Thursday, 4/30

Thursday, 4/30/09:
Agenda
1. Review Romeo and Juliet study guide packet ?s for scenes 1 & 2.
2. Begin Romeo and Juliet Act 2 scenes 3 & 4.

HW:1. Answer study guide ?s for both scenes 3 and 4.
2. Study for spelling test tomorrow.
3. Finish vocabulary packet + skills page.
Today,Sister Salma was absent, so we listened to scenes 3 and 4 as a class. since we had time left due to the short scenes, we had time to begin answering our study guide questions in groups.However, we did not go over our study guide questions for scenes 1 and 2.

Sara Mahmoud

Wednesday, April 29

Wednesday, April 29
Agenda:
1. Romeo and Juliet
- Act 1 Quiz
2. The shakesperean Sonnet
- class discussion
3. Handout(group activity)
- Practice on Meter (stressed & unstressed)

HW:
1. Read Romeo and Juliet Act 2 scenes 1&2.
2. Answer Questions for both scenes 1&2.
3. Vocab Ex 4.

-- THE SHAKESPEREAN SONNET--

FORMATTING: usually no spaces between stanzas.
STANZAS: made up of three quatrains(4 lines) each expresses a different aspect or theme of poem.
ENDING: final couplet(2 lines) presents a concluding statement.
RHYME SCHEME: abab cdcd efef gg
METER: Iambic---> unstressed, stressed.
Pentameter---> five pairs.

Tuesday, 4/28/09

Tuesday 4/28/09
Today in Sister Salma's English class, we went over two things;first we switched our paper's with a partner, and checked our
Romeo and Juliet study guide questions for both scenes three and four. Then we continued our discussion as a class about Literary Devices. These included:
1.Oxymoron: the pairing of two opposites.
2. Comic relief: including a humerous character/scene to lighted up the mood of the story/play.
3. Foreshadow: a clue "hint" to what may happen next in the play/story.
4. Metaphor: a comparison between two things without using like/as.
5. Aside: a character speaking to himself or to another character "on the side".
We didnt have the chance to begin scene 5,because the class was cut short due to the earlier assembly.

Agenda:
1. Continue discussion on literary devices.
2. Review Romeo and Juliet study guide questions.
3. Begin scene 5.

hw: 1. Continue reading scene 5 and answer Romeo and Juliet study guide questions.
2. Vocab ex 3.

Agenda for Thursday: 4-16-09

1. Leila: essay exam
2. Character comparison essay
-----> step #3: peer review
HW: 1- finish vocab packet/study for sp. test
2- work on character comparison essay
-----> final draft due Monday.

Today, in Sr. Salma's English class we took the second part of the Leila or the Siege of Granada exam, which was the essay part of it.We were given a prompt and only 35 minutes to finish it. When done, students paired up and peer reviewd their character comparison essays.

~Mona Seddeek =)

Scribe notes 4/13/09

Agenda:

1- Spelling pre-test #26
2- Leila: Chart Comparison
-> T-chart
Hwk: 1- Vocab Ex. 2
2- Finish T-chart
3- Leila: Final exam on Wed.

First in class, we took our spelling pre-test and did the vocab excersize one. After that, Sr.Salma gave us a "Character Comparison Essay" sheet, that gave us instructions to an essay that is due next week. In class, we did the first step which is to write a T-Chart comparing two characters. We get to choose the characters between Almamen and Torquemada, or King Boabdil and Ferdinand. After about 10 minutes of looking for information for our T-chart, the bell rang and we headed out to the next class.

Friday April 3, 2009

Agenda
1-Spelling test # 25
2-Leila: Book 5 chapter 5
Hw:
1-Finish reading V.5-V.7 and complete entry for each
2- work on Invention project

Todat in class we took spelling test #25. We finished reading chapter five of Leila in class , so remember to complete an entry for it. For homework finish the rest of the book and complete an entry for each of the chapters. Work on your project for the Invention Convention.

4-1-09 (wednesday)

1. Leila: lit circle discussion of V. 2
--> begin V. 3
HW: 1- vocab ex 4
2- finish V. 3; complete entry

Today in Sr. Salma's English class, students presented the last of the Character biograpies. Then, we got in our literature circle, and discussion V. 2. Then we read chapter three, and the rest was for homework!

~mona seddeek =)