Homework
English 9 - Finish Act 1 Dialectical Journal (see notes under classwork). Students need to write out the notes and not just print them.
English 10 - Finish Age of Imperialism Essay Outline. We do not have a class meeting tomorrow, so this assignment is due on Wednesday.
Classwork
English 9 - Today we began Romeo and Juliet. Students took notes on Act I scene 1 and then we watched Franco Zefferelli's 1968 adaptation of the play. The notes students took in class as well as the notes they need to complete for homework are available here:
English 9 - Finish Act 1 Dialectical Journal (see notes under classwork). Students need to write out the notes and not just print them.
English 10 - Finish Age of Imperialism Essay Outline. We do not have a class meeting tomorrow, so this assignment is due on Wednesday.
Classwork
English 9 - Today we began Romeo and Juliet. Students took notes on Act I scene 1 and then we watched Franco Zefferelli's 1968 adaptation of the play. The notes students took in class as well as the notes they need to complete for homework are available here:
romeo_and_juliet_act_i_sample_dialectical_journal.pdf |
English 10 - Students began outlining their Age of Imperialism essay today in class. The task is to transfer and improve the information from their quote collector to the outline and complete all other sections of the outline. Students compared a few examples of topic sentences to help them gain an understanding of what a good topic sentence includes. The short PowerPoint we used in class today is available here:
age_of_imperialism_topic_sentences.pptx |