Friday, February 05, 2021

Essay/ vocab/ Intro to Julius Caesar

Important Dates:

Friday, 2/5- Review rough drafts

Monday, 2/8- Review Voc 10

                      -Intro to Drama/ Renaissance/ Julius Caesar

Tuesday- Thursday - continue intro to Drama/ Renaissance/ Julius Caesar

Wednesday, 2/11- Final Character Analysis Essay Due to www.turnitin.com

**hint:  run it through www.grammarly.com/edu before turning it in

Thursday, 2/12- voc 10 Test       

Sunday, 2/28- 60 question Albert Assignment

If you socre 50% , you will receive a 5 point bonus               

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Drama Terms, Renaissance and Shakespearean History

Caesar Intro


Tuesday, 2/9- Assign JC packets and begin intro.
A. Review Drama Terms
B. Review Renaissance History
C. History of Rome 
D. History of Julius Caesar
*Please note, this information can be subject to review/ test during any class period.
**Review your notes; Review terms often
***Any information not covered from today's lesson will be covered on Thursday and Friday.

Wednesday, 2/10
A. Students will read, highlight, and complete all of the following worksheets in their packet
-Getting Acquainted with Shakespeare: Read, highlight, and complete questions.
-Elizabethan Era - Read, highlight, and complete questions.
-Elizabethan Language - Read/ highlight
-An Introduction to Shakespeare's Language - Read/ Highlight
-Conventions of Shakespeare's staging-Read/ Highlight
--Shakespeare and  His Theater - Read/ Highlight

Homework for Thursday, 3/22
- Fill in your Globe Theater worksheet - Use The Globe Link below
-Complete ACT 1 Vocabulary

Links: To Review
The Globe
http://bhscomp1.blogspot.com/2016/02/the-globe_4.html

Drama Terms
http://bhscomp1.blogspot.com/2021/02/drama-terms.html

Renaissance History
http://bhscomp1.blogspot.com/2016/12/renaissance-history.html

Julius Caesar Review:
http://bhsworldlit.blogspot.com/2014/02/julius-caesar-review.html

Intro to Julius Caesar

Friday, 2/12 Bell ringer:  Discuss one way in which people can be manipulated.  Give an example

Goal: Students will explore the historical background to Julius Caesar
Students will discuss PARADOX

1. In the packet, students will read "An Introduction to Julius Caesar"
2. Student will read and take notes on "A Brief History of the Roman Empire"
Roman Empire Link:
http://www.softschools.com/timelines/roman_empire/timeline_9/
3. Review Caesar's Timeline: http://www.softschools.com/timelines/julius_caesar_timeline/33/

Paradox:
Paradox can prove to be very revealing about human nature and the way that we speak. If someone says to you "I'm a compulsive liar," do you believe them or not? That statement in itself is a paradox, because it is self contradictory, which is precisely what a paradox is.
At the most basic level, a paradox is a statement that is self contradictory because it often contains two statements that are both true, but in general, cannot both be true at the same time. In the aforementioned example, can someone be both a compulsive liar yet telling the truth at the same time?

Caesar as a PARADOX:
1. A great general
2. Charismatic in politics
3. Decisive in his judgements
4. Sharp in his evaluations of men

(However/ Paradoxically)
1. He is deaf in one ear
2. Prone to fevers and epilepsy
3. Unable to compete with Cassius by swimming in the Tiber River fully armed
4. Afflicted with a sterile marriage
5. He professes to fear nothing yet is extremely superstitious
6. He thinks he is above flattery, yet he is especially vulnerable to it.

All of this is a paradox because he had aspirations to be above MORTAL weakness


Brutus is a PARADOX
1.1. Strengths different- weaknesses similar

A. Truly noble Roman from an ancient family whose glory it had been to defend the personal liberties of Rome (Roman Tradition)
B. Good rapport with courageous and noble wife
C. Genuinely kind to servants
D. Trustworthy in friendship
E. Finds Caesar's ambition for power distasteful and vulgar

**Brutus's "Hubris" is  pride of family and country -- on these he is vulnerable to flattery even though he too, feels that he is above it.

R11.A.2 Identify, interpret, describe and analyze literary devices in fictional and literary nonfictional texts.

