Romeo and Juliet BLOG ASSIGNMENT

Explain the most significant part of Act I. Post your comment with reasoning. Additionally, you may also comment on other posts. I will be checking and contributing as well.
You must post by the beginning of class on Friday!

April 29

We finished Act I of Romeo and Juliet. Thanks again to all the volunteer readers! We will continue with Act II on Friday--Nina and Eric will be Romeo and Juliet! We turned in 5 sentences with definitions.
IN CLASS ON THURSDAY: Write a one-page response to the following question: "Why is the power of love and hate a universal theme that still has relevance today?" Give examples from Romeo and Juliet paired with real life examples as your support.
DUE FRIDAY: Post a comment that answers the question in the ASSIGNMENT post.

April 28

Chris reviewed the definitions and parts of speech for Vocab #10. We read 1.1 of Romeo and Juliet. We divided in groups of 3 and used characters to "act" the scene. Thank you for volunteering to read aloud today! If you are having difficulty following the play, it is a good idea to reread the scene and look at the footnotes on the lefthand pages. We will continue with 1.2 and 1.3 tomorrow.
DUE TOMORROW: 5 sentences (no sentence patterns)
FRIDAY: Vocab. #10 Quiz with Cult. Lit. and Etymology
**Be sure to log in to the BLOG! Your first BLOG assignment will be assigned on Wednesday!!

April 27

We reviewed the Vocab #10 list of words, introduced Etymology (more Latin phrases...hope you don't think we cover this ad nauseam!), and Cult Lit phrases. We discussed what we already know about Romeo and Juliet and read the Prologue. We will continue reading and discussing in class tomorrow, introducing the themes, motifs, symbolism, and characters.
DUE TOMORROW: definitions for Vocab #10
DUE WEDNESDAY: 5 sentences (no sentence patterns)

April 24

We took the essay test. Both short responses are worth 25 points. The extended response is worth 50 points. We will begin Romeo and Juliet on Monday. Enjoy the beautiful weekend!

APRIL 23

We discussed the short answer questions for To Kill a Mockingbird. Possible topics include positive role models for Scout and Jem (Atticus, Calpurnia, Miss Maudie), loss of innocence, Boo Radley characterization, racism as an influential antagonist, mirror and foil pairs. The in-class essay test is FRIDAY. You may use your novel and the mirror/foil pairs worksheet as references. You should include citations and page numbers from the text as support for your answers.

April 22

We finished the To Kill a Mockingbird movie with few minutes to spare. Therefore, the in-class essay test will be moved to FRIDAY. Tomorrow we will review the Q&A from the book.
DUE THURSDAY: Answer two questions from the movie:
1. Bullet the differences between the movie and the book
2. Explain one element from the book that was portrayed well in the movie and why
ALSO DUE THURSDAY: Updated Q&A from book with QUOTES and PAGE #s.

April 21

We are back on the blog! And now we have a website--http://thsenglish9honors.weebly.com! We are finishing the To Kill A Mockingbird movie, then preparing for the in-class essay test, which consists of 2 short-answer response and 1 extended response questions. You may use your book and the mirroring/foil pairs worksheet as resources. The test will be THURSDAY in class. All students should sign in to the blog by Monday. We will discuss this in class. Yay for blogging!