Friday, January 29, 2016

ENGLISH – Day 36

Finish comma work from yesterday: Number one side of a paper 1 – 20; number the other side 1 – 20. Then, without writing on the handout, complete both sides of the comma handout on the center table.

See UPDATED grades on wall (includes Act 1 questions and Act 1 quotations test)

Have both your drawing and your answers to 1-20 on your desk…While I check your homework, number a paper 1 – 18 and complete more comma practice (for next Tuesday’s test)

RE: (yesterday) Write down what 4 things are being compared in the extended metaphor lines 177-184 (pg. 852)

1. Discussed Juliet's bird reference (pg. 852 - Act 2.2.176 - 184)

2. Discussed the extended “bird” metaphor (pg. 852 - Act 2.2.176 – 184)

3. Watch Family Guy video, Bird is the Word: http://youtu.be/2WNrx2jq184

Announced upcoming comma test next week

Read to each other, aloud - Act 2 - scenes 3, 4, 5, 6

Individually, complete these 4 questions for each of the 4 scenes…(finish for homework)

1. Choose a character. What lesson(s) have I learned from this specific character in this scene?

2. This scene does not have a title. Give it a title and explain why.

3. What is the single most important word in this scene? Why?

4. What techniques did Shakespeare use in this scene to hold the readers’ interest?

ENGLISH homework:

Finish reading and assignment above.

Study for comma test

Thursday, January 28, 2016

ENGLISH – Day 35

Sign onto Schoology…

Today’s Porpoise:

Today you will prove your understanding of both Shakespeare’s language and his many characters in Act 1 by reading and identifying the speaker of a series of quotations from Act 1 on a multiple choice test on Schoology.

Sign on to Schoology now and begin immediately…if the Schoology icon is missing, type in the URL address: Rockford.schoology.com

AFTER SUBMITTING YOUR TEST… Open your books to Act 2, Scenes 1 and 2 (pages 843-853)

1. Review yesterday’s reading….Act 2, Scenes 1 and 2 (pages 843-853)

2. Write down what 4 things are being compared in the extended metaphor lines 177-184 (pg. 852)

3. Like our Queen Mab drawings, draw a PICTURE that includes 6 quotations from the following Shakespearean (extended) metaphor from Romeo and Juliet Act 2.2.

ROMEO

 25                                                                   She speaks!

 26   O, speak again, bright angel! for thou art

 27   As glorious to this night, being o'er my head

 28   As is a winged messenger of heaven

 29   Unto the white-upturned wondering eyes

 30   Of mortals that fall back to gaze on him

 31   When he bestrides the lazy puffing clouds

 32   And sails upon the bosom of the air.

Turn in 2, 3 (above) FOR CREDIT.

Next, number one side of a paper 1 – 20; number the other side 1 – 20. Then, without writing on the handout, complete both sides of the comma handout on the center table.

ENGLISH homework:

Finish 2 & 3 above.

Wednesday, January 27, 2016

ENGLISH – Day 34

Today you will prove your ability to locate and understand some of the key points of Act 1 by using your books and your classmates to answer a series of multiple choice questions on Schoology.

Sign on to Schoology now and begin immediately…if the Schoology icon is missing, type in the URL address:

Rockford.schoology.com

ENGLISH homework:

Study for Thursday’s “Who Said It”/ Act 1 quotations’ test.

Tuesday, January 26, 2016

ENGLISH – Day 33

1. Complete overhead: compound sentence practice.

2. Write up one sentence with a comma splice in it, then fix it with a FANBOYS and circle the FANBOY.

3. Write up one sentence with an AAAWWUBBIS and circle the AAAWWUBBIS.

4. Complete a,b,c + 5 and 6 (below)…

a. Choose one of the following characters from Romeo and Juliet.

i. 1. Capulet 2. Lady Capulet 3. Nurse 4. Romeo 5. Juliet 6. Tybalt 7. Paris

b. In one sentence, explain how this character would have behaved DIFFERENTLY than you (in some made up situation).

c. In another sentence, explain why this character would have behaved DIFFERENTLY than you.

5. Use the list (in your textbooks) on page 805 and definition on page 1245 to write down 3 sets of foils from Romeo & Juliet (not including the example on page 1245 )

6.            Write down what proof you have that each set of characters (that you listed above #5) are foils?

ENGLISH homework:

Study for Thursday’s “Who Said It” test.

