HW for Monday, 6/3

IRP due tomorrow!

Daily Warm Up for Thursday, 5/30

Explore this site:
http://enterthestory.com/Midsummer.html

HW for Thursday, 5/30

Complete draft 1 of your Gallery Card.  See the sample on the right for a reminder of what must be included.

HW for Wednesday, 5/29

IRP 6

Type, label and date your response to the following question:

What is your (detailed) plan for your independent reading project? How is it interactive? (200+ words).

HW for Tuesday, 5/28

Complete Act III Active Reading Worksheet.

Daily Warm Up for Tuesday, 5/28

Try the Midsummer Night's Dream crossword:
http://www.folger.edu/education/sfk_kids/

HW for Thursday, 5/23

Study for tomorrow's vocab quiz!

HW for Wednesday, 5/22

IRP 6

Type, label and date your response to the following question:

What is your (detailed) plan for your independent reading project? How is it interactive? (200+ words).

HW for Tuesday, 5/21

Active Reading Act II worksheet.

Daily Warm Up for Monday, 5/20

Try any of these games:
http://www.modernlibrary.com/shakespeare/shakespeare-games/

HW for Friday, 5/17

Complete Act I, scene ii questions.
Click here if you need a copy of the questions.

Daily Warm Up for Friday, 5/17

Go to youtube.  Search for "Playback theater" and watch some of the videos.

HW for Thursday, 5/16

Answer the questions in complete sentences, based on what we read together in class.

ACT I, SCENE I

1. How is Hippolyta’s reasoning concerning how quickly the next four days will pass different from that of Theseus? Note

how Shakespeare portrays the patience and calmness of Hippolyta in contrast to the impatience and need for action of

Theseus.

2. Why has Egeus brought his daughter and her two suitors to Theseus? What does Egeus expect him to do?

3. What was the proper role for women/daughters in Athenian society according to Egeus and Theseus?

4. What is Theseus’s ruling concerning Hermia?

5. How does Lysander’s comment about Demetrius’s previous love affair with Helena complicate things?

6. What do Lysander and Hermia plan to do about this seemingly impossible situation?

7. Why do they tell Helena what they plan to do?

8. Even though Helena loves Demetrius and is Hermia’s best friend, why does she decide to tell Demetrius of Hermia and Lysander’s plans?

HW for Wednesday, 5/14

IRP 5

Please type your answer. Include your name, the date, and the title of the assignment.

Week 5 Question: What morals or lessons do you think the author intends his/her reader to find in this book? (200 words)

HW for Monday, 5/13

IRP 4 
Please type a 200 word response to the following question. Make sure to label the assignment with your name, the title of the assignment, and the date, according to the formatting guidelines (click the link on the right!). DOUBLE SPACE!

What aspects of the plot or story can you relate to your own experiences? Describe how.

HW for Friday, 5/10

Please write 300 words summarizing your experience with the Theater Lab workshops so far.  This should be typed, double-spaced, and labeled according to the guidelines on the right.

Some questions to consider:

What skills do you think you are learning?
Why do you think these skills might be important?
What have you enjoyed the most?
What has been the hardest for you?
Does anything make you nervous about the activities or the prospect of performing in front of strangers?

HW for Thursday, 5/9

Go to this website and study the slides . . .
https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww2.godby.leon.k12.fl.us%2Fthomasons%2FPowerPoint%2520Resources%2F1%2FShakespeare%2FA%2520Midsummer%2520Night's%2520Dream%2520Power%2520Point.ppt

Write 5 quiz questions based on the slideshow.  We'll do a quiz on this next week!

HW for Wednesday, 5/8

Sorry I didn't post this yesterday!


IRP week 3

(Please type your response, and include your name, the date, and the title of the assignment in the upper right hand corner.  Don't forget to double space!)

Week 3 Question: Describe the character(s) you most identify with. Why or how do you relate to him/her or them? (200 words)

HW for Tuesday, 5/6

Complete the Midsummer Night's Dream pre-reading worksheet.

Daily Warm Up for Tuesday, 5/6

https://sites.google.com/site/basicgreekmythology/hero-s/theseus/theseus-and-hippolyta
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippolyta
http://www.pantheon.org/articles/h/hippolyta.html
http://www.princeton.edu/~achaney/tmve/wiki100k/docs/Hippolyta.html

HW for Monday, 5/6

Read "The Tempest" packet 2 and write a 1 paragraph (at least 5 sentences) summary of what you read.

