English I students completed the prologue with the discovery that it is, in fact, a sonnet. Afterward, we went over the basics of Shakespeare’s language and the characters of the play, both of which are critical to understanding the play.

English 8 students began reading “Tears of Autumn” as the next story in our immigration unit. Students annotated the first page in group for three things:

1. The main character’s expectations for the arranged marriage (echoing our activating strategy yesterday);
2. Other characters’ expectations for the arranged marriage (also echoing our activating strategy yesterday);
3. The main character’s emotions as she goes through the experience.

We’ll continue tomorrow and Friday.

Homework

• English 8: 
  • students who have not yet completed the quote integration project from “The Christmas Gift” (on Google Classroom) need to complete and to submit it by Thursday;
  • No Red Ink is due this week (don’t blow a straight-forward 100).
• English I Honors: 
  • complete “Introduction to Shakespearean Language” on Moodle;
  • groups that didn’t turn in their instructions and questions from the Odyssey project need to do so;
  • individuals who did not complete the project self-evaluation need to do so;
  • No Red Ink is due this week (don’t blow a straight-forward 100).