Essay on ROMEO AND JULIET

Hi guys—please put benchmark studying ahead of essay.  I want you to know that you can turn it in by Thursday/Friday if you need to.  You will have more time in class to work on it.

Benchmark and folder due on WEDNESDAY!

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Last Folder Check–turn in on Wed

Before you start your benchmark on next Wednesday, you will turn in your last folder check for the 9 weeks. This is what should be in it right now:

1. Act 4 Vocab

2. Act 4 Strategic Reading

3. Writer’s Choice—pages 610- 617  Answers only

4. Act 5 Vocab

5. Act 5 Strategic Reading

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We finished reading Romeo and Juliet today. Please do the 1-7 questions at the end of the act for your homework. It’s on page 805. Q and A or you can write in complete sentences.

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Thursday, Dec. 9

Today we read a lot of Act 5 in Romeo and Juliet, wrote down the vocabulary for Act 5, and reviewed (most of the classes did) the Writer’s Choice work from yesterday (see yesterday’s post).  No homework tonight.

Tomorrow we will finish the play!  Whoo hoo!

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Wednesday, Dec. 8th

Today is the 30th anniversary of the death of John Lennon. If you don’t knrollow much about him, check out this link.

Today in class we reviewed subject verb agreement in our Writer’s Choice books.  Students did the following work: (Answers only on all.)

Page 610: Exercises 1 and 2

Page 611: Exercise 3

Page 613: Exercise 4

Page 615: Exercise 7

Page 617-618: Exercises 9-10

Tomorrow we will review it and read Act 5 (final act) of Romeo and Juliet.

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Monday, Dec. 6

Today we read quite a bit in Act 4!

Tomorrow, the nurse discovers Juliet and things go from bad to worse!

No homework tonight. magritte_empire_of_light Painting below is by Magritte.

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Happy Friday

Today we turned in our folders formodigliani96 Act 2 and 3 and took an openbook test on Acts 1-3. Grades are pretty good!  We also turned in Warm Ups.

Next week we will finish the play.

No homework! Enjoy the weekend.

The painting here is by one of my faves—Modigliani. (What a tragic life he and this woman—-> had.)

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Act 3–Stick a fork in it.

fork_19031_lgIt’s done.

Now that we are done with Act 3, answer the questions on page 773 in your lit book. Write questions and answers OR write answers in a COMPLETE sentence, restating the question.  1-9. Also do 1 and 2 on the literary analysis part.

Folder due tomorrow. 100 points.  You should have five pages.

Openbook multiple choice test on Acts 1-3 tomorrow.  100 points.

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December Calendar

ringis right here—– december2010

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Rain. Romeo and Juliet. Verb Tenses.

OliviaHusseyLeonardWhitingThis weather is awful.  Anyway, we are reading Act III of Romeo and Juliet in class this week and doing some grammar work.  Benchmark is December 15. We get out for Christmas break on the 17th.

Homework tonight: Writer’s Choice grammar book—-page 594  Ex. 16 and 17.  Write sentences on Ex. 17.

Calendar will be posted later today.

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Happy Thanksgiving

I’m very thankful for all of my wonderful students!

Parents, we finished up Act II of Romeo and Juliet and they watched the video of Act I and Act II (1968 version).  When we get back after Thanksgiving, we will read Act III and then (hopefully that Friday, Dec. 3rd) take a combined test on Act II and III with folders turned in then.

I haven’t been able to get much grading done in the past four or so days because I’ve been so sick, but hopefully I can find my energy over the break and get things moving again.

Have a blessed time with your family.

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