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| Monday, April 27, 2009 12:00 AM -0800 | By: Julie Barry |
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| The first thing we did was look at the students' directions for their writing assignment this week, a Dialectical Journal for Taming of the Shrew. The 5 DJ entries (one from each act) are due on Friday. Extra copies of student directions are in the |
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| English 9 |
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| Friday, April 24, 2009 9:02 AM -0800 | By: Julie Barry |
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| Since we finished reading Romeo and Juliet yesterday, we began watching the classic Zeffirelli film version of the play. |
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| English 10 |
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| Friday, April 24, 2009 9:01 AM -0800 | By: Julie Barry |
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| Period 1 students took a brief quiz: writing a one paragraph summary each of the induction and the play. All students continued reading the play in their groups. Students are to finish reading at least through Act 4 for homework. |
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| English 9 |
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| Thursday, April 23, 2009 8:23 AM -0800 | By: Julie Barry |
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| We continued reading Romeo and Juliet aloud to each other, with students gaining more and more comfort with reading aloud and more and more skill with adapting their voices to the tone of each character. |
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| English 10 |
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| Thursday, April 23, 2009 8:18 AM -0800 | By: Julie Barry |
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| I reminded students about requirements for the C & C essay (due tomorrow) including the need for a quote in every supporting paragraph and for in-text citations as well as a works cited page. I reminded students that we have an excellent resourc |
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| English 9 |
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| Wednesday, April 22, 2009 12:00 AM -0800 | By: Julie Barry |
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| Each student first wrote a brief one-paragraph summary of what has happened in Romeo and Juliet so far. Students then eagerly chose parts and continued reading the play aloud again. |
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| English 10 - period 2 |
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| Wednesday, April 22, 2009 12:00 AM -0800 | By: Julie Barry |
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| I reminded students about requirements for the C & C essay (due Friday) including the need for a quote in every supporting paragraph and for in-text citations as well as a works cited page. I reminded students that we have an excellent resource |
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| English 9 |
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| Tuesday, April 21, 2009 8:40 AM -0800 | By: Julie Barry |
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| We summarized what we'd read yesterday, and then continued reading Romeo and Juliet. Students are taking parts and reading aloud, as the play should be read. |
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| Tuesday, April 21, 2009 8:36 AM -0800 | By: Julie Barry |
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| This morning we summarized what we read in the induction of Taming of the Shrew yesterday. Students who were absent yesterday are required to read the Induction on their own. Students then went into their assigned groups and began reading with Act |
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| English 9 |
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| Monday, April 20, 2009 12:00 AM -0800 | By: Julie Barry |
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| We completed one of our post-production activities: the self-reflection. These will be submitted to Ms. Heather of Safe and Drug Free Schools. We then set up parts, and began reading Romeo and Juliet. |
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| English 10 |
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| Monday, April 20, 2009 12:00 AM -0800 | By: Julie Barry |
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| Students submitted the rough drafts of their C & C essays (final draft due Friday). I also made a reminder announcement about the extra credit opportunity available after school - a guest speaker in my classroom from 2:15 to 3:15. We then took |
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| English 10 |
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| Friday, April 17, 2009 2:07 PM -0800 | By: Julie Barry |
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| This morning we took our vocabulary quiz (through #50) and there was a grammar quiz re-take offered and taken. I also reminded students that they have a rough draft of their comparison and contrast essay due on Monday. |
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| English 9 |
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| Friday, April 17, 2009 12:00 AM -0800 | By: Julie Barry |
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| After having finished the project, we began on post-project work. We each created lists of things we've worked on, practiced, or learned while making this video. |
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| English 9 |
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| Thursday, April 16, 2009 12:00 AM -0800 | By: Julie Barry |
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| Today was our last day to work on our movie project. We made sure we had each piece of the movie it the proper place and created transitions between each section. |
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| English 10 - period 1 |
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| Thursday, April 16, 2009 12:00 AM -0800 | By: Julie Barry |
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| We went to the computer lab to work on our comparison and contrast essays. Students used this time to further flesh out the ideas they'd briefly outlined yesterday, to ask questions of me, and to begin drafting. |
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| English 9 |
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| Wednesday, April 15, 2009 9:28 AM -0800 | By: Julie Barry |
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| We continued putting the individual iMovie segments together to form our final product. |
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| English 9 |
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| Wednesday, April 15, 2009 9:27 AM -0800 | By: Julie Barry |
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| We continued our final work on each segment of the video for our film. |
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| English 10 - period 2 |
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| Wednesday, April 15, 2009 9:26 AM -0800 | By: Julie Barry |
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| We went to the computer lab to work on our comparison and contrast essays. Students used this time to further flesh out the ideas they'd briefly outlined yesterday, to ask questions of me, and to begin drafting. |
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| Tuesday, April 14, 2009 12:00 AM -0800 | By: Julie Barry |
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| This afternoon the class attended an assembly - a production of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. This served as an introduction to Shakespeare, since our next project (after we finish the movie) will be to read Romeo and Juliet. |
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