Skagway English 9

Today we are going to discuss cell phones, MLA citations, and where you are on your topics. MLA 1) Last Name/First Name of Author 2) Title of article or title of webpage 3) Title of book or website 4) Place of publication 5) Publisher 6) Date of publication 7) Page number 8) Source of publication (example: Web, Print, DVD, etc) 9) (Internet) Date of access. go here for sample MLA Citation pages or in-text citations. Here are two short - but decent - videos are in-text citations and works cited page Go HERE  and Also go here for an additional video on WORKS CITED PAGE  The best place to go for help with MLA structure or any other essay question is Purdue OWL online . Finally - Conclusions:

  Today - your topic idea is due.  Remember an expository essay is an informative essay.  You need to teach your audience about something - maybe about how to change a tire on a car, or how to shoot a free throw, or (as in the following): about African-American Hair. Unit Learning goal: Students will be able to research, write and perform an original expository essay that informs or explains some idea, task, or problem of the student’s choice.      Scale/Rubric relating to learning goal: 4 – The student can write and perform an original expository speech that both informs/explains and persuades some idea or problem of that the student is interested in.   The writing and performance are both exemplarily effective.   3 – The student is able to write an original expository speech that informs or explains something that the student is interested in. 2 – With some direction/help from the teacher the...

Wednesday: Unit Test on Romeo and Juliet.   This test can be found in the folder under this folder (labeled ENGLISH 9 Tests and Quizzes) Thursday: Students need to work on “Whose to Blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet”. Friday: Vocabulary Quiz (quiz found in the folder under this one) Monday: Work on “Whose to Blame” essays.

Unit Learning goal: Students will demonstrate an understanding of tragedy and Romeo and Juliet by evaluating the characters and their motivations in the play and writing a short persuasive essay using evidence from the text to discuss who is to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. Scale/Rubric relating to learning goal: 4 – The student can evaluate characters and their motivations and come up with multiple interpretations based on evidence of why many characters are to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. 3 – The student can evaluate the characters and their motivations in the play and writing a short persuasive essay using evidence from the text to discuss who is to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet 2 – With some direction/help from the teacher the student can evaluate the characters and their motivations in the play and writing a short persuasive essay using evidence from the text to discuss who is to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet 1 – Ev...

Today we need to put words of the day on the board, discuss Act IV (and take notes), review, and finally look at Act 5. Note - did everyone do your Wedding Vows?

Today we are going to read and finish Act IV. Then we will look at the beginning of the '96 movie and discuss the differences between the two. 

Today we are going to review Act III.  Then you'll need to answer the following questions. From ACT III: Why does Capulet decide to marry Juliet to Paris? What is the symbolism between the Lark and the Nightingale? List and explain one allusion. What does Romeo mean when he says, after killing Tybalt, "I am fortune's fool!" List two foreshadows from Act III. Why does Juliet use a bunch of oxymorons to talk about Rome in Act III scene ii lines 73-85? How does Romeo betray Juliet in Act III. Why didn't the Prince sentence Romeo to death? Why is their no world without Verona's walls? What is worse than Tybalt's death?  What does Juliet mean when she says "Romeo is banished - to speak that word is father, mother, Tybalt, Romeo, Juliet all slain all dead. Romeo is banished - there is no end, no limit, measure bound, in that word's death." Homework: You need to write the wedding vows between Romeo and Juliet.  Here are two web...

Today we are going to spend about ten minutes working on vocabulary.  Then look over your quizzes from yesterday, watching the beginning of Act III of the movie. If we have time we will read some of Act IV.  Tomorrow we will review Act III by playing Jeopardy.  On Friday, we will finish Act IV and look at some scenes from the 1996 movie R&J.

Things to know for tomorrow's quiz: 1) 5 Elements of Tragedy 2) 5 Elements of a Tragic Hero 3) Dramatic Foil (definition, examples and explanation of examples) 4) Oxymoron (definition and example from play) 5) Metaphors: Direct, Implied, Extended (definitions and examples of each from the play) 6) Sonnets - four elements 7) Monologue and Soliloquy definition and examples 8) What has happened in Acts 1-3 9) The plot  NEW VOCABULARY: Absolved: Loathsome: Forsworn: Gallant: Exile: Devise: Pensive Consort: Wayward: Dismal: Fickle: Conduit: