1. New semester -- enrollment (We will do a new seating chart tomorrow.)

2. DOL # 80: The boston marathon is a annual 26-mile race. Many of it's runners come from all over the world for this event

3. Grammar: Start bringing in your grammar books every day.

4. Shakespearean Sonnets (structure, meaning/paraphrasing) -- handout:
----- Sonnet 18:
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?

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DOL # 81: The boston marathon begins in a suburb of boston

Sonnet 18: Continue -- then work with partner to re-write it using your own words
Be prepared to present your sonnets on Thursday and Friday

DOL # 82: Levi Straus soon realized that hard working prospector's needed study work pants. Since he has been a Taylor many peeple axed him to make pants from the canvas. Sooon peeple wear talking about levis jeans.

Sonnet 18: Presentations (5 today -- then continue tomorrow and Monday, etc.)

Shakespeare film with worksheet

DOL # 83: When the canvass were gone Levi switched to Denim another sturdy fabrik. Today weather you're jeans are from calvin klein, Macy's Department Store, or Wal-Mart you can thank Mr. Straus. He had the idea first.

Sonnet 18 presentations

Finish Shakespeare film with worksheet -- worksheet due at end of class

DOL # 84: According to Dr. Gail Slap one of the authors of the book Teenage health care, over 80% of high-school athleats who play foot ball are out with injuries for at least 4 days of the seeson.

Sonnet 18 presentations

Re-write sonnets 130 and 29:
Sonnets130 (My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun,)
Sonnet 20 (When in disgrace with Fortune and men's eyes)

Homework: If you didn't finish pages 25-27, do at home. This is due on Tuesday.

Test on sonnets on Tuesday

DOL # 85: Ancient romans played a game similar to modern football using a inflated animal bladder they introduced the game to the british isles which they conquered around 100 BCE

Romeo and Juliet: Prologue and background

Shakespeare -- pp. 985-988

DOL # 86:: The first pade football player was William Heffelfinger, he played for the allegheny athletic association and on november 12th 1892 was paid five hundred dollars.

Grammar: Simple subjects and predicates (pp. 25-27) --- Quiz

Romeo and Juliet --
----- 1. general background
----- 2. the characters
----- 3. Prologue

DOL # 87: Horse racing has been in this country since the Amer. Rev. and thoroughbred horses can be traced back to 3 sires brought to england from the near east in the 1700's.

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DOL # 88: Men and women of sceince dont seen a whole lot closer now then they were one hundred years ago to curring the common cold

Romeo and Juliet -- Test on Prologue

DOL # 89: As Sonia and myself loaded Windows Vista into her desktop computer, it made a grinding noise that reminded her and me of the time she striped the gears on her mothers car

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DOL # 90: Back in elementery sckool my brother and me cut out black outlines of our profiles pasted it onto shite sheets of paper and brought it proudly home to our Mom and Dad

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DOL # 91: The word silhouette comes from Etienne de Silhoette the minister of finance in france in 1859. silhoette tried to bring about new taxes on the rich and a cutback in expenses for the royal family who where not known for his thrifty ways

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DOL # 92: Disc jockey Alan Freed coined the term rock 'n' roll in 1951 but the music really owe it's soul to the black rithim and blues performers in the late 1940's.

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----- Period 5: Questions 1-5 at end of Act 1 (TEST on Act 1 TOMORROW)

DOL # 93: One of the first African American musitions Freed introduced to white teenagers were Chuck

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DOL # 94: Chuck Berry Otis Redding and Little Richard and scores of others from many different backgrounds and cultures is honored at the Rock-and-Roll Hall of Fame.

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DOL # 95: The Rock-and-Roll Hall of Fame and Museum opens in Cleveland in the Fall of 1995. Both Little Richard and Yoko Ono was on hand to help cut the opening ribbon

Survey -- Computer cart is coming into room. Students will take online survey. While other students wait, they should pre-read R/J

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DOL # 96: A high school band playing Respect and a 16-foot Elvis puppet was part of the celebratory parade.

