Tuesday, January 20th:
1st Period:
Relative pronouns: that, which, who, whoever, whomever, whom
The relative pronoun connects the subject or noun with the
adjective clause which describes the noun or subject.
The relative pronoun almost always immediately follows the
noun or subject.
Writer’s Choice, pages
542 – 544; exercises 9 and 10
Exercise 9: write the
adjective clause and the noun it modifies:
Example:
Ceremonial dances –
they have been performing in the same way for centuries.
If there is a relative pronoun, underline the relative pronoun.
If there is a relative pronoun, underline the relative pronoun.
Exercise 10: write the
adjective clause and the noun it modifies; then identify it as essential or
nonessential.
Example:
Zoo – that we visited
last week. Essential
Zoo – which has
several species of rhino on display. Nonessential.
Patch Work Quilt: Go through the book, find incidents in the
lives of the following characters and write them down on a sheet of paper and
draw a box around them.
Pecola
Polly
Cholly
Claudia
Kids clearly not paying attention, not understanding the
book.
2nd Period:
Alex went over the vocabulary quiz which he will give on
Friday.
Briefly went over the grammar homework; pages 542 – 544;
exercises 9 and 10
Due tomorrow, Wednesday
Read The Great Gatsby;
pages 128 – 130
Briefly went over The
Great Gatsby’s character chart and time line and how to do it.
Kids squirrelly today: Hilda sitting with Rebecca, resistant
to moving; Macie talking with Chuy, not listening, both resistant to moving;
Chantal, Maryrose, Ivette did not have books, sitting together. Davion didn’t
have book, slouched between two girls, not paying attention, resistant to
moving. Tyler pushing broken stapler with her foot in front of class, apparently for attention. I asked her several times to pick it up
and throw it away. She pushed the broken stapler with foot until it reached the
waste basket, then and only then did she pick it up.
Tomorrow, give them assigned seating.
4th Period:
Theatre Games:
“Living Statue”
Kids squirrelly today. Talkative, not listening at all.
5th Period:
Prep for auditions for Twelfth
Night
“I am, I feel, I want!”
Students stand in a circle. Someone steps into the circle
and says, “I am_______”, accompanied with a gesture, which everyone mimics
while saying the last word of the phrase, “I am ________!” The student
then says, “I feel_______!” accompanied by a gesture, which everyone mimics
while saying the last word of the phrase, “I feel________!” The student then
says, “I want________!” accompanied by a gesture, which everyone mimics while
saying the last word of the phrase, “I want_________!”
Second part of this exercise:
The actor walks onto the stage and says, “I am_______! I
feel_________! I want_________! “ The audience writes down two adjectives
describing you and two adverbs describing how you walked on to the stage, how
you spoke or how you acted: for example, “She walked on to the stage quickly.”
The audience then shares their impression of you.
Redo: For those who are not satisfied with the audience’s
impression of them, they may incorporate the adjustments and redo their “I am,
I want, I need.”
6th Period:
Dramatis Personae Chart:
Viola/Cesario = same person, a girl posing as a boy, in love
with Orsino, the Duke of Illyria, twin to Sebastion,
Orsino = duke of Illyria, is in love with a woman by the
name of Olivia, who cannot stand him!!!!!
Sea Captain: The captain of the ship that foundered at sea. Everyone was
drowned as far as we know, including Sebastian, Viola’s twin brother; the only
survivors are the ship captain and Viola.
Act 1, Scene 1:
Duke: Eddie
Curio: Roger
Valentine: Aaron
Act 1, Scene 2:
Tigrin: Ship’s captain
Viola: Amber
Act 1, Scene 3:
Xoocee: Sir Toby
China: Maria
Aaron: Sir Andrew Aguecheek
