English Homework for Monday, June 1, Day 3

C LASS ONE: READ ACT FIVE,

CLASS TWO: SEE THURSDAY'S POSTING.

CLASS FIVE: FINISH REWRITING THE ACT IV COMPARE AND CONTRAST ESSAY. THEN READ ACT V.

CLASS SIX: FINISH READING ACT V.

ALL CLASSES: I WILL COLLECT ALL INDEPENDENT READING JOURNALS ON FRIDAY, JUNE 12. NO EXCEPTIONS.

English homework for Friday, May 29, Day 2

CLASS ONE: SEE WEDNESDAY'S POSTING.

CLASS TWO (DUE MONDAY): COMPARE AND CONTRAST ESSAY AND/OR R.A.F.T REWRITE DUE. ALSO FINISH READING ACT V.

CLASS FIVE: REWRITE COMPARE AND CONTRAST ESSAY. QUIZ ACT FOUR.

CLASS SIX: REWRITE COMPARE AND CONTRAST ESSAY. QUIZ ACT FOUR.

English Homework for Thursday, May 28, Day 1

CLASS ONE (DUE FRIDAY): IN SHAKESPEARE'S ORIGINAL ROMEO AND JULIET, THERE IS NO FUNERAL SCENE. THERE IS, HOWEVER, A FUNERAL SCENE IN ZEFFIRELLI'S VERSION. IN MOST FUNERALS, PAST AND PRESENT, THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR MOURNERS TO REMEMBER THOSE WHO DIED. WHAT THEY SAY IS AN ELEGY, HONORING AND REMEMBERING THE DEAD. PERHAPS SOME OF YOU WITNESSED ELEGIES GIVEN TO VETERANS WHO HAVE DIED DEFENDING OUR COUNTRY. IMAGINE, THEN, AN ELEGY GIVEN IN HONOR OF JULIET BY EITHER HER COUSIN ROSALINE OR HER ALMOST-BRIDEGROOM PARIS. USE THE R.A.F.T. RUBRIC AS YOUR GUIDE AND THE VCOCAB LIST AS A HELPMATE AS YOU EULOGIZE JULIET AND PERHAPS QUESTION HER SUDDEN "DEATH."

CLASS TWO: SAME AS CLASS ONE EXCEPT YOUR ELEGY IS DUE THURSDAY AND YOU MUST READ ACT V, SCENES 1 AND 2.

CLASS FIVE: COMPARE AND CONTRAST ACT IV OF ZEFFIRELLI'S VERSION OF ROMEO AND JULIET TO SHAKESPEARE'S ORIGINAL VERSION OF ACT IV, ROMEO AND JULIET . YOU MUST FIND THREE SIMILARITIES AND THREE DIFFERENCES. YOUR "REPORT" MUST BE IN ESSAY FORM.

CLASS SIX: SEE TUESDAY'S POSTING.

English Home Work for Wednesday, May 27, Day 6

CLASS ONE: FINISH READING ACT IV. ACT IV QUIZ ON WEDNESDAY.

CLASS TWO: COMPARE AND CONTRAST ACT IV OF ZEFFIRELLI'S ROMEO AND JULIET TO WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S TEXT. YOU SHOULD HAVE AT LEAST THREE SIMILARITIES AND THREE DIFFERENCES. PUT YOUR FINDINGS IN AN ESSAY FORMAT. QUIZ ON ACT IV.

CLASS FIVE: SEE THE LAST POST ON THURSDAY.

CLASS SIX (DUE THURSDAY): SAME AS CLASS TWO.

English Homework for Friday, May22nd, Day 4

CLASS ONE: READ ACT IV, SCENES 1 AND 2. RETELL THOSE SCENES USING THE RETELL RUBRIC.

CLASS TWO: FINISH READING ACT IV.

