Friday, January 31, 2020

Classwork: Study your foldable with a partner for 5 minutes. Take the Drama Vocabulary Quiz. Put up your computer when you are finished. Read Romeo and Juliet, Act 1, Scene 5: Discuss events of Act 1, Scene 5. Complete the Act 1 Scene 5 questions. Discuss questions and share answers. Homework: Enjoy your weekend!

Thursday, January 30, 2020

Classwork: Read Romeo and Juliet, Act 1, Scene 2:

• Discuss events of Act 1, Scene 2. 
• Complete the Act 1 Scene 2 questions. 
• Discuss questions and share answers. 
• Study foldables for tomorrow’s vocabulary quiz. I have copies of the words and definitions if you have lost your foldable. 

Homework: Study your Drama Vocabulary Foldables. Our quiz will be tomorrow.

Wednesday, January 29, 2020

Classwork: Finish reading Romeo and Juliet, Act 1, Scene 1:

1. Discuss events of Act 1, Scene 1. Complete the Act 1 Scene 1 questions. 
2. View clip from Romeo and Juliet for Scene 1. 
3. Complete and study foldables for Thursday. 

Homework: Study your Drama Vocabulary Foldables. Our quiz will be on Friday.

Tuesday, January 28, 2020

Fighting in the streets of Verona

Classwork: Discuss the structure of the Red Reader Books. Original dialogue on the left; comments, translations, and explanations are on the right.

• Analyze the prologue on Page 1. 
• Assign reading parts for Act 1, Scene 1 
• Read as much of Scene 1 as we can today. 

Homework: Study your Drama Vocabulary Foldables. Our quiz will be on Thursday or Friday.

Monday, January 27, 2020

Counselors met with classes today to discuss graduation requirements and class choices for next year. Guidance will be pulling students out of class tomorrow and the rest of the week to finalize their choices. Bring back those forms!

Friday, January 24, 2020

I was absent today and Ms. Reed taught my classes. Students completed an activity in which they read a short story called The Drawbridge. Students then placed blame on different characters according to their actions. She then led an activity in which students ranked behaviors on their moral and ethical principles. The behaviors are those which characters will do in our upcoming play, Romeo and Juliet.

Thursday, January 23, 2020

Classwork: Read these directions and do the following:

1. Find your poem on the front desk. 
2. Highlight or circle the figurative language in your poem and label it in the margin. 
3. Staple your rubric to the front of your poem and make sure your name is on the rubric. 
4. Students who wish to share their poems will have that opportunity. 

Create a foldable for our drama vocabulary. We will have a quiz on these terms next week.

Wednesday, January 22, 2020

Classwork: Today will be a make up day for those who did not finish their PBT:

• You are expected to be done by the end of the period today. 
• Your poem will be turned in to a new assignment called “Late Narrative Poem.” 
• Those who are finished may read quietly or work on assignments for other classes.

Tuesday, January 21, 2020

Classwork: Finish our poem.

1. It should include: 15-40 lines that contains at least 5 types of figurative language. 
2. Below your poem, type an analysis of the poem that explains the types and the effect of the figurative language that we used. 
3. Submit on Microsoft Word format to Powerschool.

Friday, January 17, 2020

Classwork: For our 1st PBT we will be writing a poem of 15-40 lines that contains at least 5 types of figurative language. We will also write an analysis of the poem that explains the effect of the figurative language that we used. We will have 2 days to work on this during class. It must be submitted on PowerSchool in Microsoft Word format by the end of the day on Tuesday, January 21st.
Homework: Our PBT is due on Tuesday.

Thursday, January 16, 2020

Classwork: Narrative Poem Video: “Dear 7th Grade Me” (2:07). Read and discuss narratives poems: “The Road Not Taken,” p. 395; “The Seven Ages of Man,” p. 398-399; and “We Never Know How High We Are,” p. 400. Figurative Language Practice Worksheet. Receive and review instructions for PBT1 if time permits.
Homework: None!

Wednesday, January 15, 2020

Classwork: Study your foldable for 5 minutes for today’s vocabulary quiz. Take the vocabulary quiz. Pick your favorite haiku from yesterday (or make a new one), and create an 8 ½ “ x 11” poster.
Homework: None!

Tuesday, January 14, 2020

Classwork: View 20-minutes video entitled, “Hip Hop and Shakespeare.” Read poetry examples from pp. 406-409, “I hear America Singing,” “Three Haiku,” and” Women.” Write and share 3 Haikus.
Homework: Study your foldable for the quiz tomorrow.

Monday, January 13, 2020

Classwork: View Ted Talk, Malcolm London: "High School Training Ground". PowerPoint: Analysis of a Poem, “Still I Rise” by Maya Angelou. Personification Activity.
Homework: Study your foldable for the quiz on Wednesday.

Friday, January 10, 2020

Classwork: View “Crash Course on Langston Hughes and the Harlem Renaissance” by John Green (11:31). Read Harlem by Langston Hughes. Answer questions with a partner and record your answers. Review answers when finished. Re-read poem and discuss tone and how it is accomplished.
Homework: Study your foldable for the quiz on Wednesday of next week (This is a change).

Thursday, January 9, 2020

Classwork: Read the poem, “Growing Up” by Ben Haggerty. Review our words and share examples: alliteration, hyperbole, idiom, irony, metaphor, onomatopoeia, personification, pun, simile. View a video on puns (3:00), complete the idiom activity with our remaining time.
Homework: Study your foldable for the quiz on Wednesday of next week (This is a change).

Wednesday, January 8, 2019

Classwork: Write a letter to our senior selves. Talk about a few of our words and clarify understanding. Look at examples of idioms and puns.
Homework: Study your foldable for the quiz on Friday.

Tuesday, January 7, 2020

Classwork: Discuss goal-setting. Complete goal-setting sheets. Review the words on our “Figurative Language Resource Page” and make a foldable on these nine words. We will have a quiz on these words Friday: alliteration, hyperbole, idiom, irony, metaphor, onomatopoeia, personification, pun, simile.
Homework: Study your foldable for the quiz on Friday.

Monday, January 6, 2020

Classwork: Review our rules and procedures. Write a full page about “What I Already Know About Poetry.”