Monday, January 25, 2016

ENGLISH – Day 33

Number a paper 1 – 22. With each other and using your books, read the following 22 quotes; for each one, write down…

a) WHO said it

b) WHO they were speaking to.

1.            Draw if you be men, Gregory, remember thy swashing blow.

2.            I do but keep the peace.

3.            From those bloody hands, throw your mistempered weapons to the ground.

4.            My noble uncle, do you know the cause?

5.            In sadness cousin, I do love a woman.

6.            Go, sirrah, trudge about through fair Verona; find those persons out whose names are written there

7.            And if you be not of the house of Montagues, I pray come and crush a cup of wine.

8.            Compare her face to some that I shall show, and I will make thee think thy swan a crow.

9.            Nurse, give leave awhile.

10.          And then my husband (God be with his soul!)

11.          Her wagoner, a gray-coated gnat

12.          She that makes dainty, she I’ll swear hath corns.

13.          For I ne’er saw true beauty till this night

14.          To strike him dead I hold it not a sin.

15.          You are a saucy boy.

16.          Go ask his name

17.          Is she a Capulet?

18.          Younger than she are happy mothers made.

19.          Be ruled by me; forget to think of her.

20.          Give me a torch. I am not for this ambling tonight. Being but heavy, I will bear the light.

21.          O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright.

22.          Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs; being purged, a fire sparkling in lovers’ eyes.

NEXT: Write an example of a compound sentence.

What makes it “compound”?

Comma notes:

1. Discussed the evil comma splice and how to eliminate it from sentences

a. (INCORRECT): The woman in the blue dress is my neighbor, she is rather tall.

b. (CORRECT): The woman in the blue dress is my neighbor, FANBOYS she is rather tall.

2. Took notes on FANBOYS…

For: cause/effect

And: addition

Nor: choice

But: contrast

Or: choice

Yet: contrast

So: result

ADD TO NOTES:

AAAWWUBBIS – After, Although, As, While, When, Until, Before, Because, If, Since) at the beginning of one of the independent clauses and joining the two independent clauses.

English homework:

Study for Thursday's Act 1 quotations test.

Friday, January 22, 2016

ENGLISH – Day 31

Watch OLD video: Act 1 (12:20 – 38:20 = 26 minutes)

Finish JEOPARDY game from yesterday...SHARE the GOOGLE SHEET with me, through google, at tvanbragt@rockfordschools.org

Watch this video for directions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCg_ulcXrrk#t=56

ENGLISH homework:

Study for next week’s “Who Said It” test

Thursday, January 21, 2016

ENGLISH – Day 30

Collect classwork/homework:  4 predictions, 6 actual events from Act 1, Scene 5 and from yesterday, Drawing and 7 questions classwork

PART ONE:

1.       Today you will create a jeopardy game in Google Spreadsheets..using www.flippity.net

2.       Watch this video for directions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCg_ulcXrrk#t=56
3. The NAME of your jeopardy game is WHO SAID IT?
4. Using your books, find IMPORTANT/KEY quotes from Act 1, Scenes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and add them to your board.

PART 2 – VIDEO: Watched new version of Act 1, scenes 4 and 5.

ENGLISH homework:

None

Wednesday, January 20, 2016

ENGLISH – Day 30

Take Dramatic Literary Terms test.

CLASSWORK:

When you are finished, answer the following 4 questions ON PAPER…write about why some people think each of the following kinds of dreams are important…

1.            the ones we dream at night,

2.            the ones we have while awake, and

3.            the ones we have for our futures

4.            Where do you think dreams come from?

NEXT: (to be collected with yesterday’s Questions 1-7…)

1. Using 10 different quotes from the speech, sketch a simple picture of Queen Mab and her carriage according to Mercutio’s description. (page 830)

2. Next to each part of your drawing, write in the word-for-word quotation from the speech that told you what to draw… (10 total)

For example:
• “Her wagoner, a small, gray-coated gnat”
• “Her whip, of cricket’s bone; the lash, of film”

3. Staple your drawing to questions 1 – 7 from yesterday and turn in.

BEGIN HOMEWORK:
1. After turning in your drawing and without opening your book, write down 4 things you predict will happen when Romeo & his posse crash the Capulet party?

