comparison of Mercutio's death scene in two different movies
director Z for Zefferelli
1. words start the fight
2. sword fight as play
Mercutio and Tybalt laugh, shake hands, play with pitch forks, let each other out of deadly situations
3. Mercutio's death => comedy leading into tragedy
4. hearty laughter up to the realization point of Mercutio's death
director L for Lurhman
1. music, guns, cars and swagger
2. Tybalt beats down Romeo
3. Mercutio intercedes to save Romeo (not to fight out of his own blood-lust)
4. Romeo intercedes, allowing Tybalt to kill Mercutio
5. dramatic tone throughout
6. empty laughter
7. pathetic fallacy (weather sympathetic with character's emotions)
Friday, May 30, 2014
Thursday, May 29, 2014
HW 5/29 and 5/30
- finish writing 2 paragraph comparison essay, comparing Fraco Zefferelli's version of Mercutio's death scene with Baz Lurhman's
- read Romeo and Juliet Act IV in NoFear Shakespeare
Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Tuesday, May 27, 2014
Free rice words for period C and F
These words may appear on your quiz on 5/29 or 5/30:
1. morose
2. denote
3. banality
4. hyperopia
5. antiquate
6. sodden
7. amalgamation
8. gauche
9. valediction
10. plainsong
11. nexus
12. peerless
13. reproof
14. ebullience
15. couture
16. sepulchral
17. indigence
18. dipsomania
19. dandy
20. viscera
1. morose
2. denote
3. banality
4. hyperopia
5. antiquate
6. sodden
7. amalgamation
8. gauche
9. valediction
10. plainsong
11. nexus
12. peerless
13. reproof
14. ebullience
15. couture
16. sepulchral
17. indigence
18. dipsomania
19. dandy
20. viscera
Free rice words for period A, D and E
Play freerice between level 20 and 30 to find the vocab words. The following words shall be on the freerice quiz for period A, D and E:
1. magnanimity
2. cooperate
3. backhanded
4. cobbler
5. proficiency
6. demeanor
7. reverberate
8. engrossing
9. encroach
10. annotate
11. improvise
12. opacity
13. dormant
14. inaction
15. referendum
16. antagonistic
17. refute
18. predicament
19. mutilate
20. footnote
1. magnanimity
2. cooperate
3. backhanded
4. cobbler
5. proficiency
6. demeanor
7. reverberate
8. engrossing
9. encroach
10. annotate
11. improvise
12. opacity
13. dormant
14. inaction
15. referendum
16. antagonistic
17. refute
18. predicament
19. mutilate
20. footnote
HW 5/27 and 5/28
Read Romeo and Juliet Act III
Click here
To write a comparison in the next class, please watch the clips linked to below:
Prologue and opening fight scene by Zefferelli
Tybalt's death scene by Luhrmann
Mercutio's death scene by Zefferelli
Click here
To write a comparison in the next class, please watch the clips linked to below:
Prologue and opening fight scene by Zefferelli
Tybalt's death scene by Luhrmann
Mercutio's death scene by Zefferelli
Thursday, May 22, 2014
HW 5/22 and 5/23 over Memorial Day weekend
Read Act II of R & J in side by side Shakespeare on-line: Click Here
Reminders:
Freerice--keep playing until midnight Saturday. Remember it's 4,000 grains a week for full credit and you can recover past, incomplete weeks by getting to 12,000 in your personal account by the deadline.
Fate vs. Free Will in the Pearl--some people are still missing this essay, due last week. Get it in for 10% deduction.
Career Research report with works cited page--It was due Monday or Tuesday. No points off if you get it to me before Friday because of all the crazy testing displacement this week.
Reminders:
Freerice--keep playing until midnight Saturday. Remember it's 4,000 grains a week for full credit and you can recover past, incomplete weeks by getting to 12,000 in your personal account by the deadline.
Fate vs. Free Will in the Pearl--some people are still missing this essay, due last week. Get it in for 10% deduction.
