Tuesday, January 13, 2015

 

ENGLISH – HOURS 1 & 3 – Day 22

·         Take test on Interlopers

·     Identify 3 kinds of irony with comics and scenarios

·         TAKE NOTES while listening to Edgar Allan Poe Biography Part 1

o   http://www.teachertube.com/video/aampe-edgar-allan-poe-bio-part-1-246179

§  then…

·         Read opening introductory pages on Edgar Allan Poe (pgs. 276 – 285) – including “Letter to John Allan” and “Alone” and ADD at least 15 NOTES from these pages to your notes from “Lov’d Alone…” (at least 20 notes about it) for an open-notes test in the near future

o   ANNOUNCEMENT: OPEN-NOTES test on Edgar Allan Poe

ENGLISH homework:

·         Complete backside of this week’s vocabulary handout (exercises I & II)

·         Finish note-taking (above)

·         Study for “Lesson Three” vocabulary test on Friday (the test will have a word bank and 20 fill-in-the-blank sentences – you provide the correct vocabulary word for each sentence)

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ENGLISH – HOURS 4 & 5 – Day 22

·         ADD the following 9 facts TO YOUR NOTES:

Romeo and Juliet Fast Facts

1.       The full title of the play is The Most Excellent and Lamentable Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet.

2.       It is generally thought that Romeo and Juliet was first performed in 1594-1595 and first printed in 1597.

3.       The play takes place in Verona and Mantua Italy around the 14^th century.

4.       Juliet is 13 turning 14 in the play.

5.       The best-known movie versions are Franco Zefferilli's from 1968 and Baz Luhrmann's (starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes) from 1996.

6.       The musical West Side Story (1957) was based on Romeo and Juliet.

7.       Before the 20^th century the ending of the play was often changed so that Romeo and Juliet lived.

8.       The first woman to play Juliet was Mary Saunderson in a 1662 production.

9.       In 1845 the parts of Romeo and Juliet were played in a production by two sisters, Charlotte and Susan Cushman. Charlotte played the part of Romeo.

·         NOTES:

o   Pun = a form of wordplay that occurs when two words, pronounced and spelled somewhat the same, contain different meanings

·         Discussed PUNS

·         Began reading and discussing Romeo & Juliet - Act 1, Scene 1, lines 1 – 100 - pgs. 807 – 812 in Literature book

ENGLISH homework – HOURS 4 & 5:

Bring your Literature book (the purple one) every day.