Tues,3/7-Following directions worksheet.  Review syllabus and get it signed and get book covered for tomorrow. 

Wed,3/8-Hand in signed syllabus. Introduce each other.  Read "Chillin' with the Bard" interview. 

Thurs,3/9-COWS... get Holt textbook username and password.  William Shakespeare scavenger hunt from Mrs. DeValk's TeacherWeb.  Read pp. 724-730 in text on Shakespeare and the theater.

Fri,3/10-Read outside reading book.  Word Splash on Shakespeare.  Watch "Shakespeare in the Classroom"

Mon,3/13-Snow Day

Tues,3/14-Whiteboard Shakespeare review.  Read prologue to R&J and answer questions with a partner.  Pepfest for girls' basketball team at 1:55.

Wed,3/15-Review sonnet form and iambic pentameter.  Practice prologue.  Start reading Romeo and Juliet.  Act I, Scene i, line 85.  Complete first three questions of study guide.

Thurs,3/16-Early out.  No class

Fri,3/17-Novel reading. Review prologue.  Partner sheet.  Finish Act I, Scene i.  Stay current on study guide.

Mon,3/20-Read Act I, Scenes ii & iii in Romeo and Juliet.  Court Mask assignment.  Work on study guide with Romeo partner.

Tues,3/21-Review Act I so far.  Read Scene iv and review prologue.  Watch movie. 

Wed,3/22-DOL.  Mask assignment due.  Finish movie up to Capulet ball and read Scene v at the ball, wearing masks.  Act I quiz tomorrow and first prologue quiz Friday (every other line).  Review on teacher web quiz link.

Thurs,3/23-Act I quiz.  Study guide check.  Watch movie.

Fri,3/24-Read novel.  First prologue quiz (every other line).  Finish Act I movie.  Trimester project assignment sheet and discussion.

Mon,3/27-Look at examples of project videos.  Read Scenes i & ii in Act II.  Complete study guide.

Tues,3/28-Finish Act II Scene ii and watch movie of balcony scene.  Complete study guide.

Wed,3/29-DOL. (DOL quiz next Wednesday) Read Act II Scene iii.

Thurs,3/30-Finish Act II.  Complete study guide.  Final prologue quiz tomorrow.

Fri,3/31-Read outside novel.  Final prologue quiz.  Meet with Friar Laurence partner to do Act II quiz.  Study guide check.

Mon,4/3-Review Acts I & II.  Watch movie.  Shakespeare Insult Sheet.

Tues,4/4-Read Act III, scene i.  Shakespeare Man announcement.  Permission form and $3 due Mon,4/10.

Wed,4/5-DOL quiz.  Read Act III, scene ii.  Keep up on study guide.

Thurs,4/6-Finish Act III. Study guide.  Act III quiz tomorrow.

Fri,4/7-Read outside novel. Watch movie through Act III.  Take quiz.

Mon,4/10-Grade Act III quiz.  Work on study guide.  Collect Shakespeare Man slips.

Tues,4/11-Study guide check.  Shakespeare Man slips and $3 due.  Read Scenes i-iii in Act IV. 

Wed,4/12-Shakespeare Man!!!!!!!!

Have a good Easter!

Tues,4/18-Finish Act IV and study guide.  Start Act V.

Wed,4/19-Finish the play!!  Work on study guide.  R&J projects due tomorrow.  Test on Friday.

Thurs,4/20-Projects due.  Finish watching the movie.  Play "Who's to Blame?"  Toronado drill at 1:45.

Fri,4/21-Romeo and Juliet test.  Read outside reading book.

Mon,4/24-Dickens webquest scavenger hunt on Mrs. DeValk's Teacher Web.

Tues,4/25-Introduce A Tale of Two Cities.  Read Chapter 1 and answer study guide questions.

Wed,4/26-DOL.  Read chapter 2 & 3 in Tale and do study guide and vocabulary.

Thurs,4/27-Revolutionary feelings group activity.  Read Chapter 4 in Tale and do study guide and vocabulary.

Fri,4/28-Read outside novel for 20 minutes.  Quiz on Chaps. 1-4 in Book 1.  Read Chaps. 1-2 in Book 2 and do study guide and vocabulary.

Mon,5/1-Reinact Chapter 2 in Book 2, the Old Bailey Court scene. 

Tues,5/2-Study Guide and Vocabulary check.  Watch movie.  Homework=writing opportunity.  Pretend you are the character you played in the courtroom scene and write a letter to a friend describing the trial. 

Wed,5/3-DOL.  Quiz next week.  Read Chapter 3.  Work on study guide and vocabulary. 

Thurs,5/4-Read letter to Lucie Manette partner.  Turn in.  Read Chapter 4 & 5.  Study guide and vocabulary.

Fri,5/5-Read outside reading book.  Practice prologue.  First test Tuesday.  Tale projects due Thurs, 5/25.  Read chapters 6 & 7 in Tale and work on study guide and vocabulary.

Mon,5/6-Practice prologue (first quiz tomorrow).  Read Chapter 6 and watch movie.  Keep up on study guide and vocabulary.

Tues,5/7-First prologue quiz.  Chapter 1-6 partner sheet. 

Wed,5/8-DOL quiz.  Love songs for extra credit.  Watch movie.

Thurs,5/9-Finish movie.  Read Chapter 8.  Second prologue quiz.

Fri,5/10-Teacher Workshop.  No School.

Mon,5/15-Final prologue quiz.  Read chpt. 9 and watch movie.

Tues,5/16-Ninth-grade prologue.  Read Chapter 10.  Chapters 11 & 12 for homework.  Study guide check tomorrow.

Wed,5/17-DOL.  Revolutionary groups.  Movie

Thurs,5/18-Present in revolutionary groups.  Read Chapter 1.  Make cockades.

Fri,5/19-Read outside reading book.  Review due next Friday.  Projects due next Thursday.  Read Chapter 2.  Chapter 3 for homework.  pepfest 1:55

Mon,5/22-Read chapter 4.  Study Guide & Vocab. packets.  Take notes on symbols.

Tues,5/23-Read chapters 5 & 6.  Take notes on characterization.  Read 7 & 8 for homework.

Wed,5/24-Reinact Chapter 8.  Read 9 & 10.  Chapters 11 for homework.  E.C. for origin of title of chap. 12

Thurs,5/25-Projects due.  Read chapter 12.Study guide and vocab.

Fri,5/26-Read outside novel.  Review due.  Watch movie.

Tues,5/27-Review for test.

Wed,5/28-Tale of Two Cities test.

HAVE A GREAT SUMMER!