Week at a glance February 25 - March 1, 2013

At the time I'm posting this, there is at least the possibility that we will have another snow day or two to start off this week.  Regardless, I'll post a full week anyway.  Whatever happens, we'll roll with it and adjust our plans as needed.  You will have the time you need to successfully complete each assignment.

This week our focus will be on two projects: the Death of a Salesman and the 3rd Quarter Independent Book Project.  We'll start the week discussing the guidelines and due dates for each assignment.  It will then be up to you to use your time wisely -- in class AND out of school -- to complete the assignments.

• Mon: Review the guidelines and requirements for the 3rd Qtr IBP.  Introduce and analyze the Death of a Salesman Essay assignment.
• Tues: Shape and create either the DoaS Essay or the 3QIBP.
• Wed: Continue shaping and creating either the DoaS Essay or the 3QIBP.
• Thurs: Focus on the 3QIBP - presentations begin Friday.
• Fri: Begin IBP presentations. Handwritten rough draft of the DoaS Essay due Monday.

Week at a glance February 18 - 22, 2013

This week we'll wrap up the reading and study guide portion of Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman.  Our next project will be an essay over the play.  Students will have a choice of five different topic possibilities to use for their essay.  We'll end the week with a review of the IBP.  Students will need to complete the IBP on their own and have it ready to present in class beginning Thursday, 2/28.

• Mon: No school
• Tues: DoaS - continue working on the Act Two study guide.  Review Act Two.
• Wed: DoaS - Act Two study guide due by the end of the hour.
• Thurs: Introduce the Death of a Salesman Essay project. Begin pre-writing.  Select an essay topic by Monday.
• Fri: Review the requirements for the Independent Reading Project.  IBP presentations begin Thursday, 2/28.

Week at a glance February 11 - 15, 2013

During this short week, we'll continue reading and discussing Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman.  Act One ended on an optimistic note with Willy promising Linda that he would try to get a job at home in New York so he wouldn't have to travel anymore; and, Happy and Biff deciding that they would find success in starting a new sporting goods business.  We'll see if the optimistic tone carries into Act Two.

• Mon: Pass back and discuss current grades. DoaS Story Cube due. Assign parts and begin reading Act Two.
• Tues: DoaS - continue reading/discussing Act Two. Complete the study guide as we read the play.
• Wed: DoaS - continue reading/discussing Act Two. Complete the study guide as we read the play.
• Thurs: No school - Parent/Teacher Conferences
• Fri: No school

Week at a glance February 4 - 8, 2013

This week we'll continue our reading of Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman.  Last week students met the Loman family.  This week week we'll dig a bit deeper to discover why Willy is haunted by the ghosts of his past, why Biff loved his father in the past but barely tolerates him now, why Happy is so unsettled, and why Linda is so worried about Willy's future.

• Mon: Death of a Salesman - wrap up and turn in Act One 1-23 sg. Continue reading/discussing Act One.
• Tues: Death of a Salesman - continue reading/discussing Act One.
• Wed: Death of a Salesman - continue reading/discussing Act One.
• Thurs: Death of a Salesman - wrap up and turn in Act One 24-51 sg
• Fri: IBP reading time. Death of a Salesman -story cube activity, due Monday.