. Thinking page on AF
for book report
[practice doing a TP without a form- WASL and SAT]

1. Review Voc
2. Voc notebooks due
3. Voc Test
4. Organize RJ Teams

4/116
WASL 4/17
WASL 4/18
WASL 4/19
WASL 4/20


1. Voc #9
usurer, digressing
valor, perjury
lamentation, loathed

2. Team Time for Parts
Banner Challenge:
Due Wednesday - out today
3. Review WASL Reading Tests
4. Correct AF Tests
5. Worksheet #9

WASL Testing

6: 7:30 - 9:30
1: 9:35 - 10:35
First Lunch: 10:35-11:05
4: 11:10 - 11:45
2: 11:50 - 12:55
3: 1:00 - 2:05

WASL Testing

3: 7:30 - 9:30
4: 9:35 - 10:35
First Lunch: 10:35-11:05
4: 11:10 - 11:45
5: 11:50 - 12:55
6: 1:00 - 2:05

WASL Testing

5: 7:30 - 9:30
1: 9:35 - 10:35
First Lunch: 10:35-11:05
4: 11:10 - 11:45
2: 11:50 - 12:55
3: 1:00 - 2:05

WASL Testing

1: 7:30 - 9:30
4: 9:35 - 10:35
First Lunch: 10:35-11:05
4: 11:10 - 11:45
5: 11:50 - 12:55
6: 1:00 - 2:05

6th period:
WASL Reading Test

Prep

5th period:
WASL Reading Test

1st period:
WASL Reading Test

1: Shakespeare Lecture
4: WASL Reading Test
2: WASL Reading Test

4/4: WASL Reading Test
5: Shake Lecture
6: Shake Lecture

GRADES DUE
BANNERS DUE by 2:10

 1: Finish Shake Lecture and
All About Bill Reading
4: Shake Lecture
2: WASL Reading Test
[Shake Lecture and All About Bill - handouts] 		4/4: Finish Shake Lecture and All About Bill Reading
5: "
6: "
4/24
4/25
4/26
4/27
4/28

1. Review Voc
2. Take Voc Test #9
3. Correction Day
3. Fill out both sides of questionnaire
---
Team Time
4. Discussion:
What Screws up
Relationships?

CHALLENGE: Fight in Verona in the back parking lot on Friday (aka voc test - highest
team voc test average)

#10 Voc
exposition, wench
feign, salutation
constraint(s), wanton

1. Voc # 10
2. Worksheet #10
CORRECTION DAY
3. Correct Reading WASL

ACT ONE

1. Classic
2. Leo
3. Read "Meet Bill"
Info from this is on
Shake History Test

ACT ONE

Finish Video
Reading RJ
Act 1, pages 6-20

ACT ONE READING
Voc Test #10
Planning for next challenge: Capulet Ball and Mask due_____


5/1
5/2
5/3
5/4
5/5


       

ARCHIVED CALENDARS FOLLOW

2006
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
4/9
4/10
4/11
4/12
4/13

Voc #8
1. effeminate
2. jocun
3. sojourn
4. bier
5. inundation
6. sententious

WELCOME BACK

1.Voc
2. Correct WASL Reading Test



Video on Shakespeare:
Take notes in
Writing Notebook


1. AF Quiz (chapters 8-9)
2. Finish correcting
WASL Reading Test
3. Correct AF 1-3 and 4-7



1. Voc review
2. Discuss AF
3. AF Packet
4. Book Card #1
Book Card Format #2
Class Example: Odyssey
 Small Example: Od.
OR
4. Thinking page on AF
for book report
[practice doing a TP without a form- WASL and SAT]

1. Review Voc
2. Voc notebooks due
3. Voc Test
4. Organize RJ Teams

4/116
WASL 4/17
WASL 4/18
WASL 4/19
WASL 4/20


1. Voc #9
usurer, digressing
valor, perjury
lamentation, loathed

2. Team Time for Parts
Banner Challenge:
Due Wednesday - out today
3. Review WASL Reading Tests
4. Correct AF Tests
5. Worksheet #9

WASL Testing

6: 7:30 - 9:30
1: 9:35 - 10:35
First Lunch: 10:35-11:05
4: 11:10 - 11:45
2: 11:50 - 12:55
3: 1:00 - 2:05

 

WASL Testing

3: 7:30 - 9:30
4: 9:35 - 10:35
First Lunch: 10:35-11:05
4: 11:10 - 11:45
5: 11:50 - 12:55
6: 1:00 - 2:05

 

WASL Testing

5: 7:30 - 9:30
1: 9:35 - 10:35
First Lunch: 10:35-11:05
4: 11:10 - 11:45
2: 11:50 - 12:55
3: 1:00 - 2:05

 

WASL Testing

1: 7:30 - 9:30
4: 9:35 - 10:35
First Lunch: 10:35-11:05
4: 11:10 - 11:45
5: 11:50 - 12:55
6: 1:00 - 2:05

6th period:
WASL Reading Test

Prep

5th period:
WASL Reading Test

1st period:
WASL Reading Test

1: Shakespeare Lecture
4: WASL Reading Test
2: WASL Reading Test

4/4: WASL Reading Test
5: Shake Lecture
6: Shake Lecture

GRADES DUE
BANNERS DUE by 2:10

 1: Finish Shake Lecture and
All About Bill Reading
4: Shake Lecture
2: WASL Reading Test
[Shake Lecture and All About Bill - handouts] 		4/4: Finish Shake Lecture and All About Bill Reading
5: "
6: "
4/24
4/25
4/26
4/27
4/28

1. Review Voc
2. Take Voc Test #9
3. Correction Day
3. Fill out both sides of questionnaire
---
Team Time
4. Discussion:
What Screws up
Relationships?

