Monday, January 23, 2012

Week 22: January 23 - 27

I will not be in class today (Monday) due to family illness. Our 2nd test of the nine weeks (first on the actual text of the play) will be next Monday (1/30/12). It will cover Act I.


Monday
1. Copy down words and definitions for vocab lesson 19. Quiz on Friday.
2. Adv. Read Act 1, scene 3 (pp. 323-326). Students may choose parts and read aloud in class.
2. Regular: Read Act 1, scene 2.
3. Complete exercises 1-3 on pages 123-124 in vocabulary book.
HW: Finish vocabulary exercises. Students may take books home if necessary.

Tuesday
1. Bell work
2. Continue reading (I will update these to reflect what we have actually read when I have a chance.)
Reg. We read and reviewed Act I, scene ii.
Adv. We read Act I, scene iii.

Wednesday
1. Bell work
2. Continue reading (I will update these to reflect what we have actually read when I have a chance.)
Reg. We read Act I, scenes iii & iv.
Adv. We reviewed Act I.

Thursday
1. Bell work
2. Adv. Begin Act II.
2. Regular. Read Act I, scene v.
HW: Study for vocabulary quiz 19.

Friday
1. Bell work
2. Vocabulary quiz.
3. Complete necessary reading and review for Monday's test.

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Romeo and Juliet resource page


I will periodically update this page with links to helpful resources to Shakespeare and Romeo and Juliet. If you're looking for the Julius Caesar page, click here. I suggest bookmarking this page and visiting it often.

                                                                                
The links below take you to other websites. I do not control the content on any of those pages, nor do I take responsibility if any content on those pages is inappropriate. Click at your own risk.

The full text of Romeo and Juliet in webpage form or the pdf that we're using in class.

No Fear Shakespeare: These pages have Shakespearean language side by-side with their own personal modern translation.

Click here for memory work.
Study Guides
Act 1
Act 2
Act 3
Act 4
Act 5

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Memory Work - 9th Advanced


The following information is for the 9th English advanced classes. For 9th English regular, please go here.
(Note: If you are a parent looking at this, you should have signed a form that looked like this for your child to turn in to me.)

Julius Caesar
Memory Speeches

  • All 9th English students are required to complete memory work as one of the major test grades during the study of Shakespeare. Students earn grades as indicated in parentheses after each piece. Each error reduces the grade by one-half (½) point. Prompting of a line counts as two errors (1point deduction). A maximum of three prompts will be given to each student. The highest grade recorded for memory work will be a 105. Each student will be given a maximum of five minutes to complete his/her recitation.
  • Up to three passages may be combined but must be recited as entire pieces. In other words, to earn a grade of 105, you may choose one piece of 50 lines, or you may combine pieces to make 50(+) lines.   For example, speeches 7 and 8 can be recited in their entirety, a total of 52 lines, for a grade of 105. Another example would be the combining of speeches 10 and 13, a total of 35 lines, for a grade of 88. No more than 55 lines may be recited!
  • Sign up sheets for recitation appointments will be posted inside the classroom at 8:00 on Wednesday, February 1, 2012. All appointments will be during the week of February 20-24, 2012, although students may recite their lines on February 17 with my permission.
  • All work must be recited by 3:10 on February 24, 2012.

(Click the name beside each number for a copy of the lines.)


Selections from Julius Caesar:

1. Antony (105) Act III, scene 1, lines 148-163, 183-210, 211-213, & 218-222, pp. 352-353 52 lines
“O mighty Caesar! Dost thou lie so low?”
2. Portia (95) Act II, scene 1, lines 237-256 & 258-259 & 261-278 & 279-287, pp. 336-337, 45 lines
“Nor for yours neither. Y'have ungently, Brutus,”
3. Cassius (95) Act I, scene 2, lines 90-131, pp. 315-316, 42 lines
“I know that virtue to be in you, Brutus,”
4. Antony (88) Act III, scene 2, lines 74-108, p. 358-360, 35 lines
“Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears”
5. Cassius (82) Act I, scene 2, lines 135-161, p. 316-317, 27 lines
“Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world”
6. Cassius (82) Act I, scene 3, lines 57-78 & 80-84, pp. 323-324, 27 lines
“You are dull, Casca, and those sparks of line”
7. Brutus (82) Act II, scene 1, lines 114-140, pp. 332-333, 27 lines
“No, not an oath. If not the face of men”
8. Brutus (80) Act II, scene 1, lines 10-34, p. 329, 25 lines
“It must be by his death; and for my part,”
9. Marullus (77) Act I, scene 1, lines 33-56, p. 311, 22 lines
“Wherefore rejoice? What conquest brings he home?”
10. Caesar (75) Act I, scene 2, lines 192-195, 198-214, p. 318-319, 21 lines
“Let me have men about me that are fat,”
11. Casca (75) Act I, scene 3, lines 15-32, p 322, 18 lines
“A common slave—you know him well by sight—”
12. Cassius (70) Act I, scene 2, lines 308-322, pp. 321-322, 15 lines
“Well, Brutus, thou art noble; yet I see”
13. Caesar (70) Act II, scene 2, lines 32-37 & 41-48, pp. 339-340, 14 lines
“Cowards die many times before their deaths;”






9th Advanced Memory Work scoring system:
Number of Lines Maximum Points Earned
50 - 55
105
48 - 49
100
40 - 47
95
34 - 39
88
29 - 33
86
26 - 28
82
24 - 25
80
22 - 23
77
17 - 21
75
13 - 16
70
0 – 12
0


Memory Work - 9th regular


The following information is for the 9th English regular classes. For 9th English Adv, please go here.
(Note: If you are a parent looking at this, you should have signed a form that looked like this for your child to turn in to me.)

