Monday, April 30, 2012

ENGLISH – 3^rd trimester – Day 34

While I collect your homework (Act 3 take home open book packet/test) – you complete the WARMPUP:

• Using your textbook, make a simple timeline that proves how much time (hours or days) has gone by since the beginning of the story.

Announced Act 3 quotations test for Wednesday

Looked at timeline for Romeo & Juliet (Sunday, Monday)…

Watched old (1968) and new (1997) versions of Romeo & Juliet Act 3.

ENGLISH homework:

Study for Act 3 quotations test for Wednesday

Friday, April 27, 2012

ENGLISH – 3^rd trimester – Day 33

Read summary of Romeo & Juliet Act 3, Scenes 4, 5 from http://www.shakespeare-navigators.com/romeo/SceneTextIndex.html

Listened to Romeo & Juliet Act 3.3 – 5 and continued answering questions from Act 3 take home open book packet/test (due Monday)

ENGLISH homework:

FINISH Act 3 take home open book packet/test (due Monday)

Thursday, April 26, 2012

ENGLISH – 3^rd trimester – Day 32

P/T conferences: 6:00 – 8:00 PM

Quietly read the New York Times review of Romeo & Juliet (performed in 2011). On a separate paper, write down 5 specific things that are said in the review that PROVES HOW MUCH or HOW LITTLE the reviewer enjoyed the performance. Then write down what you think the reviewer would give the production on a scale of 1 – 10.

Watched 2 trailers for the same Royal Shakespeare Company's Romeo & Juliet noting the fire metaphor and the mix of contemporary and Elizabethan costume

LAZY SONNET (hours 4,5):

o   Using your book, summarize Act 3:1 (pgs. 873-882)

§  Identify the 14 most important lines (do not write them out)

§  Then choose 1 word from each line

·         14 words total – write them out in order

Began completion of Act 3 packet questions 1 – 20 for scenes 1, 2, and 3

ENGLISH homework:

Complete questions 1 – 20 in Act 3 take-home test packet

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

ENGLISH – 3^rd trimester – Day 31

P/T conferences: 3:30 – 5:30 PM

WARMUP: (Haiku, scene deconstruction)

1. Get a copy of Juliet’s speech from center table…then
2. Place an “x” before each line with the word “night” in it, then…
3. Circle all words that you would like further defined
4. Summarized Juliet’s speech in your own words.
5. “NIGHT” – brainstorm 20
6. 2 haiku
1. Where shall we go now?
2. Only blackness shows the way…
3. Why not break the rules?
7. Ask students to choose any 7 words from Act 3.2.1-34 – write them on the board and challenge everyone to write the best haiku using all 7 chosen words
1. Love wilt come apace
2. Impatient night is here
3. Sold is love’s long pat
8. Summarized each of our 3 haikus in one word each.
9. Class chose any 7 words from Act 3.2.1-34 – we wrote them on the board and challenged everyone to write the best haiku using all 7 chosen words
10. Read modern English version of Juliet’s speech from No Fear Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet
11. Finished scripting assignment from yesterday
1. With a highlighter, choose the 2 best sections of your scripts. We will exchange scripts tomorrow (time permitting)

ENGLISH homework:

None

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

ENGLISH – 3^rd trimester – Day 30
 

Graded R&J Act 2 test/packet

With a partner, continued reading Romeo & Juliet – Act 3 scenes 2 and 3

Continue scripting assignment from yesterday

ENGLISH homework:

none

Monday, April 23, 2012

ENGLISH – 3^rd trimester – Day 29

WARMUP: 

(TO BE COLLECTED when finished):

1. Similar to Friday’s journal, create 15 “dominoes” that show the events that we read about in Romeo & Juliet Act 3, Scene 1 (pgs. 872-883).
2. and like Friday, choose one “domino” from your sequence and change it.
3. Write a new 3-domino sequence that shows how this change alters the outcome.
4. Turn in.

