Wednesday Dec 21 - Friday December 23

4U1
Meet in the library
Explanation of wikipages critical appraches assignment

Homework
Finish Act 3, 4 questions

Thursday
Take up Act 3,4
Read beginning of Act 4

Over the Break You Have 3 Jobs
1.  Work on ISU Essay
2.  Read Act 4 - answer 1 question per scene
3.  Work on wikipage (remember - you have contact info for each of your group members

After the Break
Watch Hamlet
Correct Act 4
Read Act 5
ISU Due
Critical Approaches Seminars (Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of the last week)

3C1
Note on chapter 6
Video of West Side Story up to the fight scene

Thursday
Finish chapter 6 note
Read Chapter 7

Over the Break you have 1 Job
Read chapter 8 and 9 and answer the questions

After the Break
Correct chapters 8 and 9
Read Ch 10
Themes/Responsibility
Quiz on chapters 3-10 of West Side Story
2 Culminating Activities

Monday Dec 19

4U1
Worked on mind map
Read act iii, scene i
Homework
Study for the quiz, read act iii, scene ii and answer the questions

Tuesday
Quiz
ISU Essay info
Correct iii, ii

3C1
Corrected ch 5
Read opening to ch 6

Tuesday
Finish ch 6, video

Thursday Dec 15

Back to the blog after a little hiatus

4U1
-read Act II, scene i and ii of Hamlet
-finish reading up to approx. line 390 (enter Polonius)
-I know, its a gigantic scene - but the last scene of the Act

Friday
-finish Act II
-mindmap

3C1
-read first part of Chapter 5

Friday
-movie

Over the Weekend
-finish chapter 5 and complete the question sheet

Thursday December 1

When the weather outside is frightful...but inside is so delightful.
It's December!

4U1
-Wednesday - read and answer questions for Act 2, scenes 3, 4 and 5

-Thursday - scenes 6,7

-Friday - scenes 8, 9 (on the weekend review questions/notes)

-Monday - review

-Tuesday - in class essay test

3C1
-Wendesday - West Side Story vocabulary and chapter 1

-Thursday - continue with chapter 1

-Friday - finish chapter 1, complete question sheet on Act 1 for homework

Tuesday Nov 29

4U1
For homework
-finish quote (spotting) sheet
-finish reading Act 2, scene 1 and the questions

Tomorrow
-we are getting through Act 2 scenes 2,3,4,5; get ready to read

3C1
-wrote R and J test

Tomorrow
-hand in research web quest on West Side Story
-begin the novel

Wednesday Nov 23- Tuesday Nov 29

4U1
-work on your poetry analytical essay for homework (rough copy due Monday)
-correct Act 1, scene 4
-read scenes  5 and 6, homework is to read chapter 7

Thursday
-read and answer Act 1, scene 6

Friday
-work period:  on A Man For All Seasons Act 1, scene 7 (do the questions) or essay

Monday
-peer edit poetry essay; continue with AMFAS

3C1
-finished Romeo and Juliet (Act 5, scene 3)

Thursday
-watch video, work on questions for Act 5, scene 3, test outline

Friday
-work on review

Monday
-research report assignment

Tuesday
-test - bring pencil (mostly scantron)

Thursday Nov 17

4U1
-finished the intro to A Man For All Seasons

Over the Weekend
-pick your play for your ISU and get reading

Monday
-start reading AMFAS; poetry essay outline

3C1
-worked with primary documents regarding marriage for Shakespeare's time
Maybe the parents in Romeo and Juliet weren't so mean after all!

Monday
-video for Act 4, correct 4,5  

Tuesday Nov 15

4U1
-A Man For All Seasons video in the lecture hall

3C1
-listening quiz
-Act 4, scene 1

Thursday Nov 10

4U1
-continue the intro on A Man For All Seasons; meet in the lecture hall

3C1
-read Act 3, 5; Friday we will complete our review of Act 3 and Monday we will watch Act 3 

Wednesday Nov 9

4U1
-lecture hall; introduction to A Man For All Seasons

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3C1
-finish Act 3, scenes 2, 3 and 4 of Romeo and Juliet

Wed Nov 2

4U1
-double presentations

Thursday and Friday - presentations, finish 'Porphyria's Lover"

3C1
-finished Act 3, scene 1

Thursday and Friday - Essay Writing

Tuesday Nov 1

4U1
-presentation
-analysis "Porphyria's Lover"

Tomorrow - presentations continue; finish 'Porphyria's Lover"

Poetry Quiz will be bumped to Monday

Remember - Annotated Bibliography is due on Tuesday Nov. 8 (one week from today)

3C1
-quiz
-introduction to the themes of Romeo and Juliet

Tomorrow - Act 3, scene 1; then we begin the essay

Friday October 2

4U1 - Here is what we did in class on Friday; get it done if you were not here

The Dramatic Monologue

“Porphyria’s Lover”

Read the poem several times before attempting the questions.  Support your answers with proof from the poem.