CHALLENGE: Fight in Verona in the back parking lot on Friday (aka voc test - highest
team voc test average)

#10 Voc
exposition, wench
feign, salutation
constraint(s), wanton

1. Voc # 10
2. Worksheet #10
CORRECTION DAY
3. Correct Reading WASL

ACT ONE

1. Classic
2. Leo
3. Read "Meet Bill"
Info from this is on
Shake History Test

ACT ONE

Finish Video
Reading RJ
Act 1, pages 6-20

ACT ONE READING
Voc Test #10
Planning for next challenge: Capulet Ball and Mask due_____


5/1
5/2
5/3
5/4
5/5


       

 

MAY CALENDAR

1. Voc Review
2. Reading from RJ, pages 27-
3. Planning for next challenge: Capulet Ball and Mask due Tuesday
 1. Voc Review
2. Reading from RJ
3. Planning time for Capulet Ball on Monday and Mask.		 1. Voc #10 test
2. GO for Book Report
3. First Draft of BR
4. Revise and Edit

ARCHIVED CALENDARS

APRIL 2006
4/10
4/11
4/12
4/13
4/14

Voc #8
1. effeminate
2. jocun
3. sojourn
4. bier
5. inundation
6. sententious

WELCOME BACK

1.Voc
2. Correct WASL Reading Test



Video on Shakespeare:
Take notes in
Writing Notebook


1. AF Quiz (chapters 8-9)
2. Finish correcting
WASL Reading Test
3. Correct AF 1-3 and 4-7



1. Voc review
2. Discuss AF
3. AF Packet
4. Book Card #1
Book Card Format #2
Class Example: Odyssey
 Small Example: Od.
OR
4. Thinking page on AF
for book report
[practice doing a TP without a form- WASL and SAT]

1. Review Voc
2. Voc notebooks due
3. Voc Test
4. Organize RJ Teams

4/17
4/18
4/19
4/201
4/21


1. Voc #9
usurer, digressing
valor, perjury
lamentation, loathed

2. Team Time for Parts
Banner Challenge:
Due Wednesday - out today
3. Review WASL Reading Tests
4. Correct AF Tests
5. Worksheet #9

WASL Testing

6: 7:30 - 9:30
1: 9:35 - 10:35
First Lunch: 10:35-11:05
4: 11:10 - 11:45
2: 11:50 - 12:55
3: 1:00 - 2:05

 

WASL Testing

3: 7:30 - 9:30
4: 9:35 - 10:35
First Lunch: 10:35-11:05
4: 11:10 - 11:45
5: 11:50 - 12:55
6: 1:00 - 2:05

 

WASL Testing

5: 7:30 - 9:30
1: 9:35 - 10:35
First Lunch: 10:35-11:05
4: 11:10 - 11:45
2: 11:50 - 12:55
3: 1:00 - 2:05

 

WASL Testing

1: 7:30 - 9:30
4: 9:35 - 10:35
First Lunch: 10:35-11:05
4: 11:10 - 11:45
5: 11:50 - 12:55
6: 1:00 - 2:05

6th period:
WASL Reading Test

Prep

5th period:
WASL Reading Test

1st period:
WASL Reading Test

1: Shakespeare Lecture
4: WASL Reading Test
2: WASL Reading Test

4/4: WASL Reading Test
5: Shake Lecture
6: Shake Lecture

GRADES DUE
BANNERS DUE by 2:10

 1: Finish Shake Lecture and
All About Bill Reading
4: Shake Lecture
2: WASL Reading Test
[Shake Lecture and All About Bill - handouts] 		4/4: Finish Shake Lecture and All About Bill Reading
5: "
6: "
4/24
4/25
4/26
4/27
4/28

1. Review Voc
2. Take Voc Test #9
3. Correction Day
3. Fill out both sides of questionnaire
---
Team Time
4. Discussion:
What Screws up
Relationships?

CHALLENGE: Fight in Verona in the back parking lot on Friday (aka voc test - highest
team voc test average)

#10 Voc
exposition, wench
feign, salutation
constraint(s), wanton

1. Voc # 10
2. Worksheet #10
CORRECTION DAY
3. Correct Reading WASL

ACT ONE

1. Classic
2. Leo
3. Read "Meet Bill"
Info from this is on
Shake History Test

ACT ONE

Finish Video
Reading RJ
Act 1, pages 6-20

ACT ONE READING
Voc Test #10
Planning for next challenge: Capulet Ball and Mask due_____


5/1
5/2
5/3
5/4
5/5


       

 

2005

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
4/10
4/11
4/12
4/13
4/14

Voc #9
55. usurer
56. digressing
57. valor
58. perjury
59. lamentation
60. loathed

WELCOME BACK

1. Logs in
2. Team leader
3. Teams chosen
4. Shake Lecture #1
5. Team seating
6. Get books

Worksheet #9

1. Media Center
2. Shake #1 lecture continued

 

1. Banner Challenge
2. Shake Lecture #2
3. Meet Bill w/expression
4. Shake Movie - take notes

Special Note IEP
and 504 Students:
All make-up work for third quarter due 4/15.

