Sunday January 31

Your weekend homework is to read Act I, scene i in Romeo and Juliet.
Don't forget to answer your study guide questions. I will check these for credit on Monday.

As you read, pay attention to the aspects of Shakespeare's language that we discussed in class. These are apostrophe (often to maintain meter), puns (play on words, double meanings), archaic language (use side notes to help you), and unusual word order (find the subject and verb when confused).

Next week, we'll continue to delve in Romeo and Juliet. We'll finish our intro film, discuss Elizabethan England, flesh out your research assignment and due dates, and continue our work with grammar.

I look forward to helping you get excited about this play and the rich world it emerged from.

Monday January 25th

In Class
Discuss "Perfect Mate" assignment
Do Grammar Gorilla exercise together (prep for POS test, FRIDAY)
Review Vocab Words for quiz tomorrow (see study bulb)

Discuss intro pages 125-130 from weekend reading.

Homework
Prep for Vocab quiz tomorrow, lesson 9
Bring Romeo and Juliet to class this week!

Upcoming
POS full test on Friday
Vocab quiz on Tuesday
Intro to Research Process and topics (next week)

Friday January 22

In Class
Grammar quiz, part II
"Perfect Mate" handed in

Homework

--Prep for Vocab Quiz (Tuesday)

--Read introductory/background material in your Romeo and Juliet book, pages 125-130. For the section on Elizabethan England, write one quiz style question for each section under the headings. This question should be a "big picture" question that you glean from your reading and active reading notes.

--For the section on Shakespeare, write 2 questions that you feel address important details of the reading.

We'll talk about your questions in class on Monday.

Next week
--working to understand Shakespearean language (puns, archaic language, syntax, meter, and apostrophes). Work through meaning in the prologue.

--introduce research project and begin reading the play

--rewrite conferences and rewrites are due by the end of the week

Tuesday January 19

In Class
--handed out Preposition Song. If you would like to remaster a version of the song for extra credit points in grammar, please have your performance ready for Friday

--Reviewed grammar work from packet

--Answered questions 1-10 on practice test from Adverb packet.

Homework
Do Vocab Lesson 9 in workbook
Finish the practice test from the adverb packet.

For Friday

--Final drafts of your papers are due

In Class for Friday
We'll work through some new grammar concepts and learn the preposition song!

Weekend Homework
Finish worksheet pages in your new grammar packet

Next Week
Beginning research and work on Romeo and Juliet.

Thursday January 8, 2010

In Class
Reviewed work on parts of speech.
Continued discussion of grammar.

Discussed literary analysis, form and structure.
Began analysis of a text for writing.

Homework
Practice exercises on Adjectives and Verbs
Finish reading "Pyramus and Thisbe"
Actively mark for details you will include in an outline for your paper.

For Friday
--Parts of Speech Practice
--Outlining the Essay

Next Week (January 12-16)
--Parts of Speech
--Rough Drafts
--Test on Parts of Speech (Tuesday= Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Adjectives)