WE WILL REVIEW THE FOLLOWING WORDS TO PREPARE FOR OUR QUIZ ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3RD!
English I – SAT Vocabulary Words
Prepare for quiz on Thursday, December 3, 2009
Study the following words and know the definitions for each!!!
Disabuse - to rid of false ideas, enlighten, free from error
Philanthropist - a person known for generosity, a humanitarian
Pessimist - a person for having a gloomy outlook on life
Ameliorate - to make better, improve
Benefit - n. an advantage; as, the job has fringe benefits
Benefiter - n. one who benefits; as the employee is the benefiter
Beneficial - adj. wholesome; as, bathing is beneficial
Benefactor - n. one who benefits others
Benefaction - n. a gift; a donation
Benefactress - n. a female benefactor
Benedict - n. a male name which means "blessed"
Benediction - n. a blessing
Benefice - n. the gift of an income to a priest of a church
Benevolent - adj. being good hearted; a well-wisher
Beneficiary – n. a person or group that receives benefits, profits, or advantages
Effervescent - to give off bubbles and thus be bubbly; exuberant
Brandish - to shake or wave in a menacing manner
Bequest - something left to an heir in a will
Supercilious - thinking you are above others, arrogant, haughty (Prefixes - Super - - above)
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WE WILL ALSO PERFORM OUR WORKS IN CLASS FROM ACT II!
WE WILL WATCH PARTS OF ACT II, SCENE I - - THE EXCHANGE BETWEEN KATE AND PERTRUCHIO!
Monday, November 30, 2009
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Monday, November 30, 2009
WE WILL HAVE A SAT VOCABULARY QUIZ ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2009!
WE WILL HAVE A SAT VOCABULARY QUIZ ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2009!
WE WILL HAVE A SAT VOCABULARY QUIZ ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2009!
WE WILL HAVE A SAT VOCABULARY QUIZ ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2009!
WE WILL HAVE A SAT VOCABULARY QUIZ ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2009!
WE WILL HAVE A SAT VOCABULARY QUIZ ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2009!
WE WILL HAVE A SAT VOCABULARY QUIZ ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2009!
Monday, November 30, 2009
Today we will complete our worksheet on Act II of Taming of the Shrew (Shakespeare).
Act II Questions
Answer the following questions.
1. In what ways does Kate attack Bianca? How does Bianca respond? What does this tell us about the characters?
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2. Do you think Kate and Petruchio enjoy their first meeting? Why or why not?
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3. What evidence can you give to support the view that Kate and Petruchio are well matched, even though they spar verbally and appear to be hostile to one another when they first meet?
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4. Is Petruchio attracted to Kate, or is he merely interested in her because she is wealthy?
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5. When he gives Baptista an account of Kate’s behavior, Petruchio is not entirely honest. Analyze the speech that begins, “Be patient, gentlemen, I choose her for myself,” and show how Petruchio is both clever and ironic in what he says.
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Select one of the following passages, either the exchange between Petruchio and Katherine or a monologue by Petruchio and re-write it. Your re-written work should reflect the overall idea of the passage and it should your understanding of the passage. You will have the option to perform your work in class with a partner or alone.
Passage One:
Petruchio: Come, come, you wasp, i’faith you are too angry.
Katherine: If I be waspish, best beware my sting.
Petruchio: My remedy is then to pluck it out.
Katherine: Ay, if the fool could find where it lies.
Petruchio: Who knows not where a wasp does wear his sting? In his tail.
Katherine: In his tongue.
Petruchio: Whose tongue?
Katherine: Yours, if you talk of tales, and so farewell.
Petruchio: What, with my tongue in your tail?
(Act II. Scene i. Lines 207–214)
Or
Passage Two:
Thus in plain terms: your father hath consented
That you shall be my wife, your dowry ‘greed on,
And will you, nill you, I will marry you.
Now Kate, I am a husband for your turn,
For by this light, whereby I see thy beauty—
Thy beauty that doth make me like thee well—
Thou must be married to no man but me,
For I am he am born to tame you, Kate,
And bring you from a wild Kate to a Kate
Conformable as other household Kates.
Here comes your father. Never make denial.
I must and will have Katherine to my wife.
(Act II. Scene i. Lines 261–272)
Act II Questions
Answer the following questions.
1. In what ways does Kate attack Bianca? How does Bianca respond? What does this tell us about the characters?
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2. Do you think Kate and Petruchio enjoy their first meeting? Why or why not?
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
3. What evidence can you give to support the view that Kate and Petruchio are well matched, even though they spar verbally and appear to be hostile to one another when they first meet?
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4. Is Petruchio attracted to Kate, or is he merely interested in her because she is wealthy?
