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Sunday, April 8, 2012

Agenda for 4/9 - 4/13

Monday, 9 April 2012
No Quickwrite - upon entering the library, please be in your Medieval Groups
We will be in Mr. Williams room so all of your group needs to be in the same row.



- edit biographies in groups
- type up and edit - look at old English/ Shakespearian/Medieval language to revise
http://home.wwdb.org/atkinsonk/public_html/Basic_Faire_Speech.html

HW: No Homework


Tuesday, 10 April 2012
No Quickwrite - upon entering the library please be in your Medieval Groups


- Finalize biographies
- Post on storyboards

HW: No Homework
 Wednesday, 11 April 2012


1. QW #46
In A Midsummer Night's Dream Lysander and Hermia have run off to be together.
Egeus, Hermia's father, did not want this to happen nor did Hermia's best friend Helena


**Who do you agree with?  Hermia and Lysander or Egeus and Hermia?
**Think about the time in which this story takes place.
**Why do you believe these characters are more right than the others?


Please convince me and our class to believe what you do.
This should be AT LEAST FIVE SENTENECES!


2. PRS #9 List (Test Monday 4/16)


3. Finish Two Bodies Poem Assignment

4. Binder Reminder


HW: Finish Reading ACT III, scene i - AMND (expect a quiz tomorrow!)


Thursday, 12 April 2012
Armando and Izzy please see me before you begin your quickwrite (passbacks).

1. QW #47
Please write a FIVE SENTENCE summary about Act III, scene i.
Extra credit may be considered for use of textual evidence (you don't have to)


2. Haiku Assignment


3. Binder Reminder


HW: Pick two songs and print or write out the lyrics to only the chorus (the part that repeats)


Click on this link to see a song chorus: EXAMPLE Chorus


Friday, 13 April 2012
1. QW #48
We have learned all about Nouns, Pronouns, and Verbs.  Next we are going to discover more about adjectives.
Adjectives describe/ modify nouns (people, places, things, and ideas)
    
      FOR EXAMPLE: Hunny's cute, pink collar sparkled.  Cute and Pink are describing collar.


Please write out the following sentences.
Please underline the adjectives in the following sentences.
1. The large brink fell from the rooftop.
2. Kelly's red dress was on sale.
3. That show is hilarious!
4. That restaurant had yummy sushi.
5. Red roses only bloom in the cool, spring air.


2. Pass in Quickwrtites 46-48



3. Review Poetry Portfolios (what we've done, and what we haven't)

4. Begin Poetry Portfolio Author's Note (Introductions)



5. Two songs/ Analysis


6. Binder Reminder


HW: Study/ Finish list for PRS #8 - Quiz Monday!