Career Research report with works cited page--It was due Monday or Tuesday. No points off if you get it to me before Friday because of all the crazy testing displacement this week.
Tuesday, May 20, 2014
5/20 and 5/21HW
Read Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet Act I in nofearshakespeare, which offers side by side reading of Shakespeare's English and modern English.
Click here for Act I
Continue with Freerice.
This week's necessary total for full credit is 4000.
If you're missing past rice and credit, the necessary total for three weeks is 12,000 per person.
Click here for Act I
Continue with Freerice.
This week's necessary total for full credit is 4000.
If you're missing past rice and credit, the necessary total for three weeks is 12,000 per person.
Monday, May 19, 2014
Free Rice update 5/19
Free rice 5 was tallied on Sunday.
The majority of students completed some work on it.
Some did none.
This is the final week of doing freerice for points. 4000=25, 3000=23, 2000=21, 1000=19.
Next week you will be given a list of words within a certain range (20-30 for A, E, and D; 31-40 for C and F). At the end of that week, we will have a vocab quiz on those words.
Meanwhile, it's a good idea to play freerice in the appropriate range for your class.
The majority of students completed some work on it.
Some did none.
This is the final week of doing freerice for points. 4000=25, 3000=23, 2000=21, 1000=19.
Next week you will be given a list of words within a certain range (20-30 for A, E, and D; 31-40 for C and F). At the end of that week, we will have a vocab quiz on those words.
Meanwhile, it's a good idea to play freerice in the appropriate range for your class.
Friday, May 16, 2014
HW 5/16 and 5/19: Day 3 research project
Turn your presentation slides into short paragraphs to create a 2 page report on your career research project.
Remember MLA rules: double space, 12 pt times new roman, proper heading, and works cited page included.
Green day due: May 20
White day due: May 21
Remember MLA rules: double space, 12 pt times new roman, proper heading, and works cited page included.
Green day due: May 20
White day due: May 21
Wednesday, May 14, 2014
Day 2 Research project: HW for 5/14 and 5/15
Day 2 Career Research Project
A one-two page word processed summary of a current magazine or newspaper article
that focuses on that career (with MLA citation) (5/14 or 5/15) DUE TODAY
DUE NEXT CLASS
An oral presentation utilizing a Power Point presentation (last slide will be properly formatted MLA Works Cited Page) (5/16 or 5/19)
plug in your information at Knightcite
A two- three page word processed report (final page will be a properly formatted MLA Works Cited Page) (5/20 or 5/21)
Minimums:
1 presentation
9 slides
5 images
final slide properly cited “Works Cited” page
4 citations
handle each element on the instruction page
complete an interview (or find one on internet)
Sunday, May 11, 2014
Career Research Project and Deadlines
Grade 9 Career Research : Oral and Written Report
You are to research one career of interest using the following required resources:
Graded Requirements:
A one-two page word processed summary of a current magazine or newspaper article
that focuses on that career (with MLA citation) (5/14 or 5/15)
A two- three page word processed report (final page will be a properly
formatted MLA Works Cited Page) (5/20 or 5/21)
An oral presentation utilizing a Power Point presentation (last slide will be
properly formatted MLS Works Cited Page) ((5/16 or 5/19)
Within your written and oral presentations, include the following information:
1. Identify the title(s) of your chosen career.
2. Provide a job description for the career.
3. List and explain the necessary skills required to perform the duties of the career.
4. Identify the educational requirements to obtain a job in that career, both at an entry level
and if it provides an opportunity for growth.
(For examples, social work does provide entry level jobs with a Bachelor’s
degree, but for growth and higher salary goals, one needs at least a Master’s degree.
5. Identify the starting pay and ultimate maximum pay for the career.
6. Identify and explain jobs you can do while in high school and college
that might build the skills you need for the career.
7. Identify specific schools-academic and/or vocational-that
will prepare you for your career and explain how you would
prepare to be accepted into theses schools.
