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Vocab for Next Monday

incredulous -- haze -- smirk -- susurration -- canopy -- elemental -- interminable -- iridescent -- vex -- assert

(Words will be posted in class tomorrow as well)

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Vocab for Monday

In case you missed it: 

nimble — to expound — to elaborate — accord — trace —

to promote — excessive — to thwart — tumult — to subsist

Have fun reading Lord of the Flies over your long weekend!

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We begin our next dystopian novel tomorrow -- Lord of the Flies. If you want to read on a tablet or phone (or computer) - download this pdf into your “ibooks” (or equivalent) app for easy reading!

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Plus, if you didn’t understand the book very well and want to see it in cartoon -- voila! A cartoon version!

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If you want to re-watch the video on Stalin... here it is.

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Here is a digital version on the book you should read this winter break! If you were absent Friday, February 16... Make sure to read this before you come back on Feb. 26!

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Forgot your Vocab?

Here thou are: O’er, Thy, Doth, Art, Thee/Thou, Hath, Wilt, Tis, Ere, Anon

(All of these are from Shakespearean English and in the dictionary will be marked with “archaic” - which means the old definition)

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Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet

Unit 3: Shakespearean Drama: October 30 - December 15 (7 weeks)

Reading: Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. (In class reading can be done in the textbook.) For home reading and study, please download this pdf file:http://www.folgerdigitaltexts.org/download/pdf/Rom.pdf You can then read it on your computer, or add it to “iBooks” (or equivalent) to read on your tablet or phone.

Norms:

+ Initial days will present Shakespeare person and plays. It will also introduce story of R&J.

+ Each day students will pick a part to read and the class together will read an Act. Each student/character will have a name plate. When their character is on stage, they will display the name. When they leave, they will turn the name facing down. When the character first enters, they will stand up. Students can change character from day to day.

+ Teacher will read stage directions. During the reading, students may ask questions about meaning, and teacher will give short explanations.

+ After reading is over, teacher will give a few explanations of word play and/or references. Students will summarize actions of the play in their journals.

Project: In small groups, enact a scene from Romeo and Juliet.

Reading Schedule and Due-Dates:

October 30-Nov 1: Introduction to Shakespeare and his plays. Read Prologue of R&J. Discuss and journal about background knowledge of R&J. Introduce Unit Project of group scene acting. Introduce play-reading norms. Activity: try to “translate” a monologue or dialogue from Shakespeare to modern English.

November 8-10: Begin class-reading of Act I. Quiz on Shakespearean English (Wednesday).

November 13-15-17: Continue play reading in class (Act I and II). Act I comprehension quiz (Monday). Reading Response to Act I and II (Friday).

November 20-22: Continue play reading in class (Act II-III). Act II comprehension quiz (Monday).

November 27-29: Continue play reading in class (Act III-IV). Character foil study due (Monday). Start working in groups on acting project

December 4-6-8: Continue play reading in class (Act IV-V). Act III-IV comprehension quiz (Monday). Compare and contrast productions of R&J (Friday). Work in groups on acting project.

December 11-13-15: Finish reading (if necessary) Act V. Act V comprehension quiz. Watch movie version of R&J. Present group enactments of R&J scenes.

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Vocab for Next Monday

indolent, pungent, benevolent, rueful, palpable, fortitude, redolent, to acquiesce, elation, prodigy

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Do the reading assignments ever give you trouble? Try listening to the story instead and/or reading and listening at the same time. Audio versions of almost everything we read (from here onwards) are available online. Just ask google “audio version (name of story””

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Oct 2 Vocab List

to opine, precursor, shrine, eminently, ardent, vigilant, imminently, charitable, improbable, apocryphal.

Good luck!

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VOCAB

Learn these words for next Monday’s quiz:

Trellis

Ineptitude

Accommodating

Hierarchy

Fiscal

Envision

Presumably

Illusion

Fraught

Articulate

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Did you Read the ReadTheory Reading?

Don’t forget to take some more ReadTheory quizzes before tomorrow at 12:00 noon if you want to improve your Quiz grade! And those of you who haven’t even started - Get started!!

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Vocabulary

Did anyone miss the vocab words on the board? Get ‘em here:

Aura

Taut

Benign

Aristocrat

Resilient

Scheme

To Precede

Gaudy

To Convey

Intrinsic

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Welcome to the 2017-18 School Year

This blog will be your life-saver when you have totally forgotten what I assigned for homework! I will post reminders almost every day of what is due in class the following day, so never fear - I am here!