Week at a glance February 27 - March 2, 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 for this week (root - definition - examples):

1. leuc/leuk - white - leukemia, leukocyte
2. mela/melo - old - melanin, melancholy
3. neuro - nerve - neurologist, neurosis
4. osis - diseased condition of - metamorphosis, tuberculosis
5. pneumo - breathing/lungs - pneumonia, pneumatic

This week we focus on wrapping up one unit and beginning another.  For our Death of a Salesman unit, we'll first work on typing up a final draft of the essay.  Although we may not be able to complete it in one computer lab day, students will have the opportunity to either finish it at home, meet with me and finish it during Advisory, or finish it before/after school in the library.  Either way, a final draft of the essay will be accepted for full credit through the end of the school day on Wednesday.  Anything past 3:00 on Wednesday will be late.  We'll also take our final exam for the play on Wednesday.  Thursday and Friday will find us previewing our next unit, which will be a research unit over a specific career.  Students will pick up plenty of details on Thursday.  We'll wrap up the week on Friday with a preview of the Annotated Bibliography assignment that we will do to start the Career Project next week.

• Mon: Death of a Salesman - Meet in the library to type up the final draft.
• Tues: New root words; quiz on Friday.  Death of a Salesman - review for the Unit Exam.
• Wed: Death of a Salesman - Exam, final day for accepting essays for full credit.
• Thurs: Career Project - overview, goals, expectations, timeline, and example.
• Fri: Root words quiz.  Career Project - annotated bibliography preview.  Meet in the computer lab next week to begin assembling research.  Pass back and discuss Death of a Salesman Exam and Essay grades.