12th Grade British Literature
Welcome to British Literature with Ms. Nalazek
Weekly Plans
Week 1:
Wednesday 8/1: Schedules & Transcripts, Get to know everyone.
Thursday 8/2: Independent Reading & Media Center Trip, Syllabus.
Friday: 8/3 Intro to Beowulf & Anglo-Saxon.
Week 2:
Monday 8/6: Senior Project Meeting, Signature Pages Due, Intro to Vocab week 1, Beowulf Anticipation Guide (classwork grade).
Tuesday 8/7: Senior Project Virtual Meeting, Begin Reading Beowulf, Vocab Activity.
Wednesday 8/8: Continue Reading Beowulf, Beowulf Activity - CommonLit.
Thursday 8/9: Kahoot Vocab Activity, Continue Reading Beowulf.
Friday 8/10: Senior Project Meeting, Vocab Quiz, Continue Reading Beowulf.
Week 3:
Monday 8/13: Intro to Vocab Week 2; Finish Beowulf.
Tuesday 8/14: Senior Project Consequence Forms Due; SGM testing in library; vocab practice sheet/independent reading time.
Wednesday 8/15: Start & work on POV Activity.
Thursday 8/16: Finish POV Activity (DUE); Read & questions for History of the English Church & People.
Friday 8/17: Library - Work on Senior Project Resumes.
Week 4:
Monday 8/20: Resumes DUE for Senior Project; Intro to Vocab week 3; Anglo Saxon/Beowulf test.
Tuesday 8/21: Vocab Quiz; Senior Project Virtual Meeting; Intro to Middle Age Unit; Begin reading Canterbury Tales.
Wednesday 8/22: Vocab Activity; Continue reading/questions Canterbury Tales.
Thursday 8/23: Finish reading/questions Canterbury Tales
Friday 8/24: Vocab Quiz; Journal/Quick write; Independent reading novel day.
Week 5:
Monday 8/27: Vocab week 4 words; Read The Pardoner's Tale independently & guided reading questions.
Tuesday 8/28: Body Biography's (quiz grade)
Wednesday 8/29: Finish body bio's - Start presenting them; vocab activity. (Early Release Day)
Thursday 8/30: Library to work on Senior Project Proposals
Friday 8/31: Vocab Quiz; Mentor Approval Forms DUE; Vocab week 5 words; Read Wife of Bath Tale & guided reading questions
Week 6:
Monday 9/3: NO SCHOOL :)
Tuesday 9/4: SP Proposals DUE; Finish Wife of Bath Tale & guided reading questions
Wednesday 9/5: Vocab Activity; Writing Prompt & English Sonnet Pre-Test- Computer Lab Time
Thursday 9/6: Read From Sir Gawain and the Green Knight & guided reading questions
Friday 9/7: Watch A Knight's Tale - Question Sheet; Writing prompt DUE to turnitin.com
Week 7:
Monday 9/10: Vocab Quiz; Vocab week 6 words; watch A Knight's Tale - Question Sheet
Tuesday 9/11: Commonlit Homework Assignment; Study day for test; Finish watching A Knight's Tale - Question Sheet
Wednesday 9/12: Commonlit Assignment Due; Canterbury Tales Unit test
Thursday 9/13: Independent Reading Project DUE; Vocab Activity Practice; Write a Sonnet
Friday 9/14: Vocab Quiz; SP Proposals 1st revisions DUE; Sonnets DUE; media center computer time
Week 8:
Monday 9/17: Media Center - Research Paper Sources
Tuesday 9/18: Media Center - Research Paper Sources & Mentor Interview Questions
Wednesday 9/19: Read Sonnets (Spenser)
Thursday 9/20: Media Center - Research Paper Sources
Friday 9/21: Read Sonnets (Sidney & Marlowe, Raleigh)
Week 9:
FALL BREAK! (9/24-28/18) :)
Week 10:
Monday 10/1: Media Center - Finish finding all SP sources & Mentor Interview Questions
Tuesday 10/2: SP Virtual Info Meeting; All SP Sources DUE (8-10); Finish Shakespeare Sonnets; Study for Sonnet test
Wednesday 10/3: SP 2nd Revised Proposals DUE; Media Center - Reference Page & Outline
Thursday 10/4: Sonnet Test
Friday 10/5: SP Mentor Interview Question & Answers DUE; Media Center - Outline
