Warm Bodies and updated marks

Today we viewed Warm Bodies and completed the following assignment: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzzSKr4jhiCLazBIMTZVVUcxYW8/view?usp=sharing

Here is a link to your updated marks which include your Romeo and Juliet Test marks https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzzSKr4jhiCLN0xwSUhtTU1oS3c/view?usp=sharing

In the new year we'll be studying the novel Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

RandJ test Tuesday

Romeo and Juliet test will be Tuesday, Dec.15th.

Remember to review the Quotation Study Sheet along with everything else!

Here is a link to the answers to the Romeo and Juliet practice test that I gave out today https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzzSKr4jhiCLX0Z5MUNZb3Y4dE0/view?usp=sharing

Romeo and Juliet Quotation work

We will read Act V tomorrow.

Today we learned what the written section of the Romeo and Juliet test will look like

Instructions:

In paragraph form discuss the significance/importance of these four passages to the play.  Remember to mention who is speaking.  Complete a single paragraph for each quotation

Not sure what to say about each one?  You may wish to discuss any number of things including imagery, irony, theme, plot, conflict, foreshadowing, and character development.

“Oh Romeo . . . wherefore art thou Romeo”  

Example Paragraph:

In these lines Juliet is describing and speaking about Romeo in the balcony scene just after meeting and falling in love with him. These words help to highlight and reinforce the main conflict which is the feud between the families.  Here, Juliet is concerned not by the haste with which she has fallen in love but by the fact that Romeo’s family is an enemy of the Capulets.  He’s a Monatague, after all, which makes him a mortal enemy.  With the word “wherefore” Juliet asks “Why” is he Romeo Montague.  She suggests later on in her soliloquy that Romeo’s name actually doesn’t matter and that she’s in love with him as a person, not as a member of this family or that.  With these words the theme of forbidden love along with the idea of “star-crossed lovers” is introduced.

Then students were given a quotation and then asked to write a practice paragraph. Here is the quotation they were given: 

 “Within the infant rind of this small flower 

Poison hath residence, and medicine power:   

For this, being smelt, with that part cheers each part, 

Being tasted, slays all senses with the heart.”

Act 4 now complete

We started with another small activity on Shakespeare's language.

In the main part of the lesson we finished reading Act IV and we completed all the Act IV questions on the worksheets (the ones that were posted last day).

Act 4 Romeo and Juliet

We wrote an Act 3 quiz online by going here (you only have 10 minutes to complete it!) http://lms.sd19.bc.ca  There are a couple problems with the quiz, but please write it anyway.

Here are the remaining questions for the play.  It's about 6 pages long but contains lots of fill in the blank questions. I hope you're not insulted as it's quite simple to complete. Click on the link below to see

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzzSKr4jhiCLdDZtckJVSEo5VHc/view?usp=sharing

We also spent time today doing activities to enhance our understanding of Elizabethan language.
Projects were also due today

Romeo - finish Act 3

Today we discussed our quotation study sheet and worked on identifying those quotations. We mentioned how there are three ways to discuss the significance of the quotations:  in terms of plot, in terms of character, and in terms of theme.

We finished reading Act III and discussed the elements of plot that occurred.  There will be an Act III quiz on Friday -- bring your Smart-phones!

There was time to work on our RandJ project:  this project is due on Friday.

Term 1 grade

Have a look below at your Term1 grade.  This is the grade that will appear on your report card.
As I mentioned in class, I have changed the way I'll calculate your final grade in this course. This is an "interim grade."  I will continue to add all of the term 2 work to this grade.  I will also go back and change the grade of your compositions, if you get a higher grade on a composition in the future.