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5. When he gives Baptista an account of Kate’s behavior, Petruchio is not entirely honest. Analyze the speech that begins, “Be patient, gentlemen, I choose her for myself,” and show how Petruchio is both clever and ironic in what he says.
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Select one of the following passages, either the exchange between Petruchio and Katherine or a monologue by Petruchio and re-write it. Your re-written work should reflect the overall idea of the passage and it should your understanding of the passage. You will have the option to perform your work in class with a partner or alone.
Passage One:
Petruchio: Come, come, you wasp, i’faith you are too angry.
Katherine: If I be waspish, best beware my sting.
Petruchio: My remedy is then to pluck it out.
Katherine: Ay, if the fool could find where it lies.
Petruchio: Who knows not where a wasp does wear his sting? In his tail.
Katherine: In his tongue.
Petruchio: Whose tongue?
Katherine: Yours, if you talk of tales, and so farewell.
Petruchio: What, with my tongue in your tail?
(Act II. Scene i. Lines 207–214)
Or
Passage Two:
Thus in plain terms: your father hath consented
That you shall be my wife, your dowry ‘greed on,
And will you, nill you, I will marry you.
Now Kate, I am a husband for your turn,
For by this light, whereby I see thy beauty—
Thy beauty that doth make me like thee well—
Thou must be married to no man but me,
For I am he am born to tame you, Kate,
And bring you from a wild Kate to a Kate
Conformable as other household Kates.
Here comes your father. Never make denial.
I must and will have Katherine to my wife.
(Act II. Scene i. Lines 261–272)
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Monday, November 23, 2009
We will continue our journey with Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew!
We are up to Act II!
In class, we will summarize Act II and answer the following questions as a class:
1. In what ways does Kate attack Bianca? How does Bianca respond? What does this tell us about the characters?
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2. Do you think Kate and Petruchio enjoy their first meeting? Why or why not?
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
3. What evidence can you give to support the view that Kate and Petruchio are well matched, even though they spar verbally and appear to be hostile to one another when they first meet?
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
4. Is Petruchio attracted to Kate, or is he merely interested in her because she is wealthy?
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
5. When he gives Baptista an account of Kate’s behavior, Petruchio is not
entirely honest. Analyze the speech that begins, “Be patient, gentlemen, I choose her for myself,” and show how Petruchio is both clever and ironic in what he says.
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Select one of the following passages, either the exchange between Petruchio and Katherine or a monologue by Petruchio and re-write it. Your re-written work should reflect the overall idea of the passage and it should your understanding of the passage. You will have the option to perform your work in class with a partner or alone.
Passage One:
Petruchio: Come, come, you wasp, i’faith you are too angry.
Katherine: If I be waspish, best beware my sting.
Petruchio: My remedy is then to pluck it out.
Katherine: Ay, if the fool could find where it lies.
Petruchio: Who knows not where a wasp does wear his sting? In his tail.
Katherine: In his tongue.
Petruchio: Whose tongue?
Katherine: Yours, if you talk of tales, and so farewell.
Petruchio: What, with my tongue in your tail?
(Act II. Scene i. Lines 207–214)
Or
Passage Two:
Thus in plain terms: your father hath consented
That you shall be my wife, your dowry ‘greed on,
And will you, nill you, I will marry you.
Now Kate, I am a husband for your turn,
For by this light, whereby I see thy beauty—
Thy beauty that doth make me like thee well—
Thou must be married to no man but me,
For I am he am born to tame you, Kate,
And bring you from a wild Kate to a Kate
Conformable as other household Kates.
Here comes your father. Never make denial.
I must and will have Katherine to my wife.
(Act II. Scene i. Lines 261–272)
We are up to Act II!
In class, we will summarize Act II and answer the following questions as a class:
1. In what ways does Kate attack Bianca? How does Bianca respond? What does this tell us about the characters?
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2. Do you think Kate and Petruchio enjoy their first meeting? Why or why not?
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
3. What evidence can you give to support the view that Kate and Petruchio are well matched, even though they spar verbally and appear to be hostile to one another when they first meet?
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
4. Is Petruchio attracted to Kate, or is he merely interested in her because she is wealthy?
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
5. When he gives Baptista an account of Kate’s behavior, Petruchio is not
entirely honest. Analyze the speech that begins, “Be patient, gentlemen, I choose her for myself,” and show how Petruchio is both clever and ironic in what he says.
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Select one of the following passages, either the exchange between Petruchio and Katherine or a monologue by Petruchio and re-write it. Your re-written work should reflect the overall idea of the passage and it should your understanding of the passage. You will have the option to perform your work in class with a partner or alone.