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DOL # 97: Niether parents nor reviewers from the 1950s could of dreamed that some day public and private contributors would donate nearly $100,000,000 to make sure rock 'n' roll get there place in history.

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DOL # 98: Who's responsability is it to protect society & the environment from the affects of polution and over consumption?

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DOL # 99: The Black Widow Spider is more harmfuler to humans then any spider

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DOL # 100: Most people don't want to get no close up picture of a shark. Looking close at sharks however much can be learned about health fitness & survival.

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DOL # 101: As a biologic sucess sharks have done good they are practicly perfect kiling and earing machines.

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DOL # 102: Today i had to gave a speech in english clas. the assign ment had 2 parts: to explain a proces & to prepar some visaul aides.

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DOL # 103: I thought I nu my material i'm not sure i did very good at first both my teacher classmates looked kinda confused wile i spoke

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DOL # 104: This Historic City of Williamsburg attrackts 1000s of tourists each year.

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DOL # 105: english colonists renamed the town Williamsburg in honer of King William III. King William III was the king during the american revolutionary war

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Friday,
March 2

Substitute teacher -- no DOL

Grammar: Simple Subjects and Predicates -- pp 25-27
Complete Subjects and Predicates -- pp 28-30
Compound Subjects and Predicates -- pp 31-33
Kinds of Sentences -- pp 34-36

DOL # 107: (sorry, no DOL 106 -- my faux pas)
The boston marathon is a anual 26-mile race. Many runers came from all-over the world for this event

Finish grammar from Friday

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DOL # 108: scientists studie sharks too learn about imunity to disease

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DOL # 109: White Sharks don't get sick they don't have no natural enemies and they survives brane damage beter then creatures in the world. Wow!

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DOL # 110: Too descover the secrets behind this amazing health record plenty of time and money are needed

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DOL # 111: Snorkeling the coral reefs of the Flor. Keys is 1 way to explor coastal waters.

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DOL # 112: Snorkeling is swimming face down near the waters surface. A mask covering eyes and nose. Allowed you to see and a snorkel tube held in your mouth reechd above the water to provide air.

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Substitute Teacher

Grammar through page 40

Romeo and Juliet -- Act III

DOL

Romeo and Juliet -- Act III

DOL

Romeo and Juliet -- Act III

DOL

Romeo and Juliet -- Finish Act IV on Wednesday, March 28 and take first half of test on Thursday, March 29

Research week in the library.

Our topic is opposing viewpoints. We will have the entire week to do the research so you should have plenty of time to get the research done.

Research notes are due on Monday,
April 16. You must have at least six research sources. Your research must come from the books in the library or the online library sites that our school library subscribes to. In this case, you will be using Gale - Opposing Viewpoints.

This project is critically important. It is approximately 40% of your final grade. Without this project, it will be very difficult to pass English I. If you don't pass English I, you'll have to take it over again. No English I = No graduation. Take the research seriously -- IT'S IMPORTANT!!

All of your research cards are due on Monday. I will check everything that you've done on Monday, April 16. Make sure you've got everything with you.

If you didn't get all of your research done during class this week, you'll have to spend the weekend working on it.

DOL # 121: Fashon is important to Grace so she always select the latest and most poplar stile

Work on research folders. Make sure that you've got at least two agruments from the research to support a pro position and two arguments from the research to support the con position. If you need to do more research, this is your opportunity to do so. Make sure that you let me know what you accomplish so you get credit for it

Discussion about how the essay will be organized. Be ready to start working on outline on Wednesday.

Finish reading R/J Act V

DOL # 122: While david bought new clothes, his girl-friend is busy on the side lines recommending accessories

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DOL # 123: Monica hope that the next fashion fad flatter her more rounded figure

Research project -- hand back folders -- look to see how many points you got on Lirbrary Week.

Work on outline

DOL # 124: Right now diane writing a article for the fashion press stateing that so-tight-that-it-may-as-well-be-painted-on leather is back.

