Friday, March 16, 2012

ENGLISH – 3^rd trimester – Day 9

WARMUP:

• TO BE COLLECTED AT THE END OF THE HOUR:
• Write the first 4 lines of a made-up sonnet (using iambic pentameter) about your morning or about your weekend plans.
• Remember, each line has 10 syllables (iambic pentameter) and has a rhyme scheme of “a-b-a-b”
• When you’re finished, MARK THE IAMBS - u   /   u   /   u   /  u  /  u  /

Read over your paraphrase of the Prologue (page 3 of last night’s homework), then answer the following on the same paper as your warmup:

1.      Using the Prologue as your proof, what conclusions can you make about the play?

a.       List 5

2.      List what the Prologue doesn’t tell us about the play. What has been left out?

a.       List 5

3.      Find a trouble spot in the Prologue (an area you do not understand).

a.       Name the trouble spot.

b.      Generate 4 questions around it.

4.      Complete the following: This Prologue reminds me of ________________because _________________________________.

5.      Create a t-chart. On the left side, write down one thing you learned from this Prologue. On the right side, write 2 paragraphs on why learning that piece of information might be of value to you in your life.

Collect:

1. “Handout 1 – The Prologue to Act One” (last night’s homework)
2. Today’s WARMUP (4 lines of iambic pentameter) and answers to questions 1,2,3,4,5 (above)

Start tonight’s homework: “Becoming Familiar with the Language of Shakespeare” handout

ENGLISH homework:

Finish “Becoming Familiar with the Language of Shakespeare” handout.

Bring your Literature book every day beginning next week.