Passage One:
Petruchio: Come, come, you wasp, i’faith you are too angry.
Katherine: If I be waspish, best beware my sting.
Petruchio: My remedy is then to pluck it out.
Katherine: Ay, if the fool could find where it lies.
Petruchio: Who knows not where a wasp does wear his sting? In his tail.
Katherine: In his tongue.
Petruchio: Whose tongue?
Katherine: Yours, if you talk of tales, and so farewell.
Petruchio: What, with my tongue in your tail?
(Act II. Scene i. Lines 207–214)
Or
Passage Two:
Thus in plain terms: your father hath consented
That you shall be my wife, your dowry ‘greed on,
And will you, nill you, I will marry you.
Now Kate, I am a husband for your turn,
For by this light, whereby I see thy beauty—
Thy beauty that doth make me like thee well—
Thou must be married to no man but me,
For I am he am born to tame you, Kate,
And bring you from a wild Kate to a Kate
Conformable as other household Kates.
Here comes your father. Never make denial.
I must and will have Katherine to my wife.
(Act II. Scene i. Lines 261–272)
Friday, November 20, 2009
Friday, November 20, 2009
Today in class we added more words to our SAT sheet. Those words are:
1. Disabuse - to rid of false ideas, enlighten, free from error
2. Philanthropist - a person known for generosity, a humanitarian
3. Pessimist - a person for having a gloomy outlook on life
4. Ameliorate - to make better, improve
We also discussed a Character Sheet to get more background on the characters in Taming of the Shrew.
1. Disabuse - to rid of false ideas, enlighten, free from error
2. Philanthropist - a person known for generosity, a humanitarian
3. Pessimist - a person for having a gloomy outlook on life
4. Ameliorate - to make better, improve
We also discussed a Character Sheet to get more background on the characters in Taming of the Shrew.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Thursday, November 19, 2009
As a class, we reviewed and added various vocabulary words to our SAT list.
Wednesday's Words Were:
1. Benefit - n. an advantage; as, the job has fringe benefits
2. Benefiter - n. one who benefits; as the employee is the benefiter
3. Beneficial - adj. wholesome; as, bathing is beneficial
4. Benefactor - n. one who benefits others
5. Benefaction - n. a gift; a donation
6. Benefactress - n. a female benefactor
7. Benedict - n. a male name which means "blessed"
8. Benediction - n. a blessing
9. Benefice - n. the gift of an income to a priest of a church
10. Benevolent - adj. being good hearted; a well-wisher
Add
Beneficiary
Benefiber
Thursday's Words:
1. Effervescent - to give off bubbles and thus be bubbly; exuberant
2. Brandish - to shake or wave in a menacing manner
3. Bequest - something left to an heir in a will
4. Supercilious - thinking you are above others, arrogant, haughty (Prefixes - Super - - above)
Homework: Think about the first time you experienced "love at first sight". If you have not experienced "love at first sight," think about a friend or someone you know who have experienced this feeling.
Wednesday's Words Were:
1. Benefit - n. an advantage; as, the job has fringe benefits
2. Benefiter - n. one who benefits; as the employee is the benefiter
3. Beneficial - adj. wholesome; as, bathing is beneficial
4. Benefactor - n. one who benefits others
5. Benefaction - n. a gift; a donation
6. Benefactress - n. a female benefactor
7. Benedict - n. a male name which means "blessed"
8. Benediction - n. a blessing
9. Benefice - n. the gift of an income to a priest of a church
10. Benevolent - adj. being good hearted; a well-wisher
Add
Beneficiary
Benefiber
Thursday's Words:
1. Effervescent - to give off bubbles and thus be bubbly; exuberant
2. Brandish - to shake or wave in a menacing manner
3. Bequest - something left to an heir in a will
4. Supercilious - thinking you are above others, arrogant, haughty (Prefixes - Super - - above)
Homework: Think about the first time you experienced "love at first sight". If you have not experienced "love at first sight," think about a friend or someone you know who have experienced this feeling.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Classwork:
Using the root "bene" create a list of 10(ten) words.
This is a SAT Preparation exercise.
As a class, we will read, listen, and watch Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew.
For those who were absent, here are some notes:
Act One, Scene One
http://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/shrew/section2.rhtml
Act One, Scene Two
ttp://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/shrew/section3.rhtml
Using the root "bene" create a list of 10(ten) words.
This is a SAT Preparation exercise.
As a class, we will read, listen, and watch Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew.
For those who were absent, here are some notes:
Act One, Scene One
http://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/shrew/section2.rhtml
Act One, Scene Two
ttp://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/shrew/section3.rhtml
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