Announcements and Reminders:
Extra credit opportunities --
- 8 points available for attending the Shakespeare Night Friday at the school.
- Enter the Duct Tape Writing contest. Bring me a copy of your entry.
For testing, bring your own earphones for testing. We will have some,
but as you know they are not too great.
-- State Core Testing will be next week -- April 21/22, 23/24. Come prepared to do your best!
-- April/May Book Assignment: You may use a novel you have been reading during the last
month, or another you will read during the next few weeks.
Your choice of a fictional genre:
realistic, fantasy, science fiction, mystery, horror,
historical, multicultural, classic, adventure, romance, humor, horror
(Did I leave any out?)
Here is the list of
Books Not Allowed for the Outside Reading Assignment
Sign up by April 17, 2015 -- Due May by 8, 2015
You should have already received your Assignment Handout.
Watch for setting, protagonist, point of view, antagonist, conflict, complications, theme,
and other literary elements.
Watch for setting, protagonist, point of view, antagonist, conflict, complications, theme,
and other literary elements.
-- If you need to retake your word parts test, plan to take it on April 29 or 30 in CaveTime.
See me if you were not here to take the first time.
-- If you have not finished the District Writing test, do it THIS WEEK!
See me if you were not here to take the first time.
-- If you have not finished the District Writing test, do it THIS WEEK!
1. Commas -- pages 4 and 5 -- and correct them. Read when finished.
Hand in your packet.
2. Poetry: Quick View -- Take notes in your folded booklet.
Last time:
B7 just read Stopping By Woods
B6 did chart
B5 did chart
A1 to white chart, identified meter from "The Base Stealer"
Soliloquy
an act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play.
| synonyms: | monologue, speech, address, lecture, oration, sermon, homily, aside
"Viola ends the scene with a soliloquy"
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A Soliloquy: To Be or Not To Be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYZHb2xo0OI David Tennant
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ei0fnP9s0KA Mel Gibson
3. The SAGE Test Game
Allusion
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Today:
A1 did not look at the extra sonnets or at the soliloquy. Please do that on your own. Also review Allusion.
They did not finish grammar on the test
review.
B5 Didn't look at soliloquy. Please do that on your own. Also review Allusion.
B6 Didn't look at soliloquy. Please do that on your own. Also review Allusion.
B7 Didn't look at soliloquy. Please do that on your own. Also review Allusion.
