Tuesday, March 31 Agenda

}Bell Ringer: Word Part Study Time: TEST TOMORROW!!

}Discuss old version, watch new version

}In R&J section: Which movie version matches your imagination (of Act 2 Scene 2) and why? Which version matches the mood or feeling of the scene best and why?

}Discuss with partner and take notes: Why are Romeo and Juliet in such a rush to get married? Share with class, write a practice paragraph as a class.

}Pick one of the reasons on your own and use specific details from the play to support your opinion in a TIQA paragraph- write the paragraph alone and post it to the entry on my blog

}Work Time: Read or work on Connections Assignment

}Reminder: Connections (minimum 4) and explanations due TOMORROW!!! Clips and presenting for extra credit as well! 

Romeo and Juliet Marriage Rush

Why are Romeo and Juliet in such a rush to get married right when they meet?

Answer this question with a TIQA paragraph.  Your textual evidence can come from any point in the text.  Once you have typed your paragraph, copy and paste it as a comment to this post.

Monday, March 30 Agenda

}Bell Ringer: Word Part Studying: TEST ON WEDNESDAY!

}Act 2 Scene 2

◦A2S2 Paraphrase

}Add to Big Ideas sheet: love and death –examples from A2 S2

◦How can this be foreshadowing? 

}Add to notes sheet: who seems to be responsible for what’s going on so far? Discuss with partner as you add

}In R&J notes, write down what you feel the mood or tone of A2 S2 is in the book (the feeling, the emotion)

}Continue thinking of the “Why” behind the directors’ choices while you take notes

◦What is the effect of the choices? What would the director want to be saying, implying?

•View Act 2 Scenes 1 and 2

Friday, March 27 Agenda

}Bell Ringer: 5 mins study (WORD PART TEST ON WEDNESDAY)

}Reminder: Connections: Assignment due WEDNESDAY

ASSIGNMENT DETAILS:

} Come up with a list of at least 4 movies, books, shows/episodes, songs, etc that have some similarity to R and J.  Write an explanation of how they are the same (specific details, not just the overall basics; therefore it should be a shorter paragraph in length, not just a sentence). Extra Credit: find a clip or clips online that show similarities.

◦Due Wednesday

}Finish Viewing A1S5

}Act 2 Scene 1 start of 2

◦Fill out day chart (Early Monday morning)

Thursday, March 26 Agenda

}Bell Ringer: Study time for WORD PART TEST!

}Take out your big ideas sheet –what themes (big ideas, one word or phrase) are we seeing so far? Brainstorm with neighbor and write them all down

}Connections: In writer’s notebook, brainstorm some other books/songs/movies/shows/etc. where the idea of Romeo and Juliet also seen?

◦Assignment Explanation (next slide)

}Act 1 Quiz

◦When done, turn in to crate/folder and read your own book or work on your connections assignment (4 connections, can do more for e.c. and explanation for each)

}View movies and take notes

◦Scenes 4 and 5

Wednesday, March 25 Agenda

}Bell Ringer: Roots

}Scene 4 foreshadowing (translation) pg 961, how could this show theme of fate?

}Act 1 Scene 5

}Talk with partner, what does Juliet say at the end of S5 about Romeo/her situation?

}Look up the definition of foil in your glossary.  Then in your Romeo and Juliet section, write down who is a foil to Juliet and who is a foil to Romeo and why.  If you need more detail on foils, look at page 930 in the book.

}Take out your big ideas sheet –what themes (big ideas, one word or phrase) are we seeing so far? Brainstorm with neighbor and write them all down

}Act 1 Quiz tomorrow (Prologue through Scene 5)

◦Study for Quiz (everything discussed or in play fair game for this)

◦Study for word part test

◦Read your own book

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Tuesday, March 24 Agenda

}Bell Ringer: Roots

}View Scenes (the rest of 1, 2, 3): Note sheet

◦What are the differences? (“old” version to the play, “new” version to the play, old and new to each other)

◦What choices do the directors make? Why?

}Romeo and Juliet: Act 1 Scene 4

}Allusion –review the definition in glossary

◦Queen Mab Speech turn to page 960 and in writer’s notebook draw Queen Mab and her coach (be specific)

}Discuss Queen Mab speech pg 960 (end), list the seven types of people she visits and what dreams she brings to each

Monday, March 23 Agenda

}Bell Ringer: Paper (and bibliography) printed out before class starts to be on time (CHOIR TRIP FOLK, YOUR PAPER IS DUE TOMORROW!!)

}Grab a literature book

}R and J Big Question: Who is to blame? Who is responsible for the fate of individuals? Start a page in your R and J section where you will add writing about this/notes

}Act 1 Scene 3

}Describe Juliet’s nurse (be detailed and specific) and then describe the nurse and Juliet’s relationship (pg 953)

}Venn Diagram Capulet and Lady C on Juliet’s marriage, add to Sunday day chart

◦Discuss

}Staging of Romeo and Juliet

}View Scenes 1, 2, 3: Note sheet

◦What are the differences? (“old” version to the play, “new” version to the play, old and new to each other)

◦What choices do the directors make? Why?

}

Friday, March 20 Agenda

}Bell Ringer: ACT Prep: comma splices

}Finish A1S2

}Writer’s Workshop

◦Rubric

◦Bibliography: Alphabetical by first letter of entry

◦Peer and Self Eval if you are ‘done’ with your draft

Paper needs to be printed before class starts to be on time!!! (and bibliography)

MLA format handout

Thursday, March 19 Agenda

}Bell Ringer: : “I can” statements and the Short Story Process

}Writer’s Workshop: Continue working on your bibliography or helping others with theirs.  If you are done, read your book (SSR due Friday) or continue working on your draft

◦Time for working on revising, final draft due Monday

}Take a look at your first short story

◦Most likely you have some similar issues (especially punctuation, sentence structure, and grammar), so check your perspective story for those.

◦I will be grading this one more critically than the first one, so REALLY look at your story.

}All parts of the story

◦Make sure your story has all aspects of a plot chart (especially the falling actions/resolution)

}Show don’t Tell

◦Make sure you have LOTS of details!

}Revising sometimes means taking things out that don’t work.

}Edit/Proof Read

◦Print out your story if it will help you check for errors more.

}Meet with me if you would like: make sure you have a purpose in our meeting…

}

}Act 1 Scene 2 

Wednesday, March 18 Agenda

}Bell Ringer: Prefixes

}In RJ Section: Romeo’s opinion on love? Quotes from 948 to show

}Create a Big Idea Sheet in your RJ section: How have we seen the big idea of love so far in the play?

}Final Draft with Bibliography due Monday (Tuesday if you are on the Choir Trip)

◦Works Cited/Bibliography Entries: Look at Google Drive for Directions/Notes -I shared the document with you (print it out if you would like a paper copy of notes)

–Alphabetical order! You DO need to add addresses.

}Writer’s Workshop

◦Peer Edit and Self Edit as you work toward your final draft

◦Work on your next and final draft using my comments and the comments of peers (as well as your own self-editing)

◦Bibliography: alphabetical order!

◦If you need to meet with me, please do

◦Time for working on revising, final draft due Monday

◦If you need a break, read your book as the SSR letter is due on Friday

Tuesday, March 17 Agenda

}Bell Ringer: Syllables

}Finishing Prologue

}Sonnet Definition

}Background: Renaissance, Italy

}Day Chart

}Romeo and Juliet Act 1 Scene 1

◦Take notes on what we discuss, there will be a quiz at end of each act

◦Who would Prince be today? Pay attention to when he comes into the play. What did he say?

◦“Day Chart” –fill out Sunday

Monday, March 16 Agenda

}Bell Ringer: roots

}Writer’s Workshop:

◦Work at whatever step you need to complete (theme tracing, revising for craft/content, revising for editing (and meeting with me), etc. End result: best piece of writing you have ever created)

–Pink: basic conventions (punctuation, capitalization, dialogue format, verb tense shifting)

–Yellow: fluency (not much this time, since noted in craft draft), sentence structure (fragment/runon, comma splice)

}Writer’s Workshop time: Annotating Examples?

}Romeo and Juliet Section of Reader’s Notebook

}Discuss Preview to WHY Study Shakespeare (white sheet with 5 questions from last week)

}Iambic Pentameter, and Blank Verse

}Begin the Prologue

◦Reading Poetry, scanning

}

Friday, March 13

}Bell Ringer: Presenting Terms to small group

◦1{Soliloquy and Aside}, 2{Tragic Hero, Antagonist and Pun}, 3{Foil and Comic Relief}, 4{Dramatic Irony and Allusion} : you want all words defined in your notes (if you don’t trust your group member, the definitions are on page 930)

}Writer’s Workshop

◦Continuing with Fluency Self/Peer Editing

◦Second draft –editing draft: If you submitted a second draft, we will meet on it throughout work time

–Pink: basic conventions (punctuation, capitalization, dialogue format, verb tense shifting)

–Yellow: fluency (not much this time, since noted in craft draft), sentence structure (fragment/runon, comma splice)

}Print off your story (hopefully you have worked on revising it, so it isn’t the same version as yesterday)

◦Theme tracing –what is your theme? Where is it alluded to? What details build your message? –highlight all pieces of theme as you develop it (think of “The Sniper”)

◦Third draft –fluency self-edit

}Collect AoW Reflections (turn in to folder in crate)

Thursday, March 12 Agenda

}Bell Ringer: Character Questions and printing off story

}Jigsaw Terms

◦1{Soliloquy and Aside}, 2{Tragic Hero, Antagonist and Pun}, 3{Foil and Comic Relief}, 4{Dramatic Irony and Allusion}

◦Need definition, examples given in explanation and possibly examples from other books/movies/sources

}AoW Discussion

}Writer’s Workshop

◦Revising your draft based on comments (explaining the T-chart and evaluation)

◦Editing Draft: While working on revising for craft, you also should be looking at editing.  Share your draft with me and tonight/tomorrow I will read for editing issues (explanation of editing draft): Reshare it with me, titled: Story Title: EDITING DRAFT

◦Mini Lessons on ‘–’ column issues

Shakespeare open notes QUIZ link

PLEASE read this post as your directions for this quiz.  You need to click on the link and then take the quiz.  You will use all of the words in the word bank once.  Because there is a word bank, spelling and capitalization counts against you if it is wrong.  Do not click on the question mark or hint buttons as that will lower your score (this is why it is open notes not open book).

When you are done, hit check.  Then copy the whole page (the text with your answers and the score and percentage that you received) into a document and share it with me through google docs.

LINK:  http://www.dukeofdefinition.com/shakeback_beg.htm

Tuesday, March 10 Agenda

}Bell Ringer: Roots

}Shakespeare Intro: The info from this can be used for the quiz, as well as today’s reading

◦Partner or Alone, the videos aren’t chronological with the questions

◦If you don’t finish answering the questions (lots of details, more than just one point per question), finish tonight to be prepared for discussion and quiz tomorrow

◦Extra Credit: Post a link to a video you think helps give a better understanding of Shakespeare or his influence or any of the other questions.  Be prepared to explain what you think about it tomorrow!

}“Shakespeare’s World”

◦Read and take notes pg 926-929
Categories:

}The Time/Era of Shakespeare

◦England as well

}Shakespeare: the man, the author, his influence

}Theater and Plays

◦Take detailed notes as there will be an open notes quiz (tomorrow after discussion)

}AoW Close Read due tomorrow

Shakespeare Preview

Here are the links (and times to watch if needed) for the first activity in class today (Tuesday 3/10):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhZeaSH_IaA: folger video stop at 3:10ish:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4kz-C7GryY start at 7:55, stop at 12:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_0hdTa92HM&list=PL0E6A588915AE953A 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMkuUADWW2A: 

http://absoluteshakespeare.com/william_shakespeare.htm

Monday, March 9 Agenda

}Bell Ringer: In Writer’s Notebook: What do you know about Shakespeare and/or his works? List anything and everything you can think of about who he was/is, what he wrote, when he wrote, etc.

}AoW #4 –close read due Wed.

}Writer’s Workshop

◦Narrative Leads: Discuss the beginning of your story with someone/have someone read what you have so far and give suggestions (Narrative Leads and prior examples)

◦Remember to think of Universal Theme

◦Make sure you are basing what is happening off your research (do more if needed)

◦First draft due (Craft Draft) at the end of workshop time (shared with me on Google Docs or emailed to me if you are using Microsoft Word) or by 4 tomorrow

◦Work on your first draft, when it is done, write “Completed First Draft” on the top of the document

◦If you finish your first draft, do a little self-editing/revising, checking for large issues, looking for details that show your theme, checking for details that match research, then you can work on your AoW or read your own book

Friday, March 6 Agenda

}Bell Ringer: Roots

}Creating a blogger profile

◦Go to my blog: http://english9mrsjohnson.blogspot.com/

◦Read the first post and comment there

}Writer’s Workshop:

◦Get story map checked (if didn’t Thurs.)

