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Westside High School Weekly Lesson Plan Teacher Name:JP BerryUnit Name:Lupercalia; Classics and Black History MonthCourse:Latin IIDates:February 17 to 21, 2020MondayDaily Objective: Students will be able to identify traditions of the Roman holiday, Lupercalia, in order to gain an understanding of aspects of Roman culture and to compare those aspects to modern language/ civilization.Part 1: Students will review traditions of Lupercalia from discussion and readings from last week and act out key traditions.Part 2: Students will use a Rally Coach group activity to group traditions in 3 categories: tradtions that are still present in contemporary holidays, traditions that have been altered in contemporary holidays, and traditions that are unique to the ancient Roman tradition.Course Requirements/Standards: Roman Culture Agenda: Warm-up (NLE Practice Questions) > Finish Latin Valentine’s Day cards > Review readings and discussions > Re-enactment of Lupercalia holiday traditions > Comparing Lupercalia and modern holidays.Check for Understanding (CFU)/Assessments: Reviewing and refreshing information on Lupercalia, Rally Coach comparison group workMaterials: CLC Unit 1 textbooks.FollowUp/Homework: Complete Vocabulary/ Derivative Chart; Find vocabulary terms in new texts.TuesdayDaily Objective: Students will understand the achievements of historical black and African-Americans in the study of Classics in order to view these achievements in the larger view of American history and the Civil Rights Movement and in conjunction with Black History Month.● Part 1: Students will begin group research of 1 of 18 black and African-American .● Part 2: Students will compare findings to those in the Centre for Hellenic Studies at Harvard University’s Mural Mosaic Project. Course Requirements/Standards: Modern Classics.Agenda: Warm-up (NLE Practice Questions) > Stage 10 Vocabulary Practice > Assigning Groups > Research ProjectsCheck for Understanding (CFU)/Assessments: Vocabulary and HW, Warm-up, group evaluation, Research Project.Materials: CLC Unit 1 Textbooks; Research Study Sources.FollowUp/Homework: Review New Vocabulary Terms (5-10 minutes).Wednesday/ ThursdayDaily Objective: Students will research and identify metallurgy and make-up of of Roman medicinal and surgical tools to aide in identifying names and uses of excavated tools.● Part 1: Students will refer to online sources of research in order to answer key quesitons about Roman medicine and surgical tools and their material construction.● Part 2: Students will compare information found on metals and uses found online to excavated tools in the classroom.Course Requirements/Standards: Roman History; CultureAgenda: Warm-up (NLE Practice Questions) > Reading and researching re: Roman metallurgy > Describe construction of Roman surgical tools from research > Compare w/ materials in classroom exhibits.Check for Understanding (CFU)/Assessments: Recorded findings and methods.Materials: Research tools, online sources.FollowUp/Homework: Review New Vocabulary Terms (5-10 minutes).FridayDaily Objective: Students will be use independent study of selected adapted texts to enhance unaided knowledge used in vocabulary forms, grammar usage, translation skills, reading, and comprehension.Part 1: Students will choose/ be assigned independent translation texts and begin to identify basic vocabulary and grammatic forms used in order to translate and understand texts.Part 2: Students will check their forms w/ partners/ groups using same textual forms to explain rationale and correct for errors to develop the most complete understanding and accurate translation as possible.Course Requirements/Standards: Vocabulary, Grammar, and Translation.Agenda: Warm-up (NLE Questions) > Text Exploration > Begin Independent Study > Find new vocabulary terms in text > Identify known grammatic forms > research historical and mythological basis for texts > Begin translation.Check for Understanding (CFU)/Assessments: Grammar notes; Vocabulary list; group collaboration; translation of independent text.Materials: Independent texts, dictionaries, form guides.FollowUp/Homework: Continue independent study.

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