Class: Friday, Nov. 7, 2014

All Classes:
1. DOL/Diagram
2. Open notebook test


First and Third:
After the test, students were given time to finish their "Barb'ra Allen" work.

Fourth: Review after test

Class: Thursday, Nov. 6, 2014

All Classes: DOL/Diagrams

First and Third:
1. Read Romeo and Juliet.
2. Color coding/close reading of "Barb'ra Allen" with partners

Fourth Period:
1. Read Romeo and Juliet
2. Pop-word stem and term review game

Class: Wednesday, Nov. 5

All Classes:
1. DOL/Diagrams
2. Ballads:  Read, color coded, and discussed "Lord Randal"  A sample of the poem with marks is attached.  Also, a copy of a ballad checklist is attached.
3. Listened to "Henry My Son"
4. Watched/listened to Rives' "A Story of Mixed Emoticons"

Class: Monday, Nov. 3

All Classes: 1/2 day

1. DOL/diagrams
2. New vocabulary
3. Review

Class Friday, Oct. 31

All Classes:
 1. DOL/Diagrams
2. Quick Review/Sharing couplets
3. Weekly Review test - open notes

Video: Shakespearean Insults

Class: Thursday, Oct. 30, 2014

All Classes: DOL/Diagramming

First Period:
1. Plicker review of "Ellis Island"
2. Romeo and Juliet Review
3. Reading and discussion


Third Period:
1. "Ellis Island" and Plicker review
2. Romeo and Juliet review
3. Reading and discussion

Fourth Period:
1. Review
2. License Plate assignment
3. Romeo and Juliet - video - the deaths of Mercutio and Tybalt

Class: Wednesday, Oct. 29. 2014

All Classes:

1. DOL/Diagrams


First Period:

1. "Ellis Island"
2. Plicker literary term review

Third Period:

1. Pop review

2. Romeo and Juliet

Fourth Period:

1. Pop review

2. Romeo and Juliet

Class: Tuesday, October 28, 2014

All Classes:

1. DOL/Diagrams
2. Vocabulary sheet/ "In the Event of My Demise"

Students who did not finish the vocabulary sheet should turn it in tomorrow.

First Period: We read through Act 3, Scene 1 in Romeo and Juliet.
Third Period: We read through Act 2.
Fourth Period: We read through Act 3, Scene 2.

Class: Monday, Oct. 27, 2014

All Classes:
1. DOL and Diagrams -- Working with coordinating conjunctions
2. New vocabulary
3. Paper return
4. Review of Friday's test
5. Romeo and Juliet

Class: Friday, Oct. 24, 2014

All Classes:

Warm up test
Review
Weekly review test

Video: Similes and Metaphors

Class: Thursday, Oct. 23, 2014

All Classes:
1. DOL/Diagrams
2. "The New Colossus" test prep
3. Plicker review
4. Romeo and Juliet reading and discussion

Class: Wednesday, October 22, 2014

All Classes:

1. DOL/Diagrams

2. Open-note pop quiz

3. Games

Class: Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2014

All Classes:

1. DOL/Diagrams

2. Word stem FIB review

First & Third:

1. Socratic Seminar 

2. Read and discussed Act 2, Scenes 1 & 2

Fourth:

1. Hexagons

Romeo and Juliet Family Sort

Are you having trouble keeping the families straight in Romeo and Juliet?  Play this quick game to help remember who's who.

Class: Monday, Oct. 17, 2014 Plus a Literary Technique Video

All Classes:
1. DOL/Diagrams
2. New vocabulary chart


First Period:
1. Agree/Disagree homework due tomorrow.
2. Finished Act 1 of Romeo and Juliet.


Third Period:
1. Agree/Disagree homework due tomorrow.
2. Finished Romeo and Juliet Act 1


Fourth:
1. Review - Pop! Game
2. Test
3. Read through Act 1, Scene 3.
4. Exit ticket quiz

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Check out this literary technique video.

Class: Friday, Oct. 17, 2014

All Classes:
1. DOL/Diagrams

First and Third:
1. Review - Pop! game
2. Weekly review test
3. Continued presentations

Fourth:
1. Plickers review
2. Your test will be on Monday.



Fourth period was short because of the pep rally.

Don't forget to check this page for Romeo and Juliet review games.  Games are added as we progress through the play.

Literary Devices in Pop Culture

Class: Thursday, Oct. 16, 2014

All Classes:
DOL/Diagrams

First Period:
1. Continued presentations
2. Grammar and vocabulary review with Plickers
3. MC Lars- Hip & Shakespeare

Third Period:
1. Continued presentations
2. Grammar and vocabulary review with Plickers
3. Read Act 1, Scene 3

Fourth Period:
1. Romeo and Juliet Quiz 1: Students were allowed to use notes and handouts.
2. Read to the end of Act 1.

Flocabulary: Figurative Language

Class: October 15, 2014 (Wednesday)

All Classes:
DOL and Diagrams

First and third periods began their Odyssey project presentations.

First period also watched part of Hip Hop & Shakespeare, a TED talk by Akala.  I will post a link to this after all classes have had a chance to view it.

Fourth period read Act 1, Scene 1, and watched part of the Akala video.

Class: Oct. 14, 2014 Plus WWTW 16 Pacman Review Game

All Classes:
1. DOL/Diagramming
2. Romeo and Juliet  Quiz # 1
3. Continued reading and discussing
4. Review

First period read to the end of Act 1, Scene 3.
Third period read to page 746.
Fourth period did not get to the quiz and reading because of the tornado warning.





Here's a Pacman game you can play to study WWTW 16.

Scan the following QR code to play the Pacman game on your phone:

17 Words Shakespeare Invented

Monday, Oct. 13, 2014: Class, Romeo and Juliet Resources

I'm currently reviewing the work you did with the substitute last week.  I'm pleased, for the most part. One class did not get a good report every day, and I will be speaking to those students.

