1. ACE English (meeting BCE)

English 9 (Block 9.01, meeting days ACD; 9.02, meeting ABD; 9.03, meeting BDE; 9.04, meeting BCE)
 
Through week: Use Regents Prep: Finish handout copied from 174-80: read, take notes, do multiple choice test (turn in for grade), write essay, check essay against rubric, turn in essay.
 
Prepare for essay on how DeCaprio and Luhrman choose behavior and stage effects to create Romeo’s characterization when we first see him in video Romeo and Juliet.
 
Daily: View episodes from video Romeo and Juliet, pausing to note significant signs of plot, theme, characterization, motivation, some filming techniques. [Teacher needs to note where video stopped, in order to keep classes at same point and in order to return to appropriate points. This activity takes about 20 minutes in total.]
 
Daily: review Global voc. (abbot, abdicate, absolutism, acid rain, the Acropolis, The Age of Enlightenment, imperialism, alloy, alluvial soil.ancestor worship, assimilation, autonomy)
Add new vocabulary: Autocratic (Having unlimited power [autocrat—dictator with unlimited power]), Balance of Power (in international politics, no one nation has all the power)
 
 
 
 

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ACE English (meeting BCE)
 
Daily: write and research in computer lab (rm 104). See published schedule for deadlines.
 
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English 12 (meeting days BCE)
 
Each day, as scheduled, students make presentations. After each set, turn to Sci Fi.
12/20: Devin; Michelle A.; Jon and Justin. 12/22: David F.; Nate H.. 12/23: Bobby Fitzgerald. After Christmas: Jess and Robert.
 
After speeches, class meets in room 104 or the library (5 seats) for use of computers in writing.
Students review The Day the Earth Stood Still for theme and connection with our other alien movies to prepare for a demonstration on the question: how reasonable do humans seem in The Day the Earth Stood Still? Demonstration is due by Wednesday, 12/22, as is a movie review.

 
Standards 2.1.1,2.1.2,2.1.3,2.1.4,2.1.5,2.1.6,3.2.1,3.2.,42
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ELA Lab.09 (meeting day B)
Students catch up or work ahead of English class. Students may work on other subjects, with teacher leading them into using ELA skills.
 

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