Weekly Agenda for 9th Grade English
Monday, April 30th:
Go over CST prep on Consistency of Tenses
Read Chorus, Act 2, Scenes 1 and 2
Reading log
Tuesday, May 1st:
Homework is due today: HOLT HANDBOOK; pages 161 - 162; exercises 5 and 6; Verb tenses
Pass out Act 2 Open Book Test for ROMEO and JULIET
Go over Act 2, Scenes 1 and 2
For homework: Reread Act 2, Scene 2 and identify figurative language that refers to light. Write the quotation, translate it into modern language, identify which type of figurative language (metaphor, personification, etc.) and then illustrate it. Should have minimum of six examples.
Pass out quotation graphic organizer
Wednesday, May 2nd:
Share homework; gallery walk of work
Read Act 2, Scene 3
Reading log
Pass out Act 2 vocabulary handout
Thursday, May 3rd:
Read Act 2, Scene 4
Reading log
Work on Character/Emotion Grid Graphic
Friday, May 4th:
Read Act 2, Scene 5
Reading log
Essay assigned: Write a 1, 000 word essay on Shakespeare's use of figurative language using the motif of lightness and darkness to detail the shift in Romeo's moods in Act 1 and Act 2 in ROMEO and JULIET. This essay will be due on Wednesday, May 9th.
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