1.                Identify the speaker, the silent listener, and the critical moment in the speaker’s life?

2.                What imagery establishes the setting at the outset of the poem?  Give four examples. What mood does it create?

3.                How is Porphyria portrayed at the beginning of the poem?   

4.                What characteristics of the speaker are gradually revealed?

5.                How does Porphyria’s lover justify killing her?

6.                Quote two lines (one where she is alive and one where she is dead) that indicate the change in the lover’s relationship.  Explain your reasoning.

7.                How is irony used in the poem?  Name it, define it and explain your choice.

Presentations start on Tuesday

Poetry quiz on Thursday (quiz outline on Monday)

3C1
-finish all handouts, questions for Act 2
-study for the quiz on Tuesday

Tuesday October 25

4U1
-worked on "My Last Duchess"
-will finish it on Wednesday

Don't forget to meet in Lecture Hall on Wednesday

Change of Plans - Thursday will be a group work period, so spread the word if you see this post

3C1
-finished Act 2, scene 3 and questions

Wednesday - read Act 2, scenes 4 and 5

Thursday October 20

4U1
-peer editing editorials - editorial is due Monday

Friday
-research in the library

Monday
-poetry "To His Coy Mistress"

3C1
-finish Act 1 questions for Romeo and Juliet
-review sheet for Act 1

Friday
-watch Act 1
-finish review sheet

Monday
-Act 2, scenes 1 and 2

Friday October 14

4U1
-another practice editorial
-returned editorial outline
-what is a dramatic monolgue?
-what is an archetype?
-analyzed "The Goblet"

Homework question - What is the irony of the "The Goblet"?  Look at the first 3 stanzas versus the last stanza?  The irony can be stated in a paradoxical anthesis.  Can you say it that style?
Over the Weekend
-work on your editorial (rough draft is due Wednesday)

3C1
-read cast of characters, prologue and opening part of Act 1, scene 1 of Romeo and Juliet
-complete questions 2-9 on homework sheet

Over The Weekend
-work on your verbal/visual; due Monday or Tuesday

Thursday October 13

4U1

-editorial practice/worksheet

-finished "puce fairy book"

-introduction to "The Goblet" (Echoes 67)

-complete list of symbolic associations, read the poem and summarize what is happening in each stanza

Tomorrow

-finish analysis of "The Goblet"
-introduction to Dramatic Monologue
-What is an archetype?

Monday
-poetry seminar outline

Tuesday

-library period; research seminar topics

Wednesday

-peer edit editorials

Thursday

-poetry

Friday

-editorial due

Reid - over the weekend, to catch up, read any of the following essays that you have not read:
in Echoes - Forget Prince Charming, Sojournors, Snapshot: Lost Lives of Women, Cellphones and The Death Penalty: Justice For None
in Reading Stategies - Growing Up Native, The Skier, Medical Care That's Not Fit For A Horse
Remember to photocopy missed notes tomorrow


3C1
-worked on verbal visual

Tomorrow - characters, prologue and act I of Romeo and Juliet

Monday or Tuesday - verbal visual due

Wednesday October 12

4U1
-final analysis of 'puce fairy book' (here are the charts, hopefully you can read them - homework is below the pictures)

-tonight: work on editorial chart; due tomorrow

homework on "puce fairy tale"

1.  Summarize the poem in one sentence.  We will vote on the best one.
2.  Using your approaches to literature chart, how do you see the feminist approach in the poem?  How do we see each of three stages in the poem.  Hint the feminine, feminist and female stage are all seen in the poem through the stereotypes, refusal to give in and independence.

