February 2017
Mr. Bly and Mrs. Huynh-Duc’s 9th-Grade Honors English Class Calendar
January 30
Class: Go over vocabulary notecards list 14; pass out Romeo and Juliet study guides; go through PowerPoint introduction and take notes
HW: Read The Prologue in your textbook for tomorrow; answer study guide questions / January 31
Class: Analysis of The Prologue; discuss important literary devices (iambic pentameter, Shakespearean sonnet, etc.)
HW: Read Act I, Scene one for tomorrow and answer study guide questions / 1
Class: Oxymoron Odyssey; Discuss Act I, Scene One; go over literary devices (pun, foil, prose, oxymoron)
HW: Read Act I, Scenes two and three, and answer study guide questions / 2
Class: Discuss Act I, Scenes 2-3
HW: Study Vocabulary Lists 13-14 / 3
VOCABULARY QUIZ 14
Class: Bluff, Vocabulary Quiz #14
HW: Read Act I, Scene 4 and answer study guide questions; Notecards for List 15 due Monday
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Class: Go over vocabulary list 15; Discuss Act I, Scene 4 and analyze Queen Mab speech
HW: Queen Mab handout due tomorrow if not completed during class; Read Act I, Scene 5 and answer study guide questions / 7
Class: Discuss Act I, Scene 5; Literary Term Scavenger Hunt on Act I.
HW: Read Act II, Scenes 1-2 / 8
Class: Discuss Act II, Scenes 1-2; complete Figurative Language Handout from The Balcony Scene!
HW: Complete the Figurative Language handout if not done so in class; Study vocabulary, Lists 13-15 for Friday’s quiz / 9
Class:Go over Figurative Language handout; Balcony Scene Comparison between Franco Zeffirelli and Baz Luhrmann!
HW: Study vocabulary Lists 13-15. / 10
VOCABULARY QUIZ 15
Class: Bluff; Vocab quiz 15;
HW: Notecards for List 16 due Monday. Read Act II, Scene 3 for Monday and answer study guide questions.
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Class: Go over vocabulary list 16; Discuss Act II, Scene 3 (introduction to Friar Laurence); read Act II, Scene 4 in class and analyze the innuendos
HW: Finish Act II for tomorrow and answer study guide questions / 14
Class: Discuss conclusion of Act II; Literary Term scavenger hunt
HW: Poetry vs. Prose handout / 15
Early Release Day
Class: Discuss Prose v. Poetry handout;Sonnet project assigned!
HW: Study vocabulary Lists 13-16 for Friday. / 16
Class: Analyze a Shakespearean sonnet with a partner; in-class work on sonnets
HW: Study vocabulary Lists 13-16 for tomorrow’s quiz. / 17
VOCABULARY QUIZ 16
Class: Bluff; Vocabulary Quiz; Begin reading Act III, Scene 1 together in class and answer study guide questions.
HW: Finish Act III, Scene 1 and study guide questions for Monday. Notecards for List 17 due Monday.
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Class: Go over notecards list 17; Discuss Act III, Scene 1 in class. What happened? How is this the turning point of the play?
HW: Read Act III, Scene 2 for tomorrow. Sonnet rough drafts due Friday! / 21
Class: Discussion of Act III, Scene 2 (dramatic irony, symbolism of the word “night,” etc.). Fill in Juliet’s side to the reaction to Romeo’s banishment.
HW: Read Act III, Scene 3 and 4 for tomorrow and answer study guide questions. Sonnet rough drafts due Friday! / 22
Class: Discuss Act III, Scene 3 and complete Reaction to Romeo’s Banishment handout in class. Discuss scene 4.
HW: Read Act III, Scene 5 for tomorrow. Sonnet rough drafts due Friday! / 23
Class: Discuss worst fights with your parents! Go over scene 5 and Juliet’s verbal irony. Complete the “Who’s to Blame” handout and discuss.
HW: Study vocabulary lists 13-17; Sonnet rough drafts due tomorrow! / 24
VOCABULARY QUIZ 17
SONNET ROUGH DRAFTS DUE
Class: Bluff; vocab quiz; Peer-edit of each other’s sonnets!
HW: Read Act IV scenes 1-4 and answer study guide; notecards for List 18 due Monday