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