Monthly Archives: February 2019

English 9H- FW#21 work–> organization, sources, getting started. Document in Classroom to help with sources. The wedding scene is next up!

English 9 SWS- Act 1 Scene 3–> We meet Juliet and her mother and the Nurse.

AP Lang- Finish scoring student samples. How to approach the synthesis timed writing. We will have a timed writing on Monday. How can you get the 15 minutes of reading time before class?

English 9H- R&J Act 2 Scene 2 (balcony) and finish Act 2.

English 9 SWS- Continue R&J Act 1.

AP Lang- Synthesis sample scoring

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English 9H- Review the party scene. Any surprises? How do the decisions made in this scene effect the lives of all involved? Is fate or free will at work here?

English 9 SWS- Begin Romeo and Juliet.

AP Lang- Peer editing of research.

(Not) actual footage of me in my driveway.

English 9H- Continue R&J Act 1. Juliet’s father has a meeting with Paris and agrees to let them meet and decide if they like each other. He will have a party to introduce them.

English 9 SWS- R&J beginning Act 1.

AP Lang- Keep working on the research rough draft. These need to be ready for peer editing on Monday.

English 9- Romeo and Juliet introduction. We will be using MyShakespeare.com for this unit.

Prologue Activity

Characters- Make a character chart

First Scene- What is the problem for the whole town? What is Romeo’s problem?

English 9H– We have 4 things to do today.
First, with your group members, make a reading schedule. You need to be 2/3 the way through this book by 4 March. Use your planner and write down your plan.
Next, please fill out the Q3 goals check in. I will give this to your parents at conferences as a discussion starter. Be honest in your responses.
After that, finish up Friday #20.
Lastly, make sure your poetry revision is turned in on the correct assignment.

English 9 SWS– We have 3 things to do today.
First, please fill out the Q3 goals check in. I will give this to your parents at conferences as a discussion starter. Be honest in your responses.
After that, we will discuss Friday #21.
Lastly, we will make a character chart for Romeo and Juliet.

AP Lang– Drafting of social justice paper. Annotated bibliography due tomorrow.

English 9H- Did you finish discussing Devour? Did you fill out the form about dystopian books? Revised your poem? At the end of the jigsaw assignment are some questions. Please complete them by Tuesday.

English 9 SWS- Did you finish the Elizabethan slides from yesterday?

AP Lang- What’s this annotated bibliography all about?

English 9H- Have a conversation about parts 7 and 8 of Devour. Investigate why the author wrote this story and what he wants the audience to learn about. Finish the last section titled “Under the House”. Take notes about how this last section ties up some loose ends, but leaves others undone.

English 9 SWS- We are leaving the First Global Age and fast forwarding to Elizabethan England. This is the time of Shakespeare and the origination of modern theater. There is an assignment in Classroom titled “Elizabethan Life”. Complete this according to the directions on the first slide.

AP Lang- Continue your research. Remember all the things you know about this process, esp the part about keeping up with your sources.

Thanks to all of you for being amazing! I’ll see you tomorrow.

English 9H- Devour sections 4,5&6. Poetry revision suggestions are below. Read ahead if time allows. Tomorrow we will discuss parts 7 and 8. Don’t forget to turn in FW#19 if you’ve not done so already! Thanks for being awesome.

English 9 SWS- We are leaving the First Global Age and fast forwarding to Elizabethan England. Watch this intro video by Mr. Sato. This is the time of Shakespeare and the origination of modern theater. There is an assignment in Classroom titled “Elizabethan Life”. Complete this according to the directions on the first slide.

AP Lang- Today we start researching your social justice topic. As you go, you may find that your topic needs further adjustment. That’s fine. You know how to do that. If you need a computer, it looks like 2-203 will have room for you.

Friday-
Highlight diction and verbs
Diction (words that aren’t working for me)
Verbs (strengthen or tense/endings)
Comment for things that are missing
Don’t go back to fix these things yet. Just highlight them.

Tuesday-
Mark the most important image in the piece.
Mark the weakest image in the piece. How can you add more sensory detail to that image to make it stronger?
Start revising the things you marked on Friday.

Get published! 
Here are some contests that you could enter.
http://www.libraryofpoetry.com/rules
https://jerryjenkins.com/writing-contests/
https://www.writermag.com/contests/
https://blog.reedsy.com/writing-contests/
https://thewritelife.com/writing-contests/

Remember, revision is messy. But necessary.