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Author Archives: Amanda Lichocki
May20
- SLOT-Write a Shakespearean Sonnet.
- Your sonnet must be about love
- Your sonnet must follow the proper structure (you should have taken notes on Monday!)
- SSR-Read novel for 10 minutes/Book Talks
- Romeo and Juliet-Finish script. Due tonight by 11:59 to Google Classroom!
May19
- SLOT-Referencing Sonnet 18, paraphrase each quatrain, and the rhyming couplet. Do this on the back of Sonnet 18! Make sure to use the appropriate heading for each paraphrased section:
- Quatrain 1-
- Quatrain 2-
- Quatrain 3-
- Rhyming Couplet-
- SSR-Read novel for 10 minutes/Book Talks
- Romeo and Juliet-Continue writing script. Script due tomorrow by 11:59 pm to Google Classroom.
May18
Essay Contest for those interested in Journalism!
- https://mipamsu.org/pulitzer/
- Entry deadline: June 10, 2016 by 11:59 pm.
May18
- SLOT-Referencing Sonnet 18, identify literary devices (pun, oxymoron, personification, alliteration, double entendre, etc.)
- Highlight your examples
- Label and explain through annotation
- SSR-Read novel for 10 minutes/Book Talks
- Romeo and Juliet-Continue writing script. Due 5/20 by 11:59 pm to Google Classroom.
May17
- SLOT-Referencing Sonnet 18, identify the theme(s) of the sonnet.
- Highlight textual evidence
- Explain how your evidence helped you to figure out the theme of the sonnet
- SSR-Read novel/Book talks
- Romeo and Juliet-Continue writing script. Script due 5/20 by 11:59 pm to Google Classroom.
May16
- SLOT-Sonnet 18
- Mentor Text-Sonnet 18
- Read the sonnet
- How many lines are in a sonnet?
- What else do you notice about the structure?
- SSR-Read novel for 10 minutes/Book Talks
- Romeo and Juliet-Begin writing your script. Script due 5/20 by 11:59 pm to Google Classroom!
May13
- SLOT-Referencing Article of the Week #9, respond to the following prompt in 2 paragraphs.
- Paragraph #1-Intro and claim
- Paragraph #2-Correctly embedded quote supporting your claim
- Do you believe in arranged marriages? Explain.
- SSR-Read novel for 10 minutes/Book Talks
- Romeo and Juliet-Finish Rationale. Due by 11:59 pm to Google Classroom.
May12
- SLOT-Referencing Article of the Week #9, read and annotate for Subject and Tone.
- Highlight textual evidence
- Label and explain through annotation
- SSR-Read novel for 10 minutes/Book Talks
- Romeo and Juliet-Continue working on Rationale. Due 5/13 by 11:59 pm to Google Classroom.
May11
- SLOT-Referencing Article of the Week #9, read and annotate for Audience and Purpose.
- Highlight textual evidence
- Label and explain through annotation
- SSR-Read novel for 10 minutes/Book Talks
- Romeo and Juliet-Begin Rationale. Due 5/13 by 11:59 pm to Google Classroom.