10th World Literature October 10-October 14

Monday- Intro Vocab 6; Students got introductory information about Macbeth
Tuesday- Students either attended the Shakespeare Tavern trip or Watched Macbeth in class
Wednesday- Finished watching Macbeth; Went over and turned in Macbeth discussion questions; Introduced research process
Thursday- Researched in the lab; Introduced annotated Bibliographies
Friday- Took Vocab 6 Quiz; Went over exampes of annotated bibliographies; Students finished annotated bibliographies

Honors World Lit October 10- October 14

Monday- Intro'd Vocab 5; Students took a Power of One Quiz and turned in Dialectical Journals; I introduced Macbeth's plots for the field trip; Students have a worksheet to turn in after viewing
Tuesday- Students either went on the Shakespeare Tavern field Trip or viewed Macbeth in class
Wednesday- Students finished watching Macbeth and turned in the worksheet; students began to TPFASTT telephone conversation
Thursday- We discussed telephone conversation
Friday- Vocab 5 Quiz; Students saw examples of rhetorical analysis samples; students began presenting the Rhetorical Analysis Projects

EXTRA CREDIT OPPORTUNITY! FOR ALL CLASSES

Attached is a link to the Booth Western Art Museum Writing Competition. For an extra credit (yet to be determined because it has to be approved by the department) grade, you can complete an entry to the contest.

Who can enter? The competition is open to students in grades 9 – 12 in Georgia, public or private schools, and students who are home-schooled in grades 9 – 12.

Incentives:  Award certificates, recognition (press release sent to local paper in student’s city/county, winners photographed and posted on our website), and cash prizes for students. Museum passes, gift cards, and recognition for teachers. Please note: this is a statewide competition and looks GREAT on a college application!

Deadline for entries:  December 9, 2016

What to Write?  Students may enter short stories, essays, narrative poetry and/or Cowboy poetry. Entries must be the result of a required writing assignment based on selected works of art from Booth Museum’s collection. Each entry must be submitted to a teacher for a grade. Images and lesson plans are available by grade level on the Museum’s website,

http://boothmuseum.org/writing-through-art/ . Local schools may choose to visit the museum to see the selected art (entrance fees to the museum do apply).

http://boothmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/2016-Writing-Through-Art-Literary-Competition-Contest-Rules.pdf - Contest Rules

http://boothmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/WTA-literary-competition-entry-form-2016-17_v3.pdf - Entry Form

How many entries can be submitted per school? The contest coordinator at each school or home-school group can submit up to twelve entries per genre to the Booth Museum. Example: 12 essays, 12 short stories, 12 narrative poems and 12 cowboy poems*

9^th and 10^th

http://boothmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Writing-Through-Art-9th10th-images.pdf

11^th

http://boothmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Writing-Through-Art-11th-grade-images.pdf

12^th

http://boothmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Writing-Through-Art-12th-grade-images.pdf

10th World Lit September 12-16

Monday- Go over Afghanistan Background; Introduced Annotated Bibliography; wrote annotated bibliography as a class
Tuesday- Vocab 4; Intro A Thousand Splendid Suns; Read chapter 1 and fill out questions about ATSS
Wednesday- Read A Thousand Splendid Suns; Review Vocab
Thursday- Kabul Poem; Read A Thousand Splendid Suns
Friday- Vocab Quiz; Read A Thousand Splendid Suns

10th World Lit September 5-September 9

Monday- LABOR DAY!
Tuesday- Review for Test
Wednesday- Test; Read an annotate Background info about Afghanistan
Thursday- Discuss background info; Introduce Feminist Lens; Begin Watching Cinderella with accompanying analysis graphic organizer
Friday- Finish Analyzing Cinderella; Summarize background info in one paragraph

Honors World Lit September 12-16

Monday: Socratic Seminar; Viewed Images from Township in preparation for Wednesday
Tuesday; Mexican Folkloric Dance Presentation
Wednesday: Guest Speaker
Thursday: Discuss Ghandi's letter to the British Government; Discuss rhetorical analysis
Friday: Vocab Quiz; finish "Passage to India"

Honors World Lit September 5-9

Monday: LABOR DAY

Tuesday: First 10- Vocab 3 PPT -Rhetorical Terms PPT

Wednesday: First 10- Review info from yesterday -Finished Terms PPT Last 10- Go over Mandela's speech

Thursday: First 10- Recap Analyzing Details for Characterization -Analyzing Details for Setting -Analyze “Kaffir Boy” Excerpt Last 10- Annotate Ghandi's Speech

Friday: First 10- Vocab Quiz -watch "A Passage to India Last 10-Stoplight activity