Projects are still due Wednesday for first and third periods.  You have had several weeks to complete these.  Be prepared to present on Thursday.

We will not have new vocabulary charts this week; however, some literary terms will be introduced during the discussion of Romeo and Juliet.

We will have a weekly review test on Friday.

All classes today:

1. DOL/DIAGRAMS
2. Remind sign up
3. Finish RJ notes:  If you lose your notes, here is a pdf of the note outline.  Be sure to compare it with what a classmate wrote because notes were taken from the outline and from discussion.
4. Close reading of "Prologue"

First Period: Read and discussed Romeo and Juliet Act 1, Scene 1 through line 209.
Third Period: Read and discussed Romeo and Juliet Act 1, Scene 1 through line 105
Fourth Period: We had more notes to take, so we only got through the Prologue.



Here is a link to our online textbook.  If you scroll down the page, you will find the version of Romeo and Juliet that we are reading in class.  Use this to review.

Check this link often for review games and resources for Romeo and Juliet.  I will add more activities to the page as we read the play.

All classes should expect a quiz on Shakespeare and Romeo and Juliet tomorrow.

Class: Monday, Oct. 6, 2014

All Classes:

• DOL/Diagrams- compound verbs
• New vocabulary notes/chart-- WWTW 16 b and drama terms (Due Friday)
• Began Romeo and Juliet notes

image source

Diagramming a Sentence with a Gerund

Class: Friday, Oct. 3, 2014

All Classes:

• DOL/DIAGRAMS: Linking verb, predicate  nominative; gerund as direct object
• Block game review
• Weekly review test

First period:  Character haiku assignment


Third period: Quia and Zondle
Fourth Period: Quia and Zondle

Class: Thursday, Oct. 2, 2014

All Classes:

• DOL/diagrams:  We learned direct objects of infinitives
• Whole class vocabulary review on the Smart Board

First Period:  Worked on projects
Third Period:  Character haiku & worked on projects

Fourth:  Finished reading and discussing the Odyssey

Link for studying this week's stems

WWTW 16 A

Class: Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014

All Classes:

• DOL AND DIAGRAMMING
•  Vocabulary: 10 FIB sentences using this week's stems.    I've listed this below so you can go ahead and complete it if you were absent.

anglo ist saur pithec calli austro

cephalo chiro caust terr

1. The extra___estrial admired the high ___ain of the Rocky Mountains.

2. He is not an ___phile. He doesn't think everything British is fabulous.

3. The survivor of the Holo___ made a __ic comment about social Darwinism.

4. The ptero___ and pterodactyl were both flying creatures.

5. The anthropolog___ studies human cultures.

6. The micro___ic boy held the _____pod in his hands.

7. The ____al winds raised dust storms over the _____alian outback.

8. Her ___graphy is quite ornate. I wish I could write like that.

9. I had to go to a ____practor for my bad back.

10. Lucy is the common name of the Australo____us skeleton discovered in Ethiopia in 1974.

First and Third:  Turned in work from Monday.  Took time to complete "The Most Dangerous Game" assignment.

Fourth: Finished reading "The Most Dangerous Game"

Monday, 9/29 and Tuesday, 9/30

Monday:

All classes:
Warm up
Subject and Verb sheet
First and Third:  "Odysseus and Penelope"- Read and do question sheet plus the reading check and questions at the end.

Fourth:  Two-column notes about "Father and Son" and "The Beggar and the Faithful Dog"



Tuesday:
All classes:
Warm up
Read "The Most Dangerous Game" Pages 12 - 25.  Write a short summary after every page.  Answer the reading check and questions 1-10 at the end.

Class Friday, Sept. 26, 2014

Half day!!!!

All Classes:
1. DOL and diagrams
2. Quick review
3. Weekly review test
4. Odyssey

First and third period students should be working on their group projects.

All students should be responding to the Edmodo question.  Three of you have shared your recent reads, and they do sound interesting.

Class Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014 and Review for Diagramming Sentences with Compound Subjects

All Classes:
1. DOL/Diagramming
2. FLEX- What's Behind the Box? Review of grammar, punctuation, word stems, literary vocabulary, and the Odyssey.

First and Third:

Odyssey reading: "The Test of the Bow" and "Death at the Palace"

-Consider irony and imagery in these two sections.
-Consider the suitors' attitude toward the gods and the hospitality customs of Greece.


Fourth:
Odyssey reading: Odysseus returned to Ithaca, visited with Eumaeus, and reunited with Telemachus.  Consider why both Odysseus and Telemachus go to Eumaeus first.  How does Athena help Odysseus?  Why did Odysseus say Telemachus was not acting "princely"?  What is Telemachus' character like?

Diagramming sentences with compound subjects:

Short Video to Review Diagramming Direct and Indirect Objects

Class Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014

All Classes:

1. DOL/Diagramming
2. Vocabulary Hangman: Play to study for your test.
3.  Youtube playlist for Odyssey videos

First And Third Periods:

1. Odyssey - Odysseus met Telemachus, went to the palace, and was reunited with Argos.  Things to remember/consider:

•  What was Telemachus' reaction to Odysseus' revelation, and why did Odysseus say that it was not "princely"?
• Based on today's reading, how would you describe Telemachus' personality?  What evidence supports your claim?
• Be able to explain how the episode with Argos is a good example of the theme of faithfulness.

Fourth Period:

1. We finished reading about Helios' cattle.

-Whom does Odysseus blame for his misfortunes? When things go well, to whom does he give the credit?  What does that tell us about his personality?

-Why did Eurylochus encourage the men to eat the cattle? 

Class Website with important links