Monday December 15, 2009

Comp/Lit 9: Romeo & Juliet

• Okay, so the countdown has begun. We only have five days of regular class left. Stay healthy, get lots of rest and stay on top of your school work. Be sure to get your assignments made up if you've been absent. All make up work must be in by Friday December 18, 2009.

• We started with a game of Preposition BINGO. The students put 24 prepositions on to the BINGO card from memory (this is the challenging part). After we finished the first game, they had to put 24 different prepositions on to the 2nd BINGO card. At this point they need to have utilized 48 of the 53 prepositions.
• We then reviewed the requirements for the 3rd Outside Reading Log. We practiced starting sentences with prepositional phrases and reviewed the punctuation rules and definitions of phrases.
• I then turned on the audio for Act IV of Romeo & Juliet. The students took notes about the main events and character development
• We ended the period by starting to look for quotes that illustrate the 4 main topics (Fate, Prejudice, Hate and Loyalty) that we will be exploring for the Romeo & Juliet Essay.
• Homework: Work on OR Log #3; Finish Act IV Notes (these should already be finished); Finish Cue Cards for your performance; Work on Act IV Visual-->DUE Friday Dec. 18; Study Prepositions #1-53; Complete the Theme Mapping Chart (find quotes and examples for each topic, and develop a theme statement for your assigned topic).