CLASS FIVE: READ ACT IV, SCENE 2. CHOOSE EITHER LORD CAPULET OR JULIET AND WRITE A PARAGRAPH IN WHICH YOU DESCRIBE WHAT YOUR CHARACTER WANTS, EXPECTS, NEEDS AS HE OR SHE ENTERS THE WORLD OF ACT IV.

CLASS SIX: WE'LL FINISH TODAY'S DISCUSSION OF ACT III, SCENES 1 AND 2.

ALL CLASSES: DON'T FORGET-ALL MISSING WORK MUST BE TURNED IN NO LATER THAN FRIDAY, MAY 22 AT 7:30. ANY MISSING WORK THAT IS NOT TURNED WILL RECEIVE A ZERO AND THAT ZERO WILL NOT COUNT AS A N"LOWEST GRADE THROWAWAY.

HISTORY - TEST #5

The 5th History Test of the year is coming soon in all classes!!

Test topics:

Nationalism: -definition, -Manifest Destiny, -Monroe Doctrine

Westward Expansion: -be able to identify the ways our country has grown on a map (13 original states, Territories acquired after the Rev., Louisiana Purchase, Adams-Onis Treaty, Mexican Cession, Oregon Treaty) -treatment of American Indians (including Trail of Tears)

Sectionalism: - sectional conflicts (from Sectionalism project), - opinions North & South, - Secession! (definition, and why it occurred)

Test dates:

Per 1: Th 5/21

Per 2: Fri 5/22

Per5: Tue 5/26

Per 6: Fri 5/22

english homework for Thursday, May 21, Day 3

CLASS ONE: RETELLING ACT III. QUIZ ACT III.

CLASS TWO: SEE YESTERDAY'S POST.

CLASS FIVE: QUIZ ACT III.

CLASS SIX: SEE YESTERDAY'S POST.

ALL CLASSES: ALL MISSING WORK MUST BE TURNED IN NO LATER THAT 7:30 AM THIS FRIDAY. ANY MISSING WORK NOT TURNED IN ON TIME WILL RECEIVED A ZERO AND THAT ZERO WILL NOT COUNT AS "LOWEST GRADE THROWAWAY."

HISTORY - Sectionalism Projects

Sectionalism Projects are due this week in all classes!

Reminders...
INSTRUCTIONS:

Sectionalism leads to Civil War
… How America entered a Civil War …

Your assignment is to tell the story, beginning to end, of how Sectional conflict in the United States led us to secession… and then to Civil War….

You will use at least 4 of the following “Sectional Conflicts” to tell the story…

SECTIONAL CONFLICTS
· Missouri Compromise
· Compromise of 1850
· Kansas-Nebraska Act / elections in Kansas…
· Bleeding Kansas / Pottawatomie Massacre
· Dredd-Scott Supreme Court Case
· Lincoln-Douglas Debates
· John Brown’s Raid on Harper’s Ferry
· Election of Abraham Lincoln

You must end your story with…
· SECESSION… & The declaration of Civil War!

You may choose any format you like to tell the story…
FOR EXAMPLE:
· A comic strip (at least 10 frames… intro, conclusion, and 2 per conflict)
· A performance (act this out in front of the class… this one would be challenging so I may be willing to offer some extra credit)
· A film (nothing to fancy, because you don’t have a very long time time to put it together… perhaps film what you would perform in class so you don’t have to do it on the spot)
· A short story (create characters that would be a part of at least 4 of these conflicts and follow them through the story)
· A photo-journal or collage (include multiple pictures of each conflict + pictures to represent Secession / the beginning of Civil War)
· ANY OTHER FORMAT YOU LIKE … as long as you approve it w/ me first.

You will be graded on… HOW WELL YOU UNDERSTAND THE FACTS OF THE EVENTS YOU CHOOSE, HOW WELL YOU UNDERSTAND THE REASONS WE WENT TO WAR, & THE QUALITY OF THE WORK YOU TURN IN!