 


1. Voc review
2. Shake movie
3. Team prep for Shake test


HOMEWORK: PRACTICE YOUR PARTS EVERY EVENING

1. Review Voc
2. Voc notebooks due
3. Voc Test
5. SSR - media center

IOWA TEST NEXT MONDAY:
EAT BREAKFAST &
BRING #2 PENCIL
4/17
4/18
4/19
4/201
4/21


Eat a good breakfast
and sleep well
***

1. Finish Shake Movie
2. Decide on Book Report type
3. Shake Test
 4. Team time for parts
5. Correct Voc. Test

SSR

BRING #2 PENCIL

Bring your library book every day
- read from it at home daily

Bring your library book
each day of testing

ITED TESTING
1: 7:30-9:30 and 9:35-10:05
Practice WASL Reading
Practice WASL Writing
SSR

2: 10:10-11:50 ITED
2nd Lunch: 11:50-12:20
3: 12:25-2:05 ITED

See Act I Scene I of both new and old movie

 

END OF 3rd QTR

ITED TESTING
4 : 7:30-9:30 and 9:35-10:05
Practice WASL Reading
Practice WASL Writing
SSR

5: 10:10-11:50
2nd Lunch: 11:50-12:20
6: 12:25-2:05


ITED TESTING
2 : 7:30-9:30 and 9:35-10:05
Practice WASL Reading
Practice WASL Writing
SSR

3: 10:10-11:50 ITED
2nd Lunch: 11:50-12:20
1: 12:25-2:05 ITED

ITED TESTING
5 : 7:30-9:30 and 9:35-10:05

6: 10:10-11:50 ITED
2nd Lunch: 11:50-12:20
4: 12:25-2:05 ITED
4/24
4/25
4/26
4/27
4/28
Bring your library book every day, including each day of testing
- read from it at home daily

ITED TESTING
3 : 7:30-9:30 and 9:35-10:05
Practice WASL Reading
Practice WASL Writing
SSR
1: 10:10-11:50 ITED
2nd Lunch: 11:50-12:20
2: 12:25-2:05 ITED
ITED TESTING
6 : 7:30-9:30
6: 9:35-10:05
4: 10:10-11:50 ITED
ITED
SSR
2nd Lunch: 11:50-12:20
5: 12:25-2:05 ITED

 

Finish WASL
Reading and Writing
SSR

1 : 7:30-9:30
1: 9:35-10:05
2: 10:10-11:50
2nd Lunch: 11:50-12:20
3: 12:25-2:05
ITED TESTING
4 : 7:30-9:30 and 9:35-10:05
Finish WASL
Reading Writing
SSR

5: 10:10-11:50
2nd Lunch: 11:50-12:20
6: 12:25-2:05
 1. Corrections
2. RJ Parts
3. Voc #10 Words (test rescheduled)
4. Poetry Book Discussion, Exchange and Reading
5/2
5/3
5/4
5/5
5/6
Bring your library book every day - read from it at home daily

CHALLENGE: Fight in Verona in theback parking lot on Friday (aka voc test - highest
team voc test average)

1. Voc
55. exposition
56. wench
57. feign
58. salutation
59. constraint(s)
60. wanton

2. RJ view of scene 1, old and new

 1. Voc Review
2. Supplemental Voc Worksheet #10
2. Reading from RJ, Pages 7-27		 1. Voc Review
2. Reading from RJ, pages 27-
3. Planning for next challenge: Capulet Ball and Mask due Tuesday
 1. Voc Review
2. Reading from RJ
3. Planning time for Capulet Ball on Monday and Mask.		 1. Voc #10 test
2. GO for Book Report
3. First Draft of BR
4. Revise and Edit

 

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
4/11
4/12
4/13
4/14
4/15

55. usurer
56. digressing
57. valor
58. perjury
59. lamentation
60. loathed

WELCOME BACK

1. Logs in
2. Vote on banner
3. Voc
4 . Correct last quiz
5. Finish movie
6. discuss movie



 

sententious

Shake Movie - take notes

Special Note IEP
and 504 Students:
All make-up work for third quarter due today.


1. Voc review
2. Team prep for Shake test
3 . Library- bring any books to return and your ID
4. See Act I Scene I of both new and old movie

HOMEWORK: PRACTICE YOUR PARTS EVERY EVENING

1. Review Voc
2. Voc notebooks due
3. Voc Test
4. Shake Test
5. SSR
6. Read Act I, pages 7-9

IOWA TEST NEXT MONDAY:
EAT BREAKFAST &
BRING #2 PENCIL
4/18