STAAR, DLA, List 18 foreign words, periodic sentences, absolute phrase, appositive phrase

Week #23 February 17-21, 2014

Lesson: STAAR, DLA
Vocabulary: LIST 18 - foreign words
Grammar: Periodic sentence, absolute phrase, and appositive phrase

Homework:
- Persuasive essay - due: Monday/Tuesday
- SAT notes #17 - due: Wednesday

I have not posted any updates on the blog. I finally decided to separate CP from academic, hence this blog which used to be for English I CP. From now on, it will be for English CP, unless it gets changed again.

On Monday, we started the week with a vocabulary quiz, then you submitted your persuasive essays to me. Some of you polished your essay some more on Google Docs. 

On Tuesday, we had a Nearpod activity where you used your laptops and watched a slide show. At the end of the presentation, you wrote a periodic sentence with an absolute phrase and appositives.

Today, Wednesday, you will take part of the DLA.

Thursday and Friday, we will go back to a SAR activity we had the previous week and then you will continue to finish the DLA. 

Final Exam Week Spring 2013

Week #36 June 3-7, 2013

Final Exam Schedule

Monday
2nd and 5th

Tuesday
3rd and 7th

Wednesday
4th and 6th 

Thursday
1st and 8th

Friday
Teacher prep day


Have a great summer! :)

Review for Final Exam

Week #37 May 28-31, 2013

Activities:

• On Tuesday, students will take the Romeo and Juliet unit test.
• The rest of the week will be spent on reviewing for the final exam. At intervals, students will view the film adaptation of RJ.

The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

Week #36 May 20-24, 2013

Literature: The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Review: Vocabulary words

Homework:

• Last week, you submitted the last vocabulary notes and a poster of your sonnet. The previous was due Tuesday, May 14, and the latter was due Monday, May 13.
• This week, you need to collect all your vocabulary notes and begin studying/reviewing them for the final exam.

Activities

• Last week, we read and analyzed characters and motives in William Shakespeare's tragedy Romeo and Juliet. We will continue to do so this week.
• We also analyzed the following Shakespearean conventions: short lines, shared lines, Alexandrine, feminine ending, soliloquy, monologue, aside, oxymoron, puns, and the purpose of each application in the play. We will also continue to analyze these conventions this week.
• On Monday, May 20, you will write your final exam essay.

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

Week #35 May 13-17, 2013

Literature: Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Vocabulary: 

Homework:

• SAT vocabulary notes and sentences - due: Tuesday, May 14

Activities

• From Monday through Friday, we will keep on reading and annotating Romeo and Juliet. 
• Continue to analyze the following terms: feminine ending, Alexandrine, short lines, shared lines, soliloquy, aside, foil, tragic hero, tragedy, blank verse, iambic pentameter, iambic hexameter, etc.

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

Week #34 May 6-10, 2013

Literature: The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Vocabulary: Shrift, Posterity, Vain, Solemnity, Disparagement, Scathe, Esteem, Conjure, Invocation, Embed, Perverse, Orb, Idolatry, Bounty, Virtue, Predominant, Exposition, Consume, Addle, Dexterity, Calamity,Dissemble, Enamor, Tempest, Doleful, Lamentable, Melancholy, Pilgrimage, Solace, Behold, Sunder, Auspicious, Engross, Unsavory
TERMS TO REVIEW: shared lines, short lines, feminine ending, Alexandrine, iamb

Homework:

• SAT vocab notes with sentences - due: Tuesday, May 7
• Sonnet posters - due: Friday, May 10

Activities

• Monday, as usual, is a quiz day. So, study up! It will cover the vocabulary from week #33 and some questions on part of speech and figurative language using quotes from Romeo and Juliet. 
• Tuesday through Friday will be spent reading and annotating Romeo and Juliet. 

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

Week 33 April 29-May 3, 2013

Literature: The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Writing: Short Answer Response (SAR)
Vocabulary: baleful, jest, wanton, rancor, brine, ascend, chide, shrine, fickle, amorous, absolve, impatient, dismal, sober, plague, immoderate, inundation, slander, behoove, arbitrate

Activities

It is that time of the year again when we read and study a Shakespearean play. But before reading and studying a Shakespearean play, on Monday, students will take a vocabulary test covering the list from week 32. From Tuesday to Friday, students will read and annotate Romeo and Juliet. Students will analyze the use of Shakespearean conventions such as aside, soliloquy, foil, blank verse, iambic pentameter, characterization, irony, and tragedy and tragic hero.