Ms. Tyre's English 9 Homework for Tuesday, June 2:

1. Romeo and Juliet: 

a) Finish all the questions to where we left off.  

b) Update your Literary Devices Document- include Dramatic Irony *(when we know something some of the characters do not). You will find this in Act 3, scenes 4 and 5). 

c) Paragraph: Discuss your opinion of the Nurse, both before and at the end of Act 3, scene 5. Also discuss whether or not you would have acted the same way she did. You may use the first person "I" for this paragraph (2/3rds of a page, double-spaced).

Ms. Tyre's English 11 Homework for Tuesday, June 3:

1. Macbeth: 

a) Finish all questions to end of Act 3, scene 3. 

 b) S. I. F. T.  Act 3, scene 2, lines 15-28, 43-48, 50-61.  After you SIFT these lines,  answer question 2 for Act 3, scene 2.   

3) Pre-read Act 3, scene 4 and read the questions. Come prepared to explain as we listen to the Act, and to orally answer the questions.

Ms. Tyre's English 11 Homework for Friday, May 30:

1. Macbeth: a) Finish reading Act 3, scene one, and use the glossary for understanding. Write out important passages in your own words. I will give you the questions for Act 3 tomorrow.

b) Do a S.I.F.T. of Macbeth's soliloquy, lines 52-77.  These are due tomorrow.

Ms. Tyre's English 9 Homework for Friday, May 30:

1. Romeo and Juliet: a) Have all the questions answered to where we left off.  b) Update your Literary Devices Document after each class. I will ask to see them again next week.  c) Be ready for your Friar Laurence Dramatic Performance tomorrow.  You may read off your modernized script, but rehearse it well tonight so that you do not just read it, but speak it with emotion, personality, conviction! You are the Friar - Act!

Ms. Tyre's English 9 Homework for Thursday, May 29:

1. Romeo and Juliet Questions: Complete the questions to where we left off. Be thorough in your answers.

2. Romeo and Juliet Literary Devices Document:Keep up to date with all the figurative language/devices. Identifyand explain each of them -  and Act, scene, lines.

Ms. Tyre's English 11 Homework for Wednesday, May 29:

1. Macbeth Questions: Finish all Questions to the end of Act 2, scene 3. Use direct references in your answers to show character and important themes.

2. Macbeth Passages: Complete your S.I.F.T of the important lines II, i, lines 37-40, 47-52, 54-57, 74-80, 92-93.  Use your Glossary well.

Ms. Tyre's English 9 Homework for Wednesday, May 28:

1. Romeo and Juliet Questions: Complete all questions to where we left off Monday: Act 3, scene 1, line 135.

2. Romeo and Juliet LITERARY DEVICES DOCUMENT: Make sure you are up to date one this document.  Be thorough, thoughtful and word-process it and bring it to class.

Ms. Tyre's English 11 Homework for Wednesday, May 28:

1. Macbeth Questions: Have all your questions completed to where we left off : Act 2, scene 2.

2. S. I. F. T. of Macbeth's Soliloquy : Act 2, scene 1, lines 40 - 71. Be thorough in the poetic devices and imagery; and be descriptive with well-chosen words to describe Macbeth's emotional state and how it fluctuates.

3. S. I. F. T. of Lady Macbeth's Soliloquy: Act 1, scene 5, lines 41-57.  You need to do this S. I. F. T. as well. The two soliloquies make a pair.

All due on Wednesday.

Ms. Tyre's English 9 Homework for Monday, May 26:

1. R & J: 1) Do all questions to where we left off. Please write in full sentences and use references as often as you can.  

2) Building your literary devises document (word-process): write the Act, scene, lines, identify the literary device, and explain it.

Ms. Tyre's English 11 Homework for Monday, May 26:

1. Macbeth: a) Answer all questions to the end of Act 1, scene 7. Write a thorough answer for each and integrate references from the text occasionally. 2) Do a S.I.F.T. for Macbeth's soliloquy in scene 7.  3) Go on Shakespeare Navigator to pre-read and understand Act 2, scene 1.  We will go over it thoroughly on Monday. Read the soliloquy "Is this a dagger which I see before me" a few times using the glossary and Navigator notes.

