Monday or Tuesday (A/B)
- Wuthering Heights in Sixty Seconds! Students will have 1 hour to prepare. They will have to capture and dramatize a set of chapters from Wuthering Heights in 60 seconds. They will be required to ...
- Use at least 3 direct quotes from the novel (but more are better!)
- Act out the lines they choose and create stage directions to go along with them
- A narrator may speak one time, for no more than 5 seconds.
- Students are encouraged (but are not required to) use…
- Props and costumes
- Scenery
- Name tag
- A sense of humor J
- Chapter Breakdowns:
- Four Groups: 1-9, 10-16, 17-24, 25-34 (approx. 80 pgs. each)
- Five Groups: 1-7, 8-12, 13-18, 19-27, 28-34 (approx. 64 pgs. each)
- By the end of the block, students will hand in a copy of their “script” and perform their chapters for the class.
- Homework: Study for the Wuthering Heights test. Use your reading check quizzes to help you prepare. Be sure to also bring your materials for your Wuthering Heights paper and your novels to class! You will receive a homework grade for being prepared!
Wednesday or Thursday (A/B)
- Wuthering Heights Final Assessment: Students will take a final assessment on Wuthering Heights.
- Writing Workshop: When students have completed the Wuthering Heights final assessment, they will be asked to take out their materials for their papers for a homework grade. We will then spend the remainder of the block, reviewing the requirements for the paper and addressing any questions the students may have. Students will have the opportunity for individual conferencing if they choose.
- Homework: Continue working on your Wuthering Heights papers. Due: 3/29 or 3/30
Friday or Monday (A/B)
- Read: Introduction to Oscar Wilde (Shaw Festival Production Packet, pg. 4)
- Watch and Discuss: A&E Biography – Oscar Wilde
- Introduction to Play: The Importance of Being Earnest takes place in London and the countryside in 1895, the last few years of the period that would be termed Victorian England. The English aristocracy flourished during this time. It is this group on which Wilde’s satire focuses, along with their view that marriage has nothing to do with love, but is rather a means for achieving social status.
- Small-Group Work: Students will break into groups of 3-4 and will receive one of four scenarios. They must discuss the scenario as a group, respond to the questions, and be prepared to share with the class.
- Discuss: Group work
- Perform: We will begin acting out Act 1 of The Importance of Being Earnest as a class. Students will volunteer to begin reading the play in the front of the room. We will pause to discuss key lines and plot developments.
- Homework: Wuthering Heights papers due next class! Please bring both your Wuthering Heights books and The Importance of Being Earnest to class!
