Q3+Assignments


 * On this page, you will find any worksheets or assignments that I've made and the dates on whichthey were assigned. If you got a worksheet in class and you lost it on the way home, it //should// be on here for you to print out. **

April

 * ~ Date assigned ||~ Assignment summary ||~ Links and files ||
 * **Monday, April 9 ** || None || Here is the article we read in class today: [|Is the Right to be Forgotten the Biggest Threat on the Internet?] ||

March
No Fear: [|Act 5, Scene 2] || //Since death is an abstract idea, it can be very hard to describe. In act 4, scene 5, the characters use figurative language to talk about what has happened to Juliet.// //In an organized response, ** explain two of the methods (i.e. metaphor, simile, personifcation, apostrophe, etc.) these characters use to talk about Juliet's death. **// || Writer's Workshop has lots of examples and graphic organizers for 12-sentence open responses. || You can list them in your dialectical journal. Please write down the line number AND copy the quote itself. ||  || 6 true or false questions - 24 points 8 multiple choice questions - 40 points 1 open response - 36 points (A4 also needs to read 3.4) || [|No Fear - Act 3, Scene 5] || [|No Fear Shakespeare Act 3, Scene 2] ||
 * ~ Date assigned ||~ Assignment summary ||~ Links and files ||
 * **Wednesday, March 28 ** ||  Your only homework between now and April 6th is your //Romeo and Juliet// project. ||  ||
 * **Tuesday, March 27 ** || ROMEO AND JULIET JOURNALS ARE DUE WEDNESDAY!!!! ||  ||
 * **Monday, March 26 ** || ROMEO AND JULIET JOURNALS ARE DUE WEDNESDAY!!!! ||  ||
 * **Wednesday, March 21 ** || Get your journal together over the next few days. I will be collecting it on Monday for a TEST grade. ||  ||
 * **<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Tuesday, March 20 ** || <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: georgia,serif;">Finish reading //Romeo and Juliet//! (A3, just read to the bottom of 227). ||  ||
 * **<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Monday, March 19 ** || <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Read act 5, scenes 1 **__and__** 2. Add **two** quotes to the Romeo page of your character tracker. || No Fear: [|Act 5, Scene 1]
 * **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Friday, March 16 ** || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Write a 12-sentence open response about following prompt:
 * **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Thursday, March 15 ** || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Read 4.3. Look closely as Juliet's speech and find one example of each of the following:
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">apostrophe
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">dramatic irony
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">simile/metaphor
 * **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Wednesday, March 14 ** || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">See March 13th. ||  ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Tuesday, March 13 ** || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Read act 4, scene 1. Write a short summary of the main plot points from the scene. Since I have your journals, you can do this on a separate sheet of paper. ||  ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Monday, March 12 ** || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">ACT 3 QUEST TOMORROW!! Bring in a notecard with the two quotes you want to use on your open response. || __Format:__
 * OPEN RESPONSE PROMPT:** How does dramatic irony in act 3 enhance, change, or improve the reader's experience with the play? ||
 * || Extra Credit ASSIGNMENT ADDED! DUE WEDNESDAY, 3/14 || Extra Credit page ||
 * **<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Friday, March 9 ** || <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Finish your "Little Lesson Plan" and study for Tuesday's quiz on Act 3 of //Romeo and Juliet//. || [[file:Little Lesson Plan.doc]] ||
 * **<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Thursday, March 8 ** || <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Finish reading 3.5 and answer the questions in your dialectical journal. ||  ||
 * **<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Wednesday, March 7 ** || <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Read 3.5 by Friday. Tomorrow I will hand out comprehension questions on this scene, so I recommend reading at least half of it tonight so that you have time to finish reading AND answer the question tomorrow.
 * **<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Tuesday, March 6 ** || <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">NO SCHOOL -- TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DAY ||  ||
 * **<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Monday, March 5 ** || <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Finish any of the classwork that you could not complete today (figurative language chart in journal and "Wise Words from the Friar" worksheet). || [[file:3.3 DJ Figurative Language.doc]] ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Friday, March 2 ** || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Read act 3, scene 3 and add one quote to your character tracker for each of the characters in that scene (Romeo, Friar Lawrence, and the Nurse) ||  ||
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">**Thursday, March 1** || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Complete an open response using our checklist format that answers the //Romeo and Juliet// prompt. || **Prompt:** Juliet's reaction to news that Romeo killed Tybalt is a little surprising. In an organized response, explain how Juliet's response could be interpreted as unusual or odd.