3C1
-introduction to William Shakespeare worksheet - due Friday
-introduction to Shakesperian language - completed in class

tomorrow - work period on verbal visual (if you are going to say that you have it completed at home, have a back up plan for work - work on Shakespeare worksheet or some other work - if you bring nothing I will assign you a short story to work on)

Tuesday October 14

4U1
-review of editorial assignment - due next Thursday
-review of narrative (overall look back at the narrative essays - the good, the bad and the ugly)
-introduction to poetry
-"puce fairy book" poem from Echoes 36

Extra Questions
You will need to use the world wide interweb (the one with email) to find these answers.  Good Luck!

1.  The title "puce fairy book" is actually an allusion to a book called Blue Fairy Book.  What is it, when was it published, what does it contain and what is the connection to this poem?

2.  What is the custom of binding feet?  To what line does this custom relate to and how does it help develop a 'big idea' of the poem?

Bring Echoes all week

3C1
-introduction to Romeo and Juliet

Tomorrow:  Bring Romeo and Juliet textbook

Friday October 7

4U1
-meet in the library - research your editorial topic
-on the weekend - more research - Happy Thanksgiving!
-we begin poetry on Tuesday (bring Echoes)

3C1
-work period for verbal visual essays
-on the weekend - continue to think about/brainstorm on the verbal visual - Happy Thanksgiving!
-we begin Romeo and Juliet on Tuesday - bring the textbook

Wednesday October 5

Thursday is test day for everyone!

Study tonight!

Tuesday October 4

4U1
-test outline given
-read and analyzed "Cellphones"
Homework - finish worksheet on "Cellphones"

-tomorrow: We will discuss the following:
1.  What is the connotation of each of the 5 listed agencies of torment and misery in paragraph 1?
2.  Write down 3 allusions used in the essay?  What is the purpose of each allusion?
3.  What is the irony of the last line?

Test: Thursday

3C1
-finished "Barney" and corresponding worksheet
-test outline
-review game 
-formal review handed out

-tomorrow - review and introduction to group assignment

Test: Thursday   

Friday September 31

4U1
-finish "Medical Care That's Not Fit For A Horse" questions
For Homework - review essay types, essay elements and the essays we have studied

Test - Thursday

3C1
-corrected irony and foreshadowing in "Paid Up Member"

For Homework - review your elements and stories we have read

Test - Thursday

Thursday Sept 29

4U1
-corrected persuasive essay, "The Death Penalty: Justice For None"
-introduction to editorials - elements, style, structure
-for homework: read "Medical Care That's Not Even Fit For Horse" (Reading Strategies 198) and complete the analysis sheet (if you didnt get the analysis sheet, read the essay and make sure you are able to intelligently talk about it tomorrrow)

Friday
-correct it

3C1
-corrected questions on "Paid Up Member"
-answered questions on foreshadowing and irony

Friday
-the element of suspense (define it)
-correct foreshadowing and irony questions

Wednesday September 28

4U1
-read "The Death Penalty: Justice For None" (p.208 in Reading Strategies) and analysed it

(title - how does it convey the writer's stance; locate and write down the thesis; show how, in paragraphs 5, 6 and 7, the author refutes the claims of  death penalty advocates; how are anecdote, antithesis, climatic order and parallel structure used effectively by the author)
-homework - read over page 214 and complete the chart on 215; what is one more counter argument, for the death penalty?)
-narratives are due

Tomorrow
-editorials
-"Medical Care That's Fit For A Horse" (p.198 in RS)

3C1
-finished "One of These Days" (focus on plot, symbolism and irony)
-read "Paid Up Member"
-for homework answer first 3 questions on worksheet

Tomorrow
-irony and foreshadowing in "Paid Up Member"
-suspense

Tuesday September 27

4U1
-completed worksheet on "Forget Prince Charming"
-intro to next essay, "Wheat Kings"

Homework
-complete and hand in narrative on Wednesday
-listen to "Wheat Kings" again, here is a link with some more facts about David Milgaard:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xIaBcfL6vU&feature=related

3C1
-peer edited memo
-completed all the questions on "One of These Days"

Homework
-finish the memo (due Thursday)
-discuss symbolism, irony and plot in "One of These Days"

Monday September 26

4U
-peer edit Narrative - it is due on Wednesday
-introduction to persuasive writing
-read "Forget Prince Charming" in Echoes p.322

3C
-defined nemesis and symbolism
-read "One of These Days" p.13 in Between the Lines
-answered 3 questions (character, setting, why won't the dentist treat him?)
-remember: rough copy of the memo is due tomorrow; good copy is due Thursday

