28 May 2010

vocab power study

grammar: review appositives

Act I -- finish highlites, etc.

homework:
extra credit: paraphrase Polonius's advice
vocab test Tuesday

start memorizing the beginning of "to be or not to be" speech: (for next week, Thursday)
To be or not to be, that is the question:
whether tis nobler in the mind to suffer
the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
and by opposing end them?
to die; to sleep; no more;

27 May 2010

vocab -- none -- test tues
grammar: appositives -- notes and p46-47 exercises

Hammmmmmlet: Act I sc. 2, notes, highlights, youtube, FYI

hw: appositives -- odds both sides

26 May 2010

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-NLnsq3P7Y

vocab -- stories with partners

grammar: review test

Hamlet
watch act I scene 1 -- you tube

handouts -- read FYI, fill in character chart

hw: none

25 May 2010

vocab -- homework -- list week 14 words, ex. 1 & 3, pics and word clues

grammar: prep phrases -- p. 43-44
ultimate grammar meltdown.

begin watching Mr. Fancy Pants and the development of the English Language -- BBC site.

hw: vocab, grammar (if you want), bring Hamlet

24 May 2010

Let's bowl, let's bowl, let's rock-n-roll!

21 May 2010

vocab test

Hamlet tone activity, Act 1 sc. 1

no homework.

permission slips for trip on Monday!!

20 May 2010

Vocab 13 -- skits

Grammar -- big ole' test

Reusmes due

Anthony's and my (and all other May peeps') birthday party!!!!!


hw: vocab test tomo!