IC: You will hand in your Personal Essays with snapshots, proposals, and completed self assessments attached. You will hand in Lesson Five Vocabulary work, and complete the Lesson Five Vocabulary Test. We will conclude our discussion of The Little Prince through the lens of existential theory. I will collect and check in your copies of The Little Prince.
HW: You will complete Writer's Notebook Entry #6.
Tuesday: 10/12 - Hits Night.
IC: We will begin with an introduction to Lesson Six Vocabulary. We will discuss the ten most commonly used comma rules. You will complete a sentence composing exercise that focuses on the use of appositive phrases.
HW:
- Study and complete Lesson Six Vocabulary - test Monday 10/18.
- Complete the Comma quiz using your notes.
Wednesday: 10/13 - Hits Night - PSAT Schedule
IC: You will hand in the completed Comma Quiz. We will employ the elements of poetic analysis to close read "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?", a Shakespearean sonnet. You will be asked to identify the distinctive features of Elizabethan sonnets. We will end class with a discussion of puns and word play as well as a brief vocabulary review.
HW: Study and complete Lesson Six Vocabulary - test Monday 10/18.
Thursday: 10/14
IC: I will distribute copies of William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet. You will receive and be asked to read an article about cultural traditions surrounding marriage. We will begin viewing and discussing an introductory documentary about the works and language of William Shakespeare. Link Leaders will come in for the last 30 minutes of class to speak with you.
HW:
- Study and complete Lesson Six Vocabulary - test Monday 10/18.
- Read the article about traditions and marriage, and craft thoughtful responses to the attached questions.
Friday: 10/15
IC: You will hand in your responses to the article. You will finish viewing and discussing the documentary about William Shakespeare's life and language. We will briefly discuss the article and your responses. We will then complete a poetic analysis of "My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun," another Shakespearean sonnet.
HW:
- Study and complete Lesson Six Vocabulary - test Monday 10/18.
- I have every reason to believe that many of you would admit that you haven't found love yet; you've had crushes, been madly in like, been in lust, but never felt the chest-thumping excitement and agony of real, true, honest love. However, references to love are all around you in music, TV shows, poetry, literature, movies, plays, musicals, and the like. For Monday, then, come to class with a reference to love: it can be a saying, song lyric, or proverb, but bring it in in writing. **Please: You don't have to give me the whole song! Four lines, maximum, will be sufficient... This means you have to select good lines!
