1. WE are half Way To Summer!!!!!
English – SEMESTER 2!!!
WE are half Way To Summer!!!!!

2. Agenda
New seats!
Discuss new expectations for semester 2 (some things are changing!)
Talk about new unit
Continue on with Shakespeare Bio
End Goal – Be more comfortable with the work for second semester

3. 5th Period
Wesley Melissa/Alex Dre/Juan Shahyaar/Nicole Calista/William Nurul/Guadalupe Jancarlo/Nataly Jessica Charles Isaac/Tobi Zayda/Hilary Front of Room

4. 7th Period
Jocely/Giselle Bri/Steve Marvin/Jackie Ruth/Harry Martiana/Ben Ralf/Nelson Edward/Aaron Josh/Isaiah Brandon/Victoria Marissa/Devin Omar/Annabelle/Diego Front of Room

5. 8th Period
Avonte/Robert Jonathan/Juan Alpha/Cindy Joe/Oscar Kevin/Ryan Briyonce/Ana Jeremiah/Burka Itzel/Azucena Marc/Aaron Ian/Andrea Naomi/Maddie Jade/Gio Holland/Natalia Front of Room

6. Semester 2
Grammar Mondays are back!!!!!!
Word Bags are new….

7. Word Bags Every Monday, I will give you a list of about ten words
Your job – choose two/three words as your words for the week. Try and use those words as much as you can
Fridays – we will do some creative writing where you try and use those words!

8. Creative Writing Opportunity
I was invited to a special activity with the US Poet Laureate
I can bring 4 students (I can choose those students from any freshmen class)
I will use this creative writing to determine who those students are

9. Word Bags (Week 1) Zealot
A fervent and even militant proponent of something
Wanton
Lewd or lascivious woman
Tenacious
Stubbornly unyielding
Quell
Suppress or crush completely
Gallivant
Wander aimlessly in search of pleasure
Rambunctious
Noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline
Fervent
Characterized by intense emotion
Dubious
Fraught with uncertainty and doubt
Empathy
Understanding and entering into another’s emotions
Cynical
Believing the worst of human nature and motives

10. Agenda Word Bag Check In Add on to Shakespeare Bio
Watch three clips and add new notes- confirm notes? Add notes? What is important?
Characterize Shakespeare
End Goal – Characterize Shakespeare using evidence from yesterday’s annotations and today’s video clips

11. Shakespeare Background
Take out yesterday’s annotations
Share out your annotations
Do you have any similar annotations?
Different annotations?
What are your most important annotations? Why?

12. More Background/Context for our work….
Take out your notebooks
We will watch each video twice
Record important details
Looking for information that will HELP you characterize Shakespeare

13. Video Clip 1 After two watches, reflect on your notes
/videos/william-shakespeare-the-life-of-the-bard
After two watches, reflect on your notes
What is important?
What is new? What is confirmation from yesterday?

14. Video Clip 2 After viewing twice…reflect on your notes
/videos/william-shakespeare-mini-biography
After viewing twice…reflect on your notes
What is new? What is important? What is confirmation from yesterday?

15. Video Clip 3 Reflect on notes.
/videos/william-shakespeare-five-little-known-facts
Reflect on notes.
What is new? What is confirmation? What is important?

16. Notes Look over ALL of your notes on Shakespeare
What are the important “need to knows” about him?
What are the interesting things about him?
Share out!

17. Notes Summary
Take your notes and create a one paragraph answer to the below question:
WHO IS WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE?
Topic Sentence? Think characterization!
Look over your character trait notes from last semester
Based on yesterday and today, what word would you use to characterize Shakespeare?
Use your notes and annotations as evidence to prove that topic sentence true