Tomorrow
-edit memo, finish one of these days

Thursday September 22

4U1
-rhetorical devices quiz - will be handed back tomorrow
-"Growing Up Native" - read silently and answered questions

Tomorrow
-20 minutes to work on your narrative
-finish "Growing Up Native"
-introduction to next essay style

3C1
-read pages 182-202 of Communicate and summarized important parts of business writing

Tomorrow
-introduction to minor writing assignment #1

Wednesday Sept 21

4U1
-finished "Snapshot: Lost Lives of Women"
-more hints on Narrative Assignment
-rough copy due Monday; good copy due Wednesday (notice the balanced sentence!)
-another practice for rhetorical devices quiz

Thursday
-quiz on rhetorical devices
-bring Reading Strategies, will read "Growing Up Native," a narrative essay

 3C1
-wrote quiz - will get it back tomorrow

Thursday
-bring Communicate

Monday September 19

4U1  (Jordan - be sure to read this carefully!)
-reviewed devices of paradox, oxymoron and allusion, with examples
-worksheet practice on rhetorical devices
-homework check on "Snapshot"
-corrected the two homework questions and connected them - the oppressive lives that women led, in China, in the 1920's, with general statements from the essay and the specific lives of the women in the picture
-assigned 3 more questions for homework (when, where and why is this piture taken? Use of quotations, questions, exclamations and parallel structure and why is this considered informal writing?)

Tomorrow - finish "Snapshot" and introduction of narrative writing assignment
Thursday - quiz on rhetorical devices

3C1
-defined setting
-read first couple of pages of "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street"

Tomorrow - continue with the story
Wednesday or Thursday - quiz on first 5 elements and 3 short stories we have read
Thursday and Friday - introduction to first writing assignment

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Friday Sept 16

4U1
-summarized important aspects of descriptive writing (overhead)
-read over Approaches to Literature - Reader Response, Formalistic and Feminist
-read over Narrative Tutorial (p.22 in Reading Strategies and made notes)
-For Homework - read "Snapshots: Lost Lives of Women" on p.384 on Echoes and answer questions 1 and 3 on p.388

If you just joined the class in the last few days - make notes on The Descriptive Essay Tutorial on p.4 of Reading Strategies and read "The Skier" p.6 and read "Sojourners" p. 353 in Echoes.  Be sure to photocopy missed notes from someone in the class and see me for handouts.

3C1
-be sure you have caught up and reviewed everything we have done up to this point
Stories we have read - "Interlopers" and DB Cooper - both from Between The Lines
Elements we have studied and applied - Conflict, Theme and Character

Monday - "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street"

Enjoy your weekend!

Wed Sept 14

3C1
-finished "Interlopers"
-discussed different types of characters in short stories (an overhead)
-read "DB Cooper" (p. 120)

Thursday
-short day because of mass
-will finish questions on "DB Cooper"

Friday
-Unsolved Mysteries - Whatever happened to DB Cooper?

4U1
-analysed the first part of "Sojourners"
-homework - 3 questions on the last two parts

Some hints:

Part one ends with "shrimp in toes and terns in hair" and then part two discusses whether people are just sojourners on planet Earth; part two ends with "I fancy to imagine another" (another what?) and then discusses whether the planet Eart is a sojourner.

In part two much of the discussion focusses on why we are here? Not so much on whether we literally travel, but why are we here (on Earth) for such a temporary visit?

Notice the structure - the movement form small to large is a classic writing technique

Thursday
-short periods due to mass
-final thoughts on descriptive writing
-a few more devices

Friday
-narrative writing tutorial
-"Growing Up Native" (p.16 in Reading and Writing for Success)

Tuesday Sept 13

3C1
-finished "The Interlopers"
-what is theme? took note on overhead


Tomoorow
-"DB Cooper"
-what is character? note on overhead


4U1
-take up rhetorical devices (questions 1-19)
-analysis of "The Skier"

-homework - read "Sojourners" p. 353 in Echoes answer questions 1 and 2
-at some point during the weekend, re-read "The Skier" with your chart and notes; be sure you have a good understanding of it and can explain the different devices used to create the dominant impression of the essay

Some hints:

Part one ends with shrimp in toes and terns in hair and then part two discusses whether people are just sojourners on planet Earth; part two ends with I fancy to imagine another (another what) and then discusses whether the planet Eart is a sojourner.