Having read Act III, Scene 1 on Friday, in a group of 3, we will write a script for a talk show (the rest of the hour)

1. Read handout carefully (as a class)
2. There are 5 questions on the handout that your characters must address.
1. How was Mercutio killed
2. Why Mercutio was killed….etc…(see handout)
3.  
3. Length = 3 sides of 2 sheets of paper (do not skip lines).
4. No physical violence in your scripts. Characters may argue, but no violence.
5. TO BE COLLECTED AT THE END OF THE HOUR (see handout for details)

ENGLISH homework:

None.

Friday, April 20, 2012

ENGLISH – 3^rd trimester – Day 28

Collected homework: Act 2 open-book, take-home test packet

TO BE COLLECTED:

1. Punctuated “Dear John” letter – checked meaning of newly punctuated letter and revised to make certain the letter was in fact a “Dear John” letter and not complementary by error! (Ah, the importance of commas!)
2. Wrote about a time when we (or someone we knew) were so angry that we acted without thinking.
3. Next we created a 15-piece sequence of events (like dominoes) that were believable, if not true, that included the anger from above.
4. Finally, we chose one piece of the sequence and changed it and wrote a new sequence that showed how this change altered the outcome.

Read Romeo and Juliet Act III, Scene 1 (pgs. 872-883).

Watched spoof of Romeo & Juliet and Monty Python video clip of Black Knight

ENGLISH homework:

None.

 

Thursday, April 19, 2012

ENGLISH – 3^rd trimester – Day 27

Number a paper 1 – 15 (for today’s test on commas)

Begin packet for Act 2 – due tomorrow

ENGLISH homework:

Finish Act 2 packet for tomorrow

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

ENGLISH – 3^rd trimester – Day 26

1. Collect homework: 19 exchanges in modern language – Act 2.3

2. Number a paper 1 – 38, then, using a handout from the center table and pages 853 – 855 (Act 2.3) fill-in-blank (Friar’s speech 1 – 38)

Read No Fear Shakespeare translation of speech before reviewing answers to fill-in-blank - http://nfs.sparknotes.com/romeojuliet/page_96.html

Read a couple of scripts from last night’s homework

Read Romeo & Juliet Act 2, Scenes 5 and 6.

Practiced identifying comma errors in sentences – “The Versatile Comma” overhead

EXIT SLIP: Create an 8-sentence answer key on commas that would require the test-taker to apply 4 different comma rules to complete

ENGLISH homework:

Be prepared for tomorrow’s comma test

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

ENGLISH – 3^rd trimester – Day 25

Added commas (and comma rules) to 18 sentences from “Coming Along With Commas” – reviewed answers

Announced comma test this week Thursday

AT YOUR TABLES: list all celestial images (sun, moon, stars, light) in balcony scene…

Discuss Chain of Order (MEDIEVAL WORLD VIEW also early Renaissance) and re-examined the balcony scene through this lens

Watched Act 2 “balcony scene” from Romeo & Juliet (1997 version) – approx. 10 minutes

19 exchanges assignment: Next, with a partner or alone, script Act 2 scene 3 – for each character, write out a Modern English simple sentence for each of their responses – please note that each scene has 19 exchanges.
Last, for each of the 2 characters, on your newly written scripts, find 3 places for each character to DO SOMETHING (6 total) and write out (and underline) what that “something” is. For example, Romeo enters and waves to the Friar…or Juliet falls to her knees and begs the Nurse.

The above work WILL BE COLLECTED TOMORROW FOR A GRADE

ENGLISH homework:

 
Finish 19 exchanges in modern language – Act 2.3

Study for Thursday’s comma test

Monday, April 16, 2012

ENGLISH – 3^rd trimester – Day 24

Collect homework: the three stages of the Balcony scene (Act 2.2) – see Friday’s homework assignment for details.

