MONDAY, MARCH 24TH:
1st and 2nd Periods:
Journal: Write five sentence, two with adjective phrases and three with adverbial phrases, using your vocabulary words from pages 30-39 in your VOCABULARY FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT.
Continue reading ROMEO AND JULIET, ACT 1. We will act the scenes out with swashbuckling swords - after we write our reading logs, of course.
We will also spend some time analyzing the beautiful figurative language Shakespeare
uses.
TUESDAY, MARCH 25TH:
Please bring your grammar books today.
1st Period:
ENGLISH WORKSHOP; "Verbals and Verb Phrases"; exercises 5 and 6; pages 153 and 154. This fun assignment will be due on Thursday, March 27th.
2nd Period:
ENGLISH WORKSHOP;"Adverbial Phrases"; exercise 4; page 152 is due today. Assign "Verbals and Verb Phrases"; exercises 5 and 6; pages 153 and 154. This fun assignment will be due on Thursday, March 27th.
5th Period:
ENGLISH WORKSHOP; "Adjective and Adverbial Phrase"; exercises 3 and 4; pages 151 and 152. This fun assignment will be due on Thursday, March 27th.
1st, 2nd and 5th Periods:
Continue reading, acting out Shakespeare and working on our reading logs.
Pass out vocabulary and literary packets for Act 1 of ROMEO AND JULIET.
When we finish reading Act 1, we will watch Act 1 in both videos. We will act out the scenes - including the party scene - and spend time analyzing the language; then you’ll be given a fun test over comprehension, language and vocabulary.
Remember, if you are NOT happy with a grade on your test or essay, you ALWAYS have the chance to make corrections on the work and turn in the original with the corrections for a higher grade. You can learn, you can possess this knowledge and pass this class.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26TH:
1st, 2nd and 5th Periods:
Journal: Write five sentences using five words from last week’s vocabulary assignment from your vocabulary book (1st and 2nd Periods: pages 30-39; and 5th Period: Unit 1). Use prepositional phrases, adjective and adverbial phrases in your sentences and underline them.
Go over the literary and vocabulary packets for ROMEO and JULIET.
Continue reading, acting out, swashbuckling and learning about and appreciating Shakespeare’s glorious language.
THURSDAY, MARCH 27TH:
1st, 2nd and 5th Periods:
Your grammar homework is due today.
Today we will work on Mercutio's "Queen Mab" speech. We will break up into groups and act out the various parts of the speech; then individually we will choose four different scenes from the monologue, illustrate the scenes and write the lines underneath the scenes - basically, we are doing a story board of four of the scenes from the Queen Mab speech. The emphasis on the assignment is creativity, effort, color and accuracy. This is for a grade. This will be due on Tuesday, April 1st.
FRIDAY, MARCH 28TH:
Go over the test and then watch Act 2 of Romeo and Juliet in both videos.