Romeo and Juliet
Memory Speeches

  • All 9th English students are required to complete memory work as one of the major test grades during the study of Shakespeare. Students earn grades as indicated in parentheses after each piece. Each error reduces the grade by one-half (½) point. Prompting of a line counts as two errors (1point deduction). A maximum of three prompts will be given to each student. The highest grade recorded for memory work will be a 105. Each student will be given a maximum of five minutes to complete his/her recitation.
  • Up to three passages may be combined but must be recited as entire pieces. In other words, to earn a grade of 105, you may choose one piece of 50 lines, or you may combine pieces to make 50(+) lines. For example, speeches 7 and 8 can be recited in their entirety, a total of 52 lines, for a grade of 105. Another example would be the combining of speeches 10 and 13, a total of 28 lines, for a grade of 85. No more than 55 lines may be recited!
  • Sign up sheets for recitation appointments will be posted inside the classroom at 8:00 on Wednesday, February 1, 2012. All appointments will be during the week of February 20-24, 2012, although students may recite their lines on February 17 with my permission.
  • All work must be recited by 3:10 on February 24, 2012.

(Click the name beside each number for a copy of the lines.)


Selections from Romeo and Juliet:
1. Friar Laurence (105) Act III, scene iii, lines 110 (second part) -58, 50 lines
“Hold thy desperate hand.”
2. Mercutio (105) Act I, scene iv, lines 53(second part)-95, 96-103, 50 lines
“O, then I see Queen Mab hath been with you.”
3. Juliet (98) Act IV, scene iii, lines 14-58, 45 lines
“Farewell! God knows when we shall meet again.”
4. Friar Laurence (96) Act V, scene iii, lines 229-69, 41 lines
“I will be brief, for my short date of breath is not so long as is a tedious tale.”
5. Juliet (90) Act III, scene ii, lines 1-35, 35 lines
“Gallop apace, you fiery-footed steeds,”
6. Romeo (88) Act V, Scene iii, lines 88-120, 33 lines
“How oft when men are at the point of death have they been merry!”
7. Romeo (87) Act II, scene ii, lines 1-32, 32 lines
“He jests at scars that never felt a wound.”
8. Prince (82) Act I, scene i, lines 82-104, 23 lines
“Rebellious subjects, enemies to peace,”
9. Juliet (80) Act II, scene v, lines 1-19, 19 lines
“The clock struck nine when I did send the nurse;”
10. Juliet (78) Act II, scene ii, lines 34-37 and 39-49, 16 lines
O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo?”
11. Juliet (78) Act II, scene ii, lines 110-124, 16 lines
“O, swear not by the moon, the inconstant moon,”
12. Prologue (74) before Act I, lines 1-14, 14 lines
“Two households, both alike in dignity,”
13. Romeo (70) Act I, scene v, lines 43-44 and 45-54, 12 lines
“What lady’s that which doth enrich the hand of yonder knight?”


9th Regular Memory Work scoring system:


Number of Lines Maximum Points Earned
50 - 55 105
48 - 49 100
45 - 47 98
40 - 44 96
35 - 39 90
33 -34 88
32 87
26 -31 85
20 - 25 82
19 80
16 - 18 78
14 -15 74
12 -13 70
0 - 11 0



Julius Caesar resource page

I will periodically update this page with links to helpful resources to Shakespeare and Julius Caesar. If you're looking for the Romeo and Juliet page, click here. I suggest bookmarking this page and visiting it often.

                                                                                
The links below take you to other websites. I do not control the content on any of those pages, nor do I take responsibility if any content on those pages is inappropriate. Click at your own risk.

The full text of Julius Caesar.

No Fear Shakespeare: These pages have Shakespearean language side by-side with their own personal modern translation.

Week 21: January 17 - 20

Monday
No school!

Tuesday
1. Life and Times of Shakespeare Test
2. Copy words and definitions for vocabulary lesson 18. Quiz on Friday.
3. (Advanced class only) discuss memory work.
HW: Parent signature on Memory Work

Wednesday
1. Bell work
2. Begin reading play
HW: Parent signature on Memory Work

Thursday
1. Bell work
2. Continue reading
HW: Parent signature on Memory Work

Friday
1. Bell work
2. Vocabulary quiz
3. Continue reading


Check back for links to resources that will help with the plays.

Friday, January 13, 2012

Shakespeare notes resource

Click here for some notes about Shakespeare's life and times. I hope to update this post over the weekend with another resource or two.