Paradox

Goal: Students will explore the historical background to Julius Caesar
Students will discuss PARADOX

1. In the packet, students will read "An Introduction to Julius Caesar"
2. Student will read and take notes on "A Brief History of the Roman Empire"
Roman Empire Link:
http://www.softschools.com/timelines/roman_empire/timeline_9/3. Review Caesar's Timeline: http://www.softschools.com/timelines/julius_caesar_timeline/33/

Paradox:
Paradox can prove to be very revealing about human nature and the way that we speak. If someone says to you "I'm a compulsive liar," do you believe them or not? That statement in itself is a paradox, because it is self contradictory, which is precisely what a paradox is.
At the most basic level, a paradox is a statement that is self contradictory because it often contains two statements that are both true, but in general, cannot both be true at the same time. In the aforementioned example, can someone be both a compulsive liar yet telling the truth at the same time?

Caesar as a PARADOX:
1. A great general
2. Charismatic in politics
3. Decisive in his judgements
4. Sharp in his evaluations of men

(However/ Paradoxically)
1. He is deaf in one ear
2. Prone to fevers and epilepsy
3. Unable to compete with Cassius by swimming in the Tiber River fully armed
4. Afflicted with a sterile marriage
5. He professes to fear nothing yet is extremely superstitious
6. He thinks he is above flattery, yet he is especially vulnerable to it.

All of this is a paradox because he had aspirations to be above MORTAL weakness


Brutus is a PARADOX
1.1. Strengths different- weaknesses similar

A. Truly noble Roman from an ancient family whose glory it had been to defend the personal liberties of Rome (Roman Tradition)
B. Good rapport with courageous and noble wife
C. Genuinely kind to servants
D. Trustworthy in friendship
E. Finds Caesar's ambition for power distasteful and vulgar

**Brutus's "Hubris" is  pride of family and country -- on these he is vulnerable to flattery even though he too, feels that he is above it.

R11.A.2 Identify, interpret, describe and analyze literary devices in fictional and literary nonfictional texts.


Tuesday, February 02, 2021

Essays and Vocab

Welcome back from your snow day!

We are going to change our plans a bit.

--Wednesday and Thursday - 2/3-2/4, we will be working on your essays.  

 Thursday, 2/4 - Voc 9 Test

-Vocab 10 will be due on Friday, 2/5- Please turn  your sentences in to www.turnitin.com

and your lesson to GC.

-Wednesday and Thursday - 2/3-2/4, we will be working on your essays.  

Thursday, January 28, 2021

Weekly Plan

 Thursday, 1/28 and Friday 1/29

Review Rough Drafts in class


Monday, 2/1- voc 9 is due (Sentences to turnitin.com and lesson to GC)

Thursday, 2/4 - Voc 9 Test

Thursday, January 21, 2021

TESTS AND ESSAYS

I. DATES  TO REMEMBER: 

Thursday,  1/21- OMM ESSAY TEST

Friday, 1/22- Asynchronous assignment:  Complete the rough draft of your George/ Lennie Character Analysis.

Monday, 1/25- We will finalize your rough drafts AND take the Voc 8 Quiz

Tuesday, 1/26- Voc 9 is due (Lesson to GC and sentences with context clues to www.turnitn.com)

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CHARACTER ANALYSIS ON LENNIE OR GEORGE

II. Requirements for rough draft to be turned in to www.turnitin.com

**Be sure to run it through www.grammarly.com/edu before submitting the rough draft

1. Use your opening paragraph from the JamBoards

Opening Paragraph format:

    A. Introduction

     B. Background

     C. Thesis statement that presents a PROVABLE point about the character

     D. Parallel Blueprint:  One sentence with three points that will serve as the main subtopics for each                  body paragraph.  

     E. Transitional statement

               *Opening paragraphs were created on the Jam Boards. 

 Please copy and past them on to a Google or Word doc.

2. Outline and write your 3 body paragraphs. (One point of the blueprint for each paragraph)

**Follow the order of your blueprint in your opening paragraph

    A. Create an intro to you point

    B. This point needs to have purpose/ it will be one point of proof for your thesis statement

     C. Use cited textual and contextual examples to prove the point of this paragraph (2-3 examples)

     D. Present your examples in this manner:

        -Introduce/ transition into your example

       -State your example

      -Embed your example.  

