Sunday, May 13, 2018

May 14, 2018 - May 18, 2018 Weekly Agenda for 9th Grade English

Monday, May 14, 2018:
Presentations of Act 2, Scenes 1, 2, and 3


Work with Act 2, Scene 4
Adolfo, David, Nadiya, Milan,
Recap:
What happened in the scene before?
Summary:
Brief description of what happens during Scene 4
Description of the characters:
Character:
Mercutio: mercurial, loud, funny, good friend to Romeo
Quotations to show that Mercutio  is mercurial, or loud, or funny, and a good friend to Romeo.
You are going to do this for each character.
Choose three examples of figurative language:
Copy a quotation
Identify it – is it a metaphor, simile, personification, foreshadowing, allusion
Show what is being compared to what.

Take Notes!
Main ideas!
Recap!
Summary
Characters – adjectives
Write down the quotations used that describe the characters!
Figurative language – identify

Act 2, Scene 1 presented:
Julian, Takai, Makenna

Slides but no pictures
Recap
Summary
Figurative language
Characters
Description
Quotations which describe the characters

Act 2, Scene 2 presented:
Idalia, Lisbeth A., Jason, 
Jose presented but contributed no work
Slides with one picture on title page
Recap
Summary
Character Description
Juliet
Romeo
Quotations which describe characters
Figurative language

Tuesday, May 15th:  

Students break into groups to work on their presentations. 

 
Cierra, Julia, Katherine, Kevin
Act 2, Scene 5
Recap: What has happened prior to the scene?
Romeo went to the Friar and arranged the wedding. He met with the Nurse who wanted to find out what type of man he was and whether he was serious. Romeo told the Nurse for Juliet to go to the Friar to be “Shrived” (to go to confession) for their wedding which has been set for that morning!
Summary:
Juliet is waiting impatiently for the Nurse to come back to tell her whether the wedding is on.  When the Nurse shows up, Juliet anxiously asks her what Romeo said, but the Nurse doesn’t answer her right away. The Nurse says that she is exhausted and her joints ache from all the walking.  She is out of breath and cannot speak "so give her a moment", but this really annoys Juliet for she says “how can you say you are out of breath and cannot speak when you have enough breath to say that you are out of breath. Just tell me if Romeo and I are getting married!!  The Nurse is definitely teasing her! Finally, the Nurse tells Juliet to get ready because she is getting married today!

Description of the characters: adjectives describing the characters in the scene
Juliet’s mood: impatient and anxious, but when the Nurse finally tells her the good news, she becomes very happy!!!

Find two quotations which show or demonstrate each character’s mood or personality

Quotation:
“Sweet Sweet Nurse, tell me, what says my love!” – This shows Juliet is impatient but still loves the Nurse.

“But old folks, many feign as they were dead –
Unwieldy, slow, heavy, and pale as lead.” – This quotation shows that Juliet is very impatient!

“Hie to high fortune! Honest nurse, farewell!: - This quotation shows that Juliet is happy! Juliet's moods change quickly from anxious and impatient to ecstatic and joyful, depending on the outcome of the Nurse's journey.

Description of the Nurse’s mood in this scene:
Kind, humorous, joking around a lot as if Juliet were her own child.  The Nurse loves and is protective of Juliet. 
Quotation which shows the Nurse's personality or mood:
“He is not the flower of courtesy, but, I’ll warrant him, as gentle as a lamb!” – This quotation shows the Nurse to be protective.

Quotation, which shows the Nurse's personality or mood:
“Well, you have made a simple choice; you know not how to choose a man….” – This shows the Nurse’s joking side; she is making fun of Juliet and her choice of a husband.

Find two quotations, which show or demonstrate each character’s mood or personality
Find three quotations which show figurative language:
Copy the quotation
Identify – is it a metaphor, a simile, personification, an allusion, or imagery
Then what is compared to what? What is revealed by the comparison?

Figurative Language:
“Love’s heralds should be thoughts, which ten times faster glide than the sun’s beams driving back shadows over low’ring hills.”
Metaphor
Love’s messengers should be as fast as thoughts which travel faster than sunbeams.

Now, find two more examples of figurative language:

“Therefore do nimble-pinioned doves draw Love,
And therefore hath the wind-swift Cupid winds.”
Allusion, Imagery, and Metaphor
Comparing the emotion of love to the ancient Roman myth of Love being carried in a chariot drawn by doves



Wednesday, May 16th: 
Worked with the following group:
Scene 6:
Yessenia, Melanie, Hilaryd, Alejandra, Lizbeth –

Recap:
What happened just before Scene 6? The Nurse tells Juliet that Romeo has made plans for them to marry that very day!!!!

Summary:
The Priest is telling Romeo to slow down because relationships last longer when taken slowly. Juliet shows up and the Priest ushers the couple to be married. The Priest is expressing concern about how quickly the relationship is moving. He is warning that relationships that go too quickly wind up ending suddenly and violently. That people who spend too much time with each other wind up getting really sick of each other.
Characters:
The Priest: wise, kind, concerned, knowledgeable, is a father-figure to Romeo.

Quotation which shows the Priest to be concerned and wise:

"These violent delights…."
He is telling Romeo to slow down, that quick and impulsive relationships frequently turn out badly.

Quotation which shows the Priest to be doubtful about how this will turn out:

“So smile the heavens upon this holy act
That afterhours with sorrow chide us not.”

Vocabulary:
Chide – to punish, to scold

Meaning: The Priest is asking the heavens to smile upon their marriage and not punish them after the wedding.  This suggests the Friar is worried about how the marriage will turn out. 

Character:
Romeo: Confuses lust with love; childish, immature, impulsive, changeable in love

Quotation which shows Romeo to be impulsive and emotional:

“Ah, Juliet, if the measure of thy joy
Be heaped like mine, and that thy skill
To blazon it….”

Meaning:
If you are as ecstatically happy as I am..."

Quotation which shows Romeo to be impulsive and emotional:

Romeo:
“It cannot countervail the exchange of joy
That one short minute gives me in her sight.
Do thou but close our hands with holy words,
The love-devouring death do what he dare –
It is enough I may but call her mine.”

Juliet: wise, smart, good impulse control, mature
Quotations which show Juliet to be wise and smart:

Presentations:

Act 2, Scene 3

Tymiah, Taylor, Jasmine, Salamata

Tymiah: Recap

Taylor: Summary

Salamata: Character Description

Friar

Romeo

Figurative Language: gave some quotations and character descriptions from Act 2, Scene 1

Presentations:
Act 2, Scene 4:

Nadiya, David, Adolfo,

Recap: Adolfo

Summary: Nadiya

David: Description of Characters

Finish tomorrow

Thursday, May 17th: 

Presentations:
Act 2, Scene 5
Recap: Cierra
Summary: Katherine
Characters: David
Nurse: David

Act 2, Scene 6
Recap: Yessenia
Summary: Lizbeth
Character Analysis:
Juliet: Yessenia
Quotations: Alejandra
Figurative Language: Melanie

Watch youtube vido: "Akali: Hip-Hop or Shakespeare?"

Friday, May 18th: 
Watch Act 3 and Act 4 in Romeo and Juliet 
Discussion 





















































No comments: