Tuesday, Oct. 31 Agenda

}Bell Ringer: Word Part Studying

}Publishing your work:

◦Look at the comments/rubric from your perspective story –are you satisfied with the final draft? Are there things you want to fix?

◦Post your story to your blog and then add ‘media’ to your story

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

◦Assignment Explanation 

}**Assignment: 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 paragraph in length, not just a sentence). Extra Credit: find a clip or clips online that show similarities.

◦Due Friday (extra credit due Monday –not on 1st Q)

}Ex:

◦Gnomeo and Juliet (redo of the whole play)

◦It can also connect to just one aspect of the play: star-crossed love, family feud, hot-headed individuals, etc

}Viewing A1S4 and 5

◦Make sure the notes you are taking are focusing on both similarities and differences and will help you think about WHY directors make the choices they do

Homework: Comment on your most recent commenting collaborator’s story (make sure you’ve read it) (follow the commenting guidelines); Connections; study for word 

Monday, October 30 Agenda

}Bell Ringer: Word Part Studying (5 min)

}A1S4 Translation answers

}Act 1 Scene 5

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

}Who Is Responsible/Who Is to Blame? Add to Your Notes

}Big Ideas of R and J sheet –what themes (big ideas, one word or phrase –think of some of those universal ideas from writing the perspective story) are we seeing so far? Brainstorm with neighbor and write them all down

}Act 1 Quiz

◦When done, turn in to crate/folder, post your perspective story on your blog (if you want to fix anything, do so), as people post their stories, start reading others’)

Friday, Oct. 27 Agenda

}Bell Ringer: Roots (final slide for quarter)

}Grab a lit book and finish viewing 2 and 3 (old and new)

}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 (back of Big Ideas?)

}Romeo and Juliet: Act 1 Scene 4

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

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

}Act 1 Quiz Monday (Prologue through Scene 5)

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

Thursday, Oct. 26 Agenda

}Bell Ringer: Paper (and bibliography) printed out after 10 minutes to be on time (if your bibliography isn’t done, at least turn the paper in now)

}Reading Blog Post Commenting

◦Post if you haven’t

◦Find your new commenting collaborator and comment on their post (make sure to follow commenting guidelines)

◦Check your blog for comments and respond to any comments there that need a response

◦If there’s still time, personalize your blog a bit (add colors, change themes, add pics, etc)

◦If there’s STILL time, read and comment on other people’s posts, study your word parts, or read your book

}Grab a literature book

}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?

Wednesday, Oct. 25

}Bell Ringer: Final Writer’s Workshop Time: Finish working on your bibliography or helping others with theirs. Time for working on revising. Final draft due tomorrow. Remember your Bibliography/Works Cited page.  Also, it should be in MLA format (look at the handout in your binder)

}Romeo’s Opinion of Love: Quotes from 948 to show

}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 

Homework: Post SSR post to blog if you haven't; work on final draft of perspective story

Tuesday, Oct. 24 Agenda

}Bell Ringer: Prefixes

}Finish A1S1

}Create a Big Idea Sheet in your RJ section: What are some big ideas that we know will be in it based on the prologue and A1S1?

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

}R&J: Scene 2

◦“Day Chart” –fill out Sunday 3 and 4

}Writer’s Workshop:

◦Final Draft with Bibliography due Thursday

◦Works Cited/Bibliography Entries reminder:

–Alphabetical order! You DO need to add addresses.

◦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)

–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)

Monday, Oct. 23 Agenda

}Bell Ringer: R and J Prologue

}Day Chart: How to use

}Romeo and Juliet Act 1 Scene 1

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

◦942 -945

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

}Writer’s Workshop:

◦Perspective Story Rubric

◦Bibliography: alphabetical order!

◦Theme Conferences

◦Work at whatever step you need to complete (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 (other than commas), capitalization, etc.) fluency

–Yellow: things that are in your editing section: sentence structure (fragment/run-on, comma splice, commas), dialogue format, verb tense, etc.

}Instead of an AoW this week, we will be doing some additional blogging stuff…be prepared (and if you didn’t post or comment for the SSR letter/blog, DO IT!!)

Thursday, Oct. 19 Agenda

}Bell Ringer: Prefixes

}SSR Blog Post -due Monday, see blogging blog for details

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

◦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”)

}Writer’s Workshop time

◦Work on what you need to do to make this story the best piece of writing you have done

}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)

◦Universal theme

}Show don’t Tell

◦Make sure you have LOTS of details!

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

}Fluency- make sure your story SOUNDS good and that sentences and words flow

}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…

◦Third draft –fluency self-edit

Wednesday, Oct. 18 Agenda

}Bell Ringer: Syllables

}Romeo and Juliet Terms (do you have them all? What happened on Mon.?)

}Writer’s Workshop: Revising and Editing

◦Take a look at your first story, identifying some areas of concern with your writing for you to focus on with the current story we are writing

◦Second draft –editing draft:

–Pink: basic conventions (punctuation (other than commas), capitalization, etc.) fluency

–Yellow: things that are in your editing section: sentence structure (fragment/run-on, comma splice, commas), dialogue format, verb tense, etc.

◦Work on REVISING your story (think of the questions from Monday, from the suggestions you brainstormed for your areas of concern, etc)

–Remember, part of revising is often DELETING things

–Need to confer with me today or tomorrow

}Read choice book, Blog Post instead of SSR letter (I’ll post mine tonight and we’ll talk about it tomorrow)

}Iambic Pentameter and Blank Verse clarifications

◦Video: Review of John Green video; https://youtu.be/I5lsuyUNu_4

}Read through Prologue

◦Video on pronunciation

◦Rhyme Scheme and Translation

Tuesday, Oct. 17 Agenda

}Bell Ringer: Find your – comments in your draft

}Writer’s Workshop:

◦Come up with a specific plan of attack for one of your areas of concern

◦Sign up for a conference with me to talk about the plan

◦Work on REVISING your story (think of the questions from yesterday and human experience, and from the suggestions you just brainstormed, etc)

–Remember, part of revising is often DELETING things, not just adding

◦Universal theme? What are your plans for including it?

◦Editing Draft:

–Pink: basic conventions (punctuation (other than commas), capitalization, etc.) fluency

–Yellow: things that are in your editing section: sentence structure (fragment/run-on, comma splice, commas), dialogue format, verb tense, etc.

–Take a look at any issues from your first story, to help you know what you may struggle with and should focus on for this story

◦As you work on your story, our third draft is going to focus on Universal Themes and Fluency

}SSR Week: If you need a break from writing, take some time to read your book. We will be using your blogs for this week’s SSR letter