Monday - Watch Baz Luhrman's version of Romeo + Juliet intro
Tuesday - Writer's Notebook: "Write a diary entry as one of the unnamed boys on the island. What does he think about the other boys? What are his fears? What does he think will happen?"
Wednesday - Writer's Notebook: "She gripped the rim of the porcelain sink and tried to steady her hands. 'One last time,' she whispered to herself. 'One. Last. Time.'"
Thursday - Intro to Image Grammar - Brushstrokes
Friday - Writer's Notebook: "Friday Freewrite"
- Turn in sonnets that tell a story, like the prologue of R&J
- Continue acting out Act I, Scene i of Romeo and Juliet
Tuesday - Writer's Notebook: "Write a diary entry as one of the unnamed boys on the island. What does he think about the other boys? What are his fears? What does he think will happen?"
- Review Quiz 1. The next quiz for Lord of the Flies (Ch. 6 - 10) will be on January 31 (Tuesday). The test on the novel will be February 6 (Monday).
- Distribute Literary Terms for Drama handout.
- Finish Romeo and Juliet Act I, Scene i
- HW - Read Lord of the Flies; complete study guides.
Wednesday - Writer's Notebook: "She gripped the rim of the porcelain sink and tried to steady her hands. 'One last time,' she whispered to herself. 'One. Last. Time.'"
- Continue acting out Act I, of Romeo and Juliet
- HW - Read Lord of the Flies; complete study guides.
Thursday - Intro to Image Grammar - Brushstrokes
- Continue acting out Romeo and Juliet in class. Act I, Scene iii
- HW - Read Lord of the Flies; complete study guides.
Friday - Writer's Notebook: "Friday Freewrite"
- Vocabulary Quiz - Unit 7
- Act I, Scene iv
- Continue reading Act I of Romeo and Juliet