April 27-May 1

Welcome!  This is the second and final week of block scheduling.  We will finish Romeo and Juliet, and have a discussion about gender roles in the play, as well as transgender legislation that affects schools today.

MONDAY/TUESDAY:  Compare outlines for question "Should college athletes be paid?"  Review how to write a persuasive outline.  Begin writing the essay for Wednesday.  Read and discuss summaries and text for Romeo and Juliet Act 5, Scenes 1 and 2.  Discuss gender roles in the play.  Read about transgender identity and new legislation for schools in California State. HW: Finish essay.

 WEDNESDAY: Discussion about gender roles in the play, how gender roles affect behavior today, and how to keep SAMOHI a safe place for students.  Begin work on one focused paragraph stating your opinion and two pieces of evidence from worksheet.  DUE: Essay. HW: Paragraph from worksheet.

THURSDAY/FRIDAY:  "Writer's workshop" -- read and review focused paragraphs from other classes.  Work time to finish focused paragraphs in class.  Read final scene in Romeo and Juliet, Act 5, Scene 3. Watch the ending of the 1996 version in class.  HW: Look through Romeo and Juliet and choose a scene to re-envision. 

Should College Athletes Be Paid?

To complete the outline for Monday, I've pasted the Crossfire links discussing the issue below:

We watched this one in class: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8Q-L5yr0Lw

 Here are some additional arguments:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyT9MBrza2w

April 20-24

This is the first of two weeks of block scheduling for 10th and 11th grade standardized testing; Odd classes meet Monday, Wednesday and Thursday, and even classes meet Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday.  The other important thing to remember about the week is that the grading period ends on Friday, April 24th.  I do accept late work for partial credit, so please get everything in by Friday.

MONDAY/TUESDAY:  Read and discuss Romeo and Juliet, Act 3, Scene 5, and Act 4, Scenes 1-2.  Watch the 1996 version of these scenes. Vocabulary activity.  HW: Finish reading the scenes for the day for Wednesday.

WEDNESDAY: Read and discuss Romeo and Juliet, Act 4, Scenes 3-4.  HW: Finish reading scenes for Monday/Tuesday of next week.

THURSDAY/FRIDAY: Current event day.  Read and annotate articles, discuss/debate, and write short persuasive essay for your position. HW: Finish the outline, if it wasn't finished in class, for Monday/Tuesday.  Discussion sheet is also due.  Finish reading Romeo and Juliet through the end of Act 4. 

April 13-17

Welcome back!  I hope you enjoyed the break.  I'm excited to see everyone and looking forward to our time in class together. This week, we'll get reacquainted with Romeo and Juliet, and note the big shift in the play beginning in Act III.

MONDAY:  Go over the schedule for the last weeks of class. Pass back essays, go over results.  T-Chart exercise/discussion "What is a Man?" to explore what being a man means to you and in our culture.  Begin reading and acting out Act III, Scene I, work on Violence and Masculinity worksheet as we read.  DUE: T-Chart "What is a Man" as an exit slip

TUESDAY: Continue reading and acting out Act III, Scene I in class.  Work on Violence and Masculinity worksheet as we read, gathering quotes for Mercutio, Romeo and Tybalt.  Discuss the forces that motivate each character.

WEDNESDAY:  Read Act III, Scene II and Scene III.  DUE: Violence and Masculinity worksheet.

THURSDAY: (Mogilefsky out for AP teacher scoring day.)  Vocabulary worksheet/read scene IV.  HW: Finish Vocabulary worksheet for Friday.

FRIDAY:Discuss Act III, Scenes 2-4.  Watch 1996 version of these scenes and talk about how they were interpreted.  DUE: Vocabulary sheet.