1. Wednesday, 30 March 2016

2. ENTERING THE CLASSROOM
TARDY BELL RINGS – Class Leader calls class to ATTENTION
At ATTENTION by side of desk
Take SEATS – Say: “Per Ardua Ad Astra”
Work on Black Book

3. Starter: Black Book 7 minutes to write Topic is your choice
Writing! Writing! Writing!
5 lines / 1 paragraph

4. PROS AND CONS

5. THE CURRENT CLASSROOM “MODE”
Quiet Mode
Let others think too
Stand & Deliver
Open Discussion
Team Work

6. STANDARDS FOR QUIET WORK: Let others think too
I am listening to the teacher or speaker.
I am not talking.
I am taking notes or doing other silent work as directed.
I am paying complete attention to the teacher or speaker.

7. MATERIALS CHECK Quiet Mode
Glue sticks, labeled
2 dictionaries, labeled
1 thesaurus, labeled
Four highlighters, labeled

8. Notebooks Entries Are: Quiet Mode: Let others think too
In pencil or pen
Labeled with the date
Labeled with the entry number
Labeled with a proper title
Written very neatly
Clearly legible
Followed by a horizontal line to separate entries on a single page
Written so as to maximize the use of each page
Representative of your best effort
Complete

9. ENTRY 71 – Today’s Objectives 30 MAR 2016
I can express the gist of the story “Pyramus and Thisbe.”
I can use different strategies to identify the meaning of unfamiliar words and phrases in “Pyramus and Thisbe.”
I can analyze the word choice, tone, and meaning in the story “Pyramus and Thisbe.”

10. “Pyramus and Thisbe”
The play A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a comedy in which the story has a satisfying ending for the characters and the audience.
The Greek myth “Pyramus and Thisbe” is a tragedy. A tragedy is a story with an unhappy or tragic ending, usually involving the downfall of the main character.

11. THE CURRENT CLASSROOM “MODE”
Quiet Work
Stand & Deliver
Open Discussion
Table Team Work

12. DURING TEAM WORK… Table Team Work
I work cooperatively with my team members to accomplish a particular goal by:
Performing assigned tasks/roles
Listening to my team members
Respecting the ideas of others
Being a helpful contributor to the team.

13. Entry 72: Pyramus and Thisbe Table Team Work
Paragraph 1:
What is the gist of this paragraph? What is it mostly about?
Circle unfamiliar words
Remaining Paragraphs:
What is this story mostly about? Basically, what happens?

14. Entry 72: Pyramus and Thisbe
Focus on the word acquaintance in the first paragraph.
Read the sentence around the word. What could you replace this word with?
Focus on the word ardour.
Focus on the word conversed.
lamenting, edifice, appointed, scabbard, ratified, sepulcher

15. “… and acquaintance ripened into love.”
Directions:
Reread the text.
Read the quote in the first column.
What does it mean? Discuss the meaning. Record it in the middle column.
Look at the words that have been used. Choose one word to describe the tone.
Quotation
Meaning?
Tone?
“… and acquaintance ripened into love.”
Their friendship grew into sweet love.
Sweet.
“… that love should glow with equal ardour …”
“… and the fire burned more intensely for being covered up.”
“It afforded a passage to the voice; and tender messages used to pass backward and forward through the gap.”
“… she descried a lioness, her jaws reeking with recent slaughter …”

16. Entry 73: Pyramus and Thisbe Homework Whisper Mode
How is the Greek myth “Pyramus and Thisbe” related to the story of the young lovers in A Midsummer Night’s Dream?

17. END OF CLASS Quiet Mode: Let Others Think Too
Planner check by class leader (homework must be recorded for each class period today)
SECURE YOUR GEAR
Class, ATTENTION
Dismissal by group