8. Identify career areas one might branch off and into from the career.
9. Include what you learned from your interviewee about the career.
Here are a few good links to help you with your research:
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Career One Stop
Within your written and oral presentations, include the following information:
1. Identify the title(s) of your chosen career.
2. Provide a job description for the career.
3. List and explain the necessary skills required to perform the duties of the career.
4. Identify the educational requirements to obtain a job in that career, both at an entry level
and if it provides an opportunity for growth.
(For examples, social work does provide entry level jobs with a Bachelor’s
degree, but for growth and higher salary goals, one needs at least a Master’s degree.
5. Identify the starting pay and ultimate maximum pay for the career.
6. Identify and explain jobs you can do while in high school and college
that might build the skills you need for the career.
7. Identify specific schools-academic and/or vocational-that
will prepare you for your career and explain how you would
prepare to be accepted into theses schools.
8. Identify career areas one might branch off and into from the career.
9. Include what you learned from your interviewee about the career.
Here are a few good links to help you with your research:
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Career One Stop
Thursday, May 8, 2014
May 8 and 9 HW
Continue Freerice as an individual
Write a 3-4 paragraph argument on whether Fate or Free Will dominates life in the Pearl
Write a 3-4 paragraph argument on whether Fate or Free Will dominates life in the Pearl
Wednesday, May 7, 2014
May 7 class notes for The Pearl
Kino, Juana, and Coyotito
Coyotito got bitten by a scorpion
Kino had to go to the doctor. doctor refuses to see Coyotito because they are poor indians.
Family tries to go find pearls to pay for doctor
Kino finds giant pearl the size of a gull's egg.
The poison in Coyotito's shoulder oozes out.
Neighbors gather around Kino as he comes to shore with the pearl.
Kino starts to think of all of the stuff he wants to buy.
Doctor comes to hut to cheat Kino out of the money.
The doctor gives Coyotito emetic.
Doctor is thinking he will making a lot of money.
Doctor needs to look like he is needed.
Kino punches door of doctors house.
Kino could have easily killed the doctor just as easy as if he had talked to him.
Kino's family is gullible because they are poor and ignorant.
Doctor is a walking diabetic creature.
Doctor reads by Kinos body language that the pearl is hidden in Kino's house.
Juana tells Kino the pearl is a sin she also said it will destroy them.
Sin: doing somthing bad that is against your religion.
Greed and envy is the kind of sin that the pearl has brought.
Doctor is a example of gulttony
WRATH ....
is blinding anger.
Kino puches fence and beats the scorpion to death.
"My son WILL go to school" say Kino
"as Kino lifted the flesh there lay the pearl, perfect as the moon."
"Luck brings bitter friends."
The priest was first to show up to Kino's hut/house.
"For it is said that humans are never satisfied."
But that is our GENIUS...
Coyotito got bitten by a scorpion
Kino had to go to the doctor. doctor refuses to see Coyotito because they are poor indians.
Family tries to go find pearls to pay for doctor
Kino finds giant pearl the size of a gull's egg.
The poison in Coyotito's shoulder oozes out.
Neighbors gather around Kino as he comes to shore with the pearl.
Kino starts to think of all of the stuff he wants to buy.
Doctor comes to hut to cheat Kino out of the money.
The doctor gives Coyotito emetic.
Doctor is thinking he will making a lot of money.
Doctor needs to look like he is needed.
Kino punches door of doctors house.
Kino could have easily killed the doctor just as easy as if he had talked to him.
Kino's family is gullible because they are poor and ignorant.
Doctor is a walking diabetic creature.
Doctor reads by Kinos body language that the pearl is hidden in Kino's house.
Juana tells Kino the pearl is a sin she also said it will destroy them.
Sin: doing somthing bad that is against your religion.
Greed and envy is the kind of sin that the pearl has brought.
Doctor is a example of gulttony
WRATH ....
is blinding anger.
Kino puches fence and beats the scorpion to death.
"My son WILL go to school" say Kino
"as Kino lifted the flesh there lay the pearl, perfect as the moon."
"Luck brings bitter friends."