HW for Friday, 5/3

Read "The Tempest" packet 1 -- up to the break on page 66.
Write a 1 paragraph (at least 5 sentences) summary of what you read.
Be prepared for a quiz on Monday.

HW for Thursday, 5/2

Study for tomorrow's vocab quiz!
Remember, if you use quizlet to study tonight, you'll get some extra credit on your quiz.

HW for Wednesday, 5/1

IRP Week 2

(Please type and double-space your response. Be sure to label it with your name, the date, and the title of the assignment -- see the Paper Formatting Guidelines to your right.) 

Week 2, Question 1: Are you liking the book so far? Why or why not? (100 words)

Week 2, Question 2: Describe in detail where and when the book takes place. Cite sections of

the book or lines that give you a sense of place. (100 words)

Daily Warm Up for Tuesday, 4/30

Go to quizlet.com and start making flashcards!
Title your study set "Vocab Quiz 5.1."
You'll need to create an account.
Once you've made the cards, try the activities.

HW for Tuesday, 4/30

Complete the worksheet I gave you in class by going to this site (click here for a copy of the worksheet):
http://dana.ucc.nau.edu/~lam37/romeo_juliet/page3.htm#Shakespeare

The possible literary devices for each passage:

Alliteration

Allusion

Metaphor

Personification

Simile

If  you need help looking up some of the Shakespearean words, try these sites:

http://www.shakespeareswords.com/Glossary.aspx
http://absoluteshakespeare.com/glossary/a.htm

HW for Monday, 4/29

Complete the questions on the "Shakespeare's Home and Family" and "The Globe" worksheet (click here for a link to the worksheet)-- these do not need to be in complete sentences.  Please be sure to complete the Extended Writing section on the "The Globe" side.

Daily Warm Up for Monday, 4/29

Get to know some Shakespearean language!
Choose "Juliet's Dagger" or the "Star Crossed" options.
http://www.canadianshakespeares.ca/Speare_full_free_Folder/speare.html

HW for Friday, 4/26

Finish the Shakespeare scavenger hunt -- we'll review it together on Monday.

HW for Thursday, 4/25

Complete the Elizabethan Age/Special Effects Worksheet.

Shakespeare Scavenger Hunt

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1by6x7dokgCVpPcDsLHFTplceCvNC7ygiQrrzj7paChI/edit

HW for Wednesday, 4/24

Independent Reading Project Week One:

Please answer the following question about your independent reading book. Be sure to follow the paper formatting guidelines we discussed in class.

Week 1 Question: What book did you choose? Why did you choose this book? If someone chose it for you, why did you agree to it? (100 words)

Activity for Tuesday, 4/23 (Shakespeare's birthday!)

Click on this link and begin to complete the Shakespeare scavenger hunt:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1by6x7dokgCVpPcDsLHFTplceCvNC7ygiQrrzj7paChI/edit

HW for Tuesday, 4/23

Complete the worksheet I handed out in class -- or just look below for the questions and links. Your answers do not need to be in complete sentences, but they should be typed and labeled and include your name and the date.

Globe Theater (Old & New) 

  Directions:  Visit the Shakespeare’s Globe Website  http://www.william-shakespeare.info/william-shakespeare-globe-theatre.htm

and the New Globe Theater http://www.william-shakespeare.info/new-globe-theatre-structure-design-dimensions.htm

  By surfing around in these web sites (be sure to click on logical links) you will be able to answer each question below.

  Part I - Background Information

1. When was the Globe first built?

 2.  When did it burn?  During what play?

 3.  In what year was The Globe first rebuilt?

 4.  Who closed the Globe?  In what year?

 5.  How long did the “New Globe” take to build, from ground-breaking ceremony to inauguration ceremony?

 6.  Who inaugurated it?

 7.  What American actor established the Globe Playhouse Trust?

 8.  How large was the original Globe? (diameter)

 9. With how many sides?

 10.  How were the dimensions of the original Globe agreed upon by historians?

HW for Thursday, 4/11

Your final "The Giver" project is due tomorrow!

HW for Tuesday, 4/9

IRP due Thursday!

Independent Reading Project

Creative Project:

Come up with some way to visually present your book. This will not be presented orally. You will post this in the classroom gallery‐style. Your creative project should include a gallery card –with one typed paragraph that briefly summarizes your book and a second paragraph that gives your project a creative title and explains your projects’ significance to the book. Your gallery card (see attached sample) should also include any necessary instructions for the viewer on how to interact with your work.

