Introduction
An introduction to the class will be our first day together. The syllabus will be handed out and gone over. The class structure and material that we will be covering this summer will be discussed as well as quizzes and a final project. Students will be given a handout with information for the sticky note project. Details can be found on that handout. Silent Seat Beach Ball will be played with various questions on the beach ball that will be answered by students. At the end of class students will develop a poster board with classroom rules and expectations they see fit for our time together.
Romeo and Juliet / West Side Story
(Ms. Basgall will not be in attendance for these days)
Students will be reminded of the sticky note handout. Each day of our program there will be the first 20 minutes devoted to silent reading. It is pertinent that students have their own book that they have chosen to read. While reading they are required to produce 5 sticky notes per chapter. Details can be found on the handout.
Romeo and Juliet/West Side Story: Students will be given a handout with information regarding this famous play written by William Shakespeare. The handouts are available through the assignment links as well in case someone loses their worksheet.
Assignment #1: Romeo and Juliet fall in love extremely quickly. General thought is that Romeo and Juliet fell in love with one another on a physical level and not an emotional one. When it comes to love at first sight, do we really love with our minds or just what we see with our eyes? What themes from the movie are relevant today? Give examples. Answer these questions on a separate piece of paper. You must provide information from the movie/play.
Assignment #2: Romeo and Juliet - West Side Story Venn Diagram Handout: After watching Romeo and Juliet and while watching West Side Story, fill in the Venn Diagram. Compare the two plays in the middle and contrast the plays on the outside of the circles. You need at least 10 contrasting ideas and 5 comparing ideas.
All three assignments are due Wednesday, July 2nd when I return.
Students will be reminded of the sticky note handout. Each day of our program there will be the first 20 minutes devoted to silent reading. It is pertinent that students have their own book that they have chosen to read. While reading they are required to produce 5 sticky notes per chapter. Details can be found on the handout.
Romeo and Juliet/West Side Story: Students will be given a handout with information regarding this famous play written by William Shakespeare. The handouts are available through the assignment links as well in case someone loses their worksheet.
Assignment #1: Romeo and Juliet fall in love extremely quickly. General thought is that Romeo and Juliet fell in love with one another on a physical level and not an emotional one. When it comes to love at first sight, do we really love with our minds or just what we see with our eyes? What themes from the movie are relevant today? Give examples. Answer these questions on a separate piece of paper. You must provide information from the movie/play.
Assignment #2: Romeo and Juliet - West Side Story Venn Diagram Handout: After watching Romeo and Juliet and while watching West Side Story, fill in the Venn Diagram. Compare the two plays in the middle and contrast the plays on the outside of the circles. You need at least 10 contrasting ideas and 5 comparing ideas.
All three assignments are due Wednesday, July 2nd when I return.
Research / The Holocaust
The research mini unit will be introduced. This mini unit will focus on the topic of the Holocaust and WWII. Students will learn about various ways to research, and how to parenthetically document/cite sources. We will be using the programs Easybib.com and citationmachine.net to show students how to input information needed to cite certain documents they would be using within a research paper. We will go over the format of a research paper and practice with the trends topic. It is important that students understand how to cite and parenthetically document sources as this will be a tool they will be using frequently throughout their high school and college English classes. If a student does not parenthetically document, cite, or provide a works cited page for their research paper this could result in consequences if they provide a paper with other peoples ideas and say that they are their own. At the college level plagiarism can result in expulsion from the university. Students will be given the capability to cite sources on their own without a citation machine as well as through the use of citation machines. Students tend to struggle with providing support from literary texts and scholarly articles within their papers. I will be showing them the easiest and best ways to do this task so that they are ready to tackle any paper that requires parenthetical documentation and a works cited page (which is most papers within the English curriculum).
I highly recommend that students read the novel Night by Elie Wiesel. This book is a personal account of a man who struggled and survived the Holocaust.
We will be focusing on the topic of The Holocaust during our research as we will be attending the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Farmington Hills on Friday, July 18th. It is important that students have prior knowledge of this event in our worlds history and also that they are able to use primary sources at the museum itself.
I highly recommend that students read the novel Night by Elie Wiesel. This book is a personal account of a man who struggled and survived the Holocaust.
We will be focusing on the topic of The Holocaust during our research as we will be attending the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Farmington Hills on Friday, July 18th. It is important that students have prior knowledge of this event in our worlds history and also that they are able to use primary sources at the museum itself.
The Odyssey
Students will be introduced to The Odyssey by Homer which is a classic Greek epic tale of Odysseus. Odysseus is separated from his homeland and spends years on a voyage to return. We will be reviewing major points of the tale and the encounters our hero faces during his journey. The common assessment for this unit includes research strategies that were explored earlier in our session. Due to time constraints students will focus on a few stories introduced in class and will be assessed on small projects completed during the week. We will also watch the video of The Odyssey, focusing on the stories we were introduced to during this mini-unit. I highly recommend students to view this movie in its entirety on their own.
Book Presentation
(Due July 28th) We will be presenting our book reports to the class. I am setting aside only 3-4 minutes per person to present their book. Remember this can be in any genre that you choose but you must have a visual aid. You will need to talk about a quote that stood out to you (and cite that quote correctly: "The quote that I believe relates to me or stood out to me the most would be on page 43 when Bob says..."). You will also need to talk about critical thinking that occurred during your reading as well as any other sticky notes that you would like to bring up. This is more about your reading process and advertising the book. I do want you to summarize the book but that can't be your whole entire presentation. This is where the sticky notes provide purpose.
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Final Project
(Due July 31st) During our final week together students will be putting together a final project based off of one of the mini-units we have explored in class together. This could be a project related to Romeo and Juliet, West Side Story, The Holocaust, and The Odyssey.
(Due July 30th) Another side project that students have been working on throughout the program will be their book presentation. They will need to be able to talk about a book they have read and be able to cite specific sentences from their novel to support their ideas and arguments. This ability will strengthen students areas of argumentation and providing evidence for their thoughts. They will need to create a visual as well.
Have a great summer!
(Due July 30th) Another side project that students have been working on throughout the program will be their book presentation. They will need to be able to talk about a book they have read and be able to cite specific sentences from their novel to support their ideas and arguments. This ability will strengthen students areas of argumentation and providing evidence for their thoughts. They will need to create a visual as well.
Have a great summer!