◦Begin writing your rough draft; consult your notes for details and remember the requirements we talked about Wednesday!!

◦Read through the ideas on my most recent blog post

◦If you are looking for inspiration, look at some of the blogs of former freshmen

◦By the end of class today you should have HALF of your draft done (or more)

◦Rough Draft due end of workshop time Monday or if not done, Tuesday, but we’ll have no work time on it on Tuesday

}If you need a break from writing, read your independent book!! Make sure to turn in your SSR letter to the basket

Perspective Stories

Post a comment to this post explaining in a few sentences the story you are starting to write today.

Who is it about?
Where does it take place?
What is the situation that is going on?
What are some aspects of the human experience that you will be showing in your plot/character/theme?

Thursday, March 5 Agenda

}Bell Ringer: Answer this question in your writer’s notebook: Whose perspective are you writing from, what issue/event?

◦Share with neighbor

}Take out the step by step instructions sheet, you should be at the final step now, if not, complete the previous steps to get to the point where you can plan and write a story

}Writer’s Workshop

◦Finish any steps that you haven’t (research, notes, etc)

◦Story Map or Plot Chart: you need a plan for your story that covers the main points of a short story (like we made for our last story) (DUE TOMORROW AT THE LATEST)

–Your story must have exposition, rising actions, conflict, climax, falling actions, resolution, universal theme

}Look through your notes, create a list of the information that you have that you feel could be universal/common in other situations

}Collaboration time

}Writer’s Workshop

◦Finish Story Map/plot chart: Need a plan of some sort

–digital story map shared with me (google drive) or paper copy

◦Begin Rough Draft

}SSR Letter Due TOMORROW

Perspective Writing Requirements

}First Person –you ARE the person (I, me, my, we)

}Realistic Fiction –it is set in the area/situation you researched, based in REALITY

}Possible Approaches:

◦Memoir –autobiographical writing that shares narrator’s personal experience

◦Diary entries

◦Letters to someone

}Shows a specific day/series of days or event or issue

}Not overly filled with statistics (more like fiction, less like non fiction)

}Shows a universal theme/common issue of human experience through the thoughts, feelings, actions, plot that you put your narrator in/give your narrator

Wednesday, March 4 Agenda

}Bell Ringer:  ACT Prep

}Get your computer (or go get a computer), log on, finish taking notes on sources: Anything that helps answer “What is it like to be    in    dealing with   ?” –what aspect of the life of that person/group do you not know yet? Find answers!

}Final class research time (+/- 45 min)

◦You need to have at least one video that you are using as a resource.  Look through the videos on BBC and Reuters before going to YouTube or just searching the web

◦Remember, you are going to become a person with this perspective, so get as much information as you can to help you write AS a/the person in the situation/event/issue

}Research Writing Project guidelines

}First Person Accounts

}Organize your notes, figuring out what event/situation/issue you are going to be writing about first

}SSR letter due Friday!

Tuesday, March 3 Agenda

}Bell Ringer: In auditorium, working on notes or reading

}How to take notes from videos/pictures

}Research Time:

◦Step one: finish finding potential sources (You should be done with this)

◦Step two: weed out your sources and start taking notes on articles

◦Step three: Start taking notes on pictures/slide shows and videos

}You should begin today with taking notes on at least one video/audio clip

}Homework: By tomorrow, have the notes for at least half of your articles/videos/sources (to be on the safe side, you should aim for 3/4ths or even completely done. Your end goal of sources should be around 8-10 quality, reliable sources with LOTS of notes on each to help you answer your research question).   Be prepared to share your findings with a group, finish your note taking, and start your writing; Read independent book at home for SSR letter

Monday, March 2 Agenda

Welcome Back!

}Bell Ringer: Suffixes

}How to take notes from potential sources

◦Own words, copy and highlight, copy only important info

}Research Time

◦Today I need to see:

–Around 15 (the more you have the better) articles. Tomorrow I will need to see notes on at least three of the articles

}Research Time:

◦Step one: finish finding potential sources

◦Step two: weed out your sources and start taking notes on articles

◦Step three: Start taking notes on pictures/slide shows and videos

}By the end, you need to have a start on notes on at least three different articles with different information to help you understand your topic

◦Your goal is to have notes on more than just three (end goal 8-10) and to fully understand the group, situation and place that your question surrounds

}HWK: Read own book, SSR due Friday; notes completed on three articles (maybe more)