Prepare to take notes on commas – 8 rules

Completed “The Comma Count is 32” – using today’s notes as help

Discussed the arrangements that Romeo and Juliet made before Romeo left? (pgs. 851-852)

Listened to Act 2 - scenes 3, 4 (on CD) – approx. 16 minutes

Watched Act 2 “balcony scene” from Romeo & Juliet (1968 version) – approx. ? minutes

ENGLISH homework:

Encouraged use of Romeo & Juliet navigator website and No Fear Shakespeare book:

http://www.shakespeare-navigators.com/romeo/SceneTextIndex.html

http://nfs.sparknotes.com/romeojuliet/

Friday, April 13, 2012

ENGLISH – 3^rd trimester – Day 23

WARMUP: COLLECTED

1. GOAL: To write 2 paragraph using an extended metaphor (like yesterday).
1. First, choose one item from list A and one from list B
2. Write about how they are similar in paragraph

A	B
iPhone 4S Wet Seal jeans Skullcandy Skullcrusher headphones Hunger Games Beanbag chair Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Just Dance 3 (wii or kinect) Legos Knitted Beanies Eyeshadow	Anxiety Faith Freedom Gossip Sacrifice Sorrow Power Failure Dedication Victory

2. Lastly, choose 2 from column A and write another paragraph.

Number a paper 1-34

Using Act 2, Scene 2 handout, paraphrase (put into simpler language) the famous soliloquy from Act 2 (pgs. 845 – 846) by writing out the 34 fill-in-blanks – TO BE COLLECTED

Added commas (and comma rules) to 18 sentences from “Coming Along With Commas” – reviewed answers

Discussed the arrangements that Romeo and Juliet made before Romeo left? (pgs. 851-852)

Complete the three stages of the following Balcony scene activity:

·         STAGE 1: Using Act 2.2 (pp. 845-853), choose the 3 most important lines from every 20 lines of the scene. In other words, from lines 1-20, choose the 3 most important. From lines 21-40, choose 3 more. Continue this all the way through the scene until p. 853. You should end up with 27 lines total.

·         STAGE 2: Next, using the 27 lines you chose, reduce them to 27 key words. Circle 1 word from each of your previously chosen 27 lines. These words may repeat themselves and may not make perfect sense, but should include the 27 most important themes of each line.

·         Stage 3: You are to rewrite your 27 lines from Stage 1

o   Simplify the words of each line.

§  Dumb them down so that a young person could understand.

o   Keep the same meaning of each line.

·         DUE MONDAY: Turn in all 3 stages.

ENGLISH homework:

Finish “3 stages” for Monday (see details above)

Encouraged use of Romeo & Juliet navigator website and No Fear Shakespeare book:

http://www.shakespeare-navigators.com/romeo/SceneTextIndex.html

http://nfs.sparknotes.com/romeojuliet/

Thursday, April 12, 2012

ENGLISH – 3^rd trimester – Day 22

Number a paper 1 – 30. Clear your desk for today’s test (Romeo & Juliet Act 1 test - 30 questions)

Draw a SMALL PICTURE at the top of a paper of the following Shakespearean (extended) metaphor from Romeo and Juliet Act 2.2:

 

ROMEO
 25                                                                   She speaks!
 26   O, speak again, bright angel! for thou art
 27   As glorious to this night, being o'er my head
 28   As is a winged messenger of heaven
 29   Unto the white-upturned wondering eyes
 30   Of mortals that fall back to gaze on him
 31   When he bestrides the lazy puffing clouds
 32   And sails upon the bosom of the air.

IN CLASS ASSIGNMENT (TO BE COLLECTED)

Wrote our own extended metaphors (steps 1, 4)

Step 1:

Battlefield Rainstorm Carnival Dance

Minefield Symphony 10 speed bike Circus

BATTLEFIELD

(brainstorm everything we associate with a battlefield)

Fighting, guns, bullets, grenades, dead people, smells of rotting meat, explosions, mud, screaming, medics, radiation, disease, dirty men, construction, loud, chaos, explosives, love,

STEP 2: How is a ___(battlefield)________ like a ________carnival_______________?