DUE DATES:

Per 1, Wed 5/20

Per 2, Th 5/21

Per 5, Fri 5/22

Per 6, Th 5/21

homework for Wednesday, May 20th

CLASS ONE: SEE YESTERDAY'S POSTING.

CLASS TWO (DUE WEDNESDAY): READ ACT IV, SCENES 1 AND 2. FOR SCENE 1 CHOOSE ONE OF THE CHARACTERS (PARIS, FRIAR LAWRENCE, JULIET) AND WRITE AN 8-11 SENTENCE PARAGRAPH DESCRIBING WHAT YOUR CHARACTER NEEDS, WANTS, EXPECTS, IS LOOKING FOR IN THIS SCENE. IN OTHER WORDS, WHAT MOTIVATES HIM OR HER?
FOR SCENE 2 CHOOSE ONE OF THE CHARACTERS (JULIET, LORD CAPULET) AND WRITE AN 8-11 SENTENCE PARAGRAPH DESCRIBING WHAT MOTIVATES HIM OR HER.

CLASS FIVE: SEE YESTERDAY'S POSTING.

CLASS SIX (DUE WEDNESDAY): SAME AS CLASS TWO. ACT III QUIZ ON THURSDAY.

english homework for Tuesday, May 19th

CLASS ONE (FOR WEDNESDAY): FINISH READING ACT III AND COMPLETE "WHAT'S IMPORTANT."

CLASS TWO: WE'LL FINISH PERFORMING. THEN THERE WILL BE A QUIZ ON ACT III.

CLASS FIVE (FOR WEDNESDAY): REREAD ACT III, SCENE 3, LINES 1-31/ACT III, SCENE 4, ALL LINES/ACT III, SCENE 5, ALL LINES.

CLASS SIX: SEE FRIDAY'S POSTING.

FOR ALL CLASSES: ANY MISSING WORK MUST BE TURNED IN BY 7:30 FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 22ND. ANY MISSING WORK NOT TURNED IN AT THAT TIME WILL RECEIVE A ZERO AND THAT ZERO WILL BE CALCULATED INTO YOUR TERM AVERAGE.

English Homework for Monday, May 18th Day 6

CLASS ONE: COMPLETE BLOCKING, STAGING OF ACT III, SCENE 1, LINES 57-98

CLASS TWO: BY GROUP BLOCK AND STAGE YOUR SCENE COMPLETE WITH DIAGRAM AND CREATE DIRECTOR'S NOTEBOOK.

CLASS FIVE: SEE YESTERDAY'S POSTING.

CLASS SIX: READ CAREFULLY, VERY CAREFULLY, ACT III, SCENE 3, LINES 1-31. ACT III, SCENE 4, ALL LINES, AND ACT III, SCENE 5, ALL LINES.

English homework for Friday May 15th, Day 5

CLASS ONE: READ ACT III, SCENE 1. COMPLETE A "WHATS IMPORTANT."

CLASS TWO: BE PREPARED TO DISCUSS ACT III.

CLASS FIVE (FOR MONDAY): READ ALL OF ACT III AND COMPLETE A "WHATS IMPORTANT." IT CAN BE FROM ANY SCENE BUT YOU MUST BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN WHY THE LINE OR LINES YOU CHOSE ARE TRULY THE MOST IMPORTANT.

CLASS SIX: CONTINUE CONSTRUCTING YOUR DIRECTOR'S NOTEBOOK FOLLOWING THE MODEL PRESENTED IN CLASS. YOU'LL DO FROM LINE 120 TO LINE 185.

English Homework for Thursday, May 14th, Day 4

CLASS ONE: QUIZ ACT II. MAKE CERTAIN THAT YOU BRING YOUR ROMEO AND JULIET TEXT AND YOUR INDIE READING.

CLASS TWO: FINISH READING ACT III. COMPLETE A "MOST IMPORTANT" FOR ALL OF ACT III.

CLASS FIVE: SAME AS CLASS ONE.