Ms. Tyre's English 9 Homework for Friday, May 23:

1. Macbeth: Finish all Questions to where we left off (I, vii, 28).  Be thorough and use some integration of quotes where it seems worthy.

2. Start a document of Literary Devices: Write the line(s), explain the literary device and the importance to the plot, character etc.

Ms. Tyre's English 9 Homework for Friday, May 23:

1. Romeo and Juliet: Answer all the questions that you can, stopping where we left off.

You may read ahead on Shakespeare Navigator to be more prepared for tomorrow.

2. Literary Devices: you should set up a separate set of pages for these, making the Act and scene clear for each device, and explain each one.

 

Ms. Tyre's English 9 Homework for Thursday, May 22:

1. Do Romeo and Juliet Questions to Act 1, scene 5, question 7. Question 7 is the sonnet. You are to show all the elements of a sonnet: rhyme scheme, iambic pentameter, and the content of the 3 quatrains and the couplet. Clearly explain the development of the metaphor in this sonnet.

Also, do question 1-4 on the other Question Sheet.

Ms. Tyre's English 11 Homework due Thursday, May 22:

1. Read Act 1, scene 4:  use the glossary in the text, and Shakespeare Navigator if you need more explanation. Answer the questions 18. I, iv on the Macbeth Quiz.

2. BC Apology to Chinese-Canadians: I am giving you another day to complete this. So it is due on Friday.

Ms. Tyre's English 11 Homework for Tuesday, May 21:

1. Macbeth: Do all questions for Act 1, scenes 2 and 3, for tomorrow. You do not need to create new metaphors and similes for Act 1, scene 2. However, you are to identify and explain the similes and metaphors in this scene. 

The "Paragraph" question at the end of Act I, scene 3 can be done without the paragraph structure.  However, you are to quote each reference to clothes and explain the significance of this imagery.

2. Apology Assignment:  You have a couple of more days for this assignment. Incorporate some of your understanding from reading The Jade Peony, and any other information or understanding you have from other courses or experience. Due Thursday.

 

Ms. Tyre's English 9 Homework for Wed. May 21:

1. Romeo and Juliet: Do all questions for Act 1, scenes 2 and 3, on both question sheets. You do not have to write a paragraph on the "better parent,"  but you can answer the questions in a few sentences.

2. Make sure your notes on the metaphors are well done and comprehensible.

Ms. Tyre's English 11 Homework for Tues. May 20:

1. Read and print out a copy of the speech given in the BC Legislature today (Thursday, May 14) where the British Columbia government apologized to Chinese-Canadians for their treatment of them. Also watch and listen to a couple of news reports on this historic event, either online or on TV. Take notes.

2. Then, read the article "The Fight of Their Lives." This is an article from 1997 in the Vancouver Sun newspaper about Chinese-Canadians who signed up to fight in World War Two for Canada, both in the Pacific (very dangerous) and Europe, in hopes of becoming Canadians with basic rights. Read it carefully.

3. Referring to the government's apology on Thursday, to the article, and to the news reports, write a thoughtful reflection of 1.5 to 2 pages: 12pt. font, double-spaced, word-processed). A reflection requires you to analyse something, actively attempt to make sense of it and find meaning in it, gain clarity, insights, learn and understanding on a deeper level, and draw conclusions from it.  Make sure you are doing all these things. This assignment is due at the beginning of the block on Tuesday.

4. a) Find "Shakespeare Navigator," the online Shakespeare resource and find the Macbeth pages.  Read the summary of Act 1, scene 2 and 3.  b) Also get acquainted with the characters in these scenes so that you are prepared for Tuesday's class. c) Finally, finish the questions for Act 1, scene 1 in well-written sentences, keeping them in the Poetry section of your binder.

