Friday, December 1st

1.  Home Quickwrite

2. “We All Return to the Place Where We Were Born” by Oscar Gonzales
    ***Analyze and discuss

Objective: Students will reflect and analyze what home means to them.

Thursday, November 30th

1. Judy Baca artwork and activity
    ***Students write and share poems

2. Return Hamlet essays and update Digital Portfolios
   ***Update "Where I am..." chart

Objective: Students will use the imagery of Judy Baca's art as the setting for a poem.

Tuesday, November 28th

1. Poetry and the Speaker
    ***“Pass On” by Michael Lee
    ***The Speaker & The Performance of Poetry (completed in partners)
    ***Performance of “Pass On”

Objective: Students will be able to analyze how the speaker and structure impact the meaning behind the poem.

Monday, November 27th

1. Introduce Job Shadow and Career Research - Senior Project

Objective: Students will job shadow a professional in a career that they are interested in and write a formal response paper.

Monday, November 20th - Friday, November 24th

 No school - Thanksgiving Break!

Friday, November 17th

1. Hamlet

2. Work on late/ missing assignments for Hamlet

Objective: Students will write a strong essay about Hamlet.

Thursday, November 16th

1. Hamlet - Final Test

2. Hamlet
    ***Work on Essay Outline
    *** Guidelines for quoting Hamlet

Objective: Students will prepare to write a strong essay about Hamlet.

Tuesday, November 14th

1.  Journal #14 - Act 5 Summary
    ***Finish and submit journals in Classroom

2. Work on Hamlet Essay
    ***Rubric
    ***Essay Outline

Objective: Students will write a strong essay in response to reading Hamlet.


Monday, November 13th

1. Finish watching "Hamlet"

Objective: Students will compare and contrast the film version of "Hamlet" with the text.

Friday, November 10th

 No school due to Veterans' Day!

Thursday, November 9th

1. Hamlet - Act 5, scenes 1 and 2 - 3:08:103:23:40
    ***Act 5 Discussion Questions

2. Introduce Hamlet Essay
    ***Rubric
    ***Essay Outline

Objective: Students will analyze the ending of Hamlet.

Tuesday, November 7th

1. Hamlet - Act 4, scenes 5-7 ( 2:41:05/2:55:30/2:57:00 )

2. Journal #13 - Act 4 summary

3. Hamlet - Dear Diary
   ***Finish and submit

Objective: Students will write a diary entry from the perspective of one of the characters in Hamlet.

Monday, November 6th

1. Introduce and work on Dear Diary assignment

Objective: Students will write a diary entry from the perspective of one of the characters in Hamlet.