2. Read Act 1.5, pgs. 833 – 839

3. Using your book, list any 6 things that happen in Act 1.5.

ENGLISH homework:

See above.

Tuesday, January 19, 2016

ENGLISH – Day 29

Collect classwork/homework from yesterday: 7 characters on love

SIGN on to Schoology and join and complete the discussion “Act 1. Scenes 2,3”.

WARMUP: Using your Literary Terms handout, answer the following:

1.            What is the difference between a soliloquy and a monologue?

2.            Write a sentence that contains an allusion to Santa Claus.

3.            Create an epithet for the celebrity of your choice.

4.            Name the oxymoron for each of the following words: apart, blame, rare, vertical, loose, plural

5.            What literary term means emotional relief?

6.            What’s the definition of a couplet?

7.            How do you suppose “blank verse” got its definition?

REMINDER: test on Dramatic Literary Terms this week WEDNESDAY

Watched video on dreaming… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GGzc3x9WJU&feature=player_embedded#!

Before reading actual scene, read Schmoop: http://www.shmoop.com/romeo-and-juliet/act-1-scene-4-summary.html then...open books to Act 1, Scene 4 and LISTEN to it read by professional actors…OR READ IT IN A SMALL GROUP…introducing…MERCUTIO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ENGLISH homework:

Study for WEDNESDAY’S test on the “Dramatic Literary Terms” handout – be able to identify both the definitions and examples of each term

Use the link below to practice with the Jeopardy game:
http://www.superteachertools.com/jeopardy/usergames/Mar201212/game1332198539.php

Monday, January 18, 2016

ENGLISH – Day 28

LOOK OVER your dramatic literary terms handout…you will have a test on these terms on WEDNESDAY.

Summarize Act 1, Scene 2 & 3 before reading them by signing onto a computer…go to one of the following sites and read what happens in Romeo & Juliet, Act 1, Scenes 2 & 3 only –

Shakespeare-navigators.com
shmoop.com
sparknotes.com
litcharts.com
cliffnotes.com
Shakespeare-online.com

READ ALOUD…Open books to Act 1, Scene 2 and read through to the end of scene 3

ASSIGNMENT: Use the first 3 scenes of Act 1 to explore LOVE and MARRIAGE and identify each of the 7 main characters experience with, feelings about, or attitudes toward love and/or marriage.

DIRECTIONS: Complete a, and b for each of the 7 characters below:

Scene 1

Romeo
Benvolio

Scene 2

Paris
Capulet

Scene 3

Juliet
Lady Capulet
Nurse

a) Write down a quote from each character where they are revealing their feelings about love or marriage. Write the line numbers for each quote (ex. Act 1.2.34-39)

b) Next, write down what might have happened a year ago that makes this character say such things today? (Make up a believable story)

ENGLISH homework:

Finish assignment above: 7 characters from Act 1 – love and marriage

Study for test on the “Dramatic Literary Terms” handout – be able to identify both the definitions and examples of each term

Use the link below to practice with the Jeopardy game:

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

Friday, January 15, 2016

ENGLISH – Day 26

Trochee, Iamb, Anapest, Dactyl, or Spondee? (that is the question)…

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

Watched short videos on Shakespeare

ENGLISH homework:

Study for next week’s test on the “Dramatic Literary Terms” handout – be able to identify both the definitions and examples of each term

Thursday, January 14, 2016

ENGLISH – Day 25

Collect homework (or a pink sheet): “Becoming Familiar with the Language of Shakespeare” handout.

TO BE COLLECTED: Similar to yesterday, again, using your textbook, complete the following:

1. COPY down 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 address the idea of lowering the driving age to 12.

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

Next, choose any 4 of the following words and write out their definitions (from memory – no books or phones please):

Tragedy, Comic Relief, Allusion, Foil, Soliloquy, Aside, Monologue, Blank Verse, Juxtaposition, Universal Theme, Irony, Catharsis, Noble, Oxymoron, Epithet

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

READ the following 9 facts: 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 14th 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 20th 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.

Read Romeo & Juliet Act 1.1.61 - 235 (pages 812 – 817 in Literature book).

