Sec 2: Summary Review & Descriptive Writing

In-class:
- Titanic summary review and correction
- Went through DW pages 9 - 12
- Group work (describing a character)

Sec 2: Compre Review & Descriptive Writing

In-class:
- Titanic Comprehension Review

Homework:
- Descriptive writing package pages 9 - 12

Sec 3: MSND Act I Scene i (Review)

In-class:
- Went through handout on 'Hermia's options'
- Discussion on characters different viewpoints on love and marriage
- Review on Helena's soliloquy

Homework:
- Handout on significant quotes

Sec 2: Descriptive Writing

In-class:
- Spelling #3
- Went through answers in Descriptive Writing package (pages 6 & 7)
- Students worked in pairs or groups to complete page 8 (metaphors and similes)
- Students shared with their classmates the metaphors and similes that came up with

Sec 3: MSND Act I Scene i (Egeus and Hermia)

In-class:
- Students reviewed all the different types of love as seen in A1S1
- In-depth discussion on Egeus and Hermia

Homework:
- Cupid's arrow & A Promo!
- PBQ Helena's soliloquy
- Hermia's options exercise


TEST on WEDNESDAY 28 April, 2010

Sec 3: MSND Act I Scene i (Theseus & Hippolyta)

In-class:
- Re-cap on last week's lesson regarding the four main characters and review on literary devices
- Students introduced to the theme of love in MSND
- In-depth discussion on Theseus and Hippolyta's type of love


Homework:
- Helena's soliloquy due April 21, 2010 (Wednesday)
- Cupid's arrow & A Promo! exercises due April 21, 2010 (Wednesday)
- Hermia's options worksheet due April 26, 2010 (Monday)

Sec 2: Descriptive Writing

In-class:
- Students introduced to adjectives
- Students given time in class to write a short description about a friend and the class had to guess who they were referring to
- Points in Descriptive Writing Handouts were discussed (pages 1 - 3)

Homework:
- Descriptive Writing Handouts page 4: underline adjectives, and circle the nouns
- Descriptive Writing Handouts page 4: change the adjectives to describe the woods as an eerie and mysterious place
Descriptive Writing Handouts page 4: highlight or underline adjectives in the descriptive passages
- Vocabulary book (at least 10 spelling words should be written for Tuesday's class)

NOTE: Please change the 15th word to CHOROGRAPHY instead.