It is crazy, creepy people, screaming, game you can’t win, people with masks, dirty men at both, both are loud, tattoos, face paint, disease, smells like cigarettes,

STEP 3:  ABSTRACT NOUNS: What are they? Love, hate, emotion, intelligence, gratification,

How is a battlefield like ________________________?

STEP 4: Your turn…You choose 1 from first list, 1 abstract (love, happiness, justice, respect, truth, life)

How is ____(your choice)_________ like _____(abstract)______?

After answering this question, write a PARAGRAPH explaining the metaphor. (COLLECTED)

Assembled famous soliloquy from Act 2 with 2 other partners (scatterbrained soliloquy activity) – check pgs. 845 - 846 for answers

ENGLISH homework:

None

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

ENGLISH – 3^rd trimester – Day 21

Take practice “pre-test” of quotations that we created yesterday

Write up one sentence with a comma splice in it.

FIX IT: (Acronym: FANBOYS)

Before reading Act 2, we looked at famous 4 lines (pg. 846, lines 33-36) and attempted to paraphrase them at our tables;

Read summary of Act 2 scenes 1 and 2 (http://www.shakespeare-navigators.com/romeo/SceneTextIndex.html)

Next, we listened to Act 2.1-2 (pages 843-853) – 20 minutes

Show grades (with take-home test added in) – reminder: test tomorrow

Discussed the format of this week’s test on Act 1 – Montague or Capulet? (pg. 805)
Who said it? True or False?

Next, we created 10 true/false statements about Act 1 from Romeo & Juliet – if time, we took each other’s tests as practice for Thursday’s test on Act 1 – COLLECTED

ENGLISH homework:

Study for Thursday’s Romeo & Juliet Act 1 test by using these two websites: Romeo & Juliet navigator and No Fear Shakespeare:

http://www.shakespeare-navigators.com/romeo/SceneTextIndex.html

http://nfs.sparknotes.com/romeojuliet/

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

ENGLISH – 3^rd trimester – Day 20

Using the lists on page 805 and definition on page 1245, list 3 sets of foils from Romeo & Juliet (not including the example on page 1245 J)

Discussed foils

Reviewed and discussed our inferences (from yesterday)

Discussed the format of this week’s test on Act 1 – Montague or Capulet? Who said it? True or False?

Discussed the evil comma splice and how to eliminate it from sentences

            The woman in the blue dress is my neighbor, she is rather tall.

            The woman in the blue dress is my neighbor, FANBOYS She is rather tall.

Practiced identifying comma splices: “Comma Splice Not So Nice”

Next, we each found 7 quotes from Romeo & Juliet and created a 5 question “Who Said It” test – we took each other’s tests as practice for Monday’s test on Act 1

ENGLISH homework:

Study for Thursday’s Romeo & Juliet Act 1 test

Monday, April 9, 2012

ENGLISH – 3^rd trimester – Day 19

1. Describe a specific moment of your spring break.
2. Choose one of the following characters from Romeo and Juliet.
1. 1. Capulet 2. Lady Capulet 3. Nurse 4. Romeo 5. Juliet 6. Tybalt 7. Paris
3. Explain how and why this character would have behaved DIFFERENTLY than you if he or she experienced the same moment (#1).

Recall sonnet rhyme scheme: abab, cdcd, efef, gg – look at sonnet lines 9, 11 (pg. 807);  lines 5, 7 (pg. 843) – What do you notice?

Shakespeare's Accent: How Did The Bard Really Sound?

http://www.npr.org/blogs/monkeysee/2012/03/24/149160526/shakespeares-accent-how-did-the-bard-really-sound

Grade Romeo & Juliet Act 1 Open Book Test (packet of questions)

COLLECTED: (split your table in 2; on paper) Now that we have finished reading and reviewing Act 1 of Romeo & Juliet, predict the next moment for each of the following 7 characters by filling in the blank:

• Because (character) has said (or done) ________, next he will probably ____________.
• 1. Capulet 2. Lady Capulet 3. Nurse 4. Romeo 5. Juliet 6. Tybalt 7. Paris

ENGLISH homework:

None.