English+I+-+McClain

__**Week of 5/19**__ Review for final. R&J character analysis worksheet (classwork to be turned in) R&J fill in the blank and crossword. ESSAY QUESTIONS FOR THE FINAL (Choose one and be prepared towrite a detailed response):

Do you think Romeo and Juliet could have been saved? How? What is an element of human nature in the play that hasn't changed. Compare Romeo and Juliet to modern teenagers. __**Week of 5/12**__ Finish reading R&J. Assessment - diary entry __**Week of 5/**__5

Project presentations. Read through Act 4 R&J __**Week of April 29**__ Reading & discussion through Act 3 []
 * Creative Project Assigned** - Elizabethean choice project & essay **DUE 5/9**
 * For Romeo and Juliet summaries, videos, etc. :**

__**Week of April 21**__ Finish through Act I If you need to make up the vocab test from friday 4/11, see Mrs.McClain to schedule the make-up before school. Act II Vocab quiz Friday, and start Act II. __**Week of April 7**__ Romeo & Juliet Act I FRIDAY - spelling & vocab test perjury, compliment, confession, alliance, feign, bard, counterfeit, discourse, coy, vial, abhor, beseech, adversity, eloquence, banish __**Week of March 31**__ Romeo & Juliet pre-reading activities __**Week of March 24**__ Persuasive Speeches are **DUE ON WEDNESDAY!!!!!** Be prepared to present your speech with visual aide/s. Notecards and works Cited will be collected. Begin Shakespeare/Romeo & Juilet

__**Week of March 3**__ Persuasive speech assignment - Outline due 3/11, rough draft due 3/14, final presentatino/sppech 3/26. Create a persuasive sppech addresssing a problem in the global or local community. Refer to tha handouts on rhetorcal devices & the rhetorical triangle! __**Week of Feb. 17**__ TCAP practice Essay self-reflection __**Week of Feb. 9**__ Essay due 2/12. Hard copy plus to "turnitin.com". USE **NEW ACCESS CODE FOR TURN IT IN.... 7673587 Password: Tigersrock!**
 * Continue reading over the weekend (up to p. 164)**

__**Week of Feb. 3**__ //First They Killed My Father// Song Analysis writing assignment (see handouts) Be caught up with the book.. need to be familiar with the important chapters/events in order to write the essay
 * Outline due Wed. 2/5**
 * Essay due 2/12**

__**Week of 1/21**__ For FRIDAY, Read up to Chap. 7 in the book Vocab pre-test. Vocab worksheet due friday. Vocab: frail, heinous, recess, extermination, conscript, furor, emaciated, writhe, disheveled, taut, clamber, famine, ramble, deceit, veer

__**Week of 1/13**__ NWEA Read up to Chap. 2 for Wed. Friday - quiz on chapters 1-2

Week of 1/10 //First They Killed My Father// by Loung Ung PP notes on Cambodian genocide Greek/Latin roots: audi, auto, graph
 * HW: Read thru Chap. 2**