F - 5/26: Edit/Revise Satirical Article & Create Presentation for POL
- Final Draft of Satirical Article due on turnitin.com by 11:59 PM on Monday, 5/29/2017 - POLs start on Tuesday, 5/30/2017 TH - 5/25: Watch Act IV & Read Act V
W - 5/24: Jonathan Swift: The Father of Satire - A Modest Proposal
T - 5/23: POL Complete Overview
M - 5/22: Satirical Articles for POLs
F - 5/19: Professional Development - NO SCHOOL
W/TH - 5/17-18: R & J: Act III
T - 5/16: Physical Fitness Test & Build Day
M - 5/15: R & J: Act III
TH/F - 5/11-12: R & J: Act II
"These violent delights have violent ends." M/T/W - 5/8-10: Romeo & Juliet: Act I
F - 5/5: Happy Cinco de Mayo! (Field Trip to Olvera Street)
M/T/W/TH - 5/1-4: Difference-Making Presentations
F - 4/28: Iambic Pent. Poems & Prepping Presentations
HW: Be ready to present your difference-making accomplishments on Monday. Include: - Who They Are - What They Do - What You Did - Goal & Results - A Call to Action TH - 4/27: William Shakespeare's "The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet" - PROLOGUE
- Tableaus - Iambic Pentameter - Create Your Own
Finish your Iambic Pentameter lines to share. |
THE SCRIPT FOR ROMEO & JULIET:
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M/T/W - 4/24-26: Harrison Bergeron
- PRE-READING: Answer the following questions in your composition book: 1.) How does art and/or literature promote social change? 2.) Can artists or writers ever go to far? Why or why not? 3.) Satire is the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize. Where and how do you see this being used today? 4.) Give an example of you using satire. - Share the answers to your table partners and with the class when instructed. - READING: Read the following short story: Harrison Bergeron - POST-READING: Answer the following questions upon reading 1.) How is Vonnegut using satire in this story? What point is he trying to make? 2.) How does the story get the author's point across? Use specific details. 3.) Compare the situation in this story to one in the real world. Your analogy need not involve government, but may concern any authority structure. |
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