5-26-09

Previous Next = = = May 26, 2009 =

Reminders:

 * Mr. Devine is in the Night Library every Monday.
 * ===Research paper due Friday!===

Directions:

 * 1) Get your notebook.
 * 2) Get your textbook.
 * 3) Get your Interactive Practice Book (checking pages 240-241 and 254-255)
 * 4) Get your Grammar and Writing Book (complete pages 151-152).
 * 5) Copy today's **learning objectives** and **homework**.

__Learning Objectives__ (copy in your planner)
Students will:
 * Learn to visualize.
 * Learn key vocabulary.
 * Learn about blank verse.

**Homework:**

 * **Final Draft of your research paper due FRIDAY.**
 * We are uploading the essays next Monday.
 * Complete Grammar and Writing through page 152.

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 * 1. Grammar and Writing pages 151-152.**
 * Students work quietly the first 10 minutes of class on this assignment while you take roll.
 * 2. Vocabulary Review**
 * [|Unit 7, Cluster 2 Quizlet]
 * [|Academic Vocabulary]
 * 3. Before Reading "Romeo and Juliet"**
 * [|Blank Verse]
 * Visualize
 * 4. Romeo and Juliet Balcony Scenes**
 * [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7MReEGCR9M|1968 version (interesting note, the actress playing Juliet was 15 years old)
 * [|DiCaprio/Danes version]
 * 5. Unit 6 / Final on ???**
 * Study the **reading strategies** from the unit.
 * Study the **vocabulary** from the unit.
 * Study **denotation** and **connotation**.