Monday (11.14)
Romeo & Juliet Act III, scenes i-iii
Comma Drama
Tuesday (11.15)
Romeo & Juliet Act III, scenes iv-v
Stop Motion Project (introduction)
Comma Drama
Wednesday (11.16)
Review for Act III quiz
Stop Motion Project
Comma Drama
Thursday (11.17)
Act III quiz
ROmeo & Juliet Act IV, scene i
Stop Motion Project
Comma Drama
Friday (11.18)
ROmeo & Juliet Act IV, scenes ii-iii
Film Stop Motion Projects
Monday (11.7)
Romeo & Juliet: Act II, scenes i-ii (balcony scene)
Comma Review
Tuesday (11.8)
Act I Quiz
Romeo & Juliet: Act II, scenes iii-iv
Comma Review
Wednesday (11.9)
Romeo & Juliet: Act II, scenes v-vi
Act II Review
Comma Review
Thursday (11.10)
QUIZ: Act II & Commas (Rules 1-6)
Romeo & Juliet: Act III, scene i
We will begin reading Romeo & Juliet this week. As this is a longer text, it’s really important that if you miss class, you stay up on the reading. I have a link to No Fear Shakespeare in the “Useful Links” section of the side toolbar. This is a really handy website for students who are absent as it provides a modern translation alongside the original version. Students can expect a quiz at the end of each Act.
Monday (10.31)
SHARE Scary Stories
RENGA party! (The Renga is an ancient Japanese poetic form. It’s a collaborative poem, and a lot of fun to write!)
Tuesday (11.1)
Dialogue Workshop/Review
Fall Haiku
Wednesday (11.2)
Academic Advising Session
Intro to Romeo & Juliet (Prologue, Sonnet, characters)
Thursday (11.3)
Romeo & Juliet Act I, scenes i-ii
Comma Drama (Rules 1-2)
Friday (11.4)
Romeo & Juliet Act I, scenes iii-iv
Comma Drama (Rules 3-4)
Weekly Agenda
Monday (10.24)
Short Story Workshop (2nd: finish stories, 3rd: “The Tell Tale Heart,” 4th: Peer Review)
Tuesday (10.25)
Short Story Workshop (All Classes: Writing a KILLER Introduction; 2nd: Peer Reviews)
Dialogue (Say What?)
Wednesday (10.26)
Short Story Workshop (2nd & 4th: ENDINGS; 3rd: Peer Review)
Dialogue, Part II
Thursday (10.27)
Short Story Workshop (FOCUS on editing & TITLES)
Dialogue Review
Narrative Elements Review
Friday (10.28)
Short Story TEST (Students will be presented with a short story they haven’t read yet. They will be responsible for identifying & analyzing narrative elements and author’s style.)
Short Stories are DUE!
Reflective Letters
Weekly Agenda
Tuesday (10.18)
“The Whole Town’s Sleeping” by Ray Bradbury
Story Elements Analysis
Wednesday (10.19)
“Mr. Blanchard’s Secret”
Short Story Analysis & Writing Worksheet(handout)
Thursday (10.20)
“The Wind” by Ray Bradbury
Writing Workshop: Story Boards for Scary Stories
Friday (10.21)
Finish story boards
Begin writing short stories
Please be reminded that money for the Alabama Shakespeare Festival fieldtrip that we will take in the spring is due next Tuesday. Also, students have their “This I Believe” essays due on Friday, October 14. If you would like to help your student submit his or her work online to thisibelieve.org, please click here.
Weekly Agenda
Monday (10.10)
Introduce Story Elements
Begin screening Rear Window
Pronouns
Tuesday (10.11)
Finish Rear Window
Complete story elements chart
Pronoun Practice
Wednesday (10.12)
Pronoun Practice
“The Invalid’s Story” (Twain)
(CORE: Peer Review TIB essays)
Thursday (10.13)
Pronoun Practice
“Story of an Hour” (Chopin) & “Light is Like Water” (Garcia Marquez)
Publication Workshop for TIB essays
Friday (10.14)
Pronouns & Story Elements Quiz
TIB essays due
Selected Short Story Reading
