Welcome to Ms. Romanowski's Literature & Composition I Class!
Quarter 4, Week 1
Monday (3/17):
•Attendance/Prayer
•Alliteration, Assonance, Consonance
•Shel Silverstein - Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take The
Garbage Out
•Identify literary elements as small group
•Introduce Alliteration Poem Project
Homework: Alliteration Project due for Period 8 by Wednesday (3/19); for
Period 1 by Tuesday (3/18); Poetry Quiz on Friday (3/21)
Tuesday (3/18) - Professional Development:
•Attendance/Prayer
•Personification, Couplet, Rhyme Scheme, End Rhyme
•Free Write on concept of "Eternity"
•Emily Dickinson - Because I could not stop for Death
•Discuss literary elements as large group
Homework: Alliteration Project due for Period 8 tomorrow (3/19); Poetry
Quiz on Friday (3/21)
Wednesday (3/19):
•Attendance/Prayer
•Concrete Poetry, Haiku, Form, Onomatopoeia
•Assign creative poem
Homework: Creative Poem due by Friday (3/21); Poetry Quiz on Friday
(3/21)
Thursday (3/20):
•Attendance/Prayer
•Metaphor vs. Simile
•Langston Hughes - Dreams; Dreams Deferred
•Full group discussion on differences/similarities
•Watch videos and identify how metaphor and simile are used
Homework: Poetry Quiz tomorrow (3/21)
Friday (3/21):
•Attendance/Prayer
•Poetry Quiz
•Introduction to Slam Poetry
•View examples on YouTube; Ms. Romanowski's original work
Homework: Write Slam Poem and prepare to deliver project on
Wednesday (4/2)
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Quarter 4, Week 2
Monday (3/31):
•Attendance/Prayer
•Slam Poetry re-assign
•In-class work day (either independently or with a partner) on Slam Poem
Homework: Slam Poem due on Friday (4/4)
Tuesday (4/1) - Professional Development:
•Attendance/Prayer
•Introduction to Imagery
•Imagery/Figurative Language
•Figurative Language puzzle
•"Ex Basketball Player" poem
Homework: Re-read "Ex Basketball Player" and answer the questions attached due tomorrow, Wednesday (4/2); Slam Poem due on Friday (4/4)
Wednesday (4/2):
•Attendance/Prayer
•Discuss "Ex Basketball Player"
•In-class work day (either independently or with a partner) on Slam Poem
Homework: Slam Poem due on Friday (4/4)
Thursday (3/20):
•Attendance/Prayer
•Surrealism
Homework:
Friday (3/21):
•Attendance/Prayer
•Slam Poem Day!
Homework:
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Quarter 4, Week 3
Monday (4/7):
•Attendance/Prayer
•Discuss "Ex Basketball Player"
•Narrative Poem
•Speaker
•Theme
•Discovering theme through billboard advertisements
Homework: Poetry study guide due Friday (4/11), Poetry Test on Friday (4/11)
Tuesday (4/8) - Professional Development:
•Attendance/Prayer
•Work in-class on personal billboard advertisements
•Read "The Negress" and answer reading questions in partners
•Tone/Mood
•Identify tone/mood in videos
Homework: Poetry study guide due Friday (4/11), Poetry Test on Friday (4/11)
Wednesday (4/9):
•Attendance/Prayer
•Review terminology
Homework: Poetry study guide due Friday (4/11), Poetry Test on Friday (4/11)
Thursday (4/10):
•Attendance/Prayer
•Review terminology
Homework: Poetry study guide due Friday (4/11), Poetry Test on Friday (4/11)
Friday (4/11):
•Attendance/Prayer
•Poetry Test
Homework: Bring Romeo and Juliet for Monday (4/14)
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Quarter 4, Week 5
Monday (4/21): No School
Tuesday (4/22) - Professional Development:
•Attendance/Prayer
•Treats sign-up
•Read Prologue/Act I in class
Homework: Begin working on Act I Reading Questions due Tuesday (4/29)
Wednesday (4/23) - HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHAKESPEARE!:
•Attendance/Prayer
•Shakespearean Insults
•Continue reading Act I
•Puns in Act I
Homework: Continue working on Act I Reading Questions due Tuesday (4/29)
Thursday (4/24):
•Attendance/Prayer
•Read Act I
Homework: Continue working on Act I Reading Questions due Tuesday (4/29)
Friday (4/25):
•Attendance/Prayer
•Read Act I
Homework: Continue working on Act I Reading Questions due Tuesday (4/29)
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Quarter 4, Week 6
Monday (4/28) - Masquerade Party:
•Attendance/Prayer
•Read Act 1, Scene 5
Homework: None
Tuesday (4/29) - Professional Development:
•Attendance/Prayer
•Act I Test
Homework: None
Wednesday (4/30):
•Attendance/Prayer
•Read Act 2, Scene 1
•Watch Romeo and Juliet film
Homework: None
Thursday (5/1):
•Attendance/Prayer
•Read Act 2, Scene 2
•YouTube video comparison of Balcony Scenes
Homework: None
Friday (5/2):
•Attendance/Prayer
•Read Act 2, Scenes 3
Homework: Read Act 2, Scene 4 and answer reading questions due Monday (5/5)
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Quarter 4, Week 7
Monday (5/5):
•Attendance/Prayer
•Read Act 2, Scene 5&6
Homework: Study for Act 2 Test tomorrow (5/6)
Tuesday (5/6) - Professional Development:
•Attendance/Prayer
•Act 2 Test
Homework: None
Wednesday (5/7):
•Attendance/Prayer
•Read Act 3, Scene 1
Homework: None
Thursday (5/8):
•Attendance/Prayer
•Read Act 3, Scene 2
Homework: None
Friday (5/9):
•Attendance/Prayer
•Read Act 3, Scenes 3
Homework: None
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Quarter 4, Week 8
Monday (5/12):
•Attendance/Prayer
•Read Act 3, Scene 5
Homework: Study for Act 3 Test Wednesday (5/14), Act 3 Reading Questions due on Wednesday (5/14)
Tuesday (5/13):
•Attendance/Prayer
•Review Act 3
•Watch Romeo and Juliet movie clips
Homework: Study for Act 3 Test tomorrow (5/14), Act 3 Reading Questions due tomorrow (5/14)
Wednesday (5/14):
•Attendance/Prayer
•Act 3 Test
Homework: None
Thursday (5/15):
•Attendance/Prayer
•Read Act 4, Scene 1
Homework: None
Friday (5/16):
•Attendance/Prayer
•Read Act 4, Scenes 2-3
Homework: None
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