Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Today, you started to read Act V of The Merchant of Venice. I don't know how far you got as I was not here. I will update this tomorrow morning for those who were absent.

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Today, you read Act IV, Scene two of The Merchant of Venice.
When finished with this Act, you were to write a summary of what happened in court and the outcome (with as much detail as you could provide). You are also to explain to the reader your own position on the outcome (was it fair? If so, how? Or, if not, how was it not?)
This was to be completed on the computer or in dark blue or black ink and was to be answered fully and neatly. Also, you were reminded that you must be careful about the mechanics as sloppiness will reduce your mark (on the last set of questions there were numerous errors of capitalization and run ons).
If you had time left over, you worked on YPI, read your novels, studied your terminology, or caught up on late assignments.

Monday, February 27, 2012

Today, you started to read Act IV of The Merchant of Venice.
You also had to hand in the reading assignment questions from last week.

Friday, February 24, 2012

Yesterday, you had to analyze a Shakespearean reading (actively)
Today, you will answer the long questions for this reading
Those who were here worked on these in pairs
If you were not here, the questions are in your portfolio. You will have to catch up on these in your own time once you are back·
If you were here and didn't complete the questions, they are due for Monday.

Thursday, February 23, 2012

Today, you analyzed a Shakespearean reading (actively)
This was a difficult reading so you were reminded that you must follow the steps involved in active reading
o read italics carefully
o highlight key information
o Don’t stop reading a passage at the end of a line but only when indicated by periods, commas, semicolons, etc (these should be highlighted)
o paraphrase – for Shakespeare this is done a lot and is a MUST to comprehension
o highlight, look up and define words they do not understand
o Look for and identify figurative devices/literary terms
o summarize the whole reading at the end (all of this right on the page).

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Today, you will work on your YPI projects. At this point you should be creating your PowerPoints. If you are not there, try to get everything else done so that you are where you should be. Keep in mind that we will need these powerpoints a couple days before the presentation so we can set them up.

ZTuesday, February 21, 2012

Today, we read the rest of Act III The Merchant of Venice. I then gave you questions to complete. These have been posted below and are due tomorrow.

The Merchant of Venice
Act III: Questions


1.
Why does Portia want Bassanio to wait a day or two before choosing a casket?
How are the two getting on together?


2.Which casket does Bassanio choose? What reasoning led him to that choice? What reward does he get? Is that any surprise?


3.Remember that the inscription on the lead casket is "Who chooseth me must give and hazard all he hath". Why is this inscription appropriate to Bassanio? Are there any ways in which it is not appropriate to him?


4.Read Portia's "submission" speech carefully. What object does she give to Bassanio? What is your reaction to her speech? What must Bassanio do with the ring? What are the consequences if he doesn’t do as she asks?

5.Who else is getting married? What additional company joins them?


6.What news is contained in Antonio's letter? How does Bassanio tell Portia about Antonio? What has happened to Antonio's ships? What is Shylock demanding?

7.What is the function of this scene between Shylock and Antonio? What does Antonio's last speech tell us about Antonio's chances of survival?


8.What reason does Portia give to Lorenzo for her departure with Nerissa (3.4.24-32)? What

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Today, you were to contact your charity to arrange your interviews (hopefully for this weekend). You were then to work on your powerpoint and interviewing skills as well as any other outstanding YPI assignments from this week.

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Today, you worked on YPI. Many of you sent me your questions and I sent them back for revision. This means you must email them to me tonight or today so I can once again go through them to see if they are appropriate, My email address is dawn.benoit@nlsd.ab.ca.

Monay, February 13, 2012

Today, you worked on your YPI project (and will for the next three days). Your goal is to complete your flag, mission statement, and a point form sheet about the issue your charity is trying to alleviate for TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21!!!!!!!
You need to have your interview questions and interview script completed FOR TOMORROW as you have to email the questions to me to check over. You will be given two handouts "YPI: Setting UP the Interview" and "YPI Checklist" to help you. If you were not here, you will need to talk to your group mates to get caught up.

Friday, February 10, 2012

Today, we read up to the end of Act III, Scene 3 (page 15) of The Merchant of Venice. On Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, you will be working on YPI in your groups. Your goal is to finish researching the issue your charity is trying to address, write your mission statement, complete your flag, and then create questions at all levels of Bloom's Taxonomy (see the Powerpoint handout I gave you). You are then going to send these to me on Tuesday so that I can get them back to you for Wednesday so you can all the charities and arrange an interview date.

Thursday, February 10, 2012

Today, we marked the questions for Act II of The Merchant of Venice. We then read Act three , scene 1, up to just after Shylock's speech where he asks "do we not bleed?"

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Today, we finished reading Act II of The Merchant of Venice. You then had questions to answer which must have been answered fully (flipping the question into a statement) and using proper format. These are due tomorrow. After this, if you had time, you were able to work on YPI.
I have pasted the questions below:

English 9
Merchant of Venice
Act Two: Study Questions
INSTRUCTIONS: Answer these questions FULLY (flipping the question into the statement and then answering it).
1. Why does Morocco fear Portia will reject him at the outset?

2. What is Bassanio’s reservation about Gratiano accompanying him to Belmont?

3. What is Jessica’s dilemma concerning her father, Shylock?

4. How does Lorenzo plan to disguise Jessica in order to escape from her father?

5. Before going to dine with Antonio and Bassanio, what advice does Shylock give his daughter?

6. Why does Jessica not want Lorenzo to see her when he arrives at Shylock’s house?

7. What is Morocco’s rationale for choosing the gold casket?

8. What news has Salerio heard, making him anxious?

9. How does Solanio interpret Antonio’s sadness at Bassanio’s departure?

10. Which casket does Aragon choose, and why?

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Today, we discussed YPI; specifically, we chose the days to work on it so we will all be ready for the presentation (ask your group members for these). We then read Act 2, Scene IV, Scene V, Scene VI, and Scene VII of The Merchant of Venice.

Monday, February 6, 2012

Today, we read Act II, scenes One, Two, and Three of The Merchant of Venice. You can access these on "No Fear Shakespeare" so please do so if you were absent.

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Today, you worked on your YPI assigment (creating the flag and mission statement). I also encouraged you to start researching the issue your charity hopes to alleviate.