02/01/2016 - 02/05/2016

02/01/2016


LIBRARY DAY!!!



02/02/2016 - 02/03/2016

Schedule change due to the Metal Shop Theater!!!

Instructions: We are taking the formative assessment on Tuesday and Wednesday. Do your best and do not stress out!

Agenda items if you finish the assessment earlier than your classmates:

Work on independent reading and independent reading and log!
Catch up on your R&J reading and complete your character guide!
Review your HISTORY writing assignment in preparation for writing coaches tomorrow. They will be coming in to work with you! 

02/04/2016

WRITING COACHES AGENDA!!!

BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE, COMPLETE YOUR EXTENDED PARAGRAPH/FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT! 1. Independent Reading and Reading Logs!
2. Writing Coaches Meetings: History Assignment
       To think about: 

         A. Where does the monologue take place?

         B. When does it take place?

         C. Who is your person talking to?

         D. What happened right before the character started talking?

3. Complete your character guides and make sure they are up to date and specific!
4. Read "Romeo and Juliet" up to and including Act IV(4), scene 2! 



Monday, 02/08/2016

QOTD: There are no small parts, only small actors!




Do Now: What, if anything, do you like most about acting and why? What do you dislike about it? What are you most apprehensive about regarding your scene preparation?


Whole Class Remind students to consult the “R&J Characters” chart and their 
character guides as they read and work. 

Read­Aloud: Romeo and Juliet Act IV Scenes 2, 3, and 4 Discussion Questions: What must Juliet do in order for Friar 
Lawrence’s plan to work?   Why aren’t her parents or Nurse suspicious of her change of heart?   What are Juliet’s fears regarding the plan?  What do these fears say about  Juliet? Update character guide for Juliet, Nurse, Capulet, and Lady 
Capulet. 

Vocabulary: 

beseech – to beg urgently dismal – 

gloomy, dreadful, or cheerless 

Introduce students to the dramatic elements of dramatic irony and 
cosmic irony.   Ask students to form their own definitions of dramatic irony and  cosmic irony and record them on the board.  Once the class decides on single  definitions for dramatic irony and cosmic irony,  students will write the definitions on the last page in their  character guides. 

Group Session:

Scene Study: 

Rules and objectives: