Monday, April 15, 2013

April 15, 2013 - April 19, 2013 Weekly Agenda for 9th Grade Honors English

Monday, April 15th:
Go over pages 8, 13 and 14 in CST Prep Packet
Learn dance and rehearse for the presentation of Act 1, Scene 5 in Romeo and Juliet
Begin presentations

Tuesday, April 16th:
Go over CST Prep Packet; pages 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
Your Act 1 Reading Logs are due today.
Finish presentations

Wednesday, April 17th:
Go over CST Prep Packet; pages 27 - 31
Go over Connotation handout
Read ROMEO and JULIET, Act 2, Scene 1
Find examples of figurative language
HOLT HANDBOOK: pages 461 - 462; exercise 6; Parallelism; due Friday

Thursday, April 18th:
Go over CST Prep Packet; pages 40. 41, 42
Go over Parallelism Handout
Assign Unit 7 in VOCABULARY WORKSHOP
Read ROMEO and JULIET; Act 2, Scene 2
Reading logs

Friday, April 19th:
Go over CST Prep Packet; pages 52, 53, 61, 62, 63, 64
HOLT HANDOUT; Parallelism homework is due; pages 461 - 462; exercises 6
Connotation/Denotation: Graphline of Mercurial Personality Type. Class discussion on graphing from the most negative connotation to the most positive connotation of the term: changeable personality.
Assignment: Write two letters, one a letter of recommendation praising a friend for her/his highly organized and attentive personality; the other letter highly critical of the friend for her/his nitpicky, perfectionistic and annoying personality.   Both of these will be due on Monday.
Read ROMEO and JULIET; Act 2, Scene 3
Reading logs