May


 * Friday, May 1, 2015 **

8th Grade: Bell Ringer: none - Watch Act One of //Our Town// - Complete Unit 7 vocabulary quiz

HW: Complete Act One assignment for Monday

Period 4, 7, 8:
 * Bell Ringer: Get a copy of //Romeo and Juliet//, get out your study guides, and work with a partner for THREE minutes to discuss Act One, Scene Three and review/finalize your answers on the study guide.

- Read and analyze Lady Capulet’s words to Juliet and Juliet’s attitude toward marriage - Watch video; compare Nurse and Lady Capulet

HW: Read Act One, Scene Five and complete Scene Five study guide questions for Monday.

Period 6:
 * Bell Ringer: Get a copy of //Romeo and Juliet//, get out your study guides, and work with a partner for FOUR TO FIVE minutes to discuss Act Two, Scene Two and complete/review/finalize your answers on the study guide.
 * **Suggestion for answering #4: Look at lines 123 – 131 (115- 124 in the paperbacks)**


 * - Discuss responses to Scene Two questions**
 * - Complete Creative Writing Vocabulary quiz (Units 11 – 13)**


 * HW: Finish Act Two of //Romeo and Juliet// and complete study guide questions**

Monday, May 4, 2015 **

8th Grade: Bell Ringer: none - Finish Act one of //Our Town// film - Share and collect Act One assignments

HW: none

Period 4, 7, 8: Bell Ringer: none

- Watch Act Four and Five of //R+J film// and complete study guide - Discuss irony and examples of metaphors within Scene Five

HW: complete Act One Study guide and be ready for a quiz tomorrow

Period 6:
 * Bell Ringer: none

- Place students in groups and assign each group a scene - Each group must summarize the scene, explain how it advances the plot, and what it reveals about the character(s) in it - Watch some of Act 2 film HW: Finish Act Two study guide and be ready for a quiz tomorrow


 * Tuesday, May 5, 2015 **

8th Grade: Bell Ringer: none - Review Act Two essential question - Watch and discuss attitudes of Gibbs and Webb parents - Answer study guide questions and note Wilder’s attitude toward marriage

HW: none

Period 4, 7, 8: Bell Ringer: Complete the following sentences with the correct vocabulary term from Unit 14. His mother hated that he insisted upon wearing his old, ___ coat everywhere he went.__ __Mary wanted to__ her differences with her father, but she just couldn’t bring herself to forgive him.

- Finish Act One of film - Review characters and key aspects of act - Complete Act One Quiz HW: none

Period 6:
 * Bell Ringer: none

- Watch and discuss Act Two of film - Complete Act Two quiz

HW: none


 * Wednesday, May 6, 2015 **

8th Grade: Bell Ringer: none - Review discussion from yesterday - Continue watching Act Two - Readdress message about marriage question

HW:

Period 4, 7, 8: Bell Ringer: Complete the following sentences using your Unit 14 vocabulary terms.


 * 1) I had no idea that making one innocent remark to my sister would lead to us being ___(ed) in such a heated debate.


 * 1) The salon is hit every year with a(n) __ of young women customers right around prom season.


 * 1) I could tell by his __ that he was not feeling well after that seafood dinner.

- Review Act One - Read and analyze prologue - Read Scene Two of Act Two and analyze Romeo’s metaphors about Juliet’s beauty HW: Finish first page of study guide

Period 6:
 * Bell Ringer: none

- Watch Act Three, Scene One of R+J - Complete study guide questions for Scene One

HW: Read and complete questions up through Act Three, Scene Two




 * Thursday, May 7, 2015 **

8th Grade: Bell Ringer: none - Finish watching Act Two - Work on compiling list of evidence for and against Wilder’s attitude toward marriage

HW: Finish Act Two questions for tomorrow and write a paragraph explaining whether or not you feel Wilder is endorsing or condemning marriage. Use textual evidence to support your opinion.

Period 4, 7, 8: Bell Ringer: Complete the following sentences using Unit 14 vocabulary terms.

The politician made several ads aimed at trying to ___ his opponents’ campaign efforts.__

__If you’re trying to__ __a riot, you’ll need a megaphone.__

__I don’t want to condemn an innocent man, but I also don’t want to__ __ a guilty person.

- Watch/read Act Two, Scene Two and Three and complete study guide questions HW: Study for Unit 14 quiz tomorrow

Period 6: Bell Ringer: Should Romeo be punished for killing Tybalt? IF so, what should the punishment be? Explain your opinion.