**No first person

***No Second person

****Write in third person only

-No contractions, slang, "things", personal opinions/ examples


3. Conclusion

-A paragraph that summarizes and establishes that you have proved your blueprint.

-DO NOT use any EXACT line from your first four paragraphs.  The purpose of this paragraph is to conclude, not to be repetitive.


These rough drafts will be due before the end of the day tomorrow, 1/22

www.turnitin.com

On one Google or Word doc

-Rough draft first, outline under the essay.

**Run your paper through grammarly.com/edu

**E and L- use the www.grammarly.com/edu account and use your school email to make your own account.


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Friday, January 15, 2021

OMM and Voc 8

Goals:  To discuss and analyze Steinbeck's OMM

To embed evidence within our body paragraphs of our character analysis

ASSIGNMENTS:

1. Read chapter 6 for Monday, 1/18 - turn in Study Guide Questions to www.turnitin.com

-Chapters 5 and 6  Key Points Worksheets will be due by Wednesday, 1/20
(Remember, you may re-do Key Point Worksheets 2-4 and resubmit by 1/20 to earn full credit)

2. Turn in the rest of the SG packet beyond CH 6 by Wed., 1/20 to www.turnitin.com

3. vocab Lesson8 is due on Tuesday, 1/19
The lesson gets turned in to GC
The 10 sentences with context clues will be turned in to www.turnitin.com before class.

OMM Unit test Wed. 1/20

Voc 8 Test on Thursday, 1/21


KEY POINTS WORKSHEET LINK AND DIRECTIONS:
 Link to Key Points Worksheet: Key Points Worksheet 

KEY POINTS WORKSHEET DIRECTIONS
****. Make a folder in your Integrated Google Drive and turn in Key Points Worksheets as we go along:  Each Key Points Worksheet MUST be turned in to www.turnitin.com
Key Points Worksheet  (Complete one worksheet for each chapter. Turn each in to www.turnitin.com )
(Answer All Questions in sentence/ paragraph form *Follow the directions.  
Use contextual evidence supported through your writing.  --Don't just quote or toss in examples without explaining/ giving them purpose.
Make sure they actually answer your question)

** JAM BOARDS - Please complete your opening paragraph
-We will be expanding the opening paragraph into a full essay/ Character Analysis
-We will continue to discuss and practice embedding evidence


** OMM test Wednesday, 1/19

Monday, January 11, 2021

Chapters 3 and 4

OMM CH 3-4; Vocab 7


OMM

1. Monday, 1/11- Go over Ch 3 OMM
-Complete Study Guide Questions (Due before class on Monday, 1/11)
**Key Points Worksheet will be due to www.turnitin.com for Wednesday, 1/13
2. Over the next few weeks, we will be discussing the novel, poetry, and writing.
3. The Vocab unit 2 packet (lessons -12) will be in your GC Vocab 7 is due on Tuesday, 1/12
THE VOCAB UNIT 2 IS IN YOUR GOOGLE CLASSROOM
**Please complete the lesson in Kami and turn Lesson 7 in to GC
                  ** Your 10 original sentences should be turned in to www.turnitin.com

4. Remind students that Vocab 7 is due on Tuesday, 1/12

5. Read OMM Ch 4 for Wednesday, 1/13
-Study Guide Questions are due before class on Wednesday, 1/13
_Key Point Worksheet for CH 3 will be Thursday, 1/14 and CH 4 will be due on Friday, 1/15 
-ALL Study Guide Questions  (Study Guides and Key Point Worksheets should be turned in to www.turnitin.com ) 

6. Read chapters 5 for Friday, 1/15- turn in Study Guide Questions to www.turnitin.com
7. Read chapter 6 for Monday, 1/18 - turn in Study Guide Questions to www.turnitin.com

_Chapters 5 and 6  Key Points Worksheets will be due by Wednesday, 1/20



KEY POINTS WORKSHEET LINK AND DIRECTIONS:

6. Key Point worksheets for Chapter 1 and 2 are due on Friday, 1/8 to www.turnitin.com
KEY POINTS WORKSHEET DIRECTIONS
****. Make a folder in your Integrated Google Drive and turn in Key Points Worksheets as we go along:  Each Key Points Worksheet MUST be turned in to www.turnitin.com
Key Points Worksheet  (Complete one worksheet for each chapter. Turn each in to www.turnitin.com )
(Answer All Questions in sentence/ paragraph form *Follow the directions.  
Use contextual evidence supported through your writing.  --Don't just quote or toss in examples without explaining/ giving them purpose.
Make sure they actually answer your question)

