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...
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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 gr...
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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:...

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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 cre...
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