24 February 2012

English 9 - View the Luhrmann film through Act III iv. Review some important quotes from Acts I - III of the play.

Accelerated - Read Act II ii and iii. The balcony and wedding plans. Update your study guides.

23 February 2012

English 9 - View the Zeffirelli film through Act III iv. Work on your Shakespearian insults that are due on Monday.


Accelerated - Read Act I iv and v. Read Act III i. Update your study guide and any literary terms on the grid you noticed being used in the text.
English 9 - View the Zeffirelli film through Act III iv. Work on your Shakespearian insults that are due on Monday.


Accelerated - Read Act I iv and v. Read Act III i. Update your study guide and any literary terms on the grid you noticed being used in the text.

17 February 2012

English 9 - Finish reading Act II and update the study guide and grid.

Accelerated - Act I i. Update study guide and grid.

16 February 2012

English 9 - View the Baz Luhrmann "R&J" through Act II iii.

Accelerated - Study guides, lit term grid, get Act I i parts. Read Act I Chorus.

09 February 2012

English 9 - View Act I scene i in both R&J films. Identify 5 differences between the two films.

Accelerated - Continue "The Legend of Bagger Vance."

08 February 2012

English 9 - Read Act I scene i in "Romeo and Juliet." Update your study guide.

Accelerated - Continue viewing "The Legend of Bagger Vance."

07 February 2012

English 9 - Henry VIII and his wives! R&J Study Guides. Prologue and characters.

Accelerated - Start viewing "The Legend of Bagger Vance."

06 February 2012

English 9 - Check "scanning" practice. Read "Shakespeare's London" and complete the questions with 1 or 2 others in a group (Due tomorrow).

Accelerated - Continue Romance notes. Hero Journey and where it originates. Examples of "The Place Apart."

03 February 2012

English 9 - Roots due. Blank Verse and Iambic Pentameter scanning practice.

Accelerated - Notes on 4 Archetypes: Satire/Irony, Comedy, Tragedy, Romance.

02 February 2012

English 9 - "Shakespeare's World" note sheet due. Discuss important facts about Shakespeare, his writing, and Elizabethan England. Greek and Latin Roots due tomorrow.


Accelerated - Score sample MCA essays. Greek and Latin Roots Due Monday.