Week 11:
Monday 10/8: Media Center - Go over Reference Page & finalized
Tuesday 10/9: Media Center - SP Rough Draft of Reference Page DUE
Wednesday 10/10: Research Paper Outline DUE; Field Day
Thursday 10/11: Media Center - Work on Intro Paragraph
Friday 10/12: Media Center - SP Error Free Intro Paragraph DUE to turnitin.com
Week 12:
Monday 10/15: Media Center - SP Sample Body Paragraph DUE to turnitin.com
Tuesday 10/16: SP Virtual Info Meeting; in class (work on Letter to Judges & Research paper)
Wednesday 10/17: Media Center - SP rough draft DUE to turnitin.com & Peer Review Day (fix all mistakes on paper)
Thursday 10/18: Media Center - SP Research Paper DUE @ 11:59 PM to turnitin.com & Peer Review Sheets DUE
Friday 10/19: SP Research Paper HARDCOPIES DUE; Intro to Pygmalion; CommonLit Assignment
Week 13:
Monday 10/22: Media Center - Letter to the Judges; Pygmalion CommonLit DUE
Tuesday 10/23: Media Center - Letter to the Judges (peer review)
Wednesday 10/24: SP Presentation Meeting; Discussion on Pygmalion and writing assignment
Thursday 10/25: Media Center - Senior Project work; SP Letter to the Judges DUE
Friday 10/26: Media Center - Senior Project work
Week 14:
Monday 10/29: SP Presentations Virtual Meeting; Sign up for mock SP presentations; go over all SP night information
Tuesday 10/30: SP Mentor Eval form DUE; SP Log Hours DUE; Media Center - Senior Project work
Wednesday 10/31: Media Center - Senior Project work
Thursday 11/1: Presentation practice for SP
Friday 11/2: Presentations practice for SP
Week 15:
Monday 11/5: Media Center/Computer Lab - Senior Project work
Tuesday 11/6: NO SCHOOL :)
Wednesday 11/7: SP portfolios DUE; Presentation practice for SP
Thursday 11/8: Presentation practice for SP
Friday 11/9: Presentations practice for SP
Week 16:
Monday 11/12: Presentation practice for SP
Tuesday 11/13: Presentation practice for SP
Wednesday 11/14: Presentation practice for SP
Thursday 11/15: Presentation practice for SP; Senior Project Night!
Friday 11/16: Movie Day :)
Week 17:
Thanksgiving Break (11/19-23/18)! :)
Week 18:
Monday 11/26: Read Act 1 Pgymalion; watch Act 1 film
Tuesday 11/27: Read Act 2 Pygmalion; watch Act 2 film
Wednesday 11/28: Finish reading Act 2 Pygmalion; finish watching Act 2 film
Thursday 11/29: Read Act 3 Pygmalion; watch Act 3 film
Friday 11/30: Read Act 4 Pygmalion; watch Act 4 film; give out/work on Springboard assignment
Week 19:
Monday 12/3: Read Act 5 Pygmalion; work on Springboard assignment
Tuesday 12/4: Finish Act 5 Pygmalion; finish watching film; work on Springboard assignment
Wednesday 12/5: Pygmalion Test; Springboard assignment DUE
Thursday 12/6: Shakespeare & Macbeth background; read Act 1 Macbeth; Act 1 questions
Friday 12/7: Start reading Act 2 Macbeth; Act 2 questions; Act 1 Movie Activity
Week 20:
Monday 12/10: Finish Movie Activity DUE; finish reading Macbeth Act 2; Act 2 questions
Tuesday 12/11: Read Macbeth Act 3; Act 3 questions
Wednesday 12/12: SGM testing & Macbeth Pre-Test; Interview Macbeth Activity (start it)
Thursday 12/13: TYPED Interview Activity DUE; Finish reading Act 3 Macbeth; Act 3 questions; Act 3 Quiz; Start reading and questions Act 4 Macbeth
Friday 12/14: Finish reading Macbeth Act 4; Act 4 questions
Week 21:
Monday 12/17: Read Macbeth Act 5; Act 5 questions
Tuesday 12/18: Watch Macbeth movie
Wednesday 12/19: Watch movie
Thursday 12/20: 2nd Block Final
Friday 12/21: 3rd Block Final
Wednesday 8/1: Schedules & Transcripts, Get to know everyone.
