HELLO!

TOMORROW IS YOUR

JULIUS CAESAR TEST

YES! TOMORROW!

TODAY 

HAVE YESTERDAY'S 

JOURNAL ASSIGNMENT

ON YOUR DESK

 

Do Now! Copy new vocabulary words

Ò You should have completed your panel on “Julius Caesar” and gmailed it to my address 

        (cc yourself).

Ò Next vocab test is on Friday, Dec. 04, 2009.

        Vocab #’s 201-21.

Daily Quote: John F. Kennedy: “ As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them”.

ÒDo now! Set up your computer and google the following word:   

                    “Visualization”

In your notebook:

Ò.Define visualization

Ò Write three extra lines of your choice from your research

ÒClick on the Comic Life icon on the bar below and we will begin.

ÒCreate one visual cell with text on “Julius Caesar”.

Ò You will focus on a character or theme that will guide you in your choice of imagery and written text.

ÒUse your class notes and previous research to help you make your choices. Don’t forget to save your work and gmail it to my address and to yourself.

ÒDaily Quotes: “Also the pictures themselves give a visual to the audience tuning in…….”   author unknown

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ÒDo Now: Clear your desk (Tabula Rasa) except for your notebook.

ÒClass work: Take notes on the Caesar reading and presentation.

ÒHave you been paying attention to “Julius Caesar”?

ÒWere you oblivious?

Ò Have you focused and taken notes in class?

ÒThink analytically and critically when you view today’s presentation.

            Friday is VOCAB-ATHON 100

Daily Quote: “Many highly intelligent people are poor thinkers. Many people of average intelligence are skilled thinkers. The power of a car is separate from the way the car is driven”.                                    Edward de Bono 

ÒDo now: Place 100 vocabs on desk to be checked. All cards must have a graphic symbol for mnemonic purposes.

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ÒRemember: Friday is 100 vocab day. Don’t be absent. Monday and Tuesday are half days. It will be unfortunate if you have to return to school at three o’clock to make up your test. The policy still holds – there are only 4 days available for your make-ups, then you receive a 0.

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ÒClass work: Student reading of Act 3 Scene 1 of “Julius Caesar” with a focus on dramatic irony and foreshadowing.

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ÒDaily quote: “Experience is the teacher of all    

                           things”.  Julius Caesar

                 “A man who is "of sound mind" is one

                 who keeps the inner madman under lock and key”.
                                                                                                          Paul Valery 

Friday November 13, 2009 

Vocab test on words from 80 - 100

}Do Now: Place your notebook on the assigned space for your class. I will check them for your homework assignments and daily quotes. I will return them to you tomorrow. Please put them on the correctly labeled space.

}Tomorrow we will have a writing workshop on constructed responses. Be prepared and ready to write.

}Don’t wait until the last moment! Friday is your 100 word checkup. Review twenty

words a night and you should be ok.

}STUDY and REVIEW.

}Class focus: To continue the class reading of "Julius Caesar"

}Daily Quote: We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world.                                                     Buddha

}Do Now!

}In Julius Ceasar the tribunes/senators are preoccupied with class distinction (the rich versus the common people). From your reading of the play write 7 lines in your notebook on this topic and include the imagery that is used by Casca to describe the crowd.

}Today we will continue with our class reading of Julius Caesar.

}Tomorrow you will have another opportunity to look brilliant. Vocab test : words 81-100.

}Next Friday we will have a 100 word Word-athon.

}Daily Quote:

         “I feel we are all islands - in a common sea”.        

                                               Anne Morrow Lindbergh

}Do Now:

 Clear desk except for notebook and be prepared during the class reading of “Julius Caesar” to write down examples of foreshadowing.

}Foreshadowing: A device used in literature to create expectation or to set up an explanation of later developments (It is like fortune telling, a prediction of the future).

}Homework: Write 16 lines in your notebook on examples of foreshadowing as seen in “Julius Caesar”. Then skip one line and give an example of an experience that you had when you experienced foreshadowing (Write at lease 8 lines).

Remember: Vocabulary test on Friday. Study words 81-100. 

}Daily Quote:  “Prediction is very difficult, especially if it's about the future”.                                        Niels Bohr

}Do Now:  1. Copy this week’s vocabulary on cards. This completes another 100  words.