In part two much of the discussion focusses on why we are here? Not so much on whether we literally travel, but why are we here (on Earth) for such a temporary visit

Notice the structure - the movement form small to large is a classic writing technique

Friday Sept 9

3C1
-reviewed element of  fiction - conflict (defined it, 6 types of conflict)
-began reading "The Interlopers"

Monday
-theme
-finish "Interlopers" and answer questions

4U1
-reviewed rhetorical devices (added to our notes)
-applied devices/previous knowledge to 2 editorials

Monday
-descriptive writing
-read and analyze the "The Skier"

September 6

Welcome Back.  We will use this blog to keep you informed on what we did, what is due and what is coming up.  Please use this to keep yourself informed, whether you were in class and forgot what we did or were away and want to make sure you don't fall behind.  Remember, if you always do, what you've always done, wou will always get, what you have always gotten.  Lesson - do a little more.

Exams

Hope your English exams went well. Good luck on the rest of your exams. See you next week for exam viewing.

The Last Week of School!

Yoda says: Class time must you use wisely this week

3U1

This week's schedule:

Monday - Presentation, chapter 8;  note on the paradox of Gatsby - (neither great nor a Gatsby) 

Tuesday - Presentation, chapter 9; note on the last 4 paragraphs of Gatsby
Wednesday - Gatsby Movie, Exam Outline
Thursday - Gatsby Movie, Review History of English Language, Satire
Friday - Review Romeo and Juliet, Essay Writing
Monday - Silent Review

3C1
This week's schedule:
Monday - Shakespeare in Love
Tuesday - Shakespeare in Love
Wednesday - Writing Assignment, Exam Outline
Thursday - Review West Side Story
Friday - Review Essay Writing, Short Stories
Monday - Silent Review

Thursday June 9

3U1
-finished culminating #2
-Friday - Period 2 at the Movies - bring a snack
-Monday and Tuesday - final 2 presentations
-Wednesday exam review begins

3C1
-Thursday - day of test
-Friday - day of rest (watching a movie - but there will be a final writing assignment on it)
**You must make up your culminatings tomorrow on your lunch

Tuesday June 7

See the post below for this week's activities

3U1
-bring pencil crayons and other implements of art for tomorrow (and Thursday's activity)
-always remember: naive is evian spelt backward

3C1
-finish Romeo and Juliet
-test outline (test on Thursday)
**Remember 3C's - those of a you that need to make up a culminating will do so Friday on your lunch - places to find me were discussed in class Monday and today

The Weekend and Upcoming Week

Remember 3U1's - get a head start on 4U1 by going to see A Man For All Seasons put on by the Hamilton Lawyers.   Friday and Saturday are your last opportunities.  Click here for play information: http://hamiltonlawyersshow.com/

PS - Latin for post scriptum (remember your History of the English Language unit) - return your books on Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday - you owe 4 - Echoes, Guide to Language, R&J and Gatsby


3U1
-this weekend - review satire and parody notes
-hint for culminating 1: review your power point information and note on theme from Romeo and Juliet and The Great Gatsby; these will help 

Next week:
Monday: Presentation on chapter 7; excellent job group 7!
Tuesday: culminating 1; a short story analysis
Wednesday and Thursday: culminating 2; parody on Romeo and Juliet or The Great Gatsby
Friday: Presentation on chapter 8

3C1
-this weekend - be sure your questions are caught up and answered from Acts 1 to 4; this is your responsibility as we have read and analysed the entire play in class; your job is to follow up this info by completing the questions

Next week:
Monday: Act 5, scenes 1 and 2, watch Act 4 on video and give test outline
Tuesday: Act 5, scene 3 and finish the video
Wednesday: Themes of Romeo and Juliet
Thursday: Test
Friday:  Review

Thursday June 2

3U1
-check out the link on the right for the imdb info on the Romeo and Juliet parody Gnomeo and Juliet 
-Tomorrow - presentation on chapter 5

3C1
-completed Act 4 of Romeo and Juliet
-Tomorrow - culiminating activity #2;  letter of complaint

Wednesday June 1

It's June!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

3U1
-Today - chapter 6 presentation - well done, group #6
-Tomorrow - a little refresher on Romeo and Juliet, bring a snack
-Friday - chapter 5 presentation

3C1
-Today - culminating #1 - short story analysis
-Tomorrow - Act 4 of Romeo and Juliet
-Friday - culminating #2 - letter of complaint