Thursday 8/2: Independent Reading & Media Center Trip, Syllabus.
Friday: 8/3 Intro to Beowulf & Anglo-Saxon.
Week 2:
Monday 8/6: Senior Project Meeting, Signature Pages Due, Intro to Vocab week 1, Beowulf Anticipation Guide (classwork grade).
Tuesday 8/7: Senior Project Virtual Meeting, Begin Reading Beowulf, Vocab Activity.
Wednesday 8/8: Continue Reading Beowulf, Beowulf Activity - CommonLit.
Thursday 8/9: Kahoot Vocab Activity, Continue Reading Beowulf.
Friday 8/10: Senior Project Meeting, Vocab Quiz, Continue Reading Beowulf.
Week 3:
Monday 8/13: Intro to Vocab Week 2; Finish Beowulf.
Tuesday 8/14: Senior Project Consequence Forms Due; SGM testing in library; vocab practice sheet/independent reading time.
Wednesday 8/15: Start & work on POV Activity.
Thursday 8/16: Finish POV Activity (DUE); Read & questions for History of the English Church & People.
Friday 8/17: Library - Work on Senior Project Resumes.
Week 4:
Monday 8/20: Resumes DUE for Senior Project; Intro to Vocab week 3; Anglo Saxon/Beowulf test.
Tuesday 8/21: Vocab Quiz; Senior Project Virtual Meeting; Intro to Middle Age Unit; Begin reading Canterbury Tales.
Wednesday 8/22: Vocab Activity; Continue reading/questions Canterbury Tales.
Thursday 8/23: Finish reading/questions Canterbury Tales
Friday 8/24: Vocab Quiz; Journal/Quick write; Independent reading novel day.
Week 5:
Monday 8/27: Vocab week 4 words; Read The Pardoner's Tale independently & guided reading questions.
Tuesday 8/28: Body Biography's (quiz grade)
Wednesday 8/29: Finish body bio's - Start presenting them; vocab activity. (Early Release Day)
Thursday 8/30: Library to work on Senior Project Proposals
Friday 8/31: Vocab Quiz; Mentor Approval Forms DUE; Vocab week 5 words; Read Wife of Bath Tale & guided reading questions
Week 6:
Monday 9/3: NO SCHOOL :)
Tuesday 9/4: SP Proposals DUE; Finish Wife of Bath Tale & guided reading questions
Wednesday 9/5: Vocab Activity; Writing Prompt & English Sonnet Pre-Test- Computer Lab Time
Thursday 9/6: Read From Sir Gawain and the Green Knight & guided reading questions
Friday 9/7: Watch A Knight's Tale - Question Sheet; Writing prompt DUE to turnitin.com
Week 7:
Monday 9/10: Vocab Quiz; Vocab week 6 words; watch A Knight's Tale - Question Sheet
Tuesday 9/11: Commonlit Homework Assignment; Study day for test; Finish watching A Knight's Tale - Question Sheet
Wednesday 9/12: Commonlit Assignment Due; Canterbury Tales Unit test
Thursday 9/13: Independent Reading Project DUE; Vocab Activity Practice; Write a Sonnet
Friday 9/14: Vocab Quiz; SP Proposals 1st revisions DUE; Sonnets DUE; media center computer time
Week 8:
Monday 9/17: Media Center - Research Paper Sources
Tuesday 9/18: Media Center - Research Paper Sources & Mentor Interview Questions
Wednesday 9/19: Read Sonnets (Spenser)
Thursday 9/20: Media Center - Research Paper Sources
Friday 9/21: Read Sonnets (Sidney & Marlowe, Raleigh)
Week 9:
FALL BREAK! (9/24-28/18) :)
Week 10:
Monday 10/1: Media Center - Finish finding all SP sources & Mentor Interview Questions
Tuesday 10/2: SP Virtual Info Meeting; All SP Sources DUE (8-10); Finish Shakespeare Sonnets; Study for Sonnet test
Wednesday 10/3: SP 2nd Revised Proposals DUE; Media Center - Reference Page & Outline
Thursday 10/4: Sonnet Test
Friday 10/5: SP Mentor Interview Question & Answers DUE; Media Center - Outline
Week 11:
Monday 10/8: Media Center - Go over Reference Page & finalized
Tuesday 10/9: Media Center - SP Rough Draft of Reference Page DUE
Wednesday 10/10: Research Paper Outline DUE; Field Day
Thursday 10/11: Media Center - Work on Intro Paragraph
Friday 10/12: Media Center - SP Error Free Intro Paragraph DUE to turnitin.com
Week 12:
Monday 10/15: Media Center - SP Sample Body Paragraph DUE to turnitin.com
Tuesday 10/16: SP Virtual Info Meeting; in class (work on Letter to Judges & Research paper)
Wednesday 10/17: Media Center - SP rough draft DUE to turnitin.com & Peer Review Day (fix all mistakes on paper)
Thursday 10/18: Media Center - SP Research Paper DUE @ 11:59 PM to turnitin.com & Peer Review Sheets DUE
Friday 10/19: SP Research Paper HARDCOPIES DUE; Intro to Pygmalion; CommonLit Assignment
Week 13:
Monday 10/22: Media Center - Letter to the Judges; Pygmalion CommonLit DUE
Tuesday 10/23: Media Center - Letter to the Judges (peer review)
Wednesday 10/24: SP Presentation Meeting; Discussion on Pygmalion and writing assignment
Thursday 10/25: Media Center - Senior Project work; SP Letter to the Judges DUE
Friday 10/26: Media Center - Senior Project work
Week 14:
Monday 10/29: SP Presentations Virtual Meeting; Sign up for mock SP presentations; go over all SP night information
Tuesday 10/30: SP Mentor Eval form DUE; SP Log Hours DUE; Media Center - Senior Project work
Wednesday 10/31: Media Center - Senior Project work
Thursday 11/1: Presentation practice for SP
Friday 11/2: Presentations practice for SP
Week 15:
Monday 11/5: Media Center/Computer Lab - Senior Project work
Tuesday 11/6: NO SCHOOL :)
Wednesday 11/7: SP portfolios DUE; Presentation practice for SP
Thursday 11/8: Presentation practice for SP
Friday 11/9: Presentations practice for SP
Week 16:
Monday 11/12: Presentation practice for SP
Tuesday 11/13: Presentation practice for SP
Wednesday 11/14: Presentation practice for SP
Thursday 11/15: Presentation practice for SP; Senior Project Night!
Friday 11/16: Movie Day :)
Week 17:
Thanksgiving Break (11/19-23/18)! :)
Week 18:
Monday 11/26: Read Act 1 Pgymalion; watch Act 1 film
Tuesday 11/27: Read Act 2 Pygmalion; watch Act 2 film
Wednesday 11/28: Finish reading Act 2 Pygmalion; finish watching Act 2 film
Thursday 11/29: Read Act 3 Pygmalion; watch Act 3 film
Friday 11/30: Read Act 4 Pygmalion; watch Act 4 film; give out/work on Springboard assignment
Week 19:
Monday 12/3: Read Act 5 Pygmalion; work on Springboard assignment
Tuesday 12/4: Finish Act 5 Pygmalion; finish watching film; work on Springboard assignment
Wednesday 12/5: Pygmalion Test; Springboard assignment DUE
Thursday 12/6: Shakespeare & Macbeth background; read Act 1 Macbeth; Act 1 questions
Friday 12/7: Start reading Act 2 Macbeth; Act 2 questions; Act 1 Movie Activity
Week 20:
Monday 12/10: Finish Movie Activity DUE; finish reading Macbeth Act 2; Act 2 questions
Tuesday 12/11: Read Macbeth Act 3; Act 3 questions
Wednesday 12/12: SGM testing & Macbeth Pre-Test; Interview Macbeth Activity (start it)
Thursday 12/13: TYPED Interview Activity DUE; Finish reading Act 3 Macbeth; Act 3 questions; Act 3 Quiz; Start reading and questions Act 4 Macbeth
Friday 12/14: Finish reading Macbeth Act 4; Act 4 questions
Week 21:
Monday 12/17: Read Macbeth Act 5; Act 5 questions
Tuesday 12/18: Watch Macbeth movie
Wednesday 12/19: Watch movie
Thursday 12/20: 2nd Block Final
Friday 12/21: 3rd Block Final