CLASS SIX: FOLLOWING THE DIRECTOR'S NOTEBOOK DOUBLE ENTRY JOURNAL SAMPLE, CREATE YOUR OWN DIRECTOR'S NOTEBOOK FOR ACT III, SCENE 1, LINES 57-98.

English homework May 14th, Day 3

CLASS ONE: QUIZ ON ACT II AND READ ACT III, SCENE 1

CLASS TWO: QUIZ ACT II AND READ ACT III, SCENE 1.

CLASS FIVE: FINISH ACT II. COMPLETE "WHAT'S IMPORTANT."

CLASS SIX: QUIZ ACT II. READ ACT III, SCENE 1

English Homework for Monday, May 11, Day 1

CLASS ONE: FINISH ACT II PLUS "WHAT'S IMPORTANT."

CLASS TWO: FINISH ACT II PLUS "WHATS IMPORTANT."

CLASS FIVE: READ ACT II: THE CHORUS, SCENE 1 AND SCENE 2. FOR EACH OF SCENES 1 & 2, COMPLETE A "WHAT'S IMPORTANT" AND COMPLETE THE DREAM WORKSHEET, JUST QUESTION 2-ALL PARTS.

CLASS SIX: FINISH READING ACT II PLUS COMPLETE A "WHAT'S IMPORTANT" FOR EACH-REPEAT EACH-SCENE.

HISTORY Trail of Tears video ~ link to watch it

The Cherokee Trail of Tears will most probably be a part of our next test... and the Final Exam...

If you missed it in class you can watch it online at PBS.com...
just follow the link below!

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/weshallremain/

English homework for Friday, May 8, Day 6

CLASS ONE: READ ACT II, SCENE 1 PLUS "WHAT'S IMPORTANT"

CLASS TWO: SAME AS CLASS ONE.

CLASS FIVE: FINISH READING ACT 1. MAKE CERTAIN THAT YOU KNOW WHO BELONGS TO WHICH FAMILY--WHO IS A CAPULET AND WHO IS A MONTAGUE.

CLASS SIX: FINISH READING ACT 1 PLUS A "WHAT'S IMPORTANT."

TO ALL CLASSES: MAKE CERTAIN THAT YOU BRING YOUR INDIE READING AND YOUR ROMEO AND JULIET TEXTS TO CLASS EVERY DAY.

English homework for Thursday, May 7, Day 5

FOR ALL CLASSES: SINCE WE ALL TOOK THE GATES-MCGINNTY, JUST MOVE THE ASSIGNMENT FOR TODAY TO TOMORROW.

English homework for Wednesday, May 6, Day 4

CLASS ONE: Finish reading Act I. Meke certain that you know who is a Capulet and who is a Montague.

CLASS TWO: Using the Insult Sheet, create four of your own insults by combining one word from column A, one word from column B, and one word from column C (in that order.) Then translate your insults into contemporary English. The website www.dictionary.com is very helpful.

CLASS FIVE: Finish reading Act I. Make certain that you know who belongs to which family--who is a Capulet and who is a Montague.

CLASS SIX: Same as Class Two and finish reading Act I.

FOR ALL CLASSES: YOU MUST ALWAYS HAVE BOTH YOUR INDIE READING BOOK AND YOUR ROMEO AND JULIET WITH YOU.

English homework for Tuesday, Day 3, May 5

CLASS ONE: Using the three-columned "Insult" handout, invent four of your own insults. Make sure that you look up the meaning using www.dictionary.com

CLASS TWO: Finish Act I.

CLASS FIVE: Same as Class One.

CLASS FIVE: Read the Prologue to Act I. Highlite each reference to the number "two, things that normally appear in pairs, or things that appear in pairs or twos.

English Homework for Monday, May 4, Day 2

Class One: finish "Prologue" homework; find all references to "two," pairs, etc.

Class Two (for Tuesday) read Act I.

Class Five: Read Act I.

Class Six: Read as much of Act I as you can.