Some ideas . . .

• a diorama of a particular scene

• if there’s a movie version of your book, choose a short scene to que up; you should also print the excerpt from the book and your gallery card should explain how the two scenes (movie and book) are similar and/or different

• create a website about your book that students can go through on their own

• a power point presentation that students can go through on their own

• a board game that two students could play on their own—directions should be simple and printed out

• if food is important in your book, cook something that’s mentioned and bring that in for everyone to try—make sure it is clear why this is relevant to the content of your book

• draw portraits of the main characters or draw important scenes from the book

These projects should be neat and well‐put together, not something you work on the night before it’s due!

HW for Monday, 4/8

Complete draft 2 of your Gallery Card.

Work on your IRP -- it's due Thursday!

HW for Thursday, 4/4

Study for tomorrow's vocab quiz!

HW for Wednesday, 4/3

IRP 6

Type, label and date your response to the following question:

What is your (detailed) plan for your independent reading project? How is it interactive? (200+ words).

HW for Tuesday, 4/2

Complete the Book Report Helper for your IRP book.

HW for Monday, 4/1

Complete the "Connecting to Quotations" worksheet.

HW for Friday, 3/29

The Giver Questions

Chpts. 21-23

Answer on a separate sheet of paper in COMPLETE SENTENCES!

CHAPTER 21

1.  Why did the plan change?

2.  What rules did Jonas break?

3.  What was their travel ritual?

4.  How did he know they were looking for him?  How did he hide?  

5.  What happened to his memories?

CHAPTER 22

1.  How was the landscape changing?

2.  What are new dangers?

CHAPTER 23

1.  What was the weather like?

2.  What happened to the bicycle?

3.  How does this book end?  Discuss it in some detail.

HW for Thursday, 3/28

The Giver Questions

Chpts. 19-20

Answer on a separate sheet of paper in COMPLETE SENTENCES!

CHAPTER 19

1.  What is release? What was your reaction to learning that?

CHAPTER 20

1.  What are Jonas’ feelings after obtaining this new knowledge?

2.  What are the insights about memory that we read about in this chapter?

3.  Which of the senses did the Giver have?  What was special to him that he hadn’t yet shared?

4.  What is their plan for creating change in the community?  (whole chapter)

HW for Wednesday, 3/27

IRP 5

Please type your answer. Include your name, the date, and the title of the assignment.

Week 5 Question: What morals or lessons do you think the author intends his/her reader to find in this book? (200 words)

HW for Tuesday, 3/26

The Giver Questions

Chpts. 17-18

Answer on a separate sheet of paper in COMPLETE SENTENCES!

CHAPTER 17

1.  How is Jonas changing?

2.  What is his reaction to his friends’ game of “war”?

3.  What are his feelings?

4.   What is Lily’s talent?

CHAPTER 18

1.  Explain what happened to Rosemary and its impact on the community.

2.  Page 145, what do they contemplate?

HW for Monday, 3/25

The Giver Questions

Chpts. 15-16

Answer on a separate sheet of paper in COMPLETE SENTENCES!

CHAPTER 15

1.  What is this memory and what is its result on Jonas?

CHAPTER 16

1.  What are some good memories?

2.  What is the Giver’s favorite memory?  Explain.

3.  How does Jonas feel about this memory?  What are some advantages and disadvantages of this?

4.  What happens when Jonas discusses this feeling with his parents?

5.  What is Jonas’ relationship to Gabriel now?

6.  How does Jonas break the rules at the end of this chapter?  What implications* will this have?

*implication -- a conclusion or consequence

HW for Thursday, 3/21

If you didn't finish your letter in class (Shavar, Nicole, Jackson, Nathan), please do that this weekend.  Remember to refer to the Business Letter Format link that was posted on 3/18.

AND . . .

The Giver Questions

Chpts. 13-14

Answer on a separate sheet of paper in COMPLETE SENTENCES!

CHAPTER 13

1.  What causes frustration for Jonas?

2.  What is Jonas’ first startling and disturbing memory?  What is his reaction?

3.  Is the Giver married?  Explain about his marriage relationship.

4.  Why is a Receiver necessary in the community?

5.  What does Jonas wonder about when he’s not with the Giver?

6.  Why does the Giver sometimes send him away?

CHAPTER 14

1.  What is the first painful memory and what is its effect on Jonas?

2.  What do he and the Giver have to hold painful memories?

3.  Why can’t everyone have memories, to share?

4.  What’s wrong with Gabriel?

5.  What happens when twins are born?

6.  How does Jonas comfort Gabriel?  What does he think of this?

HW for Tuesday, 3/19

IRP 4 
Please type a 200 word response to the following question. Make sure to label the assignment with your name, the title of the assignment, and the date, according to the formatting guidelines (click the link on the right!). DOUBLE SPACE!