Friday, January 6, 2012

Week 20: January 9 - 13

Monday
1. Bell work
2. Copy words and definitions from vocabulary lesson 17. Quiz on Friday.
3. Complete notes on historical background of the Elizabethan period.
4. Time permitting, begin watching "Costume Cavalcade" video and filling out accompanying handout.
HW: Study for Friday's vocabulary quiz. Also, this is a great time to read one of your AR books, since we are not in the middle of other literature at the moment.

Tuesday
1. Bell work
2. "Costume Cavalcade" with handout
HW: Study for Friday's vocabulary quiz. Read your AR books!

Wednesday
1. Bell work
2. "Costume Cavalcade" with handout
HW: Study for Friday's vocabulary quiz. AR!

Thursday
1. Bell work
2. Info about Shakespearean language
3. Pun Practice
HW: Study for tomorrow's vocabulary quiz.

Friday
1. Bell work
2. Vocabulary quiz 17
3. Review for Life and Times test.
HW: Study for test on Shakespeare's Life and Times

Email Improvements

Kent, our IT guru, has made adjustments to our email system so that we can access it from home. While I do not run to my computer every five minutes to check for email, I do check it daily, even on weekends. If you need to get in touch with me, send an email to staylor at hillcrestchristian dot org (You obviously need to take out the spaces and replace the word "at" with an at symbol, and replace the word "dot" with a period. I have to write it like this to avoid an influx of spam.)

Added soccer game 1/27/12

We have added a game to the HCS soccer schedule for this month. Lee Academy will come to HCS on January 27 for a 4:00 game. I know that this is the Disciple Now weekend for many HCS students, so I scheduled the game for the earliest available time for Lee Academy. We should finish our game in plenty of time for the affected players to shower and arrive at their host homes on time.

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

AR books

***EDITED AT 2:45 1/6/12***

All students must sign up for one AR work by Friday, February 3 and the second by Wednesday, March 7. Failure to do so will result in a zero for a daily grade for each date. Once four students have signed up for a particular book, no other students may do so. All AR tests must be taken by 3:10 on Wednesday, May 9. I strongly suggest that you make plans to take the tests earlier in case there is a conflict in the library. The sign-up sheet will be attached to my desk. It is your responsibility to make sure that I "ok" the book that you want to read.


All 9th English regular students will read the abridged version of Charles Dickens's Great Expectations (ISBN-10: 1463536119 if you want to try to find it somewhere other than Amazon). You must buy THIS VERSION of Great Expectations. If you buy a version that is abridged differently, you are responsible for knowing the differences.


All 9th English advanced students will read William Golding's Lord of the Flies (ISBN-10: 0399537422)
You do not need this particular version of Lord of the Flies. Also, most libraries will have a copy of this book.






The reading schedule for these books will be posted soon, but we will not start reading this until the 4th 9-weeks.







Monday, January 2, 2012

Week 19: January 2 - 6

Welcome back! I hope that everyone had a restful Christmas break and you are ready to get back to work. Many students consider the 3rd 9 weeks to be the most difficult of the year because we spend the entire time studying Shakespeare. During the Shakespeare unit, students will be responsible for quite a bit of information. We will cover the life and times of Shakespeare, including important background information about several English monarchs, the beginning of English theater, and of course a complete dramatic work of Shakespeare. The 9th Advanced class will read Julius Caesar while the 9th regular classes will read Romeo and Juliet. Our 9th grade literature book contains Julius Caesar. I will make a class set of copies of Romeo and Juliet for our 9th regular classes. I plan to cover the plays in their entirety in class, but students must be prepared to work at home as well.

This 9-week period is often the "make or break" time for many students. Lack of attention and effort during this unit can easily be the difference between an A or B, or, in some cases, passing and failing for the year. Shakespeare can be difficult, but those who put in the time and effort will be rewarded. I will give more detailed information as we move further along in our study.

Monday
In class:
1. Copy words and definitions from vocabulary lesson 16, pages 101-102, for Friday's quiz.
2. PSAT information from Mrs. Westerfield
3. Read "Shakespeare of London" and answers questions.
HW: Complete Shakespeare of London.

Tuesday
In class:
1. Complete vocabulary words and definitions if needed. Quiz on Friday.
2. Watch "Life and Death in Britain's Theaters" and complete the accompanying handout.
HW: Study for vocabulary quiz.

Wednesday
1. Begin "Famous Authors: William Shakespeare" and work on the accompanying handout.
2. Take notes on British monarchy leading up to and during Shakespeare's life
HW: Study for vocabulary quiz.

Thursday
1. Complete"Famous Authors: William Shakespeare" and complete the accompanying handout.
2. Continue taking notes on British monarchy leading up to and during Shakespeare's life
HW: Study for vocabulary quiz.

Friday
1. Vocabulary quiz on lesson 16.
2. Finish any background notes that are necessary.
3. Begin "Costume Cavalcade" time permitting.
HW: Begin thinking about this semester's AR book if you have not done so already.


*Slight changes to the 9th grade AR policy will be discussed with students this week and posted to this blog soon.