Monday, February 1, 2016

Week 4 English 9B 2016

Date
Class work
Homework
2/1


What does the author have to say about these topics? Identify the Themes:
The Teenage Brain
Love conferring Integrity
Intergeneration-al Hatreds
Innocence, virtue, and beauty can quickly and thoughtlessly be destroyed
A disordered and Chaotic world can contribute to disaster

Romeo and Juliet ACT I  
Bring Text Books, supplies, and Agenda Planner
Parallel Structure Grammar Due at beginning of class.


PowerPoint Presentation


Literary Terms and  Skills

Prologue
Exposition
Making Inferences (educated guess based on textual evidence)
Blank Verse (unrhymed iambic pentameter)
End-stopped Lines
Run-on Lines
Imagery (Role of darkness and light)
Oxymoron
Allusion
Cultural Connections



Complete Reading Check  Questions 1-5 pp.762



2/2
Rising Action




Do Making Meanings Act I  Questions 1-7 pp. 762

2/3
Rising Action 


Check Quiz on Act I

Quiz on Literary Terms including the terms complication, foil, foreboding, suspense, blank verse, end-stopped and run-on lines
2/4


Vocabulary Test #2 can be used to demonstrate competency in English 9B Skill #1


Quiz

Short Constructed Response
Extending the Text  #8
pp. 762

1 page
(Spelling and Grammar Count)
2/5
 Choose a speech from this act and prepare it for performance.  See Instructions pp. 763 of Text

Pay attention to alliteration and rhyme. Read it aloud several times to feel the rhythm created by the blank verse. Watch for end-stopped lines and run-on lines!


Prepare to deliver speeches on Monday and Tuesday! 
Romeo and Juliet Act II









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