What aspects of the plot or story can you relate to your own experiences? Describe how.

HW for Monday, 3/18

The Giver Questions, Chpt. 12



Answer on a separate sheet of paper in COMPLETE SENTENCES!

CHAPTER 12
1.  What is Jonas beginning to see?
2.  How does the Giver help him?
3.  What happens to color in this community (vs. in memory)?
4.  What is Jonas’ opinion of sameness?

Business Letter Format

http://www.letterwritingguide.com/businessletterformat.htm

Daily Warm Up for Monday, 3/18

Let's try something new . . .
Vocab Quiz 4.2 is this week.
Instead of waiting until the day before to study, I'd like you to begin -- today -- making flashcards of the words we have already.
You will have to make your own cards.
Important: on the side with the definition, also use the word in a sentence!

HW for Friday, 3/15

The Giver Questions, Chpt. 9-11



Answer on a separate sheet of paper in COMPLETE SENTENCES!

CHAPTER 9
1.  In this chapter, Jonas receives his rules.  What does he think of each rule?

CHAPTER 10
1.  How is Jonas treated by the secretary?
2.  What is different at the Receiver’s home?  (whole chapter)
3.  What is the Giver’s job?  What must he give Jonas?
4.  Page 78, what does this mean: “I am so weighted with them.”?

CHAPTER 11
1.  What is Jonas’ first memory?
2.  What is Jonas’ reaction to the first memory?  What about the Giver?
3.  What happened to snow?
4.  What is Jonas’ second memory?
5.  What is Jonas’ third memory?
6.  What is Jonas’ title?

HW for Thursday, 3/14

The Giver Questions, Chpt. 7-8

Answer on a separate sheet of paper in COMPLETE SENTENCES!

CHAPTER 7
1.  What is Jonas’ number?  How are they assigned numbers?
2.  What is Asher’s assignment?
3.  Read the quote on Page 56, “Thank you for your childhood.”  Explain what you think it means.
4.  Why do you think Jonas was skipped?

CHAPTER 8
1.  What is the difference between “assigned” and “selected”?
2.  What is Jonas selected to do?
3.  What attributes does Jonas have that will help him in his assignment?
4.  What is this “capacity to see beyond”?

HW for Wednesday, 3/13

IRP week 3

(Please type your response, and include your name, the date, and the title of the assignment in the upper right hand corner.  Don't forget to double space!)

Week 3 Question: Describe the character(s) you most identify with. Why or how do you relate to him/her or them? (200 words)

HW for Tuesday, 3/12

IRP 2 (see the questions under the warm up for yesterday)

and . . .

The Giver Questions

Chpt. 6

Answer on a separate sheet of paper in COMPLETE SENTENCES!

CHAPTER 6
1.  What happened to Sevens?
2.  What wasn’t Gabriel at the Naming?
3.  What was the Ceremony of Loss?
4.  What else do you learn about release?
5.  What happened for Tens and Elevens?
6.  How do people get spouses and children?
7. Review all 6 chapters we’ve read so far.  Update the Community Life Schedule
8. Update the Language Collection Sheet with at least 3 more words.

Prefixes

http://www.prefixsuffix.com/rootchart.php

HW for Monday, 3/11

The Giver Questions

Chpt. 5

Answer on a separate sheet of paper in COMPLETE SENTENCES!

CHAPTER 5
1.  What was Jonas’ dream?
2.  What are stirrings?  
3.  What does Jonas have to do now that he has had stirrings?
4.  Why do you think he has to do that?
5. Review all 5 chapters we’ve read so far.  Include at least one word in each section of the Language Collection Sheet.  

Daily Warm Up for Monday, 3/11

IRP Week 2

(Please type and double-space your response. Be sure to label it with your name, the date, and the title of the assignment -- see the Paper Formatting Guidelines to your right.) 

Week 2, Question 1: Are you liking the book so far? Why or why not? (100 words)

Week 2, Question 2: Describe in detail where and when the book takes place. Cite sections of

the book or lines that give you a sense of place. (150‐200 words)

HW for Friday, 3/8

Read Chapters 2-4, then . . .