9. JAM BOARDS - Please complete your opening paragraph by Friday, 1/8


BONUS ASSIGNMENT:  50 QUESTIONS IN ALBERT!  (You can earn between 5-15 bonus points)
1. Complete all 50- Get 5 bonus points
2. Score 50%- get a total of 10 bonus points
3. Score 85%- get a total of 15 bonus points

Vocab 7 Test Friday, 1/15
 OMM test Wednesday, 1/19

Friday, January 08, 2021

OMM CH 3-4; Vocab 7


OMM

1. Monday, 1/11- Go over Ch 3 OMM
-Complete Study Guide Questions (Due before class on Monday, 1/11)
**Key Points Worksheet will be due to www.turnitin.com for Wednesday, 1/13
2. Over the next few weeks, we will be discussing the novel, poetry, and writing.
3. The Vocab unit 2 packet (lessons -12) will be in your GC Vocab 7 is due on Tuesday, 1/12
THE VOCAB UNIT 2 IS IN YOUR GOOGLE CLASSROOM
**Please complete the lesson in Kami and turn Lesson 7 in to GC
                  ** Your 10 original sentences should be turned in to www.turnitin.com

4. Remind students that Vocab 7 is due on Tuesday, 1/12

5. Read OMM Ch 4 for Wednesday, 1/13
-Study Guide Questions are due before class on Wednesday, 1/13
_Key Point Worksheet for CH 4 will be due on Friday, 1/15 
-Students will read chapters 3 and 4 and the Study Guide Questions  (Study Guides and Key Point Worksheets should be turned in to www.turnitin.com ) 


KEY POINTS WORKSHEET LINK AND DIRECTIONS:

6. Key Point worksheets for Chapter 1 and 2 are due on Friday, 1/8 to www.turnitin.com
KEY POINTS WORKSHEET DIRECTIONS
****. Make a folder in your Integrated Google Drive and turn in Key Points Worksheets as we go along:  Each Key Points Worksheet MUST be turned in to www.turnitin.com
Key Points Worksheet  (Complete one worksheet for each chapter. Turn each in to www.turnitin.com )
(Answer All Questions in sentence/ paragraph form *Follow the directions.  
Use contextual evidence supported through your writing.  --Don't just quote or toss in examples without explaining/ giving them purpose.
Make sure they actually answer your question)

9. JAM BOARDS - Please complete your opening paragraph by Friday, 1/8


BONUS ASSIGNMENT:  50 QUESTIONS IN ALBERT!  (You can earn between 5-15 bonus points)
1. Complete all 50- Get 5 bonus points
2. Score 50%- get a total of 10 bonus points
3. Score 85%- get a total of 15 bonus points

Vocab 7 test Friday, 1/15
 OMM test Monday

Monday, January 04, 2021

INTRO TO OMM

 Happy 2021!

OMM

OMM Overview
John Steinbeck:

Born on February 27, 1902, in Salinas, California, John Steinbeck dropped out of college and worked as a manual laborer before achieving success as a writer. His 1939 novel, The Grapes of Wrath, about the migration of a family from the Oklahoma Dust Bowl to California, won a Pulitzer Prize and a National Book Award. Steinbeck served as a war correspondent during World War II, and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962. He died in New York City in 1968.

OMM Due Date 

1. Monday, 1/4- Go over Web Quest and begin novel
2. Over the next few weeks, we will be discussing the novel, poetry, and writing.
3. The Vocab unit 2 packet (lessons -12) will be in your GC 
THE VOCAB UNIT 2 IS IN YOUR GOOGLE CLASSROOM
**Please complete the lesson in Kami and turn Lesson 7 in to GC
                  ** Your 10 original sentences should be turned in to www.turnitin.com

4. Remind students that Vocab 7 is due on Tuesday, 1/12

5. Begin reading Of Mice and Men 
-Students will read chapters 1 and the Study Guide Questions  (Study Guides should be turned in to www.turnitin.com )  before class tomorrow, 1/5 (Possible pop quiz?)


