Wednesday, January 14, 2015

ENGLISH - 1^st trimester – Day 24

Check homework: backside of vocabulary handout (exercises I & II)

LIBRARY ORIENTATION DAY 1 of 2 (2015)

·         Day 1 of 2 - Library Orientation

• Began work on Works Cited/Bibliography assignment (from Library Orientation) – see Mrs. Blunt in library for details

ENGLISH homework – HOURS 1 & 3:

·         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)

·         OPEN-NOTES test on Edgar Allan Poe’s life – date of test not yet determined.

 

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ENGLISH – HOURS 4 & 5 – Day 23

Using your textbook, complete the following:

1.      Write out Act 1, Scene 1, line 79…then, above it, mark the iambs with 5 sets of   (U      /)

2.      Go to Act 1, Scene 1, line 92…write down the definition  of “cankered”

3.      How many Acts are there total, in the whole play?

4.      In Act 1, Scene 1, lines 1 – 62 are not written in iambic pentameter. Starting with line 63, nearly every line is. Make a guess as to why this is.

5.      Write out Romeo’s first line of the play.

6.      Write out Juliet’s first line of the play.

7.      In your own words, explain what Benvolio means in Act 1, Scene 1, line 160.

8.      Write 2 lines of iambic pentameter that described how you are feeling today.

9.      Now shuffle the word order of your each of your two lines (without adding any words)

·         Pick up 2 handouts:

o   “Dramatic Literary Terms” handout – test on these terms will be next week.

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

·         Read Romeo & Juliet Act 1.1.101 - 235 (pages 812 – 817 in Literature book).

·         Watch 2 excerpts of Romeo & Juliet of same opening scene (old and new)

ENGLISH homework – HOURS 4 & 5:

Complete: “Becoming Familiar with the Language of Shakespeare” handout.