Jan. 18-22 ‘10 Language Arts Syllabus Mrs. Switski

Announcements: Progress Reports go home Friday 1/22/10. WRITING CONTEST ENTRIES due TUES. 1/19.

Graduation pictures Thursday. Thurs. schedule: Adv. 5,2,3,lunch,1, 6,7, 8, 9.

Blanket drive for the Homeless / Penny Wars for Haiti / Garage Sale – bring in items!!! Sale is Thurs. & Fri.

Tues.. class

1. Extra credit points for signed syllabus or planner.

2. Review the syllabus and copy assignments into planner.

3. Intro Jigsaw stations – begin reading information to share with the other groups. Write in packet pg.3.

HW Work packet: write definitions for: paradox, allusion, soliloquy, sonnet, and iambic pentameter.

Write definitions on pg. 4 – Glossary pg. - in the blank column.

Wed. class

1. Review definitions.

2. Finish sharing jigsaw information. Write notes pg. 3 of packet

3. Shakespeare warm-ups. Globe theater.

HW Packet pg. 6 – read and highlight important information.

Vocab. for Act 1 pg. 4 in packet – write a sentence for the words, using 2 of the words in a sentence.

Words with an asterisk will be on a test – must learn those.

Thur. class

1. Homework check.

2. Begin reading Act. 1.

HW Quiz tomorrow on sentence revising concepts (DTP) from last week and this – review your notes.

Fri. class

1. Quiz on sentence on DTP concepts.

2. Finish reading Act. 1 – complete pg. 7 of packet.

HW Read January book.