Week at a glance February 21 - 25, 2011

Curriculum focus: analyzing and interpreting figurative language: simile, metaphor, and symbol (11.1.3.K4a, b, i), identifying and analyzing the development of theme in a narrative text (11.1.4.K10d), identifying and analyzing the author's style: flashback, symbolism, tone, and mood (11.1.4.K11), comparing and contrasting narrative elements: character traits and character motives (11.1.4.K7), identifying and analyzing types of characters: flat, round, static, and dynamic (11.2.1.K1), and contextual aspects of setting: historical, social, and cultural (11.2.1.K2).

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

1. cis/cide - cut or kill- precise, homicide
   
2. crypto - secret/hidden - crypt, cryptography
   
3. lud/lus - play/tease - delusion, illusion, allude
   
4. necro - death - necropsy, necropolis
   
5. nihil - nothing - annihilate, nil, nihilism
   

This week we'll continue reading and discussing Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman. We've read enough to know that all is neither right nor well with the Loman family. As we complete Act One, we'll see more clues regarding Willy's madness, Biff's distance from his father, and Linda's resignation to their fate. We'll wrap up the week with various reviews for Act One.

• Mon: No school - professional learning day
  
• Tues: New root words. DoaS - continue reading and discussing Act One.
  
• Wed:DoaS - wrap up reading and Act One discussion.
  
• Thurs: DoaS - Act One study guide due by the end of the hour. Begin Act One review.
  
• Fri: Root words quiz. Doas - finish Act One review.