Tuesday May 31

3U1
-chapter 4 presented to class - Awesome job, group 4
-homework - reread chapter 4 with your new understanding(s)

Tomorrow - group presentation

3C1
-read Communicate page 190 and 191 (made notes for culminating activity on Friday)
-note on Act 4, scene 1, 2 and 3

Tomorrow - Culminating #1 - short story analysis

Monday May 30

3U1
-worked on presentations
-presentations begin tomorrow (Wednesday and Friday as well, this week)

3C1
-read Act 4 of Romeo and Juliet, scenes 1, 2 and 3 and answered follow up questions

Wednesday March 25

3U1
-symbols in Gatsby and how to analyse them (first what is it, then what the characters say about it, and finally, what it represents in the novel)

Tomorrow - report to room 325 - will have the computer lab

-presentation dates:
Chapter 4 - Tuesday May 31
Chapter 5 - Wednesday June 1
Chapter 6 - Friday June 3
Chapter 7 - Monday June 6
Chapter 8 - Friday June 10
Chapter 9 - Monday June 13 

On Tuesday June 7, 8 and 9 you will be completing your two culminating activites, so there can be no presentations on these dates.   I have to repect these dates as it is a department issue.  If you have a problem with these dates, you need to see me asap.

3C1
-note on Act 3, scene 1
-read Act 3, scenes 2 and 3 and answered questions

Tomorrow
-finish Act 3

Friday 
-return essays
-watch Act 3 video 

Tuesday May 24

3U1
-theme of class and wealth
-work period for group seminars
-seminars begin next week

Tomorrow
-continue to prepare for the seminars

3C1
-watch Act 2 of Romeo and Juliet
-read Act 3, scene1

Tomorrow
-continue with Act 3

Friday May 20 and the Long Weekend

3U1
-analysed chapter 3
-met with groups


Over the weekend
-analyse your chapter for your group seminar and be prepared to start planning your presentation, with your group, next week
-presentations begin Monday May 30


 3C1
-quiz
-watched Act 2 video


Over the weekend
-make sure all questions for Acts 1 and 2 are complete
-use the weekend to catch up if you have missed class time



Enjoy Victoria Day!

Thursday May

3U1
Wednesday
-finished monologues
-reviewed chapter 2
-introduced car symbolism from Gatsby
Thursday
-theme of 'the American Dream'
-introduce seminar topics
Friday
-theme of 'Class and Wealth;
-seminar work period

3C1
Wednesday
-Acts 2, scenes 3, 4 and 5
Thursday
-Act 2 scene 6
-review for quiz
-quiz outline
Friday
-quiz
-watch Act 2

Tuesday May 16

3U1
-dramatic monologues
-reviewed theme of 'Love' from Gatsby
Tomorrow
-review theme of 'Death' and introduce seminar assignments
-look at chapter 2

3C1
-read Act 2, scenes 1 and 2
Tomorrow
-finish Act 2

Monday May 13

I will be accompanying the grade 12's on their retreat so I will be absent on Monday.  Please complete the assigned work.  See you on Tuesday.

3U1's - your dramatic monologues will be pushed to Tuesday.  Enjoy the respite (look it up if you do not know the word).   

Wednesday May 11

3U1
-dramatic monolgues
-introduction (power point) to Gatsby (if absent, be sure to get the notes upon your return)
-R and J tests returned - ps - as a group, awesome job on your tests!



Thursday
-same as above
Friday
-period to review Gatsby before seminar topics are assigned

3C1
-review of Act 1, scenes 1 to 3
For Homework - be sure to read the passages we discussed in class, especially Act 1, scene 2, lines 4-37 (Old Capulet's response to Paris' proposal) and Act 1, scene 3, lines 71-104 (Lady Capulet's response to Paris's proposal)

Thursday
-scenes 4 and 5
Friday
-Act 1 review
-Act 2, scene 1

Monday May 9

3U1
-reminder of test outline
-corrected practice quotes
-Romeo as Tragic Hero note
-more practice quotes
Tomorrow
-test on Romeo and Juliet
Wednesday and Thursday
-dramatic monologues

3C1
-act 1, scenes 1 and 2
For homework
-complete question sheet on first two scenes

Friday May 6

3U1
-watched movie, assigned practice quotes 
For Homework
-complete the 6 practice quotes
-review for test (notes/questions)
-prepare for monologue

