Your Guide to Language Arts 9/Palfreyman

April 29: Romeo and Juliet M and S Review and "A Plague on Both Your Houses"

4/28/2011

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What you need to do

Complete the following assignments--they're DUE Monday, May 2!
  • Romeo and Juliet: Metaphor and Simile Review (Folder #15)
  • "A Plague on Both Your Houses" (Folder #16)

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April 28: Test Practice 2 and 3

4/28/2011

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What you need to do

DUE
  • Learning Log: April 19, 26, 27
  • Poetry Assignment 3: Poems That Lie

Assignments
  • Christopher Marlowe (Folder #12)
  • Test Practice 2 (Folder #13)--DUE TODAY
  • Test Practice 3 (Folder #14)--DUE TODAY
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April 27: Introduction to Romeo and Juliet

4/27/2011

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What you need to do

Learning Log
1. Combine the following sentences:
  • Perspiration flushed away urea.
  • It flushes away lactic acid.
  • it flushes away toxic metals.
  • The metals include lead.
  • The metals include mercury.
2. Make a list of 3-8 things you know about Romeo and Juliet.

3. Do you believe that teenagers have a good sense of judgment? Meaning, generally speaking, are teenagers capable of making good decisions? Explain your answer with at least THREE sentences.

4. Are teenagers mature enough to get married? Explain your answer with at least THREE sentences.

Assignments
  • Romeo and Juliet 101 (Folder #9)--Borrow a classmate's and copy his/her notes
  • IM Version of Romeo and Juliet (Folder #10)
  • O Romeo, Oh, Like Wow (Folder #11)
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April 26: Poems That Lie

4/26/2011

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What you need to do

DUE
PERIODS 1 and 2 ONLY: Speaker(s) in Shakespeare's Sonnets
PERIODS 6 and 7 ONLY: Shakespeare's Most Reliable Source

Learning Log
1. Combine the following sentences:
  • Human skin is a complex organ.
  • It is sometimes called the third kidney.
  • It helps us remove wastes through sweating.
2. What are some of your thoughts about lying/lies? What are some of your experiences with lying/lies? Write ONE 5-7-sentence paragraph.

3. What do you wish were true? Make a list of 7-10 things.

Assignment
Poetry Assignment 4: Poems That Lie (Folder #8)--DUE Thursday, April 28
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April 20: More Sonnet Stuff

4/20/2011

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What you need to do

Read what YOUR class did---almost every class is on a different schedule.

First and Second Period
  • Most Reliable Source: Shakespeare (Folder #6)
  • The Speaker(s) in Shakespeare's Sonnets (Folder #7)
Sixth Period
Most Reliable Source: Shakespeare (Folder #6)

Seventh Period
No class--Talent Assembly
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April 19: Shakespeare--What's Important? What's Interesting?

4/19/2011

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What you need to do

Learning Log
  • Make a t-chart.
  • Label one half of the chart "Important," the other "Interesting"
  • Read three short articles Shakespeare (Folder #5).
  • Take 3-5 important/interesting notes on each article.
Assignment
IMPORTANT NOTE: SIXTH PERIOD did not do this because of the panoramic photo. We will do it tomorrow (Wednesday, April 20).

Most Reliable Source: Shakespeare (Folder #6)

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April 18: Introducing Shakespeare

4/18/2011

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What you need to do

DUE
Poetry Assignment 2: Cinquains and Clerihews (EIGHT poems total)

Assignment
Ask a classmate what they liked about the short movie Shakespeare in Our Time.
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April 15: Test Practice

4/15/2011

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What you need to do

DUE
Periods 2, 6, and 7: Turn in "Attempt to Write a Sonnet."
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April 14: QUIZ and Symbolism

4/15/2011

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What you need to do

DUE
  • Learning Log April 11, 12, and 14 (today)
  • Period 1 ONLY: Attempt to Write a Sonnet

Learning Log
1. What do the things below represent? Make a list of 3-5 things for each one.
  • the color red
  • the American Flag
  • $100
2. What does the American flag represent to an Iraqi? Make a list of 3-5 things.

3. What does a $100 represent to a billionaire? Make a list of 3-5 things.

4. Copy:
  • Symbolism is the use of an object, person, or even to represent something beyond itself.
  • Symbolism people to communicate beyond the limits of language.
  • Humans use symbolism all the time.

QUIZ
Parentheses, Commas, and Apostrophes--Come during Pride Time to make it up.
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April 14: QUIZ and Symbolism

4/15/2011

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What you need to do

DUE
Learning Log April 11, 12, and 14 (today)

Learning Log
1. What do these things represent? Make a list of 3-5 things for each.
  • the color red
  • the American flag
  • $100
2. What does the American flag represent to an Iraqi? Make a list of 3-5 things.

3. What does a $100 represent to a billionaire? Make a list of 3-5 things.

4. COPY:
Symbolism
Humans use symbolism all of the time.

QUIZ
Parentheses, Commas, and Apostrophes--Come during Pride Time to make it up.


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