Monday, April 24, 2017

Upcoming Due Dates

Vocabulary Quiz on List #6:
4/27 (A)
4/48 (B)

PWP#5 Assigned:
4/25 (A)
4/26 (B)

PWP#5 Rough Draft: 
Due on TurnItIn.com
5/3 (A)
5/4 (B)

PWP#5 Polished Draft:
Due on TurnItIn.com
5/11 (A)

No Fear Shakespeare - Romeo and Juliet 2016-2017

To read Romeo and Juliet on your own, use the link below. Make sure to follow along in class as we read. You can also find this link under the 'Scanned Class Documents' section at the top of the blog. Check back to this post for reading updates.

Romeo and Juliet Online Link

Week One: 4/24- 4/28
     *Shakespearean Sonnet Intro
     *Prologue Activity

Tuesday/Wednesday (4/25&26): Read Act One Scene 1

Thursday/Friday (4/27&28): Read Act One Scene 2&3
     * Character Chart - Fill out for each mentioned major character, any minor character that is not on the chart you will need to add briefly at the bottom of the page, or on a separate page that you staple to this one. (Paris, Peter, Sampson and Gregory, Abram, Prince).

Week Two: 5/1- 5/5
Monday/Tuesday (5/1&5/2): Read Act One Scene 4&5
     * Act 1 Study Guide - If completed, student will receive 1 extra point on 10pt Quiz.
     * Quiz Wednesday/Thursday (5/3&5/4)

Wednesday/Thursday (5/3&5/4): Read Act 2 Prologue and Scene 1&2
     * Act 1 Quiz Today
     * Finish reading Act 2 Scene 2 for Homework

Week Three: 5/8- 5/12
Friday/Monday (5/5&5/8):
     * Balcony Scene Chart (See Separate Blog Post Above)

Tuesday/Wednesday (5/9&5/10): Read Act Two Scene 3&4
     * Act 2 Study Guide
     * If you were absent for an SOL you need to read this on your own time!
     * Romeo and Juliet Terms

Thursday/Friday (5/11&5/12):
     * Watch Zeffirelli R&J Version through Balcony Scene.

Week Four: 5/15- 5/19
Monday/Tuesday (5/15&5/16): Read Act Two Scene 5&6
     * Act 2 Quiz next class (5/17&5/18)
     * Study Act 2 Study Guide AND Romeo and Juliet Terms (Above)

Wednesday/Thursday (5/17&5/18): Read Act Three Scene 1
     * Act 2 Quiz

Friday/Monday (5/19&5/22): Read Act Three Scene 2&3
     * R&J Timeline Handout
     * Continue DiCaprio R&J Movie

Week Five: 5/22- 5/26
Tuesday/Wednesday (5/23&5/24): Read Act Three Scene 4&5
     * Finish R&J Timeline Handout
     * Use Timeline to Study
     * Timeline Quiz NEXT class (Thursday 5/25 & Friday 5/26)

Thursday/Friday (5/25&5/26): Read Act Four Scene 1-4
     * Timeline Quiz
     * PWP Edits due on Turnitin.com by 5/30(A) and 5/31(B)

Week Six: 5/30- 6/2
Tuesday/Wednesday (5/30&5/31): Read Act Four Scene 5, Act Five Scene 1&2
     * PWP Edits due 5/30(A - Today) and 5/31(B)
     * Any Timeline Quiz Retakes need to be done in the morning 8:45-9:15 before 6/1
       (Academic Only, if you are eligible there is a note in Phoenix).
     * Socratic Seminar on R&J 6/5(A) and 6/6(B)

Thursday/Friday (6/1&6/2): Read Act Five Scene 3
     * Socratic Seminar Prep Sheet
     * Socratic Seminar on R&J 6/5(A) and 6/6(B)


