February 2016
Mrs. Huynh-Duc’s 9th-Grade Honors English Class Calendar
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
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VOCABULARY QUIZ 14
Class: Welcome, Mrs. Dillard! Go
over vocabulary notecards list 14;
pass out Romeo and Juliet study
guides; go through PowerPoint
introduction and take notes
Class: Analysis of The Prologue;
discuss important literary devices
(iambic pentameter, Shakespearean
sonnet, etc.)
Class: Oxymoron Odyssey; Discuss
Act I, Scene One; go over literary
devices (pun, foil, prose, oxymoron)
HW: Read The Prologue in your
textbook for tomorrow; answer study
guide questions
8
HW: Read Act I, Scene one for
tomorrow and answer study guide
questions
9
Class: Go over vocabulary list 15;
Discuss Act I, Scene 4 and analyze
Queen Mab speech
Class: Discuss Act I, Scene 5;
Literary Term Scavenger Hunt on
Act I.
HW: Queen Mab handout due
tomorrow if not completed during
class; Read Act I, Scene 5 and
answer study guide questions
HW: Read Act II, Scenes 1-2
15
Class: Go over vocabulary list 16;
Discuss Act II, Scene 3 (introduction
to Friar Laurence); read Act II,
Scene 4 in class and analyze the
innuendos
16
Class: Discuss conclusion of Act
II; Literary Term scavenger hunt
HW: Poetry vs. Prose handout
HW: Finish Act II for tomorrow and
answer study guide questions
22
Class: Go over notecards list 17;
Discuss Act III, Scene 1 in class.
What happened? How is this the
turning point of the play?
HW: Read Act III, Scene 2 for
tomorrow. Sonnet rough drafts due
Friday!
HW: Read Act I, Scenes two and
three, and answer study guide
questions
10
Class: Discuss Act II, Scenes 1-2;
complete Figurative Language
Handout from The Balcony Scene!
HW: Complete the Figurative
Language handout if not done so in
class; Study vocabulary, Lists 13-15
for Friday’s quiz
17
Early Release Day
Class: Discuss Prose v. Poetry
handout; Sonnet project assigned!
HW: Study vocabulary Lists 13-16
for Friday.
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Class: Discussion of Act III, Scene
2 (dramatic irony, symbolism of the
word “night,” etc.). Fill in Juliet’s
side to the reaction to Romeo’s
banishment.
Class: Discuss Act III, Scene 3 and
complete Reaction to Romeo’s
Banishment handout in class.
Discuss scene 4.
HW: Read Act III, Scene 3 and 4
for tomorrow and answer study
guide questions. Sonnet rough
drafts due Friday!
HW: Read Act III, Scene 5 for
tomorrow. Sonnet rough drafts due
Friday!
Class: Discuss Act I, Scenes 2-3
Class: Bluff, Vocabulary Quiz #14
HW: Study Vocabulary Lists 13-14
11
Class: Go over Figurative Language
handout; Balcony Scene Comparison
between Franco Zeffirelli and Baz
Luhrmann!
HW: Study vocabulary Lists 13-15.
18
Class: Analyze a Shakespearean
sonnet with a partner; in-class work on
sonnets
HW: Study vocabulary Lists 13-16 for
tomorrow’s quiz.
25
Class: Discuss worst fights with your
parents! Go over scene 5 and Juliet’s
verbal irony. Complete the “Who’s to
Blame” handout and discuss.
HW: Study vocabulary lists 13-17;
Sonnet rough drafts due tomorrow!
HW: Read Act I, Scene 4 and answer
study guide questions; Notecards for List
15 due Monday
12
VOCABULARY QUIZ 15
Class: Bluff; Vocab quiz 15;
HW: Notecards for List 16 due Monday.
Read Act II, Scene 3 for Monday and
answer study guide questions.
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VOCABULARY QUIZ 16
Class: Bluff; Vocabulary Quiz; Begin
reading Act III, Scene 1 together in class
and answer study guide questions.
HW: Finish Act III, Scene 1 and study
guide questions for Monday. Notecards
for List 17 due Monday.
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VOCABULARY QUIZ 17
SONNET ROUGH DRAFTS DUE
Class: Bluff; vocab quiz; Peer-edit of
each other’s sonnets!
HW: Read Act IV scenes 1-4 and answer
study guide; notecards for List 18 due
Tuesday (unless Monday has been
converted to a make-up snow day)