- Students will read chapter 2 by Thursday and complete Study Gude questions before class...www.turnitin.com

6. Key Point worksheets for Chapter 1 and 2 are due on Friday, 1/8 to www.turnitin.com
KEY POINTS WORKSHEET DIRECTIONS
****. Make a folder in your Integrated Google Drive and turn in Key Points Worksheets as we go along:  Each Key Points Worksheet MUST be turned in to www.turnitin.com
Key Points Worksheet  (Complete one worksheet for each chapter. Turn each in to www.turnitin.com )

(Answer All Questions in sentence/ paragraph form *Follow the directions.  

Use contextual evidence supported through your writing.  --Don't just quote or toss in examples without explaining/ giving them purpose.

Make sure they actually answer your question)

9. JAM BOARDS - Please complete your opening paragraph draft by Friday, 1/8


BONUS ASSIGNMENT:  50 QUESTIONS IN ALBERT!  (You can earn between 5-15 bonus points)
1. Complete all 50- Get 5 bonus points
2. Score 50%- get a total of 10 bonus points
3. Score 85%- get a total of 15 bonus points
Vocab 7 test Friday, 1/15
 OMM test Monday, 1/18

Tuesday, December 15, 2020

Poetry and OMM WebQuest

Poetry Packet - LINK TO POEMS


Goals:
Students will understand and utilize literary elements to analyze poetry
Students will read a variety of poems
Students will apply a variety of reading strategies appropriate for reading poetry
 (Listening, Identifying the speaker, Reading according to poetic punctuation, Using picture and imagery)


Friday, 12/18 through Wednesday, 12/23.  Work on their WebQuest in class.

1. Complete the OF MICE AND MEN WEBQUEST on a Google Doc...You can include pictures- You may work with a partner.  Your work MUST be turned in to www.turnitin.com by Wednesday, 12/23 BY THE END OF THE PERIOD. 

2. In your novel, read/ highlight/ note the following page before you begin the WEBQUEST, it will help answer several questions on the QUEST

-The very first page, it doesn't have a number, but it begins "Born in Salinas, California..."

(It's a nice intro to Steinbeck's background)


Monday, 12/21 - Poetry Quiz - Skyward - First part of the Class.  It is a double.  


WebQuest

Introduction

You are about to embark on a journey of understanding of what it was like to be a migrant worker in the Salinas Valley of California during the 1930's, during the Great Depression. John Steinbeck wrote OF MICE AND MEN as a vehicle to express his social conscience about the period. OF MICE AND MEN is a novel about poverty and dreams, friendship and loneliness, and despair and hope. Through the memorable characters of George and Lennie, Steinbeck paints a portrait of enduring friendship that you won't soon forget. In order to help you to understand the context of the novel and how it still resonates today, you are about to embark on a Web Quest that will lay the ground work for a deeper understanding of this simple, yet profound story.




The Quest

What are the background issues that led to Steinbeck's writing of this novella about profound friendship and social issues?




The Process and Resources

In this Web Quest you will be working and exploring web pages to answer questions in your designated section.  Because these are real WebPages we're tapping into, not things made just for schools, the reading level might challenge you. Just focus on your section, answering the questions in it to the best of your ability. 

Phase 1 - Background: Something for Everyone

Steinbeck was influenced by a variety of geographical, human, and social issues to write Of Mice and Men. Your job will be to explore some of these issues.

Phase 2 - Looking Deeper from Different Perspectives

Use the Internet information linked below to answer these questions specifically related to Geographers: 

Below is a link that contains information for all sections of this WebQuest:
Links to be used for all sections: (If you would like to sign in to the second website, you will have to use your school email)  However, I have provided the link info for you:

PLEASE REFER TO THESE THREE LINKS IN ALL SECTIONS OF THE WEBQUEST
2. 1930-1940  (Tons of info)

Section 1: Salinas Valley, California

1. What are the geographical features of the Salinas Valley in California?

2. What kinds of jobs are available here?



3. What is the Salinas Valley known as?

4. List several facts about the Salinas Valley:  Include those from the Depression Era


5. Why do you think he chose this place as the setting of his novel?  Explain.



6. What is Steinbeck's connection to Salinas Valley?










Section 2: The Great Depression

1. What were the main features of the Great Depression? (List and describe the most important facts)
(Ex: What was event that occurred?, How did this impact employment?  What were food riots and how did they impact society?  What was the government's solution?)

