Individual Conferencing starting this week!

I am finally getting to know your names for the most part.  I am looking forward to getting to know you even better through conferencing which I am starting this week.
I will be checking in with 6-7 students on Wednesdays and Fridays until the end of the 6 weeks. We will visit for about 5 minutes each.  Please bring:

• Your journal to check off items 1-5

1. What I Know About Shakespeare
2. Love at First Sight (3 paragraph piece submitted)
3. Background on Shakespeare (may be on same page as item 1)
4. Shakespeare's English
5. Balcony Scene: Comparing 3 movie versions with original play: What are the essentials? How are they the same or different?  Focus on the body of the piece. OR                                 Alternate Essay (if you didn't see the videos and can't find them on Youtube: Find Juliet's speech on a rose by another name smells as sweet.  Write down the two or three lines that are related.  Write three paragraphs about the importance of a name.

• Syllabus Signed Sheet if I don't have it yet
• What are you reading outside of class?

WOW. That is a lot to learn in five minutes but we can do it.

Week Two Notes Sept 11-15

This week we listened to Act I Scenes I-V of Romeo and Juliet

Guidelines for Understanding R & J better can be found in this link:Understanding Shakespeare - 10 Strategies

You can also go to SparkNotes: No Fear Shakespeare to get a modern day translationSparkNotes - Romeo and Juliet

If you missed any classes, check out the right hand side bar for assignments/journal writes.

Check out the left hand side bar for general class documents to include the syllabus and class expectations.

Hello Titan Frosh - Honors 9
It has been a pleasure to meet all of you, although I am still learning names.  Please be patient.
We have mostly taken care of housekeeping this week, but you did have the opportunity to do some journal writes, to include short writing assignments and to do some note taking.

Here is a summary of what we have accomplished:

You picked up your textbooks.
You participated in several "get to know you" activities since participating in classroom discussions is a big part of your classroom work.  (see document College and Career Ready Standard 1 - left bar)
You have the syllabus to go over with parents this weekend. (see sidebar to left)
You introduced your A/B or 1-2 partners to the rest of your small group in Shakepeare's English.
You tried out some journal writes and notes - all on 9/8/17:

#1 What I know about Shakespeare/Romeo and Juliet
#2 Do you believe in love at first sight?
#3 Background notes/historical context of Shakespeare - basic life facts and elements in his plays

You did a baseline essay of 3 paragraphs on prompt #2 above to turn in:

Paragraph 1 is your opening statement and overview of your view.
Paragraph 2 offers at least 3 reasons for your view with some elaboration
Paragraph 3 wraps up your ideas, perhaps personalizing it somewhat.

Whew!  We accomplished a lot. 

Homework for Monday is to bring the signed form of your syllabus and your R & J textbook.
Of course, you will always have your journal on hand.  Happy Weekend!  Mrs. Rands