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Week of Nov. 28

3C1
-finish Act 4 and 5 of Romeo and Juliet
-essays due Tuesday or Wednesday

-review next Monday
-Test next Tuesday

4U1
-Hamlet
-Monday - Introduction to Elizabethan England (the life and times of Shakespeare)
-Tuesday to Thursday - Act 1

Living in Shakespeare's England

Read the following articles.  The first and last ones require you to answer some questions.  Point form is fine.

This will help you get a feel of what is what like to live during Shakespeare's time (and hopefully make you appreciate his genius even more).

The Elizabethan Age

Answer the following re The Elizabethan Age

1.  List 3 accomplishments of the reign of Elizabeth.
2.  How did she help the arts?
3.  How did King James continue her legacy in education and the arts?
4.  What happened to theatres during Charles I reign? Why?
5.  How did Catholics celebrate mass at this time?
6.  What was it like to attend school for boys? girls?

Shakespeare's England

Dentistry 1

Dentistry 2
Do the questions that follow

Once finished consult the cast of characters or dramatis personae in your Hamlet text and write out their names of 10 different characters (spell them correctly) and the brief description that follows about them.

If finished, you can review the notes from the Hamlet PPT to prepare yourself for Monday,

Because of the Senior Football game and the many kids away, we start Hamlet on Tuesday.

During Hamlet, there will be a test, a writing assignment and your ISU.

4U1 - Poetry Quiz

Poetry Quiz - Wednesday

Multiple Choice (K) and Fill Ins (T)

If you miss the test on Wednesday your test will be short answers.

Wed - Thurs - Fri = Intro to Hamlet 

"puce fairy book" p. 36 in Echoes

Paperbag Princess

TLC

1.  What five (5) fairy tales are alluded to in each of the poems?


1) RAP

2) SB

3) SW

4) PP

5) C


2. In groups, read the 'real' fairy tale and summarize the story to the class on a piece of chart paper (in pt. form, main pts of the story).

Then answer the following on another piece of chart paper:

a) What is the fairy tale allusion to in the stanza?

b) What is his request (expectation)? What is her response?

c) What is one more interesting thing about the stanza (think poetic device, style, capitalization, diction, etc)?

Week of Nov 21

3C1

-work on essay 
-rough copy is due Friday

-read Act 4 of Romeo and Juliet


4U1

-Monday and Tuesday - finish up poetry unit
-poetry quiz  - Wednesday or Thursday

-begin Hamlet
-introductory power point

Tues Nov 15- Fri Nov 18

3C1

-finish Act 3
-listening quiz on Wed
-essay topics and preparation
-watch Act 3


4U1

-poetry eras presentations (Tues, Wed, Thurs)

-Thursday: grp work - final 2 presentations - grp work closure activity
-Friday: one more poem - "puce fairy book" p.36 in Echoes
-Monday - correct poem/poetry review
-Wednesday - poetry quiz (all multiple choice and fill ins)