Welcome back after the week-end.We are now in a winter landscape and the sense of Christmas gets stronger.In the words of Irving Berlin's famous song;
"I'm dreaming of a white Christmas".
By the end of this week I will have completed all the marking of your work.
The gradeable pieces are:
Film Review
Translation
Formal English
Informal English
5 paragraph essay
Classic book talk
Cambridge Reading
Cambridge Listening
Oral presentation (grades after Christmas)
I will return all your hand-ins (with their grades by Friday).
Next weekend I will prepare a gradesheet for the other items as well- all except the oral presentations.
If you have missed a part of the Cambridge test you will have a chance to do it on Friday .
The marking has meant around 70-80 hours extra work for me.
If you are going to learn anythiong on this course then you must be consequent and do all your corrections.
I suggest spelling mistakes written correctly 5 times and grammar/ Swenglish etc. should be shown or sent (it happens automatically if you use shared google docs)
Today we are going to continue with our study of Romeo and Juliet.
First let us look at the source of the play.
One of the criticisms of Shakespeare was that he couldn't possibly have know about exotic places like Verona.
He didn't need to. He "borrowed" material.
Let us now examine the text.
Remember the study questions.
1. What is the setting for the play?
2. What scene of conflict opens the action of the play?
3. Which character tries to stop the fighting among the servants?
4. Which character is aggressive and eager to fight?
5. What warning does the Prince give to anyone who breaks the peace again?
6. Who has asked for Juliet's hand in marriage?
7. How old is Juliet?
8. In what state of mind is Romeo when we first see him in the play?
9. Explain how Romeo finds out about the Capulet ball?
10. How does Benvolio try to remedy Romeo's love sickness?
By the end of today's lesson you should be able to answer them all!
We can use this slideshare to help us.
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