ENGLISH homework:

finish above

Wednesday, January 13, 2016

ENGLISH - Day 24

Watched short videos as an introduction to Shakespeare:

The History of English: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bks-5NLshy4 (1.5 minutes)

Shakespearean Fairy Tale – John Branyan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yyd17aaHCgU (8.5 minutes)

Discussed PUNS

ADD to NOTES:

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

Began reading and discussing Romeo & Juliet Act 1.1.1 -  (Act 1, Scene 1, lines 1 – 60 - pgs. 808 – 809 in Literature book - also see No Fear Shakespeare edition)

ENGLISH homework:

Complete “Becoming Familiar with the Language of Shakespeare” handout

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

Monday, January 11, 2016

ENGLISH - Day 23
1. First, write a SINGLE sentence of 10+ words that explains what you would have done over Christmas break if money was no object.
2. NEXT, go all Shakespeare on it and mix up the word order – making sure to use every word of your original sentence.
3. Read your sentence to someone and see if they can get the gist of what you are saying…
Open your books to page 807…

NEXT, rewrite the first 4 lines of the Prologue (pg. 807)…dumb down the language of each line so that a 2nd grader would understand it.

Take notes on HANDOUT: Romeo and Juliet Prologue…
(complete the rest of page 1 and all of page 2) as notes
Re: “Handout 1 - The Prologue to Act One” (taking notes on SONNETS)

ANSWER THE FOLLOWING 5 questions:

1. Find Act 3, Scene 3, line 165…Copy down that line and its page number.
2. How many lines total are there in Act 1 scene 3?
3. Write down an example of unusual word order from page 812.
4. Using page 805, name which family each of the following characters belong:  Tybalt, Romeo, Friar Lawrence, Lady Montague, Nurse
5. Mark the iambs in #1 above.

ENGLISH homework:

finish above

Friday, January 8, 2016

ENGLISH - Day 22

While I check homework:  18 definitions…sign on to Schoology.

For the next hour, CREATE a numbered “I didn’t know that” list using the following 3 links. You must SUBMIT ASSIGNMENT/CREATE through Schoology at the end of the hour.

Shakespeare online

http://www.shakespeare-online.com/

Virtual Globe tour

http://www.english.cam.ac.uk/converse/movies/sound_globe.swf

Watch “William Shakespeare – mini biography”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geev441vbMI

TRY Office 365: https://outlook.com/rockfordschools.org

(same username, same password – no RPS)

ENGLISH homework:

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

Thursday, January 7, 2016

ENGLISH – 2nd trimester – Day 21

IF YOU DID: Without using any one’s name, explain what happened when you introduced yourself to someone new.

IF YOU DIDN’T: Explain how you would have responded if someone new had introduced themselves to you.

5th hour needs to finish “family tree” map from yesterday.

Introduced to Shakespeare’s use of unusual word order and its poetic advantage – re: “I ate the sandwich”

Looked at Shakespeare’s opening Prologue/sonnet to Romeo & Juliet (pg. 807) by reading it many different ways.

On a separate paper, using your phone or a dictionary, define the following 18 words from the prologue…

1.            dignity,                                 10. Verona,

2.            grudge,                11. mutiny,

3.            civil (1),                 12. civil (2),

4.            loins,                     13. foes,

5.            star-crossed,      14. misadventure,

6.            piteous,               15. overthrows,

7.            doth,                     16. strife,

8.            naught,                17. attend,

9.            toil,                        18. strive

ENGLISH homework:

Finish 18 definitions for tomorrow.

Wednesday, January 6, 2016

ENGLISH – 2nd trimester – Day 20

Watch: a pep talk… http://nicertube.com/ve4g6sot

CHALLENGE: in the next 24 hours, introduce yourself to someone new…report back to class, tomorrow.

Continue “Case Study” work (TO BE COLLECTED FOR GRADE).

Write down 3 reasonable solutions.

For each of your 3 solutions, write the 2 advantages and 2 disadvantages.

Decide which solution is best.

In 8 sentences, tell what is likely to happen after your solution is carried out. In other words, what is the ending to your story? It must be believable.

What will happen immediately?

What will things be like in a week or two?

How will things be affected in 10 or more years?

