Saturday, April 14, 2012

Week #30 April 16-20, 2012

Literature: William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
Writing: Narrative writing
Vocabulary: #s 609-633 mutiny, choler, foe, brawl, canker, forfeit, defiance, scorn, pursue, shun, augment, portentous, importune, envious, shrift, transgression, propagate, assail, posterity, languish, heretic, splendor, warrant, benefice, idle

Homework:
- SAT vocab notes #s 891-916 - due Monday, April 16
- SAT vocab notes #s 609-633 - due Monday, April 23

Activities
Monday-Friday

  • Take a unit test on Twelfth Night.
  • Review assignment from Friday, April 13.
  • Read and annotate Act I of Romeo and Juliet. 
  • Discuss and analyze Shakespearean conventions identified in the play.
Wednesday
NOTE: Today, we finished Exercice 13 (Literary Analysis), Shakespeare's language activity, and sonnet notetaking and analysis.