English 9B

English 9B Syllabus
March 06 – March 10, 2006
Trimester III – Week 2

Monday, March 06

• Quickwrite – pg. 732.
• Read and listen to Romeo and Juliet Act I, Scenes 1 – 3.
• Fill out KWL.
• Watch Zeffirelli DVD – Act I, Scene 1.

Tuesday, March 07

• Vocabulary 9 Due.
• Review Vocabulary 9.
• Watch video on pronouns.
• Go over English Workshop – Ch. 16.
• Complete Review Exercises for Homework – due Thursday.
• Watch Zeffirelli DVD – Act I, Scenes 2 & 3.

Wednesday, March 08

• Half Day – no class for fifth period.
• Complete/Revise Criterion essay if you have a four or below.
• Read red dot books.

Thursday, March 09

• Vocabulary 9 Quiz.
• Read and listen to Romeo and Juliet Act I, Scenes 4 & 5.
• Fill out KWL.
• Watch Zeffirelli DVD – Act I, Scenes 4 & 5.

Friday, March 10

• Pronoun Quiz.
• Quickwrite on suspense and what you expect to happen next.
• Read and listen to Romeo and Juliet Act II, Scenes 1 – 3.
• Fill out KWL.
• Watch Zeffirelli DVD – Act I, Scenes 1 – 3.

Indiana State Standards covered this week:

• 9.1.1 Identify and use the literal and figurative meanings of words and understand the origins of words.
• 9.3.3 Analyze interactions between characters in a literary text and explain the way those interactions affect the plot.

• 9.3.4 Determine characters’ traits by what the characters say about themselves in narration, dialogue, and soliloquy (when they speak out loud to themselves).

• 9.3.6 Analyze and trace an author’s development of time and sequence, including the use of complex literary devices, such as foreshadowing (providing clues to future events) or flashbacks (interrupting the sequence of events to include information about an event that happened in the past).

• 9.3.7 Recognize and understand the significance of various literary devices, including figurative language, imagery, allegory (the use of fictional figures and actions to express truths about human experiences), and symbolism (the use of a symbol to represent an idea or theme), and explain their appeal.

• 9.3.12 Analyze the way in which a work of literature is related to the themes and issues of its historical period.

• 9.4.10 Review, evaluate, and revise writing for meaning, clarity, content, and mechanics.

• 9.4.11 Edit and proofread one’s own writing, as well as that of others, using an editing checklist with specific examples of corrections of frequent errors.

• 9.4.12 Revise writing to improve the logic and coherence of the organization and perspective, the precision of word choice, and the appropriateness of tone by taking into consideration the audience, purpose, and formality of the context.

• 9.6.2 Demonstrate an understanding of sentence construction, including parallel structure, subordination, and the proper placement of modifiers, and proper English usage, including the use of consistent verb tenses.