Ms. Tyre's English 9 Homework for Tuesday, May 20:

1. Do the Act 1, scene i questions on both Question Sheets. Ignore question #5 on the first sheet, but do  2 below.

2. You are to write an synthesis paragraph on Romeo's condition and Lucas Cranach's 16th Century painting, "Cupid Complaining to Venus."  This should be 2/3 to 1 page double-paced.  You should work-process it and edit it carefully before you print it out to hand in on Tuesday. 

Ms. Tyre's English 9 Homework for Thursday, May 15:

1. A Block: We have finished Act 1, scene i: Please do questions 1-4 on the first handout of questions. Then do the 8 questions on the second handout.  Please write in full sentences and develop your answers. You can include quotes (references from the text). 

For example: Romeo is heartbroken that the girl he loves does not love him back. He describes love as "a choking gall" that makes it hard for him to breathe. He wants her to let "Cupid's arrow" pierce her so that she will fall in love him: but she won't.

2. B Block: We will finish Act 1, scene 1 tomorrow, but you can attempt to read it using the glossary in your Orange text.  We will go over the oxymoron's Romeo uses to describe love, and the metaphors (Love is a .....).  Please reread all of this and to the end of the scene and come prepared to discuss it.  Try going on Shakespeare Navigator for explanation.

Ms. Tyre's English 11 Homework for Thurs. May 15:

1. All Witches! Learn your lines, character, movements, attitude...embody these nasty forces of evil!  

Meet you on the heath....tomorrow....

Ms. Tyre's Homework for Wednesday, May 14:

A. Questions: 1. What year was Macbeth first produced?  2. Who was Shakespeare honoring by writing this play? 3. Who is the real Banquo? How does he relate to King James?

B. Imagining and Dramatizing Act 1, scene i: In your groups of 3, produce your own interpretation of Act 1, scene i of Macbeth. You must use Shakespeare's script for your words, but you can interpret them in your own way. Shakespeare does not provide us with much- so get creative!  You must maintain the atmosphere of the scene: that is, it is not a comedy, it is much darker.

Consider the 5 senses: 

1. Sight: What do the witches look like: hair, clothes, faces? Are they male or female, young or old, or both? Get unreal, they are supernatural!

 2. Sound: The scene opens with thunder and lightning. What other sounds might they hear?  The script might help you a little.  Be imaginative.  How do the witches sound when they say their lines? Are they singing, chanting, wheezing, cackling...loud or whispering...?

3. Taste: Are they eating or drinking? What? Could there be a taste to the air? It may not be in the lines, but could be in their actions.

4. Smell: Where are they? What does it smell like?  How do they smell? Can an emotion or atmosphere have a smell? They can act it!

5. Touch: What are they holding or doing with their hands? Are they touching each other or their familiars?  Be creative!

Ms. Tyre's English 9 Homework for Wed. Block A: A few questions to answer before you go to the dance:

1. Do Act I, scene 1 questions 1, 2, 3, and the first two bullets for 4.

2. Homework for Wednesday evening: Thurs. Block B: Do Act I, scene 1 questions 1, 2, 3.

Ms. Tyre's English 9 Homework for Tues. May 13:

1. Do the pink "Sonnet Quiz". Look up all words you do not know and write them down on your own paper: the word; the definition.

Ms. Tyre's English 11 Homework for Tues. May 13:

1. Finish Reading "Witches and Witchcraft" and King James pursuit of witches in Shakespeare's time.

2. Turn the Handout over and read all 6 sections. Know what a soliloquy is, how Shakespeare created new words, the difference between Verse and Prose, and the literary device of antithesis.

Ms. Tyre's English 9 Homework for Monday, May 12:

1. "Shakespearean Tragedy" Handout: Read the 3 sections in this handout several times, look up words you don't know, then, thoughtfully, do the "Tragedy Quiz" directly on the handout.  Write in full sentences, develop your answers, and be neat and even in your writing.** On the back of the "Tragedy" handout you wrote the question: What is a soliloquy? Research and write the answer and include an example of a soliloquy from Romeo and Juliet.  Try Shakespeare Navigator for the answer and example.

