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** Journeys in Literature 2008-2009 ** ||  Findlay/Severson/Wensman   || 1. NO CLASS – Martin Luther King, Jr. Day || **__ Assignment: __** 1. Read “Reading Shakespeare’s Language” (//Macbeth,// xv – xxiv) 2. **Journal #3** – Discuss a few things you know about Shakespeare, what makes his plays worth reading, and what you want to get from reading //Macbeth//. ||  1. Intro to //Macbeth//; Journal response check-in  2. Video clip: //The Empire Strikes Back//  3. Reading Shakespeare – syntax, vocab, and using your ears.  4. Getting used to Shakespearean language: vocab (w/ handout)  5. “Using Elizabethan forms” game  6. Word journals, text annotation expectations, and specific images to track (w/ handout).
 * = Assignment Sheet –English 9  =
 * WEEK THREE ||
 * Cultures are defined and reflected by the stories they tell. ||
 * **__ Monday, Jan. 19 __**
 * **__ Tuesday, Jan. 20 __**

|| **__ Assignment: __** 1. Read Act 1, scene 1 and 2 (pp. 3-13) 2. **Journal #4** – Rewrite the Captain’s three speeches (1.2.9-46) arranging the syntax so that you begin with subject nouns and verbs follow nouns. Then, explain what literary technique he’s using (three times!) how it shapes your understanding of the battle and the man he’s praising. || 1. Visualizing Shakespeare’s text – the Witches. 2. //Macbeth// film clips: Gold, Polanski, and Bogdanov. 3. Discuss Act 1, sc. 1-2: Characters 4. Vocab: aside, soliloquy || **__ Assignment: __** 1. Read Act 1, sc. 3 – 4 (pp. 13-29) 2. **Journal #5** – Describe Macbeth’s character, using quotes and observations from his interactions with others in scene 3 and 4. || 1. Reading check 2. Vocab: denotation and connotation 3. Discuss Act 1, sc. 3-4. || **__ Assignment: __** D-Night || 1. More on Word Journals 2. Vocab: tragedy, motif 3. Reading ahead || **__ Assignment: __** 1. 1. Read Act 1, sc. 5-7 (pp. 31-45) 2. **Journal #6** – Word Journal (Act 1) ||  1. Quiz: Act 1 2. Video clips: Lady Macbeth (Bogdanov and Welles) 3. Discuss: Act 1.5-7 4. Vocab: Poetry, Prose || **__ Assignment: __** 1. Read Act 2, scene 1. (pp. 49-53) 2. **Journal #7** – What does Macbeth’s soliloquy (2.1.44-77) reveal about him? Use specific words or phrases from the text to support your conclusions. || 1. //Henry V// – prep // a //. plot summary b. opening prologue by Chorus c. video (Branagh/ Olivier/ Babakitis) || **__ Assignment: __** 1. Read Act 2, scene 2. (pp. 54-61) 2. Review “Henry V” plot summary || 1. FIELD TRIP – HENRY V at the Guthrie || **__ Assignment __** 1. Read Act 2, scenes 3-4 (pp. 61 - 77) 2. **Journal #8** – Word journal (Act 2) || 1. Mini-lecture: Great Chain of Being 2. Discuss: Act 2.1-2. (Note any evidence of this “chain” in your margins) 3. Playing with Shakespeare: Act 2.3 – The porter || **__ Assignment: __** D-Night || 1. D Day || **__ Assignment: __** 1. Read Act 3, sc. 1 – 3 (pp. 81 - 97) 2. **Journal #9** – Select one sentence from any of the three scenes; explain its significance to the plot, theme, or character. Work on connecting it to other points in the play. What change does it show from earlier scenes? ||
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 * = Assignment Sheet –English 9 =
 * Journeys in Literature 2008-2009 ** |||| Findlay/Severson/Wensman  ||
 * WEEK FOUR ||
 * Cultures are defined and reflected by the stories they tell. ||
 * **__ Monday, Jan. 26 __**
 * **__ Tuesday, Jan. 27 __**
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 * **__ Friday, Jan. 30 __**