ENG+2D-E

ENG 2D-E Here we go!!!

HANG ON TO YOUR HATS LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!

- conflict, love, honour are main theme topics so far - || Took notes from PPT for Act 1 Scene 1 Began Find-the-Line for Act1, sc. 1 || Began notes: oxymorons/ puns/ courtly lover
 * WED. Mar. 11 ||  ||
 * TU. Mar. 10 || Reviewed Sonnet structure and took notes ||
 * MON. Mar. 9 || Continued with PPT reviewing major conflicts and concepts in ACT 1
 * FRI. Mar. 6 || Continued with reading of Act1
 * TH. Mar. 5 || Continued reading Act 1 - scenes 1 and 2
 * HW: 1-3 QUESTIONS (ACT 1)**

Began reading prologue from //Romeo and Juliet// by turning it into a hip-hop beat in groups. Very fun! Learned about iambic pentameter and viewed the HipHop Shakespeare company || || Paragraph is due next week TBD - || Side two is for homework. Reviewed process for analysing literary device. || || || - Topic sentence must address prompt - explanation of evidence must tie the significance of the evidence to the theme || Brainstorming for theme statements Discussion of Durante's character, and of Tony's Symbolic significance of the rain - part of the motif of water Viewed 11-sentence paragraph structure Reviewed theme for "Borders" || Read "Borders" || || Reviewed Elements of Narrative - ||
 * LINE SUMMARIES 1-4 (ACT 1)[[file:Act 1 find lines.doc]]** ||
 * **WED. Mar. 4** || Made a list of things the class knew already about the play //Romeo and Juliet//
 * **TU. Mar. 3** || Wrote in-class short story test ||
 * **MON. Mar. 2** || Reviewed terms using KAHOOT! ||
 * **FR. Feb 27** ||  ||
 * **TH. Feb. 26** || Read poem "The Highwayman" and began finding terms in activity.
 * **WED. Feb. 25** || Began watching //Dead Poet's Society.//
 * **TU. Feb. 24** || Took up side one of the grid.
 * **MON. Feb. 23** || Applied new set of terms - poetry devices - to poems using the grid[[file:GridPoetryTerms.doc]]
 * **FR. Feb. 20** || **11- sentence paragraph DUE** ||
 * **TH. Feb. 19** || **-Reviewed meaning of the poem "Profile of Africa"**
 * -Continued work on 11-sentence paragraph**
 * -Reviewed using CONTEXT and TAG to introduce quotations** ||
 * **WED. Feb 18** || -Worked on implications of similes in "Profile of Africa"[[file:The Profile of Africa by Maxine Taynes.doc]]
 * **TU. Feb. 17** || -Work period for 11-sentence paragraph ||
 * **THU. Feb.12** || - Continued with paragraph writing and viewed sample analysis
 * **WED. Feb. 11** || Continued with analysis of "Wine on the Desert"
 * HW: Brainstorm a theme statement and character traits, evidence etc. for 11- sentence paragraph**
 * This is the assignment handout you will get in class tomorrow** [[file:Character-Setting-Theme.doc]] ||
 * **TUE. Feb. 10** || Discussed "Wine on the Desert" and the desert as being alive. Discussed Tony as having the power of life and death, being the keeper of the oasis. Discussed Durante's evil and the consequences of his choice to destroy the water source. ||
 * **MON. Feb. 9** || ASSEMBLY - viewed Charles Officer's film //Mighty Jerome// ||
 * **FRI. Feb. 6** || Wrote quiz on Elements of Narrative
 * **THURS. Feb. 5** || Wrote in-class analysis of one of the characters from "Borders ||
 * **WED. Feb 4** || Viewed "I'm not the Indian You Had in Mind" and read Thomas King's article [[file:Thomas KingNewsArticle.doc]]
 * **TUE. Feb. 3** || Worked on themes.
 * **MON. Feb. 2** || Received course outline[[file:ENG 2D&E Course Overview.doc]]