IC: You will hand in Lesson Six Vocabulary work and take the Lesson Six Test. As a class, we will go over your responses to Practice 1 in your Appositive Phrases packet. I will assign Practice 2 as homework. We will briefly discuss the two Shakespearean sonnets you looked at last week. I will distribute and check out copies of Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet, and we will take a close look at the prologue together. You will share the quotations you've collected about love, and then turn them in.
HW:
- Read the introduction to Romeo & Juliet by Monday 10/25.
- Complete Practice 2 in the Appositive Phrases Sentence-Composing Packet by Wednesday 10/20.
Tuesday: 10/19
IC: I will introduce Lesson Seven Vocabulary. We will talk about the purpose of puns and wordplay in Shakespeare's plays. Then we will begin reading Romeo & Juliet together in class.
HW:
- Find a good example of a pun to bring to class some time next week.
- Study and complete Lesson Seven Vocabulary - test Monday 10/25.
IC: We will look at a few excerpts from J. Ruth Gendler's The Book of Qualities, and discuss the selections in which she personifies and characterizes a number of abstract qualities. You will be given a brief amount of time to jot down some possibilities for abstract qualities about which to write a definition piece. We will discuss expectations for the writing assignment. We will then continue reading Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet together.
HW:
- Study and complete Lesson Seven Vocabulary - test Monday 10/25.
- Definition Writing of an abstract quality due Friday 10/29. Be sure to consider your many options for the formal presentation of this assignment. Will you type your definition piece in MLA format, incorporate it into a thoughtful collage, pair it with an original illustration?
Thursday: 10/21
IC: We will take an in-school field trip to witness a presentation by CMHS's drama teacher extraordinaire, Jodi Papproth. She will speak to you about the historical context of William Shakespeare's plays, and you will get an inside look at the staging choices and study involved in staging a production of Romeo & Juliet.
HW:
- Study and complete Lesson Seven Vocabulary - test Monday 10/25.
- Defnition Writing of an abstract quality due Friday 10/29.
