Week #17 January 9-13, 2012

Literature: William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night
Writing: Sentences
Vocabulary: #s 26-50 
resolute,oft, amend, transgress,cuckold,calamity, dexterously, 
catechize,infirmity,barren,rascal,discreet,lethargy,lechery, 
draught,fortified,codling, contemptible,sinister,malice,
usurp,swabber, homage,profanation,doctrine


Homework:
- SAT vocab notes #s 26-50 - due: Monday, Jan 16
- Comment on the lasted blog post if you have reviewed the syllabus posted on the blog. - due: by Tuesday, Jan. 10
- Read the first few pages of the Twelfth Night book from the Editor's Preface on page ix to xlix to the Explanatory Notes on page 1. - due: Monday, Jan 9, 2012 in time for the first test.
- Review vocabulary #s 1-25 for the test on Monday, Jan 9. 
- Sentence homework - due: Friday, Jan. 18

Activities
Monday
1. Take Quiz/Test #1 covering vocabulary #s 1-25 and Shakespeare's World/Drama.
2. View a power point presentation on the conventions of Shakespearean Drama and take notes. Notes will be used on an open notes test.
3. Understand and identify conventions of Shakespearean Drama while reading and studying a play.

• types of Shakespearean drama
• blank verse
• iambic pentameter
• aside
• soliloquy
• shared lines
• Alexandria
• short lines
• dramatic irony
• pun
• plot elements
• theme
• characters and foil
• figurative language

Tuesday

1. Continue reading and annotating the play.
2. Discuss answers to study questions.


Wednesday
1. Discuss GUM page 69.
2. Continue reading and annotating the play.


Thursday
1. Discuss vocabulary words. 
2. Continue reading and annotating. 


Friday
1. Discuss GUM p. 73.
2. Continue reading and annotating the play and work on character found poems activity.

Prepare for a test on Monday.

Week #16 January 3-6, 2011

Literature: William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night
Writing: Essay
Vocabulary: appetite, validity, fantastical, hart, brine, shaft, sovereign, bounteously, disguise, prodigal, ducats, subtractors, coistrel, shrew, accost, woo, distaff, masque, galliard, negligence, clamorous, discourse, rubious, semblative, constellation


AUDIOBOOK- LIBRIVOX: http://www.archive.org/details/twelfth_night_0906_librivox


Homework:
- SAT vocab words - Due: Monday, Jan. 9
- Research: What is the twelfth night after Christmas? What are the common traditions on the twelfth night? Any one who brings a collage of photos about the twelfth night after Christmas (not the Shakespearean play) will get extra credit. - Due: Thursday, Jan. 4


Activities
Tuesday
Write an essay. Use the "Components of an Essay" handout or the instructions on the essay prompt handout. Topic TBA.


Wednesday
Work on GUM pages.


Thursday
Receive book issue.
Receive study guide handout.
Discuss the twelfth night after Christmas homework.
Begin reading.


Friday
Continue reading and discussion of Shakespearean drama.