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Hero's journey

NOTES LITERARY TERMS

STORIES

GRAMMAR SAT Words: Sentences due Thursday Feb 18th Test is on Friday Feb 27th

Use these notes to complete __Lord of the Flies__ assignment. Notes cited from: SparkNotes Editors. “SparkNote on Lord of the Flies.” SparkNotes.com. SparkNotes LLC. 2007. Web. 9 Feb. 2010.  Rubric for your poster!! __Lord of the Flies__ Assignment Due Friday for 5 points extra credit. All due on Monday - no late work accepted!! Please see above agenda for times project will be worked on in class.

Agenda 3/22/2010

Monday: Coach Book page 150-154 Group of Four - Discuss your ideas of which lines in "Dream Deferred" reflects which character - Each group shares - Write on paper. Spark - Notes for Study Guide on Raisin in the Sun - Add to Character Descriptions on a new piece of paper and to Theme. Class Discussion of Study Guide for Raisin in the Sun Synonym Match for Vocabulary - Start in class - Finish as homework

March 23 Tuesday - Coach Book pages 155-158 Test on Raisin in the Sun - Final Test BRING "RAISIN IN THE SUN" TO RETURN TO THE LIBRARY. Cornell Notes for pages 724-728 Will be taken up for a quiz grade - Make sure you have a summary at the end of each page. Due on Wednesday.

March 24 Wednesday Coach Book pages 159-160 Introduce Shakespeare - Notes Introduce Vocabulary for "Romeo and Juliet" Romeo and Juliet Activity Assign Parts

March 25 Thursday Coach Book pages 160--163 Read Romeo and Juliet Article on Vocabulary - Class Activity

March 26th Coach Book Due for Quiz Grade - Penzu Journal Friday - Quiz on Shakespeare / Characters in the play - Notes

Monday March 29 - April 2

Monday - Grammar - Dialogue - Punctuating Plays and Narrative Writing Review Homework - Page 720 1-6 Start Romeo and Juliet Act I Page 780 1-8 Homework due Tuesday Vocabulary Activity - SAT Test Wednesday

Tuesday - Grammar - Commas Act II Questions page 780 1-5 Homework due Wednesday Begin Magazine Project - Assign Partners

Wednesday - Romeo and Juliet Act III - Page 810 Questions 1-8 Homework due Thursday

Thursday - Romeo and Juliet Act IV Page 830 Questions 1-8

Friday - Romeo and Juliet Act V Page 848 Questions 1-10

=Agenda: APRIL 19 - APRIL 23 BENCHMARK ON THURSDAY / SAT TEST / LIT TERMS ON FRIDAY= = = =Friday : Magazine Project Due - Gerund grammar and cornell notes due. SAT vocab worksheets in class. Finish for homework if not finished in class.= =Monday - Poetry Unit - Poetry TPFASTT - from poetry foundation web site. Share with class= =Tuesday - TPFASTT - from textbook poems= =Wednesday - Poetry - and Benchmark Review in class.= =Thursday - BENCHMARK TEST= =Friday - SAT Test - In Class 9 Matching, Fill in Blank, Write a sentence which shows the meaning of the word. / Literary Terms Test (Take Home test due on Monday)=

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[] Sparknotes with Side by Side Modern Language Translation

[|Raisin in the Sun Sparknotes] Click here to add to your "Raisin in the Sun" Study Guide

Romeo and Juliet Magazine Project Click here to go to the Romeo and Juliet Magazine Project

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[|Gerunds] Exam Review Click here for exam review notes, practice exercises with answers for review!! This will improve your Benchmark Score which is 10% of your semester grade. Take a little time to review some of the basics of grammar before the test. It will be worth your time. Check back for the literature review....

[|Poetry Foundation] Do a TPFASTT for one poem from this site - be ready to share with the class on Monday. :)

[|Poetry Site] Poetry Literary Terms Use at least five literary terms when you go to this site and make up a minimum of three poems. DUE FRIDAY.

Non-Fiction Vocabulary[|The Hero's Journey] Go to this site Click on the suitcase on the left top corner. Click on the green suitcase on the left row. The drop down box at the top gives each step in a hero's journey and the drop down box on the right gives an example for each step.

You are going to write an epic story. For each step you of a hero's journey, you are going to decide what actions your hero is going to take. At the end of your story, you will read your epic to the class. I can't wait to see where your journey's take us!!!

Powerpoint for MLA Website is NCWISE OWL HIGHSCHOOL / CITATION MAKER