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 

STAAR Review

Week #28 March 25-28, 2013

This week, we will postpone our regular lessons and readings.  Instead, we will review the STAAR test everyday of the week until Thursday. We will review the following:

Monday: Expository Essay
Tuesday: Literary Essay.  WITS will be with the class today.
Wednesday: Reading multiple choice and SAR questions.
                     Note: Please bring your short answer responses 
                          (SARs) to class today.
Thursday: Revising and Editing questions

Homework:

• ALL homework assignments, including vocabulary sentences, due last week and this week will be due after your tests.

STAAR test schedule:

April 1 - Writing

April 2 - Reading

Animal Farm by George Orwell and Maus by Art Spiegelman

Week #27 March 18-22, 2013

Literature: Animal Farm by George Orwell and Maus by Art Spiegelman
Writing: Narrative essay
Vocabulary: AF#s 219-228 - filial, impromptu, expulsion, decoration, foundation, unity, disheartened, ignominy, posthumous, magistrate;
M#s 26-41 - Zionist, neurotic, obscure, clatter, void, condolences, umbilical, objective, shrine, ghetto, stoop, conscious, gestapo, collaborator, reproach, absolution; Academic Words #6 - theme, thesis, concrete details, imagery, metaphor, simile, quote, paraphrase, protagonist, compound sentence; Roots - graph, jur/just, log/logue, luc, man(u) ; additional words - obsequious, pessimistic, pretentious, haughty, somber

Homework:

• SAT vocab notes and sentences with adjective clause- due: Tuesday, March 19 (This will be our last adjective clause homework. We will  move on to adjective clause after the break.)
• SAT vocab notes and sentences with adjective clause- due: Tuesday, March 26
• Maus guide questions #s 1-35 - due: Thursday, March 21
• Animal Farm Chapter 1 questions - due: Friday, March 22

On Monday you come back from the break, you will take Quiz #9 covering all the vocabulary words from week #26.  Please prepare.

On Tuesday and Wednesday, you will work on rewriting a passage for the first 15 minutes of class. The rest of the period will be spent on reading Animal Farm.

• Wednesday - Dr. Mconn will discuss the STAAR test with the students.

On Thursday and Friday, we will resume discussion of Animal Farm and Maus.