May 7, 2012 – May 11, 2012 Weekly Agenda for 9th Grade Honors English

Monday, May 7^th:

Homework is due today: HOLT HANDBOOK: Revising for Parallelism; pages 461 – 462, exercise 6

Read Act 2, Scenes 4 and 5; reading logs; discuss

Act out Scene 4: the Nurse, Mercutio and Benvolio scene

Assign ROMEO and JULIET ESSAY:

Prompt: Analyze Shakespeare’s metaphorical use of darkness and light  to reveal Romeo’s mood both before meeting Juliet and after.

This essay should be a minimum of three pages in length, typed, double spaced and in appropriate manuscript format.

This essay will be due on Wednesday, May 9^th.

Tuesday, May 8^th:

Briefly go over the CST packet in class.

For homework: HOLT HANDBOOK; Subordinate Clauses; pages 99 – 100; exercise 1; this will be due on Thursday, May 10^th.

Read ROMEO and JULIET; read Act 2, Scenes 5 and 6, and do reading logs.

The ROMEO and JULIET Act 2 Test will be due when we finish reading Act 2.

Wednesday, May 9^th:

The ROMEO and JULIET ESSAY is due today.

Finish reading Act 2 with reading logs

Thursday, May 10^th:

Briefly go over CST packet in class.

For homework: HOLT HANDBOOK; Adjective Clauses; pages 101 – 104; exercises 2 and 3; this will be due on Friday, May 11^th.

Collect and grade Act 2 Test

Friday, May 11^th:

Go over homework in HOLT HANDBOOK; Adjective Clauses; pages 101 – 104; exercises 2 and 4

Read ROMEO and JULIET; Act 3, Scene 1 and do reading log. Act out Act 3, Scene 1.

CST Preparation

Grammar Homework for the Week of May 7, 2012 – May 11, 2012

Prep for the CSTs

Revising for Parallelism:

HOLT’S HANDBOOK; pages 461 – 462; exercise 6

Subordinate Clauses:

HOLT’S HANDBOOK; pages 99 – 106;

Subordinate Clause: page 100; exercise 1

Adjective Clause: pages 101 – 104; exercises 2 and 3

Adverb Clause: pages 104 – 106; exercise 4

Run-on Sentences:

HOLT HANDBOOK; pages 441 – 443

Exercise 4

Semi-Colons:

HOLT HANDBOOK; pages 296 – 300, exercises 1, 2 and Review A; pages 457 – 458, exercise 4; page 532

Appostives:

HOLT HANDBOOK; pages 89 – 91, exercise 11

April 30, 2012 - May 4, 2012 Weekly Agenda for 9th Grade English

April 30, 2012 - May 4, 2012
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.