June 3, 2013 - June 7, 2013 9th Grade Honors English

Monday, June 3rd:
Act 4 Test, Grammar Packet and Vocabulary Packet due today!

Pass out Act 5 Test and Vocabulary Packet. This will be due on the day of the final, June 5th. 

Read Act 5, Scenes 1, 2, 3

Break into groups of four.  Choose one scene from the following and rewrite in modern contemporary English. You will present on the day of the final, Wednesday, June 5th.

FINAL

1^ST GROUP:

ACT 1, SCENE 1: pages 788 – 790

Karla, Isabel, Renatta, Mayra

2^nd GROUP:

ACT 2, SCENE 4: pages 833 – 835

Elizabeth, Brenda, Samantha

3^rd GROUP:

ACT 3, SCENE 2: pages 846 – 850

Robert, Ake, Christian, Ricardo

4^th GROUP:

ACT 4, SCENE 5: pages 870 – 873

Melissa, Daniel, Vicki, Amanda

5^th GROUP:

ACT 5, SCENE 3: pages 901 – 904

Justin, Angie, Josine, Pamela

May 20, 2013 - May 24, 2013 9th Grade Honors

Monday, May 20th:
Read ROMEO and JULIET, Act 3

Tuesday, May 21st:
Field trip to see JOE TURNER'S COME and Gone at the Mark Taper Forum

Wednesday, May 22nd:
Reread pages 845 - 846; lines 1 -70
Use these questions to help you analyze the scene:
1. What does Benvolio suggest he and Mercutio do and why?
2. What kind of fellow is Mercutio claiming Benvolio to be and why?
3. Does Mercutio really believe what he is saying about Benvolio or is he joking?
4. Which person do you think Mercutio is really describing? Do you think he would agree?
5. What are the three things Mercutio is accusing Benvolio of fighting about?
6. There is foreshadowing in lines 30 - 31? What is it foreshadowing?

Class discussion

Thursday, May 23rd:
 Reread and act out the Mercutio and Tybalt scene.
Discussion: comprehension, character, etc.
Passed out Act 3 test and vocabulary packet. Go over the vocabulary. 

Friday, May 24th:
Reread pages 850 - 852 in ROMEO and JULIET
Class discussion: Vocabulary, Comprehension, Characters, Motivation, Plot Points
Vocabulary:
Amerce: to punish
Kinsman: relative
Slew: past tense form of word to slay (to kill); killed
Reread Act 3, Scene 2
Juliet's soliloquy
Analyze what she is saying; share with class
Look for allusion used by Juliet; share with class
Look for personification used Juliet; share with class
Look for irony and paradox used by Juliet; share with class
Class discussion
How and why does Juliet use oxymorons to express her ambivalence towards Romeo when the Nurse (finally) tells her that Romeo is alive but that he killed Tybalt?
Look for imagery and metaphor used by Juliet