Week #38 May 31- June 3, 2011

FINAL EXAM SCHEDULE 2011

Tuesday
2nd and 5th

Wednesday
3rd and 7th

Thursday
4th and 6th

Friday
1st and 8th

GOOD LUCK on your tests, Folks!
Have a great vacation. 8=)

Week #37 May 23-27, 2011

Literature: All selections read this semester.
Grammar: All concepts focused on this semester.
Vocabulary: All words in the final exam review packet.

Homework:
- Study for final exam.

Activities
Monday-Wednesday
Group presentations of adopted reality show or commercial for Julius Caesar.
Continue review for final exam.

Thursday-Friday
Continue review for final exam.

Week #36 May 16-20, 2011

Literature: William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar
Grammar: Revising and Editing, capitalization, punctuation, spelling
Vocabulary: NONE - Yey!!!

Homework:
 - Group presentations - Julius Caesar: Adopt a reality show or TV ad - due this week
- Scripts with blank verse and character analysis - due Monday

Activities;
Monday
1. Take the final exam essay.

Tuesday- Thursday
Work on group project and present.
Recieve final exam review packet.

Friday
Take Quiz #13 on rhetorical devices.

Note: Prepare for a Julius Caesar unit test next week.

Week #35 May 9-13, 2011

Literature: Wiliiam Shakespeare's Julius Caesar
Grammar: Revising and Editing
Vocabulary: drama

Homework:
- Vocabulary SAT notes - Thursday
- A clipping or photocopy of an example of drama not Shakespearean  from a newspaper or magazine - due Friday

Activities
Monday
1. Quiz #12 - vocabulary mace-smatch and rhetorical devices
2. Continue to view film and discuss study questions.

Tuesday- Friday
Continue to view film and discuss study questions.
Work on a revising and editing assignment.
Rehearse for Julius Caesar project: TV ad or TV relaity show.

Week # 34 May 2-6, 2011

Literature: William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar

Grammar: Review PARTS of a SENTENCE until students learn them.
Vocabulary: academic words TBA

Homework:
•Vocabulary SAT notes with sentences - due Thursday

•PERSUASIVE ESSAY: The assassination of Julius Caesar is, or is not, a virtuous act. - due Monday, April 26 for conferencing, and due on http://www.turnitin.com/ on Friday, May 6.

•Study guide for Act IV - due Monday, May 2, 2011

Daily Activities
Monday

1. Work on SAT sentence completion for Julius Caesar Act I. Use a dictionary.
2. Work on correcting errors on sentences.
3. Finish essay 2nd draft.

Tuesday-Friday

1. Continue film viewing and discussing plot points in both film and book.
2. Continue reading, annotating, and discussing play.
3. Analyze rhetorical devices: repetition, parallelism, and rhetorical question. Analyze what is emphasized using each device.
4. Analyze soliloquies and asides; and explain what each one reveals about the speaker's intention.

Quiz on Monday