ENGLISH – HOURS 1 & 3 – Day 45
“Be kind, for everyone you meet is
fighting a battle you know nothing about.”
Write down a list of 7 school subjects (could be the name of a college course)…only capitalize the ones that NEED capitalization
Finish handout from yesterday (singular, singular possessive, plural, plural possessive…)
REMEMBER: To show joint possession, use ‘s with the last noun only; if two people SHARE the same thing, they also SHARE an APOSTROPHE;
· Have you seen Joyce and Greg’s new camper?
· Hernando’s and Maria’s expectations were quite different.
Watched 2 short videos of “Thank You, M’am”
ANSWER QUESTIONS ON A SEPARATE PAPER:
- Explain how the following quote relates to “Thank You, M’am”:
- “There is within me (and it is with sadness I have watched it in others) a knot of cruelty”
- 2 PICTURES AND 2 PARAGRAPHS:
- Draw and explain: What might have happened to Roger that created his knot? (in his past)
i. What did he do with his knot?
ii. What was the outcome of this?
- Draw and explain: What’s another choice Roger could have made given the same past/background, same situation, but a different choice?
i. What might the outcome of that have been?
- From what point-of-view is this story told? (1st, 2nd, 3rdomniscient, 3rd limited, 3rd objective)
- What was Mrs. Jones’s motive in leaving the door open when she dragged Roger to her room?
- Why does Mrs. Jones not watch Roger or watch her purse?
- Roger decides something in the story that marks the story’s turning point. What did he decide to do?
- Using the text, list the details that are mentioned about the setting of Mrs. Jones’s home.
- What does the setting of Mrs. Jones’s home tell us about the kind of person she probably is?
- Using the text, list the details that are mentioned about Roger’s home life?
- From what Roger tells Mrs. Jones, what can you infer about his home life?
- Using the text, directly quote Mrs. Jones when she says something that surprises Roger.
- What characters don’t say can be as important as what they do say. List two points in the story when Mrs. Jones and Roger are silent
- Using the information in question #12, explain why you think each character chose not to speak.
- Give a specific example of an action done by Mrs. Jones that reveals one of her character traits.
- What do you think Roger learned from the way Mrs. Jones treated him?
- What overall impression do you have of Roger by the end of the story?
- What is the theme of this story?
- List three important events or details that suggest the story’s theme.
ENGLISH homework – HOURS 1 & 3:
Finish 17 questions for tomorrow.
NO vocabulary quiz this week!
Use study guide to review for exam.
ENGLISH – HOURS 4 & 5 – Day 45
Take Romeo & Juliet quotations TEST on Act 3
Completed 15 question Act 3 review
ENGLISH homework – HOURS 4 & 5:
Memorize your 10-20 lines of Shakespeare (based on a theme) for your recital on Monday, February 23
REMEMBER: Have a TYPED script ready to turn in…must be TYPED and, for each quote, you must include both the name of the character and the name of the person saying it…ex. Benvolio/Tom
R & J FINAL PROJECT RUBRIC (worth 35 points)
**You may NOT give your recital without a typed copy of your speech. **
10 points - SCRIPT - typed, theme, character/student name (Juliet/Frank)
5 points - THEME - your chosen lines CLEARLY support your theme
20 points - RECITAL - considerable effort shown in memorization of piece
Study for exam – Romeo & Juliet, The Odyssey see review sheet for details
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