english-i-honors

weekend HW

Fri, 11 May 2012 20:33:53 +0100

First off, BRAVO on your performances this week. I was amazed at the creativity and hard work that went into your performances!

As you know, in addition to literal, interpretive and evaluative questions about poetry, nonfiction, fiction, and drama, your end of course assessment will also have grammar questions.

For this weekend, please write a sentence that includes each of the following elements:
1. semi-colon
2. colon
3. appositive phrase mid-sentence
4. appostive phrase at the end of a sentence
5. interrupted dialogue with the tag line mid-sentence
6. parallel structure
7. subordinating conjunction starting the sentence in a dependent clause and then the main clause following it
8. sensory details
9. strong verb
10. singular indefinite pronoun used with a pronoun later that correctly agrees with the indefinite pronoun
11, 12, 13. 3 sentences with titles punctuated correctly (3 different types i.e. articles, magazines, poems, etc.)
14, 15, 16. 3 sentences where each shows a different way to punctuate a sentence that has 2 independent clauses
This is a total of 16 sentences, and they are due on Monday unless you are taking an exam during our classtime on Monday; these students' sentences are due at our next classtime. Please use proper capitalization and punctuation. You can pick the topic, and the sentences do not have to all be about the same topic. Have a great weekend!

HW tonight

Tue, 08 May 2012 22:21:08 +0100

Your HW for tonight is to work on memorizing your lines from your group's script. Remember that performances start on Thursday. You will have tomorrow's class period to run through your performance several times. You can bring in props, backgrounds (actual or Powerpoint scenes on a flashdrive), music, etc. starting tomorrow, and we can store it in the classroom.

Also, I wanted to CONGRATULATE Isaac, Delaney, and Brooke on their honorable mentions in NKU's writing contest. Way to go!

Have a great night!

weekend HW

Sat, 05 May 2012 14:27:43 +0100

I really enjoyed the R&J theme songs yesterday! Great job condensing the whole play into catchy tunes!

In addition to planning with your group for the assigned Act performance, which will be performed Thursday and Friday of this upcoming week, please be sure to study for the drama test, which is Tuesday. The study guide is below:

Drama test study guide:

Romeo and Juliet plot events, characterization, inferences in the play (benchmark type questions)

dramatic conventions and literary terms: dialogue, dialect, flat character, round character, soliloquy, blank verse, sonnet, protagonist, antagonist, dramatic foil, dramatic irony, verbal irony, aside

Shakespearean notes

the Globe theater history and parts of the Globe identification

extra credit opportunity – memorize the prologue

HW tonight

Fri, 04 May 2012 00:57:19 +0100

2nd-finish grammar sheets
ALL honors classes-For the Romeo and Juliet theme song set to the tune of the Beverly Hillbillies, the Brady Bunch, or the Addams Family songs, please be sure to count out syllables and make your song is as close as possible so that your performane of the song tomorrow keeps beat with the music.

Remember that the Romeo and Juliet theme song can be about the plot of the entire play, or you can pick one act as your focus in the song. Have fun with this, and let your creativity shine!

6th period only

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 18:50:49 +0100

Due to our pep rally tomorrow, please read Act V scenes I-II and do the questions as homework. We will pick up with Act V scene III on Wednesday. Also, if you did not annotate or submit your dialogue, please do that tonight and turn it in to me tomorrow in class before we leave for the pep rally.

Have a great night!

tonight's HW

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 14:17:34 +0100

Tonight’s homework:

For every error that lost points (-1), you must narrate the problem. Be specific!

Example 1: “I really just want to marry this guy. But my parent’s won’t agree.” There are two problems with this sentence. The first problem is that “but” is a coordinating conjunction, so it should be punctuated as “guy, but” because coordinating conjunctions link two sentences with a comma before the coordinating conjunction. The other problem is that parents is plural, not possessive, so there is no apostrophe. The sentence should read, “I really just want to marry Romeo, but my parents won’t agree.”

Example 2: “When we met at the party last night I blushed.” The problem with this sentence is that “when” is a subordinating conjunction, which sets up a dependent clause, so a comma must be used before the independent main clause of the sentence, which is “I blushed.” The sentence should read, “When we met at the party last night, I blushed.”

You must use the correct grammatical terms. Use your notes and worksheets. This was to be a review exercise of grammar already learned in class.

Narrated corrections are due tomorrow!

Dance of the Pilgrims and the Saints

Sun, 22 Apr 2012 17:11:57 +0100

6th period:
http://www.shutterfly.com/video/myVideos.sfly?fid=f9b8e74497bbdf2ed33ce936de451066#D-4f94390d7957a9e28885836a-cd4f29adWf53br42b4ubc2br6b39add101bf

weekend HW

Sun, 22 Apr 2012 14:19:41 +0100

As I mentioned in class this week, the entire text of Romeo and Juliet can be found on many websites. Here is one: http://shakespeare.mit.edu/romeo_juliet/full.html

For this weekend, please finish the 17th century pick-up lines worksheet and write a one-page modern day dialogue between Juliet and her friend or Romeo and his friend about Romeo and Juliet's relationship. Be sure to punctuate dialogue correctly!

Have a great rest of your weekend!

balcony scene HW

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 22:26:26 +0100

For HW tonight, read the Act II Scene II worksheet and fill out the interpretation column for tomorrow.

Have a great night!

study!

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 09:44:11 +0100

The second half of Elizabethan vocab will be quizzed tomorrow. Study!