2. What were some of the causes of the Great Depression?

Links for sections 2 and 3:



Section 3: The Dust Bowl

1. What was The Dust Bowl?
2. How did the Dust Bowl / Great Depression effect California
3. List facts about California during the Great Depression
4. How did the Dust Bowl impact American society?


Section 4: Migrant Workers

1. Who were migrant workers?
2. How did the Great Depression effect the migrant worker?
3. What were the struggles that the migrant workers faced?
4. What is a swamper?

Section 4 links:


Section 5: Women in the 1930's
1. How are the working roles of women different from the 1930's to the 200'0s?
2. How were women treated during the 1930's?
3. What was the role of women during this time period?  (Jobs, roles at home, roles in society? liberties/ freedoms?)

Section 6: Intellectual Disabilities
1. What is Intellectual Disability?
2. Reviewing the links on the Great Depression/ Dust Bowl, how were people with such disabilities different in 1930 as compared to modern day?

Links:
Also read the links on the Great Depression/ Dust Bowl located above

Section 7: John Steinbeck- Remember to use the intro page from your novel.
1. Who was John Steinbeck
2. Provide a brief history (Key points from his life as an author)
3. Discuss the content of his writing
4. Provide examples of his works
5. How did he portray the Great Depression Era?
6. How was he recognized for his works?

Links:



Tuesday, December 08, 2020

Robert Frost

 

ROBERT FROST

LINK TO POEMS
LINK TO POEMS
Robert Frost
Introduction to POETRY
SCHEDULE:
POETRY TEST:  Wednesday, 12/9

Goals:
Students will understand and utilize literary elements to analyze poetry
Students will read a variety of poems
Students will apply a variety of reading strategies appropriate for reading poetry
 (Listening, Identifying the speaker, Reading according to poetic punctuation, Using picture and imagery)

Bell Ringers:
Identify the following terms by using context clues:
Tuesday, 12/8

The apples that I picked upon a BOUGH
A. Showing good judgement; wise and careful   B.Tree branch   C. Something that is plainly revealed  D. A shallow V-shaped container from which farm animals drink or eat

The animals skimmed this morning from the drinking TROUGH
A. Showing good judgement; wise and careful   B.Tree branch   C. Something that is plainly revealed  D. A shallow V-shaped container from which farm animals drink or eat

Good manners and tolerance, which are the highest MANIFESTATION of style, can often transform disaster
A. Showing good judgement; wise and careful   B.Tree branch   C. Something that is plainly revealed  D. A shallow V-shaped container from which farm animals drink or eat

A JUDICIOUS response to a joke can disarm a rude person, removing the power to injure.
A. Showing good judgement; wise and careful   B.Tree branch   C. Something that is plainly revealed  D. A shallow V-shaped container from which farm animals drink or eat

Goals:
1.. Students will be introduced to Robert Frost: Introduction in text.  
go to www.PHSchool.com
Click on Course Content
Use code eqe-9403
Click on Robert Frost

Students will read three poems by Frost
"Two Tramps in Mud Time", "After the Apple Picking" and "Mowing"

 Terms: Tone, Rhythm, Rhyme scheme, Assonance, Consonance

2.Introduction:
 Let's talk about the phrase:
YOU REAP WHAT YOU SOW.

A. What does this mean?
Literal meaning:
 Figurative Meaning:

B. Discuss apple facts:
The US is one of the world's leading apple-producing countries.  Although Washington produces more apples than any other state, New England is home to many apple orchards as well.  This area is well suited to growing apples because of its cold winters.  While the fruit does not grow in the winter, the trees grow best in areas where the average temperature approaches or reaches freezing for at least two months every year.  The trees blossom in the late spring, but apple growers do not begin harvesting fruit until late summer or early fall

3. Read the poems and analyze
4. Apply terms
5. Compare the two poems.
Discuss: Setting, Frost's style, structure, theme
6. Answer questions dealing with both poems

Worksheet:  Give students a copy of Frost's poem: "Two Tramps in Mud Time"
Have students analyze the poem.
Worksheet

Students will need:
Prentice Hall Literature Book
- Study Guide Questions Handout
- Sample Missing Person’s Report
- Rubric
- Paper
- Pencil/Pen

Assessment- Rubric