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