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.

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

Week #32 April 22-26, 2013

Literature: Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Writing: Sonnet concessions/Short Answer Responses (SAR)
Vocabulary: boisterous, obscure, perjure, purge, shun, splendor, trespass, condolences, intercession, peril, retain, rite, woe, importune, transgression, propagate, assail, languish, warrant
Drama terms: catharsis, image, motivation, tragedy, scene

Homework:

• SAT vocabulary notes and sentences - due: Tuesday, April 30
• Animal Farm Book report - due: Wednesday, April 24 on www.turnitin.com

Activities
 TAKS week: April 23, 24, and 25 (shortened periods)

• On Monday, April 22, students will take a sonnet and Romeo and Juliet vocabulary test. 
• On Tuesday, students will discuss William Shakespeare and the prologue to Romeo and Juliet.
• On Wednesday, begin reading and annotating Romeo and Juliet. 
• On Thursday and Friday, continue reading and annotating Romeo and Juliet. 

Back to Sonnets with William Shakespeare

Week #31 April 15-19, 2013

Literature: William Shakespeare's sonnets - 18, 29, and 130; Romeo and Juliet's Prologue
Writing: Concession poem or essay (persuasive)
Vocabulary: From "Sonnet 29" - disgrace, beweep, bootless, fate, featured, scope, thee, lark, sullen, scorn; From "Sonnet 130" - damask, dun, reek, tread, belied, hath, coral, mistress;
From Romeo and Juliet - adjacent, afflict, augment, beseech,brawl, constrain, cunning, defiance, endure, envious, feign, idle, loathe, mutiny, foe, forfeit, scorn, pursue, shun, portentous
Academic/poetry terms - sonnet, meter, feet, stanza, quatrain, couplet, iambic pentameter, volta, rhyme, revelation, epiphany, Renaissance, William Shakespeare, concession

Homework:

• SAT vocabulary sentences for AF#s 219-228, AF#s 229-238 and M#s 31-40 - due: Tuesday, April 16
• Animal Farm book report - due: Wednesday, April 24
• Maus II take home reading check - due: Wednesday, April 17

Activities:

• On Monday, students will take a vocabulary quiz covering AF#s 219-228, AF#s 229-238 and M#s 42-51. Students will also receive vocabulary lists today and review sonnets. (Note: Remember "Ozymandias"?)
• On Tuesday, students will read, annotate, and analyze "Sonnet 18."
• On Wednesday, students will read, annotate, and analyze "Sonnet 29."
• On Thursday, students will read, annotate, and analyze "Sonnet 130."
• On Friday, students will read and take notes (Cornell notes) pages in the Literature textbook about William Shakespeare; and read, annotate, and analyze Romeo and Juliet's Prologue.

Animal Farm by George Orwell and Maus by Art Spiegelman

Week #30 April 8-12, 2013

Literature:Animal Farm by George Orwell and Maus by Art Spiegelman
Writing: Persuasive Essay
Vocabulary: Same as last week 29

Homework: 

• SAT vocabulary sentences with adverb clause - due: April 15
• Maus study guide - due: April 11
• Animal Farm study guide - due: April 12
• Read Animal Farm at home - end date for the reading will be April 14.

Note: The due dates for AF and M are adjusted dates from the original posted weeks ago.

Activities:

On Monday, students will take the Maus I test. After the test,they will 

On Tuesday to Friday, students will complete reading of Maus II in class. Students will continue to read Animal Farm at home. (Refer to homework notes.)

On Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, students will read articles and write a persuasive essay.

On Friday, students will write final draft.

Animal Farm by George Orwell and Maus by Art Spiegelman

Week #29 April 1-5, 2013

Literature: Animal Farm by George Orwell and Maus by Art Spiegelman
Vocabulary: AF#s 229-238; M#s 42-51 

Homework: 

• SAT vocabulary sentences for AF#s 219-228 with adverb clause - due: Wednesday, April 3

Last week, we had a review on STAAR test and postponed our regular lessons.  This week, we will resume with our lessons beginning with grammar practice covering adverb clause.  

Please also be reminded that this week's schedule is odd-even alternately. 

• April 1 - STAAR I Writing, odd schedule
• April 2 - STAAR I Reading, even schedule
• April 3 - STAAR II Writing, odd schedule
• April 4 - STAAR II Reading, even schedule