The priest was first to show up to Kino's hut/house.
"For it is said that humans are never satisfied."
But that is our GENIUS...
Tuesday, May 6, 2014
May 6 Period A class notes
Kino
Juana
Coyotito
"Kino had found the pearl of the world"
The pearl is a lot of money.
The pearl represents massive potential.
The pearl wasn't that big and will change their lives.
The pearl went around town.
"Priest..repairs...baptism?
Shows that the priest is oriented around money.
The priest wants to see if there's any connection.
" Scorpion..a parent apparent...(poof)death."
The medicine gets baby sick.
After the baby's sick it gets better.
Emetic- Substance that causes to vomit
The doctor is playing on the ignorance.
"I would be ashamed to have it been stolen before we sell it."
They could misplace.
The doctor could take it.
He digs a hole.
"The music had gone out of Kino's head but now slowly the melody of the morning and the music of the evil."
The pearl is both good and bad.
Red sky in morning got to take warning.
Juana
Coyotito
"Kino had found the pearl of the world"
The pearl is a lot of money.
The pearl represents massive potential.
The pearl wasn't that big and will change their lives.
The pearl went around town.
"Priest..repairs...baptism?
Shows that the priest is oriented around money.
The priest wants to see if there's any connection.
" Scorpion..a parent apparent...(poof)death."
The medicine gets baby sick.
After the baby's sick it gets better.
Emetic- Substance that causes to vomit
The doctor is playing on the ignorance.
"I would be ashamed to have it been stolen before we sell it."
They could misplace.
The doctor could take it.
He digs a hole.
"The music had gone out of Kino's head but now slowly the melody of the morning and the music of the evil."
The pearl is both good and bad.
Red sky in morning got to take warning.
HW May 6 and 7 + freerice update
Read the remaining chapters of The Pearl.
Take notes on events that reflect the characters' ability to work out of FREE WILL or as victims of FATE.
These notes will be your preparation for our Thursday or Friday debate using evidence from life and from the text.
Continue playing freerice, but after you log in with "jeffrey184" and the password "english 9"
go to groups and create a group in your name.
The new standard will be
4000 grains in your name will earn you 25/25 points.
3000 grains = 22/25
2000 grains = 19/15
1000 grains = 15/25
Make sure to touch base with me ASAP if you have trouble creating your own group.
Take notes on events that reflect the characters' ability to work out of FREE WILL or as victims of FATE.
These notes will be your preparation for our Thursday or Friday debate using evidence from life and from the text.
Continue playing freerice, but after you log in with "jeffrey184" and the password "english 9"
go to groups and create a group in your name.
The new standard will be
4000 grains in your name will earn you 25/25 points.
3000 grains = 22/25
2000 grains = 19/15
1000 grains = 15/25
Make sure to touch base with me ASAP if you have trouble creating your own group.
