Unit Ten

Post date: Mar 18, 2019 8:17:31 PM

While we are out of school, you should submit all homework via Google Classroom. The enrollment code for fifth period is ksee6mk. For ninth period it is 236cnhg. Please check my website and Google Classroom every day while we are out of school.

Please submit these essays via Google Classroom. Note new due dates.

By 1:00 PM on Wednesday, April 1: Complete your first mini-essay on Romeo and Juliet. (You may write on any of the suggested topics--just complete one essay.) Submit this essay as a Google Doc on Google Classroom.

From here on, please check Google Classroom for assignments.

Sample Leadership Mini-essay

Romeo and Juliet sound recording Disc One

Romeo and Juliet Disc Two

Romeo and Juliet Disc Three

Romeo and Juliet Study Questions

The mini-essays for act 1, act 2, and the whole play and the planning sheets are in the document below. (You might need to scroll down.)

Romeo and Juliet Mini-essay assignments

(Incomplete) Sample Mini-essay on a character from another Shakespeare play

All the set the context exercises are in the document below. (You may need to scroll down.)

Romeo and Juliet Set the Context Exercises

Comma Exercises

Comma Handout (UNC)

Link to Comma Handout (UNC)

The dates and assignments below are not accurate. Wait for an update after March 30.

The week after break: 1. Issues in essays Examples of issues in Romeo and Juliet mini-essays 2. Comma Exercises Comma Handout (UNC) 3. Practice for PSAT

Curious Incident Study Questions and Set the Context exercises

Sound Recording of The Curious Incident

If you are absent, you should use the link above to find the study questions or the Set the Context exercises, but please note that the formatting is a bit mixed up, so you may need to copy and paste the questions into a new document or do a little reformatting. It's a Google Doc, fyi.

Note: If you miss a quiz, you should make it up in class, not in the Testing Center.

By the end of class on Friday, April 12: Complete the study questions on pp. 1-23.

For Monday, April 15: Read pp 23-34 in Curious Incident and answer the study questions.

For Tuesday, April 16: Read pp 34-50.

For Wednesday, April 17: Read pp 50-61 and answer study questions.

For Thursday, April 18: Complete likes and dislikes worksheet and read pp. 61-76

By the end of class on Friday, April 19: Complete Set the Context Exercises.

For Monday, April 22: Read pp 76-88 and answer study questions.

For Tuesday, April 23: Read pp 88-99 and answer study questions. (Bring Chromebooks for STAR test.

For Wednesday, April 24: Read pp 100-115.

Thursday, April 25: We meet in the library for Break for Books.

For Friday, April 26: Read pp 115-124 and answer study questions.

For Monday, April 29: Read pp 124-140.

Tuesday, April 30: Read pp 140-155.

For Wednesday, May 1: Read pp 155-177.

For Thursday, May 2: Read pp 177-198. Also, Set the Context exercises are due.

For Friday, May 3: Read pp 198-221.

For Monday, May 6: Complete exercise about Christopher's use of his intelligence and his facing up to his fears. Christopher Faces His Fears

Curious Incident Mini-essays and planning sheets

We will be in the computer lab on May 7-14 to work on mini-essays about the novel.

The first two mini-essays are due on May 9; the next two are due on May 14.