New Quarter 10th week's lessons 4/2 - 4/6 - 2007

Aloha, we start a new and the last quarter, make sure you finish strong and get the grade that you want. You have two extra credit projects due only Monday 4/2. Print your grade for the third quarter and have your parents sign and print their signatures for 25 extra credit points (Aeries). Second, bring in a box of tissue for ten points extra credit. I will still be here every morning at 7 A.M. to help you or for you to make up work from absences.

Monday 4/2
1. Clean backpacks and make sure your portfolios are correct
2. Review Lab 3 Test
3. Read and discuss Act III
4. Do Unit 13 Vocabulary Part A and B (homework)

Tuesday 4/3
1. Review Vocabulary
2. See Romeo and Juliet
3. Work on Act III Packet (homework)
4. Do Vocabulary Unit 13 Part C (homework)

Wednesday 4/4
1. Review Vocabulary
2. Read and discuss Act III
3. Work on and finish packet and Vocabulary Unit 13 Part D

Thursday 4/5
1. Vocabulary Bingo and Pretest Unit 13
2. Review and grade Act III Packet and Vocabulary Unit 13

Friday 4/6
1. Unit 13 Vocabulary Test
2. Act III Reading Test
3. See Romeo and Juliet
4. Read Act IV (homework)

If you do not have the grade you want you need to see me now not later!

Last week of 3rd Quarter's lessons 3/26-3/30 - 2007

This is the last week of the third quarter; all work must be in and all test must be taken. I have been here all year to help you; now you must be responsible for yourself. You should know how high school works, and how this class works. I will still be here in the mornings.

Monday 3/26
1. Review Test and Packet
2. Idiom Test
3. Read Act II aloud
4. Do Lab 3 page 133 - 136 (homework)

Tuesday 3/26
1. Review Lab 3
2. Read and discuss Act II
3. Use Lab 3 words in a sentence (homework)

Wednesday 3/28
1. Review sentences
2. See Act III
3. Read Act III, scene 1-2 pages 1044 - 1055 (homework)

Thursday 3/29
1. Grade 3rd quarter notebook
2. Practice vocabulary test
3. Read Act III, scene 3 page 1055 - 1060 (homework)

Friday 3/30
1. Lab 3 Vocabulary Test
2. Act III Packet (homework)
3. See Romeo and Juliet

One Quarter to go!

8th Week's lessons 3 - 19 - 23

Hey, tell me why I only had five of you do the extra credit? The students that did the extra credit all have A's or B+'s - with two of them having more points than are possible. Come see me this week and understand the Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet better and earn points. Miss Howard also would like to see you and to help you. Monday you can earn 25 points if you are in our room by 7:18, so we have 30 minutes to review and move forward. ***Aeries should be up and running so you can always know your grade because I will post assignment almost everyday they are turned in, except big projects.

Monday 3/19
1. Review Confused Words Test
2. Read and discuss Act I
3. Do corrections for Test (homework)
4. Study for Act I Test (homework)

Tuesday 3/20
1. Act I Test
2. Act II Packet (explain and start the packet - it is due Friday- 143 points)
3. See discussion of Act 2 (DVD)
4. Review Vocabulary 9-11 (homework)

Wednesday 3/21
1. Registration - Please have your packet filled out and with you, because we will be going to see your counselor, and then back to class.
2. Work on Act II Packet (homework)
3. Study for Act II Test (100 point test tomorrow)

Thursday 3/22
1. Act II Test
2. Read and discuss Act II
3. Write Dialectical Journal for Act II (homework)
4. Finish Act II Packet (homework)

Friday 3/23
1. Vocabulary 9-11 Test
2. Grade and Review Packet
3. Read Act III (homework)

Review your idioms - do you know them all?

7th Week's Lessons 3/12 - 16 - 2007

Please make sure you are caught up with us. Your Poetry Journals should be in your portfolio. If all your work is turned in complete this week, then you can answer the questions on page 1019 "Thinking through the Literature" (complete sentences - due Friday if everything else is turned in also complete).

Monday 3/12
1. Review Unit 12 Test
2. Vocabulary Corrections (homework)
3. Read Act I aloud
4. Copy Confused Words in Vocabulary book pages 211 - 212 (homework)
5. Work on Act I Packet (homework)

Tuesday 3/13
1. Review Confused words
2. Read Act I aloud
3. Use Confused Words in a sentence (homework)
4. Work on Packets (homework)

Wednesday 3/14
1. Review Sentences
2. Test: Drama Terms and Background information
3. Read and see Act I
4. Finish Act I Packet (homework)

Thursday 3/15
1. Pretest Confused Words
2. Finish Reading Act I
3. Write Dialectical Journal for Act I (homework)
4. Study for Confused Words Test and work on Packets

Friday 3/16
1. Vocabulary Test
2. Review Act I Packet
3. Read Act II (homework)

6th's weeks lessons 3/5-3/9-2007

We now embark on Shakespearean Drama with The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. Make sure you do your reading and come and ask questions about what you do not understand. If you are behind in the class I am here to help you catch up, come and see me for extra credit.

Monday 3/5
1. Review Idiom Test
2. Essay due
3. Read and discuss 982-
4. Do all of Unit 12 Vocabulary (homework)

Tuesday 3/6
1. Review Vocabulary
2. Discuss Anticipation Guide
3. Plot Structure, Drama Terms and The Life of Shakespeare handout (homework- read and study them)

Wednesday 3/7
1. Vocabulary Pretest
2. Discuss Handouts
3. See Understanding Shakespeare
4. Read The Prologue-Act I (homework)

Thursday 3/8
1. Vocabulary Pretest
2. Read aloud and see discuss of The Prologue
3. Start Romeo and Juliet Packet (homework)

Friday 3/9
1. Unit 12 Vocabulary Test
2. See discussion of Act I
3. Act I Packet (homework - due Tuesday)

Let's make Romeo and Juliet fun!