Saturday, April 12, 2014

April 7, 2014 - April 11, 2014 Agenda for 9th Grade Honors English














Monday, April 7th:
In library
The rough draft with all the note cards are due today!

Tuesday, April 8th:
Watch Act 1 of Romeo and Juliet

Wednesday, April 9th:
Read Act 1, Scene 1 of Romeo and Juliet
Discussion: Vocabulary, Context, Puns, Characters, Relationships

Thursday, April 10th:
Passed out MLA Work Cited Page
Passed back rough drafts
Final draft and worked cited page due on Tuesday, April 22nd.

Divide class into Capulets and Montagues
Pass out the Shakespearean Insult Sheet
Class gets to "Bite their thumbs" and insult each other!
Pass out the Oxymoron Worksheet!
Discussion of Shakespeare's use of oxymorons

Friday, April 11th:
Shortened day: each period is 35 minutes.
Watch the Zefferelli version of Act 1, Scene 1 of "Romeo and Juliet"