2. Reflection: You chose a prompt on the overhead on Thursday. This is to be a thoughtful reflection that can be in the first person point of view  (I, me, my). I expect it to be a page, to page and a half, and your ideas explained clearly, with examples.  It is interesting and developed.

Ms. Tyre's English 11 Homework for Monday, May 12: 

1. Read the handout "The Shakespearean Tragedy" a few times.

2. Read and look over the "Plot Structure of the Shakespearean Tragedy."

3. Do the "Macbeth Tragedy Quiz" carefully. You do not need to do the red starred questions.

4. Go onlie and find a good explanation of the "Chain of Being." This was a medieval belief about how the universe was ordered. Bring your notes to class and be prepared to explain it.

 

Ms. Tyre's English 11 Homework for Friday, May 9:

1. The Home Stretch: You are almost finished your essay!  Do a bit of thinking for your Concluding Paragraph. This paragraph should leave the reader with a profound sense of how the novel shows something important/true about the way we live.    

Ms. Tyre's English 9 Homework for Monday May 12:

1. Shakespearean Tragedy: 1) Glossary: learn the vocabulary that you need to on the Shakespearean Tragedy Handout and keep them in your binder. The tragedy Quiz will be on Monday.

2. Personal Reflection: Choose one of the prompts and write a thoughtful, personal reflection about what you think about it, and why.  You may use personal or other worldly examples. This is due Monday as well.  

3) To be Announced tomorrow: we will be working on Plot Structure of the Shakespearean Tragedy and Sonnets!!

Ms. Tyre's English 9 Homework for Thursday, May 8:

1. Do the "Introduction to Shakespeare Quiz" using the "London Life" Handout and the Orange Text pages 526-529.  You will also have to go online for Question 6, b, and any others that you wish to or need to.  Please write your answers out in full sentences, and more than one if you need to, but do not be wordy.  Be efficient!

If you want to get a group together online to get the work done and done well...do it! Come with it completed tomorrow.

 

Ms. Tyre's English 11 Homework for Wed., Thurs., and Fri.:

You need to be working at home on this essay as well, if you are to do a good joy, be finished in time, and with a self-edit.  Make sure to come prepared each day.

Ms. Tyre's English 9 preparations for Wednesday and Thursday In-Class writing, May 7 and 8:

1.  After reading the novel The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer, many themes emerge. One of those themes is the influence of heredity and environment on a child's development. What one of these does her story suggest is more influential?

a) Your topic sentence introduces the author, title, and answers the question. Your first sentence or two after the TS should make the story clear (to a stranger).

b) You now must show and explain using 3 appropiate and powerful examples from the story to make your case.  

c) The Concluding Sentence reminds us of the main point and ends the discussion well.

(A Block: you will finish your 1st paragraph before you start this last piece of writing.)

Ms. Tyre's English 9 Homework for Tuesday, May 6:

1. Review Paragraph Structure and Vocabulary in The House of the Scorpion .

Ms. Tyre's English 11 Homework for Tuesday, May 6:

1. You should be dedicating some time this evening thinking and gathering ideas and insights for your Jade Peony essay.

Ms. Tyre's English 9 Homework for Monday, May 5:

1. Study for The House of the Scorpion Test: Read your notes, know the format of the novel and what each section shows, know characters well, some themes.

Ms. Tyre's English 11 Homework for Monday, May 5:

1. If you have not put your Historical Research (Japanese Invasion of China, etc) in the folder, be sure to bring it Monday so you can.

2. Also bring your Vocabulary pages to put in the file so you can use them next week.

3. One of the main themes in Choy's novel is cultural conflict. Choose three characters from The Jade Peony  and start thinking about how each are affected by it.  I will give you a more developed question on Monday.

Ms. Tyre's English 9 Homework for Friday, May 2:

1. Literature Circle Notes:  I hope you took a lot of notes in your Circle today.  Work-process them so you can review them later.

Prepare for your Roles for tomorrow.