Using the handout of cast list of characters from Romeo & Juliet, draw a family tree for the plays characters:

See page 1 of this document: https://sites.google.com/site/englishclassinperformance/eciprj.pdf

Staple everything together; make sure both of your names are on it…then turn it in.

ENGLISH homework:

CHALLENGE: in the next 24 hours, introduce yourself to someone new…report back to class, tomorrow.

Tuesday, January 5, 2016

ENGLISH – Day 19

Collect 5 of 11 (agree/disagree statements) assignment from yesterday.

On scrap paper, write down how far north, south, east, west you’ve ever been in your life.

Discussed the relative size of our individual and our collective worlds (according to geography (North/South/East/West and age)

Discussed the tendency to NOT broaden our horizons…even in a safe place like the school cafeteria.

·         Why would we choose the disadvantages over the advantages?

·         We are going to start forming habits.

·         Is avoiding people who are different/unknown to us going to be one of these life-long habits?

Began “Case Study” work – see handout … to finish tomorrow AND COLLECT FOR GRADE

Write down 3 reasonable solutions. For each of your 3 solutions, write the 2 advantages and 2 disadvantages.

EXAMPLE:

SOLUTION #1: Tina and Louise should anonymously tell the local police to watch for trouble this Friday night.

                ADVANTAGE #1 – akjfdl;kasdjf;lasdjf;klasdjfl;kasdjfl;k

                ADVANTAGE #2

 

                DISADVANTAGE #1 -

                DISADVANTAGE #2 –

ENGLISH homework:

We will finish the above assignment in class, tomorrow…so no homework.

Monday, January 4, 2016

ENGLISH – Day 18

Open your book to page 1082 and answer the following questions:

1.            According to our textbook,

a.            What is another word for INCREDULITY?

b.            Explain why Telemachus is feeling such incredulity.

2.            What is dramatically ironic in this section?

3.            If the Greeks (from the time of The Odyssey) believed that without gods, man is nothing…name an example from the story that confirms this belief.

Review the following list...“What’s Most Important in a Friend?”

What’s Most Important in a Friend?

__Family income level

__High moral values/standards

__Honesty

__Intelligence/education

__Interests/hobbies

__Kindness towards others

__Knows how to have fun/likes to have fun

__Is law-abiding

__Looks/personal appearance/clothes

__Loyalty

__Physical fitness/good health

__Political beliefs

__Popularity/social status

__Race/ethnicity/cultural background

__Religion/religious beliefs

 

1. Write down your TOP 5

2. Write down your BOTTOM 5

3. If you had to switch the place of one item from one list to the other, which item from each list would you move?

NEXT: Read the following 11 statements and

1.       Choose 5 of the 11 statements.

2.       Choose 5 of the statements and write them down, word for word.

3.       After each statement:

a.       TABLES 1 & 3 & 5 & 7 write AGREE next to ALL 5 of your statements.

b.      TABLES 2 & 4 & 6 write DISAGREE next to ALL 5 of your statements.

4.       Without repeating the statement, write down a 5-sentence scenario that explains an example of someone who would believe your position (for each statement). In other words, explain why some people feel this way about this issue.  (25 sentences total)

FOR EXAMPLE: Let’s say one of the statements was:

All family members should leave me alone once I turn 15.

(my 5-sentence response) AGREE: If a person grew up in a questionable household, he may not respect his parents. Perhaps they were abusive.  If that were the case, he would want nothing to do with them. He may have little respect for their opinions. And by the time he is 15, he may be completely done listening to them. He may actually be trying to save his siblings from them as well.

1.            Violence can solve problems.

2.            Boyfriends and girlfriends are more important than family.

3.            There are times when secrets must be told.

4.            Teenagers don’t know what true love really feels like.

5.            Parents should have the final say in the people that you date.

6.            You are the pilot of your own life. There is no greater force determining your outcome. You determine your own outcome.

7.            You should know someone for at least a year before you marry them.

8.            Deceiving people is all right if it is for a good cause in the long run.

9.            Parents are ultimately responsible for their children’s choices.

10.          “Luck” is a figment of someone’s imagination; there is no such thing as luck.

11.          Love at first sight is possible.

ENGLISH homework:

Finish 5 of 11 paragraph assignment from above for tomorrow.