1. Day 60- Foundations
R&J intro and Gerunds

2. Objectives Homework: Print off Drama/Poetry terms from the wiki
1. Identify Participles and Analyze sentences for their effect.
2. Analyze how sound devices can affect the interpretation of a poem.
Homework:
Print off Drama/Poetry terms from the wiki
Close reading Poems- due Friday

3. Gerund- Warm up- Copy the following sentences.
Label S, V, DO, IO, PN, PA and identify the gerund and Objects in the gerund phrase.
Running is extremely fun for me to do.
2. Making sandwiches for the school adventure is my activity for the evening.
3. Eating is part of living.

4. Binder check during class
Fiction remediation will be today after school
Retakes are offered on Friday

5. Gerund Phrases Sheet #2- Underline the entire gerund phrase
Gerund Phrases Sheet #2- Underline the entire gerund phrase. For the last 5, identify the gerund’s use.
(S, OP, PN, or DO)
1. Feeding animals at the zoo was fun.
2. Meryl’s hobby is raising tropical fish.
3. The Wildcats have a good chance of becoming state champions.
4. Every day, I get a good workout by walking through the park.
5. One of my weekly chores is cleaning the gerbil cage.
6. After talking to her guidance counselor, Katrina decided to take a course in auto mechanics.
7. Climbing to the summit of the mountain took the explorers nearly a week.

6. 8. Finding a good part-time job has been difficult.
9. Your mistake was making a promise that you could not keep.
10. The artist James Whistler is best known for painting a portrait of his mother.
11. As soon as I came home, I started studying for the math test.
12. Would you be interested in trying out for the school’s soccer team?
13. We especially enjoyed dining in the exotic atmosphere of the Rainforest Café.
14. We should give saving money for the trip our top priority.
15. Chris’s responsibility is supervising the other workers.

7. Create a rational sheet on a piece of lined paper
Fiction test review-
If you have not taken the test then you must go to the media center for 15 minutes.
Create a rational sheet on a piece of lined paper
You each get your test copy-You will not receive your scantron.
You and your partner should discuss your answer choices and the rationale for that choice. You have 10 minutes.
You must discuss and figure things out on your own- I will give you the correct answers after your discussion.
If you plan to remediate then remediation is after school today only!
Retest is Friday after school. Highest grade you will be able to receive is 79%

8. Poetry Passages
Week 2

9. A narrow Fellow in the grass Have passed, I thought, a Whip lash
Occasionally rides—
Unbraiding in the Sun
You may have met Him—did you not?
When stooping to secure it
His notice sudden is—
It wrinkled, and was gone—
The Grass divides as with a Comb—
Several of Nature's People
A spotted shaft is seen—
I know, and they know me—
And then it closes at your feet
I feel for them a transport
And opens further on—
Of cordiality—
He likes a Boggy Acre
But never met this Fellow
A Floor too cool for Corn;
Attended, or alone
Yet when a Boy, and Barefoot—
Without a tighter breathing
I more than once at Noon
And Zero at the Bone—
"A Narrow Fellow in the Grass" by Emily Dickinson
Annotate similes and personification. Paraphrase their purpose in the margin.
Annnotate examples of alliteration.
Define unfamiliar terms in the margins.
Annotate line which provides information about the speaker. Paraphrase this information in the margins
Annotate personification. Paraphrase the purpose of the personification in the margin.
Compose a sentence which communicates the theme of the poem.

10. " When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer" by Walt Whitman
Annotate diction used to establish tone. Define unfamiliar terms in the margins.
After examining the tone of the author/speaker, compose one tone statement below the poem.
Highlight the repetition in lines 1-4. Compose a short statement in the margin analyzing the impact of the repetition on the tone.
Annnotate examples of alliteration.
Highlight the line which most contributes to the theme of the poem. Compose a theme statement below the poem.

12. MONTAGUE vs. CAPULET Romeo Juliet Lord Montague (his dad)
Lady Montague (his mom)
Mercutio (friend)
Benvolio (cousin)
Juliet
Lord Capulet (her father)
Lady Capulet (her mother)
Tybalt (cousin)
Nurse

13. Setting
The story is set in the late 1500’s mostly in the town of Verona, Italy. However, there are a few acts set in Mantua, Italy a smaller town just a few miles away.

14. Interesting…
The Italian city of Verona, where Romeo and Juliet lived, receives about 1,000 letters addressed to Juliet every Valentine's Day.
“Star-crossed lovers” refers to two people who are in love but have conflicting astrological signs. In Shakespeare’s times, people believed the course of their lives was determined by the exact second they were born.

15. Verona Today
Today, Verona has an incredible amount of graffiti, which is legal, provided that you are writing about your love for someone.

16. Romeo and Juliet - Prologue

17. Use worksheet to complete the prologue analysis

18. Closure 3, 2, 1 Write three things you learned about gerunds today.
Write two examples of gerunds.
Write one question you still have about Romeo and Juliet .