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Sunday, March 30, 2008

2nd semester 9th week's lessons 3/31 - 4/4 - 2008

I hope you had a great vacation and are ready to finish the quarter strong. You have until Wednesday to makeup any S.S. Reading time you did not earn points for in the last two weeks before vacation. Also you may answer both sets of questions on page 1086 (Act IV) for extra credit. The answers must be typed MLA format and incorporate the question in your answer. They are due before 7:30 am Friday, if your packet is done.
http://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/romeojuliet/

Monday 3/31

1. Review Vocabulary 12 Test
2. Listen, Read, and discuss Act III
3. Act III Test (150 points)
4. Write two dialectical journals for Act III (homework)

Tuesday 4/1
1. Freshman Registration (have form signed and with you)
2. Read Act IV (if you have not - should be done)
3. Act IV Packet (homework)

4. Do Vocab Lab 3 (homework)

Wednesday 4/2
1. Review Vocab Lab 3 (15 extra credit cards due tomorrow)
2. Review Act III Test
3. See Romeo and Juliet
4. Discuss questions on Act IV Packet and work on it (homework)

Thursday 4/3 (extra credit cards on podium before class)
1. Pretest Vocab Lab 3
2. Read and discuss Act IV
3. Finish Act IV Packet (homework)

Friday 4/4
1. Vocab Lab 3 Test
2. Act IV Packet due
3. Read and discuss Act IV
4. Study for Act IV Test (homework)
5. Study your idioms week 15 -19 (homework)
6. Notebook should be complete

As always I and Miss Takada will be here.

Saturday, March 15, 2008

8th week's lessons 3/17 - 3/21 - 2008

Aloha, I hope you are enjoying The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. You should have read Act III by now; we will now be working through Act III. Now you should be reading Act IV. For extra credit you may type and answer "Thinking through the Literature" page 1071; it is do Friday before 7:30 am. As I always say we, Miss Takada and I are always here.

Monday 3/17

1. See Act II of Romeo and Juliet
2. Take Act II Test
3. Review Vocabulary Test
4. Do Vocabulary Test 9-11 Corrections (homework)
5. Start Act III packet (homework)

Tuesday 3/18
1. See Discussion of Act III
2. Questions on Act III Packet
3. Read and discuss Act III
4. Do Unit 12 Vocabulary (homework)

Wednesday 3/19
1. Read and discuss Romeo and Juliet Act III
2. Finish Vocabulary (homework)
3. Work on Packet (homework)

Thursday 3/20
1. Review Vocabulary
2. Read and discuss Act III
3. Finish Act III Packet (homework)

Friday 3/21
1. Unit 12 Vocabulary Test
2. Review Act III Packet
3. Study for Act III Test (homework)

See me if you are concerned about your grade.

Sunday, March 09, 2008

2nd semester 7th week's lessons 3/10 - 3/14 - 2008

Good start on Romeo and Juliet; let us continue the journey. You can answer "Thinking through the Literature questions on pages 1019 and 1043 for extra credit if you have your dialectical journals done first.

Monday 3/10

1. Review Tests
2. See Romeo and Juliet
3. Finish Act II packet (homework)

Tuesday 3/11
1. Vocabulary Bee unit 9-11
2. Read and discuss Act II
3. Write two dialectical journals for Act I (spiral notebook) homework
4. Act II Packet due

Wednesday 3/12
1. Review Journals
2. Read and discuss Act II
3. Write journals for Act II, scene 2 and 5 or 6 (homework)

Thursday 3/13
1. Idiom Test week 13-17
2. Review Act II Packet
3. Read Act III (homework)
4. Study for Tests (homework)

Friday 3/14
1. Unit 9-11 Vocabulary Test
2. Act II Test
3. See Romeo and Juliet
4. Act III Packet (homework)
Remember the extra credit.

Saturday, March 01, 2008

Second Semester 6th week's lessons 3/3-3/7-2008

This week progress reports are due and I hope your grade is the one you want. If it is not then you need to see me or Miss Takada. For extra credit you may perform a scene from The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet (see me).

Monday 3/3

1. Review Vocabulary Unit 11 Test
2. Do Vocabulary Corrections
3. Work on Portfolios and Spiral Notebooks
4. Finish Act I Packet

Tuesday 3/4
1. Literal and figurative (Romeo and Juliet Cartoon)
2. See Discussion of Act I
3. Read and discuss Act I
4. Romeo and Juliet Packet

Wednesday 3/5
1. Review Act I Packet
2. See discussion of Act II
3. Act II Packet

Thursday 3/6
1. Drama Terms and Background Test
2. See Act II
3. Work on Act II Packet

Friday 3/7
1. Unit 9-10 Vocabulary Test
2. Read Romeo and Juliet
3. Work on Packets (Act II due on Monday) Test also Monday