Week at a glance Aug 30 - Sept 3, 2010

Curriculum focus: determines word meanings through knowledge of word structure: Greek and Latin roots and prefixes and suffixes (11.1.3.k3), using information from the text to make inferences and draw conclusions (11.1.4.K5), analyzing how the author’s use of irony contributes to his/her purpose (11.1.4.K11c), and contextual aspects of setting: how history, society, and culture influence events in the text (11.2.1.K2)

Root words for this week (root - definition - examples):

1. culpa - blame - culprit, culpable
   
2. duc / duct - lead - conduct, seduce, introduction
   
3. jud / jur / jus - law - judge, jury, justice
   
4. polis / polit - city - police, politician, metropolis
   
5. rect - straight - correct, direct, insurrection
   
6. urb - city - urban, suburb

We will continue our Root Words unit this week with the roots listed above, quiz on Friday. We will also begin our unit leading into Arthur Miller's The Crucible. Since Miller's play deals with witchcraft, we'll have notes over the history of witchcraft so we can understand the social and historical context of the play. We'll also read a few essays and poems written by Puritan authors to further understand the social context. We'll have class discussions on who we trust and why. We'll wrap up the week with a root words quiz and a written reflection on the issues we discussed this week.

• Mon: New root words, hand out and begin Trust Survey
• Tues: Trust Survey Socratic Seminar
• Wed: History of Witchcraft, presentation and notes
• Thurs: Root Words quiz, The Puritans, in-class readings and assignment due by the end of the hour
  
• Fri: Meet in the computer lab. Personal Narrative final draft due by the end of the hour.