Welcome to Pre-AP English 1! I am excited to have you in class.

Today, we are watching a short TEDEd video on The Hero’s Journey in literature. We’re using this concept as the basis of your fiction summer reading project (The Hero’s Journey Diagram Assignment), which will be due on Tuesday, September 4 and will count as a major grade (three times a regular grade).

For homework tonight, please begin thinking about how you might craft your project. Thank you for joining me today — I’m looking forward to a great year with you all!

Today we talked about your final exam. On Monday, you will write your final exam essay, which will count of 50% of that grade. Here is the prompt (Essay Prompt). You may plan and prewrite (including outlining), but you may not write a rough draft. You essay must be completely composed during class on Monday.

I also gave you these sonnets to read and analyze as practice for your final (Shakespearean Sonnet Analysis).

Finally, students read the rest of Act 2 and answered some questions in response. Tomorrow, as I mentioned, I will be out for a doctor’s appointment, so I would like for you to read Act 3 and answer the questions I have left for you.

On Wednesday, we looked at two of the most famous scenes in the play — the masked ball and the balcony (Romeo and Juliet Annotation and Questions – Act 1 Scene v and Romeo and Juliet Annotation and Questions – Act 2 Scene ii).

Students are eligible for up to five points of extra credit on their final exams by reading a free-choice novel from our classroom library and completing this assignment (Free-Choice Novel Extra Credit).

This must be submitted no later than 11:59 on Monday, May 28. The amount of extra credit received will depend on the quality of the submission.

Hi students —

Unfortunately, I need to move our extra-credit showing of Shakespeare in Love from Friday to Monday — I have a doctor’s appointment that I need to attend on Friday. I apologize for the change!

You will still need to bring a parent permission slip if you are planning to attend.

Today we looked at some scenes from Romeo and Juliet:

• Romeo and Juliet Annotation and Questions – Act 1 Scene i
• Romeo and Juliet Annotation and Questions – Act 1 Scene ii
• Romeo and Juliet Annotation and Questions – Act 1 Scenes ii and iii
• Romeo and Juliet Annotation and Questions – Prologue

Today I asked you to do three things:

1. Vocabulary.com for Romeo and Juliet List 1
2. Vocabulary sentences for Romeo and Juliet List 1 (no grammar component needed — I just need to be able to tell that you understand the meaning of the word from the context of the sentence) — submitted through Turnitin.com
3. An original sonnet (Compose Your Own Shakespearean Sonnet) submitted through Turnitin.com (this will help you with the Shakespearean sonnet that will be on your final exam)

In class on Friday, we covered sonnets. Please see the PowerPoint for the lesson: Sonnets.

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Please study up for your grammar exam on Monday!

Please submit your multiple choice questions here.