Tuesday, February 10, 2015

 

ENGLISH – HOURS 1 & 3 – Day 40

·         Collect classwork (your 4 lists of 10 from “Scarlet Ibis” guilty/not guilty)

Answer the 2 questions.

§  1. There are lots of ways to win an argument. Write down 4 of them.

§  2. Was it easier to prove them guilty or not guilty?

·         Study for Friday’s “Scarlet Ibis” test (pgs. 333 – 344)

1. Choose one set of your GUILTY arguments (parents or brother).
1. You are to pretend that all of these things have been said ABOUT YOU in front of a jury.
2. Things are not looking good for you. The jury seems convinced of your guilt.
2. The judge has asked you if you have anything to say in your own defense.
3. DEFEND YOURSELF on paper…
1. …by writing out a closing argument/speech (to be read at the close of your trial) that refutes the key points against you. Make your case as convincing as possible.
2. GOAL: You are to take all statements and turn them in your favor before the jury so that you can convince them that you are correct and the other party is incorrect.
3. 1 paragraph for 5 of your 10 arguments. 5 paragraphs total.
4. Use this opportunity to point out discrepancies in the other side's theory. Challenge the overall position. Highlight inconsistencies to discredit anything the other side tried to prove or defend.
5. Please begin your speech with: “Ladies and gentlemen of the jury…”

ENGLISH homework – HOURS 1 & 3:

·         Complete backside of vocabulary handout (ex. 1 & 2)

·         Study for Friday’s vocabulary test (lesson 5)

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ENGLISH – HOURS 4 & 5 – Day 38

Completed more comma practice (for tomorrow’s test)

1.      Open your books to page 843 and read lines 1 and 2 (of the prologue).What does Shakespeare mean?

2.      Compare the roles of Juliet’s nurse and Friar Lawrence.  How are their roles similar? 

3.      The Friar is collecting “deadly weeds and healing flowers” (p. 853).  As he does this, he compares earth to a ______________ and a _______________.

4.      Explain how the earth can be these two things (from above).  

5.      What does Juliet mean when she says “swear by thy gracious self, which is the god of my idolatry”? (scene 2, lines 112-114) 

6.      Romeo had thought Rosaline would not return his “love” because she wanted to remain chaste all her life.  However, according to the Friar, what was the real reason Rosaline ignored Romeo?  (p. 857)

7.      Explain Friar’s motto:  “Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.” (scene 6, line 15).

·         Watched Act 2 “balcony scene” from NEW VIDEO (Romeo & Juliet) – approx. 23 minutes

ENGLISH homework – HOURS 4 & 5: 

Study for tomorrow’s comma test.