9th Grade - Freshmen took our last section of notes before we start reading "Romeo and Juliet" tomorrow. This lesson was specifically based around stage directions, and making sure students understand that the way characters are positioned on a stage has an important effect on the performance.
We talked about how it is easy to disregard directions when reading a play, but that the reader needs to remember that the story was not designed to be read - it is designed to be performed. This means that when reading, students should think of this in terms of a performance.
The class played a game in which everyone was given a "map" of a stage, and then had to create a six-step process of directions. One student would then have to try and follow the directions without looking at the map.
Quiz on stage directions sometime next week, following the same format!
10th Grade - Sophomores presented the Dissecting an Ad projects that we have worked on this week. Everyone who has been here for the past two days presented, and overall this went very well.
Students who missed days this week, or were unable to present today - to get credit, you can still create a Powerpoint presentation and send it to me via e-mail to get credit for that component of the project. However, we are moving on to the next topic in our unit tomorrow, and there will be no more time for presentations for this project.
Sophomores also finished with about 10-15 minutes of S.S.R. in most periods.
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