New Agenda for Week of November 30th, 2009
Monday
Sign out Brave New World. We will not start it until mid-week next week, but I want the novel finished by the second day that we return to school from winter break.
"Romeo and Juliet"--Act I.
Homework: Finish Act I if we have not done so in class.
Tuesday
Finish movie. Hand-out on "Courtly Love" and sonnets. Go over. Hand-out on "Romeo and Juliet." Begin Act I in class. Finish for homework.
Wednesday
Hand-out on "Courtly Love" and sonnets. Go over. Begin reading Act II of "Romeo and Juliet." Finish Act II for homework (unless there is too much left at the end of class, in which case, we will adapt appropriately).
Thursday
Begin reading Act II of "Romeo and Juliet." Finish for homework.
Homework for both Wednesday and Thursday Nights: Vocabulary chapter 7.
Friday
Check vocabulary. Questions/answers for Act II. Weekend homework:
1. Write a metaphor about loving someone (could be a friend, boyfriend, girlfriend, relative, or a pet)
2. Write a simile about feeling rejected by someone you love/admire (could be a pet).
3. Write a conceit--could be a simile or a metaphor. See sonnets.
These will be due--typed--on Monday/Tuesday.
