Summer Reading List

Entering sophomores taking English 10CP should read Early Autumn, a novel by Robert Parker. 

Students taking English 10H should read one novel from the list of global authors below. 

• Khaled Hosseini: Kite Runner or And the Mountains Echoed 
• Amy Tan: Joy Luck Club or Kitchen God's Wife 
• Jhumpa Lahiri: Interpreter of Maladies or Unaccustomed Earth 
• Julia Alvarez: In the Time of the Butterflies or How the Garcia Girls Lost their Accent 
• Chimamanda Adichie: Americanah or The Purple Hibiscus 
• Isabel Allende: House of the Spirits or Daughter of Fortune 
• Marjane Satrapi: Persepolis

End of the play!

Do now: do you think R&J's tragic end is a result of fate or a result of their own actions (freewill?) Write at least 5 sentences.

Objectives:

• review the major plot points of Acts 4 and 5
• understand the expectations of the RJ test

Agenda:

1. do now (10 minutes)

2. Film!

3. Test review sheet-- HERE

4. Summarizer

HW: TEST WILL BE NEXT THURSDAY.

Do Now: What was THE most important piece of plot information that we learned in Act 3 Scene 4?

Agenda:
1. do now
2. Table reading: Act 3 Scene 5
3. RJ Act 2 & 3 scavenger hunt
4. Film!
5. Summarizer

HW: Finish "RJ Act 2 & 3 scavenger hunt)

RJ 4.1

Do now: In Act 3 Scene 2, Juliet says: Gallop apace, you fiery-footed steeds,/Towards Phoebus' lodging: such a wagoner/As Phaethon would whip you to the west,/And bring in cloudy night immediately.”  Who is Phoebus?  What is the image she is painting here? Draw it! (on a piece of paper)

Objectives:

• Understand the plot points of Act 3 scenes 2 and 3

Agenda:

1. Do now
2. In pairs, answer the questions for Act 3 scene 2
3. Individually answer the writing prompt for Act 3 scene 2
4. In pairs, read Act 3 scene 3
5. In pairs, answer the questions for Act 3 scene 3
6. Individually answer the writing prompt for Act 3 scene 3
7. Summarizer

HW: Read Act 3 Scene 4

FRIDAY

Do now: Get into the assigned groups

Objectives:

• translate Shakespeare into modern English
• work collaboratively to perform the translated scene

Agenda:

1. do now

2. As a group, translate Act 3 Scene 1 into Modern English.  Shorten each part so the scene is no longer than 3 minutes long

3. Highlight speaking parts 

4. Practice performance (including sword fights!)

5. Film performance

6. Upload film to youtube and share with Ms. Santiago

7. Summarizer

HW: Read Act 3 Scene 2

Romeo and Juliet 3.1

Do Now: answer the Act 2 scene 3 study questions (individual or with a partner)

Objectives:

• Identify major plot points of Act 2.3
• Identify puns in Act 2.4

Agenda:

1. Do now
2. Listen to scenes 4-6
3. Answer study guide questions for Act 2 scenes 4,5,6
4. If time, watch film
5. Summarizer

HW: Study!  Use the 9CP RJ 1&2 quiz review sheet to prepare for your Acts 1 and 2 quiz on THURSDAY.

Romeo and Juliet 2.4

Do now: Read the Act II prologue.  In 1 sentence, summarize what is being said.(in Socrative)

Objectives:

• identify examples of light/dark, stars/moon, nature imagery and personification in the balcony scene
• demonstrate understanding of Shakespeare's language through modern translation

Agenda:

1. Do now

2. Preview: watch balcony scene

3. Read Act 2 scene 2
4. But Soft! Activity
5.

6. Summarizer

HW: Read Act 2.3