2020 English 9

 Today we are going to take notes on Soliloquy, Monologue, and Oxymoron. We are also going to write sentences with the next two vocabulary words, and finally we will finish Act 3. HOMEWORK: Write headlines for each scene in Act 3. 

Today, we are going to read Act 3 Scene 1 and then watch it. First, write sentences with the first two words. Homework is to write the wedding vows for Romeo and Juliet. There should be three vows for each partner. Also - note, no one posted the interview with Verona homework, so everyone lost points.  Some sites to help you with wedding vows: https://www.brides.com/story/traditional-wedding-vows-for-non-demoninational-weddings   https://theweddingplaybook.com/lovely-alternatives-to-traditional-wedding-vows/   https://www.greatofficiants.com/buddhist-wedding-ceremony#:~:text=I%20GROOM%2FBRIDE%2C%20take%20thee,as%20we%20both%20shall%20live.

  Students need to take a Romeo and Juliet quiz on Act 2. Once they are finished with this quiz they should look up vocabulary and read Act 3 Scene 1. Students should write a detailed summary of the scene on their blogs.

 Today, I will give you 10-15 minutes to work on Queen of Mab drawings. Then we will finish Act 2. You will have a quiz on Act 2 tomorrow. You also have a blog journal on the feud. You will need to write a news report interviewing three citizens of Verona about the feud. See handout. This should be put on your blog. Things to know for tomorrow's quiz: 1) 5 Elements of Tragedy 2) 5 Elements of a Tragic Hero 3) Dramatic Foil (definition, examples and explanation of examples) 4) Metaphors: Direct, Implied, Extended (definitions and examples of each from the play) 5) Sonnets - four elements 6) What has happened in Acts 1-2 7) The plot  NEW VOCABULARY: Absolved: Loathsome: Forsworn: Gallant: Exile: Devise: Pensive Consort: Wayward: Dismal: Fickle: Conduit:

 Today, you will take a vocabulary quiz. Once you are finished please work on your QUEEN OF MAB drawings.

 Today we are going to read Act 2 scenes 3-5. Remember to study for tomorrow's quiz.

 Today we are going to write sentences with the next two vocabulary words. We are then going finish reading and discussing Act 2 Scene 2 and finally we will discuss the Queen of Mab assignment. QUEEN OF MAB drawing.   Paper will be on the back table.   There will also be color pencils and crayons.   These drawings will be due on Monday 1)    On a sheet of paper draw the images from Mercutio’s QUEEN OF MAB speech.  I want you to look closer at who the QUEEN OF MAB is and what she looks like and then I want you to look at the various dreams she brings different people.  Draw a picture of Queen Mab bringing a sleeping person a dream.  Next, print the lines from the poem that you are representing in your dream below your picture. 2)    Grade: 15 points for the depiction of Queen of Mab, her coach and her coachman. 10 points for the depiction of a sleeping person and the dream the Queen of Mab brings. 5 points for the text...

Quiz over Act 1. When you have finished your quiz please write sentences with the remaining vocabulary words. Remember you have a vocabulary quiz on Friday.  Begin Act 2. Tomorrow we will return to the Queen of Mab.   

 Today, we are going to play Jeopardy review and then begin Act 2. Homework: Blog entry handout. Tomorrow - Quiz. Things to know for tomorrow's quiz: 1) Five elements of Tragedy. 2) Five elements of Tragic Hero. 3) Dramatic Foils. 4) Be able to summarize each scene and discuss who belongs to what family. 5) Know the following characters: Sampson, Gregory, Benvolio, Tybalt, Romeo, Juliet, Nurse, Paris, Lord and Lady Capulet, Lord and Lady Montague, Prince.

 Words of the Day. Finish Act 1.  Homework: Make sure you know everything from Act 1 and have written headlines for every scene.

 Today we are going to take notes on the four elements of a sonnet and three types of metaphors. Then we will look again at the Prologue of the play and finally, finish Act 1. First, write sentences with the next two words of the day. Sonnets Today - we are going to look at sonnets, take notes on sonnets, and discuss how they work. So what are the four elements of a sonnet. 1) 2) 3) 4) Let's see how they work: 18 Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer's lease hath all too short a date: Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, And often is his gold complexion dimmed, And every fair from fair sometime declines, By chance, or nature's changing course untrimmed: But thy eternal summer shall not fade, Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st, Nor shall death brag thou wand'rest in his shade, When in eternal lines to time thou gro...

 Today we are going to write sentences with Rosemary and Sallow, and then we will continue with Act 1 of Romeo and Juliet. For Homework you will need to write Headline summaries for each scene in Act 1.  Tomorrow we will return to the prologue. 

 Today we are going to listen to your journals on LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT, then look up vocabulary words and finally go back to reading Act 1. Homework: Write headline summaries for all the scenes we finish in class.  NEW VOCABULARY: Rosemary Sallow Waverer Perverse Cunning Procure Lamentable Kinsmen Unwieldy Variable

 Consider the following social offenses. Rank each in order of seriousness with 1 being the most serious. Planning to trick someone Lying to parents Killing someone for revenge Advising someone to marry for money Two families having a feud Killing someone by mistake while fighting Cursing Killing someone in self-defense Suicide Crashing a party Marrying against parents' wishes Giving the finger Picking a fight After you get done click here and read ROMEO AND JULIET in one minute! NEW VOCABULARY: Rosemary Sallow Waverer Perverse Cunning Procure Lamentable Kinsmen Unwieldy Variable HOMEWORK: Write a blog entry - practicing prewriting and organizing (meaning you list ideas and then try to organize them into a structure) - with a thesis statement ( a controlling idea) and a hook about whether you believe in LOVE at FIRST SIGHT. Note - I want you to use examples from your life or your parents' lives or from books, movies, friends that you seen or...