Monday
-take up quotes (more practice ones as well)
-Romeo as the Tragic Hero note
-watch classic version of Act V, scene iii

3C1
-powerpoint on Introduction to Romeo and Juliet
For Homework
-be sure both worksheets (Prologue and Shakespeare's Life) are completed
Monday
-Act I, scenes i and ii

Thursday May 5

3U1
-read Act V, scene iii 
-finish the Act questions for homework
Friday
-movie and practice quotes
Monday
-final touches on the play, take up quotes
Tuesday
-test

3C1
-read the prologue, cast of characters, introduction to Shakespeare
-finish Shakespeare questions for homework
Friday
-introduction to Romeo and Juliet
Monday
Act 1, scene 1 and 2

Vote for Jordan Baker

Casting is on for the three major Gatsby roles left: Jordan Baker, Tom Buchanan and George Wilson. Filming begins in Australia this August. The Hollywood scuttlebutt is that there are three favorites for the role of Jordan. On the right are the three choices. After reading the novel, who do you think should be cast? Vote for your favorite.

Wednesday May 4

3U1
-read Act V, scenes i and ii
-important lesson on dramatic significance and purposes ie how to analyse quotes

Tomorrow
-the culmination of The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet - Act V, scene iii

Friday
-more dramatic purpuses
-the movie (bring snacks)

3C1
-continuation of essay writing (all due dates have been assigned)

Tomorrow
-introduction to Romeo and Juliet

Friday
-the prologue, characters and Act I, scene i

Monday May 2

3U1
-read Act IV, scenes iv and v
-note on Dramatic Structure
Homework
-finish essay (due tomorrow), continue to memorize for dramatic monologue
Tomorrow
-review Act IV and begin Act V

3C1
-wrote test, note on Responsibility
Tomorrow
-finish note
-begin essay writing

Friday April 29 and Weekend

3U1
-peer edited Romeo and Juliet literary essays
-read Act IV, scene i and skimmed through scene ii


For the Weekend
-finishing touches on essays (due Monday or Tuesday)
Do not make the same mistakes on this essay as you did the first.  Compare the two and be sure to give your final, good copy a careful self edit.  Remember, the good copy is the most important copy.
-answer Act IV, scene i questions
-read Act IV, scene iii and answer questions

Hints
Look at the fears she has before drinking the potion - most of the fears you guessed, in class, that she would have - and the two reasons she gives before drinking it:
1.  The Friar, as long as she has known him, has been a holy man (so she has no reason to doubt his motives).
2.  Her resolve to be with Romeo is stronger than her fears.

3C1
-corrected chapter 10
-finished movie


For the Weekend
-study for Monday's test
-focus on plot (what happens), characters and what they do, irony and conflict

Test Reminders
Use your chapter questions - fill ins/true-false - to review plot and characters.
Use your notes from overheads and short answer questions to review irony and the more detailed type, short answer questions you will see on the test.
Remember, do not confuse the book with the movie.  We are interested in the book. 

Thursday April 28

3U1
-wrote listening quiz
-primary document on marriages from 1604
-5 rules to be followed in a marriage ceremony (how many did the Friar follow?)

Tonight
-work on your essay

Friday
-peer editing (bring your essay to class) and Act IV, scene i

3C1
-test outline (West Side Story test on Monday)
-took up chapter 10
-watched movie

Friday
-finish the movie
-work on review

Tuesday April 26

3U1
-note on theme
-read III, iv and v

For homework
-answer questions on III, iv and v
-continue memorizing your chosen passage

Tomorrow
-bring essay (1/2 period work period) and tie up to Act III

Thursday and Friday
-Act IV
-on Friday - peer essay editing

3C1
-read chapter 10
-questions on chapter 10
-watched the movie

Tomorrow
-media writing assignment 
-continue with the movie

Thursday
-review 

Friday
-test

Wednesday April 20 and Thursday April 21

3U1
-essay outline (the tools you need to write a good essay), reminders and due dates
-work period - next Wednesday, peer-editing - next Friday, essay due May 2 or May 3

Thursday
-note on Act III, i; read III,ii and iii

The Weekend
-work on your essay, begin memorizing your passage

3C1
-read 143-153 and answered first 5 questions on question sheet

Thursday
-153-157
-note on theme

Tuesday April 19, Wednesday April 20 and Thursday April 21

3U1
-completed Act III, scene i - complete questions for homework
-tomorrow - work on essays
-Thursday - note on III,i plus read III,ii and III,iii (complete questions over the break)