Finish Act V of Romeo and Juliet

Do questions on page 1103

Test tomorrow (includes quotes identification)

Romeo and Juliet -- TEST on Act V (finish ACt V if we haven't already done so and this that case, test will be on Tuesday)

DOL # 125: 2 days after dianes shopping spree grace mutter about shows-offs who "spend more time on there ward robes than on there spark plugs"

Test on Act V of Romeo and Juliet

Go over outline for research project.
MLA rules

You may NOT begin writing your essay until after we have gone over outlines. And you MAY not write your essay until you have an approved essay.

DOL # 126: diane however know that grace would spend her monny shopping if her car hadn't broke down

Outline is due today. It MUST be typed, following MLA guidelines

DOL # 127: DOL # 128: I never knows when John am avoiding reality.

Check outlines. Finished outline is due on Friday -- and it must be typed.

Discussion regarding plagiarism -- use of TURNITIN.COM

Go over MLA formatting rules

Check outlines. NOTE: You are not allowed to write your paper until you have an APPROVED outline. Final outlines are due on Friday.

Discuss Romeo and Juliet -- how the story transcends time and setting. Students will watch the Zeferelli R/J film on Wednesday and Thursday, followed by the more modern version of the same story, West Side Story

No DOL today

Zeferelli film: Romeo and Juliet followed by the modern version of the same story, West Side Story

No DOL today

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Go over how to do the outline for your research project. Outlines are due on Wednesday, May 2nd. Finished research project is due on Wednesday, May 9th.

DOL # 128: : Johns teacher are remaining un-interested in her excuses for missing home work

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Go over how to do the outline for your research project. Outlines are due on Wednesday, May 2nd. Finished research project is due on Wednesday, May 9th.

DOL # 129: Hinting delicately that blue are not a natural color for nails, Nadine wriggling her toes in distres

Finish Romeo and Juliet

Go over outline requirements -- Outlines are due on Wednesday 2nd

MLA rules

Turnitin.com

Go over research project requirements -- Finished research paper is due on Wednesday, May 9th

DOL # 130: Johns teacher are remaining un-interested in her exdcuses for missing home work.

Outlines for research prooject

DOL # 130: John whose hair have been everycolor of the rain bow say that he is color blind.

Outlines for research project

Research Paper is due on Wednesday, May 9th -- if your paper is late, you will take a 50% hit on your grade.

Research paper must include all research, research notes and index cards, outline, rough draft.

Research paper must be submitted on paper to me on Wednesday, May 9th and electronically to Turnitin.com no later than midnight, Tuesday, May 8th If you don't have an electronic submission, you will receive a zero on this project.

MLA Formatting Rules:

1. Times New Roman Font

2. Font size must be 12 point

3. All margins must be 1"

4. Indent beginning of new paragraphs 1/3"

5. Double space everything.

6. You must have internal citations

7. You must have a Works Cited page.

DOL # 131: Does you realy think that john and his friends always tells the truth

Research project:
-----Show samples of research essays
-----MLA formatting
-----Turnitin.com
-----Works Cited page
----- Quoted material
----------- Internal citations

Turnitin.com Class ID Numbers:

4th Period: 4330725

5th Period: 4330734

6th Period: 4330755

Password is: paloverde
one word -- all lower case characters

DOL # 132: I never knows when John is avoid reality

Research project -- See May 4th entry

DOL # 134: Some times John tell very odd tails and I honestly dont know when to beleive him.

Research project -- See May 5th entry

Remember that your research project is due on Wednesday, May 8th. Be prepared to hand me the paper copy of your research project as you walk in the tomorrowdoor. It's due at the beginning of class. The order of the documents, from top to bottom, is:

1. The final draft of your research essay, typed in MLA format
2. The outline (preferably typed)
3. Rough draft (if you have one)
4. Research documents and notes

DOL #: 135: John as well as the criminal master mind Dana was easy caught

Research project is due as you walk into class.