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Monday, April 29, 2013

Language Arts Week of 4/29/13

Shakespeare!

"All the world is a stage!"........ memorize your lines!

You should have rewritten or typed your "Jack London's introduction of you."
Family Shields were due Monday, April 29th for full credit.

We'll be reading Romeo and Juliet -- your assignment each evening will be to define the vocabulary words;

Monday:
Took our Simple Solutions Test and handed in our unit.
Saw a Brain Pop on Shakespeare & watched a model of taking notes on video.
Read and pinpointed key ideas in an article on Elizabethan Customs.

HOMEWORK:
Shakespearean Insults!!  Use the guide and make up 5 of your own with your translation.
Define the Vocabulary for Act I

Tuesday:
Vocabulary for Act II
Book reports due on Wednesday! May 1st (this is an assessment grade)

Wednesday:
Vocabulary for Act III
Simple Solutions Lesson 57

Thursday:
Vocabulary for Act IV
Simple Solutions Lesson 58

Friday:
Vocabulary for Act V
Simple Solutions Lesson 59

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