The Giver, Chpts. 2-4 Questions

Answer on a separate sheet of paper in COMPLETE SENTENCES!

CHAPTER 2
1.  What happens every December?
2.  What happens when children become Ones?  Nines?
3.  Who is the Receiver and how are rules changed?  (p. 14)
4.  Who is Gabriel and why is Jonas’ father worried about him (ch. 1)?
5.  Why is the Ceremony of 12 so important?
6.  What things do Jonas’ parents share with him about their memories of their assignments and of their friends’ assignments?

CHAPTER 3
1.  What did Jonas notice about the apple?
2.  How do all evenings end in the community?
3.  What else do you learn about the community from this chapter?
4.  What about birthmothers?

CHAPTER 4
1.  What happens to Eights?
2.  Where does Jonas spend his volunteer hours?  What does he do?  What do you learn?
3.  What happens at release?

HW for Thursday, 3/7

Study for tomorrow's vocab quiz!

HW for Tuesday, 3/5

The Giver Questions

Answer on a separate sheet of paper in COMPLETE SENTENCES!

CHAPTER 1

1.  Describe Jonas’ community.
2.  Describe Jonas’ family.  What do his parents do?  
3.  Who is Asher?
4.  What is the word that Jonas feels?  Why?
5.  What is “release”?
6.  What do they discuss in their ritual of feeling sharing?
7.  What is this “Ceremony of 12”?

HW for Monday, 3/4

Complete your "The Lady or the Tiger" ending (written -- 250 words -- or 2 illustrations).

HW for Friday, 3/1

Finish reading "The Lady or the Tiger" and answer the questions.

If you lost your copy of the story, click here: The Lady or the Tiger

HW for Thursday, 2/28

Read "A Secret for Two" and answer the questions indicated.

HW for Wednesday, 2/27

Independent Reading Project Week One:
Pick an independent reading book, then . . .

Please answer the following question about your independent reading book. Be sure to follow the paper formatting guidelines we discussed in class.

Week 1 Question: What book did you choose? Why did you choose this book? If someone chose it for you, why did you agree to it? (100 words)

HW for Tuesday, 2/26

Read "The Jumping Rock" and answer the embedded questions, as we did in class today.

HW for Monday, 2/25

Edit and bring in the two poems that you are submitting to the poetry festival.

For Shavar

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LNQv1CvVumdOdETzLdeTjBjDUxaap_cw-0Eulv0-zHc/edit?usp=sharing

HW for Wednesday, 2/13

IRP due tomorrow!
Anthology due Friday!

HW for Tuesday, 2/12

Work on your IRP!
It's due Thursday.

Also,
Remember that your anthology is due Friday!  Tomorrow is your last day to work on it in class.

HW for Friday, 2/8

Gallery card due Monday!

Click here for a sample.

Remember, there are three parts to the gallery card:

1) a brief summary (as if you're writing the blurb for the back of the book).

2) a summary of your project -- what is it, and how is it related to your book?

3) specific instructions for your project.

Also, be sure to include an image!

ALSO,

If you have to take/re-take the quiz on Monday (Shavar and Ibrahim), STUDY THIS WEEKEND!

HW for Thursday, 2/7!

Study for vocab quiz!

HW for Wednesday, 2/6

IRP 6

Type, label and date your response to the following question:

What is your (detailed) plan for your independent reading project? How is it interactive? (200+ words).

HW for Monday, 2/4

Anthology Checklist #3 for Monday 2/4

Completed everything on Anthology Checklist 1 and 2 ________

Complete responses to 5 more poems (which means you should now have responses to all 10 of the poems you picked) ________

Write a dedication page.  It should go something like this: “I dedicate this anthology to ___________ because _______________________.”   ______

Find an opening epigram.  See the instruction sheet (#16 in your binder) for a reminder of what that is. ________

HW for Friday, 2/1

Anthology Checklist #2

ALL OF THE BELOW ITEMS MUST BE COMPLETED BY THE BEGINNING OF CLASS MONDAY, 2/4!

Completed checklist 1? ____

2 adults’ favorite poems WITH a 3 sentence response for each? ____

2 peers’ favorite poems WITH a 3 sentence response for each? ____

3 sentence responses to 5 of the 10 poems you chose to include? _____

Everything in a google doc and shared with Nijole? _____

You will turn this sheet in on Monday!