English II at the Mount

due 28/29 March (Pre-AP)

March 27, 2012
Using my Act I & II guides as a model, create a guide for Act III.  Your guide should have blanks (at least ten), and include...

 -- all important plot points
 -- a meaningful quote (important to theme, etc) from each scene
 -- some sort of visual element (a diagram, pictures to represent plot events, etc)
 

due 26/27 March (Everyone)

March 15, 2012
1. Read Act III of A Midsummer Night's Dream.

2. Enjoy break!

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due 15 March (CP)

March 14, 2012
1. Figurative Language FA next class.  Use our jeopady game to start your studying:

http://jeopardylabs.com/play/figurative-language306


2. Read all of Act II and complete the Act II guide
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due 14/15 March (Pre-AP)

March 14, 2012
1. You will have a figurative language FA next class.  If you want to review, you could start with this Jeopardy game:

http://jeopardylabs.com/play/figurative-language306

2. Together in class, we went through one example of a figurative language analysis and then did another one in pairs / on our own.  Please do another analysis for homework.  Steps 1 & 2 can be handwritten, but I would like your "Possible Conclusions" to be typed.

3. Make sure you've read through Act II & complete the Act II g...
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due 12/13 March (Pre-AP)

March 8, 2012
1. Read to the end of Act II and prepare for your role.  Make sure you read your part aloud before coming to class -- it will be easier for the audience to understand, and you'll look composed and professional!

2. Use Acts I & II to fill out the figurative language chart on the back of your Act I guide.  Make sure you fill it out completely... all four columns, and all ten rows.  You need to include at least one example of each type of figurative language (metaphor, simile, personification, sy...
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due 9 March (CP)

March 7, 2012
1. Make sure you've read Act I.  Fill out the "Act I Guide" (both sides -- "Athenians" and "The Mechanicals").

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due 8/9 March (Pre-AP)

March 7, 2012
1. Final drafts of paragraph #4 are due (Shakespeare)

2. Read through Act II, scene i in AMND and prepare for your assigned role!  Make sure to read your part out loud before you get to class so that you can do it dramatically and effortlessly.

3. Finish the "Act I Guide" (front side only) that was handed out in class

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due 6 March (Pre-AP)

March 6, 2012
1. Read all of Act I in A Midsummer Night's Dream

2. Rough draft #4 ("Should HS students read Shakespeare?") due

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due 5 March (CP)

March 2, 2012

Read Act I, scene i of A Midsummer Night's Dream and prepare for your role (given in class)


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due 2/5 March (Pre-AP)

March 2, 2012

1. A Days: Final version of theme paragraph

2. Read Act I, scene i of A Midsummer Night's Dream and prepare for your role

3. Make sure your Figurative Language graphic organizers are filled out through personification.  The first four columns should be filled out -- we will fill out the AMND column together as we go through the play.


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