}2. Place your journals on desks for a homework and journal check.

}3. In your notebook copy the following definition:

       Expectations: to await some occurrence or outcome, implies a high degree of certainty and usually involves the idea of preparing or envisioning.

}4. In your journal I expect you to, Write two full pages on any expectations that are placed upon you. ( to be finished in class)

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}“Julius Ceasar” Homework - In your notebook:  Discuss the reasons for Cassius’ retelling  of the swimming challenge story during his conversation with Brutus. Complete 16 lines.

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}Daily Quotes: “Don't live down to expectations. Go out there and do something remarkable”.  W. Wassertein

      

   “Don't lower your expectations to meet your performance. Raise your level of performance to meet your expectations. Expect the best of yourself, and then do what is necessary to make it  a reality.”                                      

                                                                                           Ralph Morrison

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Do Now! In your journal note book go to the entry "I FEEL LOST WHEN...." and on the empty page choose one of the following prompts and write a full page:  

1. DID YOU EVER FEEL LIKE..........   

 2. WHEN I GET UP IN THE MORNING I FEEL..........   

 3. I IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF MY LIFE BY.............

The remaining two quotes will be homework that will be due on Monday. No late work will be accepted.  Of these two quotes you choose the one that will be two full written pages. The other will be a written page and a collage. Please don't wait until the last moment. You are graded on quality and having the assignment done on a timely fashion.

We will continue with the class reading of "Julius Caesar".

Tomorrow there will be a vocab test on #'s 61-80. I am giving you a break to start the new grading period. This week only I will not include any words from previous lists. Take advantage and and start with  100 points.

Daily quotes: "Something there is that doesn't like a wall." Robert Frost

"Home is the place where, when you have to go there, They have to take you in."                                                                                                              Robert Frost

Wednesday: November 4, 2009 English2

}Do Now: Finish Vocab symbols and memorize #’s 61-70 for oral quiz.

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} During the above class work each student will receive a private conference on their first quarter grade. This will include an opportunity to discuss missing work and a two day window for makeup.

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}Absent: It is your responsibility to set up a private meeting after school.

Thursday: October 29,2009

  Do Now: Have notebook, vocab cards, and journals ready for inspection.

}This should include your journal homework from the love and life posters on the back board.

}Intro to W. Shakespeare and class reading of Julius Caesar Act 1 Scene 1 and 2.

}Discussion on power, intrigue and Roman class system.

}Remember: Vocab test tomorrow!

Daily Quote: "Great spirits have always encountered 

                                          violent opposition from mediocre minds."  Albert Einstein

Wednesday: October 28, 2009 Eng. 2

}Do Now: Set up for computer lab and immediately begin to finish your four page data base for the conformity. Your goal will be to come up with a thesis statement (Topic) that will have to do with a Contemporary (NOW) issue. This topic will be the theme of your  research paper and a 10-15 slide power point.

}In your notebook under today’s day do the following:

}Research and define: Thinking outside of the box.

}Also get one quote from Brainy Quotes on the above concept.

}On Thursday we will begin a class reading of Julius Caeser by William Shakespeare.

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}During this time I will be checking your Notebook, Journal and Vocab Cards.

}For my classes the quarter will end on Friday of this week. Please get your house in order. Nothing will be accepted for this quarter after Friday.

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}Daily Quote: “I was in high school, trying to get out of high school. The only thing slowing me up was grades.” Levon Helm 

Tuesday: October 27, 2009

}Do Now:  Finish Benchmark

}Copy new vocab for the week

}From Back posters on board choose this weeks journal prompt. It must be typed for your journal entry. You decide: A) two written pages OR  B) One written page and one collage page. Due on Thursday (No exceptions)

}Vocab test this Friday: Includes first 60 words. Review first forty and study today’s twenty new words.

}Grades close next week. Get the points while they are available.

}Daily quotes:

}“You live longer once you realize that any time spent being unhappy is wasted.” ~R. Renkl

}“Don't be fooled by the calendar.  There are only as many days in the year as you make use of.”  ~Charles Richards

}“Leave no stone unturned.” Unknown

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