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