3C1
-read chapter 8 - complete questions for homework
-tomorrow - begin chapter 9 (read 143-153 plus questions)
-Thursday - complete chapter 9
-over the break - begin to review for the final test next week

Friday April 15

3U1
-wrote quiz
-begin memorizing for your dramatic monologue

Monday
-final Gatsby quiz - Chapters7, 8, 9
-introduce literary essay

3C1
-finished chapter 6 and chapter 6 note

Monday
-chapters 7 and 8

Thursday April 14/Friday April 15

3U1
-introduced dramatic monologue assignment - you must present before the end of Act V (approx. 2 weeks)
-quiz tomorrow - Acts I and II as well as R&J power point information

Monday
-essay topics for Romeo and Juliet
-begin Act III

3C1
-read and analyze (and answer questions) for chapter 6 of West Side Story 

Wednesday April 13

3U1
-finished movie - up to the end of Act II
-power point on Shakespeare's life
-reminder - quiz on Friday on Romeo and Juliet

3C1
-read chapter 5 and answered questions on West Side Story

Monday April 11

3U1
-finished Act II
-all questions for Act II should be completed, start reviewing for the quiz

-quiz on Friday: Act I and Act II, power point information
-this week will also hand out essay topics

-Gatsby quiz (chapters 7,8,9 - why was 6 afraid of 7? haha - postponed to Monday April 18) 

3C1
-finished Chapter 4

-be sure all questions for chapter 4 are complete

Friday April 8 and the Weekend

3U1
-over the weekend, be sure all answers from Act I, scene i to Act II, ii are completed
-try to read over II scenes iii and iv on your own so we can go over it quickly on Monday
-take some time to choose a scene we have studied, read it over, and translate it in your head, with stage direction and intonation (as we discussed in class).  If you can do this, you are in great shape for the rest of Romeo and Juliet

Next week
-Act III, introduction of literary essay, dramatic monologue, a quiz and the movie

3C1
-read and answer the questions for pages 64-80 (the first two parts of chapter 4)

Next week
-complete chapter 4, 5 and 6
-media assignment on West Side Story 

Wednesday April 6

3U1
-completed review for Act I - dramatic worksheet
-read Act II, i and ii
remember: Gatsby quiz 4, 5 and 6 on Thursday

3C1
-read Chapter 3 of West Side Story
-remember: quiz on Thursday on Chapters 1 and 2, as well as vocabulary words from group 1, 2 and 3

Monday April 4

3U1 Homework
-answer questions I ii, iii and iv

Remember
-if you are having trouble with the story, check out the link to Romeo and Juliet modern translation on the blog
-if you forget your book at home, use the link to Romeo and Juliet text for an e-version of the story

-quiz on chapters 4, 5 and 6 of Gatsby on Thursday


3C1
-read the rest of chapter 2 and finished chapter questions
-note on chapter 2

Remember
-quiz on vocabulary and chapters 1 and 2 on Wednesday or Thursday

Monday April 4

3U1
-will return essays and quizzes
-updated marks
-Act I, ii and iii of Romeo and Juliet

3C1
-Monday is your last day to hand in your verbal/visual
-finish Chapter 2 of West Side Story
-quiz on vocabulary words and Chapters 1 and 2 of West Side Story on Wednesday or Thursday
-updated marks will be handed out after verbal/visuals have been marked

Tuesday March 29 - Thursday March 31

3U1
-read up to the Prince's speech in Act I, scene i
-worked on the Prologue, liner notes

Wednesday
-quiz on 1-3 of Gatsby, continue Act I of Romeo and Juliet

Thursday
-continue Act I (Act I, scene ii) of Romeo and Juliet

3C1
-finished chapter 1 of West Side Story

Wednesday
-Chapter 2

Thursday
-note on chapter 2
-take up chapter 2 questions

**verbal/visual due by Thursday

Monday March 28

3U1
-review info from power point
-complete Shakespeare sheet
Tomorrow
-bring Romeo and Juliet textbook

3C1
-finish reading up to page 27 in West Side Story and up to question #16
Tomorrow
-finish chapter 1 of West Side Story and chapter 1 questions
-verbal/visuals due Tuesday, Wednesday or Thurasday