Friday, April 21, 2017

Shakespeare Vocabulary

ABIDE: wait
ALACK or ALAS: an exclamation of sorrow or dismay:
ANON: immediately; at once:
ART: are:
AY: yes; "oh"
BID or BADE: ask or direct
COUNSEL: advice
DOFF: take off; lay aside
DOST or DOTH: do
DRAW: take out or unsheathe a sword for action
E'ER: ever
ERE: before
FOE: enemy
FRAY: fight; brawl
GOD-DEN or GOOD-DEN: good afternoon or evening
HARK or HARKEN: Listen
HAST or HATH: has
HENCE: away from here
HIE: go, hasten, hurry
HITHER: here; to this place
JOVE: Jupiter, the most powerful Roman god
KINSMEN: relatives
KNAVE: servant or one of lowly position; a rascal
MARRY: certainly; a mild oath; by the Virgin Mary
MUTINY: revolt; fighting, violence
NAUGHT: nothing
NAY: no
NE'ER: never
O'ER: over
OFT: often
PRITHEE: please (I ask you)
RAPIER: a long, narrow, two-edged sword used for thrusting
REVELS: festivities and merry-making
SHALT: shall
SIRRAH: how one in authority addresses a servant
STRIFE: a quarrel, struggle, or clash
THEE: you (object)
THINE: yours
THITHER: there
THOU: you (subject)
THY: your
TIS: it is'
’TWIXT: between
TWAIN two
VILLAIN: scoundrel; a low, dishonorable person
WAST: was
WHENCE: from what place
WHEREFORE: why
WHITHER: where
WILT: will
WOE: grief, trouble, sadness
WRETCHED: unfortunate, miserable, despicable
WRIT: written
YE: you
YONDER: over there

Monday, April 17, 2017

Vocab List #6

Quizlet: Vocab List #6 Quizlet

                                Ninth Grade Vocabulary – List Six
Prefixes
chrom-
color
chromatic, monochrome, polychrome
col- / com-
with
collaborate, committee, communal, community
cryph- / crypt-
concealed, secret
encryption
dox-
belief, opinion
orthodoxy, paradox, heterodoxy
Roots/Bases
fil-
threadlike
filament
geo-
earth
geopolitical, geology, geography, geothermal
il-
not (makes the word negative)
illogical,  illegitimate, illicit, illegal, illegible
liter-
letter
literature, illiterate, literal
loc-
place
local, location
mar-
sea
marine, mariner
multi-
many
multiply, multitask, multimodal
re-
again, back
repeat, recede, regress (step back), rebuild
rupt-
Break
erupt, rupture



Romeo and Juliet Anticipation Guide

Anticipation Guide—Romeo and Juliet

Rate all of the following on a scale from 1 to 5: 1 being strongly disagree, 2 being somewhat disagree, 3 being neutral/not sure, 4 being somewhat agree, and 5 being strongly agree.  Then provide a 2-3 sentence explanation defending your position. 


1.  The punishment for murder should always be death.

            1          2          3          4          5

Rationale:


2.  Teenagers can’t understand what true love really is.

            1          2          3          4          5

Rationale:


3.  Killing someone in revenge for killing a close friend of yours is okay.

            1          2          3          4          5

Rationale:


4.  Good friends should stick together at all times no matter how wrong a friend may be.

            1          2          3          4          5

Rationale:


5.  Parents should make the decisions about their children’s lives.

            1          2          3          4          5

Rationale:


6.  It is possible to fall in love at first sight.

            1          2          3          4          5

Rationale:


7.  Telling lies or hiding the truth is acceptable for the right reasons.

            1          2          3          4          5

Rationale:


8.  Family feuds only affect adults.

            1          2          3          4          5

Rationale:


9.  Loyalty to your family is more important than love.

            1          2          3          4          5

Rationale:


Tuesday, April 4, 2017

Literary Circle Poster

Today you will get started on your group poster for presentation.
The poster requires a picture that relates to all group memebers books, colored. And a short paragraph for each person on how the picture relates to their book.

You will present this next class. Each person will speak and give a 'trailer' to their book, as well as read their paragraph on the poster.

Today, you will NOT be completing the Artist Role or the Reporter Role. Use your extra time to get your poster completed.


ONLY COMPLETE DISCUSSION LEADER, DICTION DETECTIVE, AND BRIDGE BUILDER PLUS POSTER.

You will have 15 minutes next class to work as a group. Anything that is not finished must be taken home by a group member and finsihed for homework.