Thu., Nov. 30

Opening Grammar: Look Over the Handout

Semicolon and Colons 

Check In On the Legend While You Work on the Colon Handout and Create 4 or more sentence examples. 

HW:  

• Quiz Tomorrow: 
• You will provide sentence examples from among the 17 rules (comma, semicolon, colon)
• Midsummer (review your study guide questions and answers)
• Fully Finished Legend and Map Due Next Thursday (Dec. 7)

Tue., Nov. 28

Punctuate: Daryl Sarah and Jake the fastest runners in our class voted for a track team but Lisa Frank and Jack who aren’t so speedily endowed voted for disc golf.  

Rule 3: Use a semicolon in place of a comma in rare instances when there are already many commas in a sentence.  Compose one example sentence yourself.  

Book Check Out

Begin Reading Act III, Scene 1

Work on Your Legend

HW: 

• Rewrites and Your Story are Due on Thursday
• Finish Reading Act III, Scene 1

Note

If you create your legend and map (and do your rewrite, for those who are rewriting) over break, your life will be easier for the last dash to the semester’s end.  Your choice. 

Tuesday and Thursday (Nov. 14 and 16)

Tuesday

• Punctuate: I will not eat green eggs and ham  I will not eat them Sam I am.  
• Act I
• HW: Review the Creative Writing Assignment

Thursday

• Punctuate: The Lord is my shepherd I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures indeed he leadeth me beside the still waters.

• Semicolons:
• Rule 1: Use a semicolon to separate independent clauses with related ideas (but not with a coordinating conjunction and, but, for, or, nor, so, yet)
• Rule 2: Use a semicolon and comma to separate independent clauses joined by a conjunctive adverb (accordingly, furthermore, moreover, similarly, also, hence, namely, still, anyway, however, nevertheless, then, besides, incidentally, next, thereafter, certainly, indeed, nonetheless, therefore, consequently, instead, now, thus, finally, likewise, otherwise, undoubtedly, further, meanwhile).
• Compose two sentences on your own that illustrate each rule. 

• Return Papers and Review
• If you wish to rewrite, see the guidelines here.  You have until Tuesday of your return to turn this in. 

• Midsummer Reading

• HW: Finish Reading Act 2, Scene 2 (MIT offers a free online text here). 
• Answer Questions for Act 2 Scene 2

Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017

1. Writing Assignments:

• Essay Practice
• This is the essay you wrote last week.  You may rewrite it during class this week.  Nic, give yourself one hour to write it when you able.  You may use your novel as you write.  
• Upcoming: Christmas Blessing
• This is your next creative writing assignment.  You will have several weeks to write it and make accompanying art. 

2. A Midsummer Night's Dream Reading Guide 

• You will begin answering questions Friday or Monday. 

HW: None

Wednesday, Nov. 8

1.  Grammar (from Tuesday)

2.  Journal Discussion in Class (from yesterday)

3.  Introductory Notes (review play characters and such)

4.  Read Together

HW: Essay Review

• Essay Practice
• Upcoming: Christmas Blessing

Tuesday, Nov. 7

1. Grammar: punctuate (all one sentence)

• "Now fair Hippolyta our nuptial hour
  Draws on apace four happy days bring in
  Another moon but O methinks how slow
  This old moon wanes" (1.1.1-4)

2. Midsummer Pre-reading Journal Prompt:

• Is there such a thing as true love?  What distinguishes good and true love from infatuation or simple desire?  When is the right time for someone to marry?  How can you distinguish someone you should marry from someone you should not marry?  How much say do you think your family should have in your marriage timing and choice? 

3. Video: Act 1.  Watch from the opening to the point when Bottom the Weaver is reprimanded by his wife (this is not in the actual play, but only in the movie). 

4.  If you finish watching Act I, discuss the journal prompt.

HW: Review Your Essay Sheet.  We will have rewrites on Thursday (those not writing will be creative writing). 

Tueday and Thursday, Oct. 31, Nov. 2

* Opening Grammar to Fix

• The best poetry then comes from the roughest speech?

           Perhaps said the pfifltrigg. As the best pictures are made in the hardest stone.

* Review the PSAT

* Review errors in the book for fun.
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Essay Practice: Prepare for this essay on Tuesday; write this essay in class on Thursday. 

Homework: None