Monday, December 10, 2012

ENGLISH – 2nd trimester – Day 10

o   Returned graded homework 

o   Read through definitions. REMINDER to study for Tuesday’s test on the “Dramatic Literary Terms” handout 

o   Continued reading Romeo & Juliet Act 1.1

• First, we read scenes 2 & 3 from No Fear Shakespeare
• http://nfs.sparknotes.com/romeojuliet/
• Next, we read the original text from our textbooks and listened for the thread of the conversation (mixed with moments of poetry)
• pages 817 – 825 in Literature book

Study for Tuesday’s test on the “Dramatic Literary Terms” handout 

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/ 

Using Act 1, looked up lines that reveal each of the 7 characters’ experience with, feelings about, or attitudes toward love and/or marriage. (all from Act 1) 

Scene 1 Romeo Benvolio

Scene 2 Paris Capulet

Scene 3 Juliet Lady Capulet Nurse

ENGLISH homework:

o   Study for Tuesday’s test on the “Dramatic Literary Terms” handout

o   Memorize as much of your Dramatic Literary Terms handout as you can…use the link below to practice with the Jeopardy game:

http://www.superteachertools.com/jeopardy/usergames/Mar201212/game1332198539.php

 

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PLAYWRITING – Day 11 

Read a sampling of student scripts 

Continued our work/script from Friday

PLAYWRITING homework: 

None.