- Watch/read Act Three, Scene 2-3 and complete study guide questions

HW: Read and complete questions up through Act Three, Scene Four


 * Friday, May 8, 2015 **

8th Grade: Bell Ringer: none - Discuss opinions and outlooks on marriage - Create a one-minute performance of an importance scene from Act Two - Perform for class

HW: none

Period 4, 7, 8: Bell Ringer: none - Take Unit 14 vocabulary quiz - Watch Act Two of R+J and complete study guide questions

HW: Complete Act Two assignment for Monday

Period 6: Bell Ringer: none

- Review Scene Four - Read/analyze Scene Five, Act Three

HW: Complete study guide for Act Three and Act Three assignment


 * Monday, May 11, 2015 **

8th Grade: Bell Ringer: none - Finish Act Two performances - Go over Unit 8 vocabulary terms HW: none

Period 4, 7, 8: Bell Ringer: none - Review Act Two - Watch/read Act Three, Scene One - Complete study guide questions

HW: none

Period 6: Bell Ringer: none

- Finish watching Act Three film - Read/watch film for Act Four Scenes 1-3 HW: none


 * Friday, May 12, 2015 **

8th Grade: Bell Ringer: none - Work on Unit 8 vocabulary exercises - Respond to the following quotation: “Life is what happens while you’re busy making other plans.” - Start watching Act Three of //Our Town// HW: Complete Unit 8 vocabulary exercises for Friday



Period 4, 7, 8:
 * Bell Ringer: In one sentence, summarize what has happened in Act Three, Scene One so far.

- Watch/read Act Three, Scenes 1-3 - Complete study guide questions HW: none

Period 6:
 * Bell Ringer: If you could spend an afternoon with any one character in //Romeo and Juliet//, who would it be and why?

- Read Act Four, Scene 5 and complete study guide questions

HW: Finish Act Four Study Guide


 * Wednesday, May 13, 2015 **

8th Grade: Bell Ringer: none - Work on vocabulary exercises - Watch Act Three of //Our Town// - Work on questions and theme tracking

HW: Finish Unit 8 vocabulary exercises and study for Unit 8 quiz on Friday

Period 4, 7, 8: Bell Ringer: none - Review Act Three, Scenes 1-3 - Watch/read Act Three, Scene Five - Finish questions on study guide HW: Finish Act Three study guide

Period 6: Bell Ringer: none

- Review Act Four - Read Act Five, Scenes One and Two HW: Make sure to finish/turn in Act Four study guide this week




 * Thursday, May 14, 2015 **

8th Grade: Bell Ringer: none - Finish watching Act III of //Our Town// - Complete questions and work on paragraph

HW: Complete vocabulary exercises and study for Unit 8 vocabulary quiz

Period 4, 7, 8: Bell Ringer: none - Watch Act Four, Scene One - Read and translate the Friar’s plan for Juliet - Read over writing options and choose/brainstorm one to complete for homework HW: Finish creative writing in response to Friar Lawrence’s plan.



Period 6: Bell Ringer: none

- Read and complete questions for Act 5, Scene 3

HW: Finish Act Five Study Guide for tomorrow.


 * Friday, May 15, 2015 **

8th Grade: Bell Ringer: none - Read and evaluate exemplary models of Act II paragraphs - Complete Unit 8 vocabulary quiz HW: Finish //Our Town// Act Three Questions

Period 4, 7, 8: Bell Ringer: none - Share creative writing homework with a partner - Discuss issues that came up with assignment with class - Summarize/discuss events of Act Five as we watch the film



HW: none

Period 6: Bell Ringer: none

- Watch Act Five of two version of films - Discuss portrayals and evaluate the quality of each HW: Finish Act Five assignment by Monday and be ready for an Act Four and Five Quiz


 * Monday, May 18, 2015 **

8th Grade: Bell Ringer: none - Review Act Three key points and themes - Work on two paragraph responses
 * Support the following statement with several pieces of evidence from the text: One of the major themes in //Our Town// is that people often take life for granted.
 * You’ve probably heard some form of the following statement: “It’s the little things in life that matter.” Identify one or more little things in your life that you take for granted and explain how you appreciate them.

HW: none

Period 4, 7, 8: Bell Ringer: none - Finish watching //Romeo and Juliet// - Summarize ending - Complete chart that evaluates Friar Lawrence’s responsibility for the deaths HW: Write paragraph evaluating Friar Lawrence’s responsibility for Wednesday.

Period 6: Bell Ringer: none - Distribute Act Four and Five quiz - Provide example/model response - Work in groups to discuss quotations - Work independently on the quiz HW: none


 * Wednesday and Thursday, May 20 and 21st, 2015 **


 * - All classes: Writing Final **


 * Friday, May 22: Blue and White Day **


 * Tuesday, May 26: **

8th grade: Complete Vocabulary Review Sheet and create a poem, letter, rap, song, or jingle that uses five of the review words.

 * Wednesday, May 27: **

All classes: Vocabulary Review Game

HW: Study for Vocabulary Final tomorrow


 * Thursday, May 28: **

8th Grade:

Bell Ringer: none

Vocabulary Final

- Review simple, compound, and complex sentence structures

HW: Complete Run-on sentence worksheet

Period 4, 7, 8:

Bell Ringer: none

- Vocabulary Final

HW: none

Period 6:

Bell Ringer: none

Vocabulary Final

HW: complete survivor priorities worksheet