Sunday, May 4, 2014
Round 3 Freerice results May 4, 2014
Totals as of 5/4 10:41 AM
Overall total This week's total and points
Howell - 21600 3,100
A 1 4520 3,820 => 21 pts
A-2 20930 20930 => 25 pts
A 3 8440 6540 = > 23 pts
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C 1 - 15400 13,650=>25 pts
C2-44290 23,490 => 25 pts
C3-89280 52,710 => 25 pts
C4 - 43310 6,740 => 21 pts
C 5- 16690 16260 = > 25 pts
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D 1 - 5120 3800 => 23 pts
D 2 - 21850 9640 => 25 pts
D 3 - 1450 540 => 21 pts
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E-1 22620 18200 = > 25 pts
E 2 24700 16080 = > 25 pts
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F 1 -- 20480 3980 = > 21 pts
F-2 31830 20270 = > 25 pts
F- 3 26910 0 = > 0 pts
F-4-61410 41050 = > 25 pts
F-5 9680 3040 => 23 pts
Overall total This week's total and points
Howell - 21600 3,100
A 1 4520 3,820 => 21 pts
A-2 20930 20930 => 25 pts
A 3 8440 6540 = > 23 pts
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C 1 - 15400 13,650=>25 pts
C2-44290 23,490 => 25 pts
C3-89280 52,710 => 25 pts
C4 - 43310 6,740 => 21 pts
C 5- 16690 16260 = > 25 pts
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D 1 - 5120 3800 => 23 pts
D 2 - 21850 9640 => 25 pts
D 3 - 1450 540 => 21 pts
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E-1 22620 18200 = > 25 pts
E 2 24700 16080 = > 25 pts
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F 1 -- 20480 3980 = > 21 pts
F-2 31830 20270 = > 25 pts
F- 3 26910 0 = > 0 pts
F-4-61410 41050 = > 25 pts
F-5 9680 3040 => 23 pts
Friday, May 2, 2014
May 2 class notes
Kino -father
Juana--mother
Coyotito--baby
setting -- shore of a Mexican
Cape Cod - sharks
Mexico - scorpion- symbolizes evil
details: claws or pinchers, stingy tail, quick,, sneaky, smaller= more deceitful,
easily crushable, stings, black or red=bloody, natural devil
stylistic strategy Steinbeck wants story to sound like a myth
"and to the sea in calm, to the light and the dark and the sun and the moon, and the songs were all in Kino in his people" (17)
3 biggest action points:
1. scorpion attacks baby
2. venture to the doctor who rejects them because he is a rich racist
3. finds the pearl
Pearl as a symbol: grain of sand contaminates an oyster, then to beat the contamination, it layers the sand
incredibly valuable things are often very dangerous
dichotomy= opposing meaning creating conflict
pearl = purity on the other pearl = contamination
pearl= baby saving life saver
pearl in "torn hand smashed against the doctor's gate" forshadows trouble
at once= pearl has healed the baby "swelling has gone down"
pearl attracts other fishermen who all rush forward==both good and bad
good=they want to celebrate
bad=they want his pearl
Juana--mother
Coyotito--baby
setting -- shore of a Mexican
Cape Cod - sharks
Mexico - scorpion- symbolizes evil
details: claws or pinchers, stingy tail, quick,, sneaky, smaller= more deceitful,
easily crushable, stings, black or red=bloody, natural devil
stylistic strategy Steinbeck wants story to sound like a myth
"and to the sea in calm, to the light and the dark and the sun and the moon, and the songs were all in Kino in his people" (17)
3 biggest action points:
1. scorpion attacks baby
2. venture to the doctor who rejects them because he is a rich racist
3. finds the pearl
Pearl as a symbol: grain of sand contaminates an oyster, then to beat the contamination, it layers the sand
incredibly valuable things are often very dangerous
dichotomy= opposing meaning creating conflict
pearl = purity on the other pearl = contamination
pearl= baby saving life saver
pearl in "torn hand smashed against the doctor's gate" forshadows trouble
at once= pearl has healed the baby "swelling has gone down"
pearl attracts other fishermen who all rush forward==both good and bad
good=they want to celebrate
bad=they want his pearl
HW May 2 and May 5
Read The Pearl chapter 3
Select a Golden Line
Write 1 page of analysis about the chapter and integrate the quote into your analysis with proper citation
Play lots of Freerice: the next round of the freerice contest ends at midnight. If you or your teammates don't earn any rice, you don't get any points!
Golden Line explanation: a Golden Line is a quote from the reading that best captures the central theme of the chapter or chapters. Students can quote a part of the narration or what one character says. Use the quote to launch into a fully developed explanation of what is important in the story.
Select a Golden Line
Write 1 page of analysis about the chapter and integrate the quote into your analysis with proper citation
Play lots of Freerice: the next round of the freerice contest ends at midnight. If you or your teammates don't earn any rice, you don't get any points!
Golden Line explanation: a Golden Line is a quote from the reading that best captures the central theme of the chapter or chapters. Students can quote a part of the narration or what one character says. Use the quote to launch into a fully developed explanation of what is important in the story.
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