February
(Ms. Shen's students complete this one: ) || <span style="color: #808000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">//Romeo and Juliet// Act 1 Test on Monday!!! ||  || <span style="color: #808000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Make sure you've read ALL of 1.5!! <span style="color: #808000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Romeo and Juliet Act 1 Test on Monday!! ||  || <span style="color: #808000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Add one quote from 1.5 to your Juliet page <span style="color: #808000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">//ROMEO AND JULIET// ACT 1 TEST ON MONDAY! (More details tomorrow) || [|No Fear Shakespeare (Act 1, Scene 5)] || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Add TWO quotes to your Mercutio character tracker <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Add ONE quote to your Romeo and character tracker <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Add ONE quote to your Benvolio character tracker || [|No Fear Shakespeare (Act 1, Scene 4)] || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Be prepared to explain: <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">1) What Capulet and Paris negotiate in this scene <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">2) What Romeo and Benvolio learn from Peter || [|No Fear Shakespeare (Act 1, Scene 2)] ||
 * ~ <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Date assigned ||~ <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Assignment summary ||~ <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Links and files ||
 * **<span style="color: #808000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Wednesday, Feb 29 ** || <span style="color: #808000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Read act 3, scene 2 and answer the questions provided in class. || [[file:Act 3 Scene 2 Questions.doc]] ||
 * **<span style="color: #808000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Tuesday, Feb 28 ** || <span style="color: #808000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Practice your lines for tomorrow 3.1 performances. Also, if you want to, you can make ONE prop and bring it tomorrow. It must be handmade though! ||  ||
 * **<span style="color: #808000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Monday, Feb 27 ** || <span style="color: #808000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Read act 3, scene 1 and add FIVE quotes to your character trackers. ||  ||
 * **<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Friday, Feb 17 ** || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Read 2.5 and 2.6 over vacation. Complete the take-home quiz I handed out in class. || [[file:Take home quiz act 2.doc]]
 * **<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Thursday, Feb 16 ** || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Read 2.4 until the nurse's enters. Write a one-sentence summary of each page you read (4 total). || [|No Fear 2.4] ||
 * **<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Wednesday, Feb 15 ** || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Read act 2, scene 3. On the Friar page of your journal, add three entries, but __ ONLY TO THE MIDDLE COLUMN __! You do not need to include direct quotes or explanations. After reading the scene, **just add three entries to the middle column.** || [|No Fear Shakespear Act 2, Scene 3] ||
 * **<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Tuesday, Feb 14 ** || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Watch the videos posted on the Romeo and Juliet page. Then answer **one** of the discussion questions in the discussion section of that page. || Videos posted here ||
 * **<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Monday, Feb 13 ** || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Finish your open response for "The Curse" || Click here for the lyrics and music video. ||
 * **<span style="color: #808000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Friday, Feb 10 ** || <span style="color: #808000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Romeo and Juliet Act 1 Test Monday ||  ||
 * **<span style="color: #808000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Thursday, Feb 9 ** || <span style="color: #808000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Make sure you've read 1.5
 * **<span style="color: #808000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Wednesday, Feb 8 ** || <span style="color: #808000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Add one quote to your Tybalt page from 1.5
 * **<span style="color: #808000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Tuesday, Feb 7 ** || <span style="color: #808000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Finish reading Act 1, Scene 5
 * **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Monday, Feb 6 ** || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> See Extra Credit page ||   ||
 * **<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Friday, Feb 3 ** || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Read Act 1, Scene 4 of //Romeo and Juliet//.
 * **<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Thursday, Feb 2 ** || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Read Act 1, Scene 2 of //Romeo and Juliet//.
 * **<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Wednesday, Feb 1 ** || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">NONE! ||  ||

January

 * ~ Date assigned ||~ Assignment summary ||~ Links and files ||
 * **<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Tuesday, Jan 31 ** || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Final draft of "Fat Tax" essay due tomorrow. || [[file:fat tax rubrics.doc]] ||
 * **<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Monday, Jan 30 ** || <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Final draft of "Fat Tax" essay Wednesday. || [[file:8 - Fat Tax.doc]] ||