Week at a glance February 13 - 17, 2012

Curriculum focus: analyzing and interpreting figurative language: simile, metaphor, and symbol (11.1.3.K4a, b, i), identifying and analyzing the development of theme in a narrative text (11.1.4.K10d), identifying and analyzing the author's style: flashback, symbolism, tone, and mood (11.1.4.K11), comparing and contrasting narrative elements: character traits and character motives (11.1.4.K7), identifying and analyzing types of characters: flat, round, static, and dynamic (11.2.1.K1), and contextual aspects of setting: historical, social, and cultural (11.2.1.K2).

Root Words - 3rd quarter quiz on Thursday. Details on Monday.

After reading Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman, this week our focus will shift to creating an essay analyzing the primary theme or lesson of the play. We'll go over the essay assignment on Tuesday. Students will complete an assignment for each step of the writing process. Students who use their time in class wisely should not have any homework during the week.  Students will turn in at least one paragraph at the end of each class period.  We'll wrap up the week with a quiz over the first 25 roots of the semester.

• Mon: Pass out and discuss Root Words mid-term practice self-test.  Pass back papers and current grades.  Death of a Salesman - review Act Two.  Act Two study guide due by the end of the hour.
• Tues: Death of a Salesman - Essay assignment, goals, and expectations.  Begin brainstorming a possible topic.  Come to class Wednesday ready to write.
• Wed: Death of a Salesman - essay paragraph assigned and due by the end of the hour.
• Thurs: Root Words mid-term.  Death of a Salesman - essay paragraph assigned and due by the end of the hour.
• Fri: No school due to Parent/Teacher Conferences