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Reading Comprehension Questions to correlate with p.793-803

“Romeo and Juliet” Act 1, Scene 1, 2 and 3.

1). Who begins the fray in Act 1, Scene 1? How is this important to the plot of “Romeo and Juliet”?

2). What threat does the Prince make to both the Capulet and Montague families?

3). Pay attention to the lines where Romeo describes Rosaline. In your opinion, is this truly love or lust? Explain.

4). When Paris asks Lord Capulet for Juliet’s hand in marriage, he actually has a very unorthdox reply for his generation. What is unusual about his response to Paris’s question of marriage?

5). Choose one line to analyze that the Nurse tells Juliet. What is meant by “Women grow by men?” line 95, p. 804, or “Seek happy nights to happy days.” line 105, p. 804

Types of Love

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Strategic Agenda
Thompson
04/16/2012-04/20/2012
CA Content Standards: Reading Comp 3.7/Writing 2.2

Monday, 04/16/2012
CA Content Standard: Reading Comp 3.7
Literary Focus: Response to Literature
Practice Symbols: Response to Literature
Review Common Literary Devices: Symbolism, Imagery, Personification, Allegory
Re-Read “The Golden Kite, The Silver Wind” p. 367-370
Complete Plot Arrow “The Golden Kite, The Silver Wind”
Complete Cause and Effect Chart “The Golden Kite, The Silver Wind”
Homework: Read over “Response to Literature” Worksheet

Tuesday, 04/17/2012
CA Content Standard: Writing 2.2
Literary Focus: Response to Literature
Review Symbols: Response to Literature
Complete Group Cloud Activity “RTL”
Read Academic Vocabulary “Literary Devices”
Review Protagonist/Antagonist Chart “The Golden Kite, The Silver Wind”
Character Trait: Mandarin’s Daughter, #4, p. 372
Homework: Complete Theme Worksheet “The Golden Kite, The Silver Wind”

Wednesday, 04/18/2012
CA Content Standard: Reading Comp 3.5
Literary Focus: Response to Literature
Theme Mini-Lesson, p. 979N
Complete “Creating a Theme for…” Worksheet
Review Possible Theme Statements for “The Golden Kite, The Silver Wind”
Complete Theme Envelopes Worksheet
Homework: Complete Theme Matching Worksheet

Thursday, 04/19/2012
CA Content Standard: Writing 2.2
Literary Focus: Response to Literature Window Panes
Read Worksheet “What Theme Is/What Theme Is Not”
Complete Evidence Worksheet “Prove It”
Review Outline: “Response to Literature” “Golden Kite, Silver Wind”
Complete Introduction Cloze “Response to Literature Essay”
Homework: Complete Academic Vocabulary Worksheet “Golden Kite, Silver Wind”

Friday, 04/20/2012
CA Content Standard: Writing 2.2
Literary Focus: Response to Literature Window Panes
Review Figurative Language Worksheet “Simile/Metaphor/Personification”
Complete Quiz: Response to Literature “Golden Kite, Silver Wind”
Complete Body Paragraph (Cloze #1,2,3)- Response to Literature “Golden Kite, Silver Wind”

Open House 9th Grade

Core Agenda April 9

Strategic Agenda April 9

Irony