Welcome! October 26th, 2017 Thursday Do Now Get out your weekly Bell Ringer sheet and begin working on Thursday’s assignment. Once the bell rings, you will have five minutes to find the errors in the post. Remember: Do Now's are INDEPENDENT and QUIET exercises. Thank you
Correct the spelling, punctuation, and grammar errors in the following social media post. @SocialMediaSlipUps © Presto Plans
I’m: The apostrophe was missing from the contraction I’m. reading and studying: This sentence did not show parallel structure. If reading is used, then the verb studying should be used (not to study). English test, but: English is capitalized because it is a language. A comma should be used to separate two complete sentences with a conjunction (and). I’m: The apostrophe was missing from the contraction I’m. bed, I dreamt: A comma is used to set off introductory elements. Dreamed mostly refers to something hoped or imagined. Dreamt mostly refers to something experienced while sleeping. principal: Principal was misspelled. morning, I: A comma is used here to set off an introductory element. because: Cuz is not a word. Because is the proper spelling. © Presto Plans
CASTING CALL! Act 1, Scene 4 Parts: Original Text: Romeo Mercutio Benvolio Act 1, Scene 4 Parts: No Fear Shakespeare: Romeo Mercutio Benvolio CASTING CALL!
Imagery in Mercutio’s queen mab speech Your job is to look back through Mercutio’s Queen Mab speech (the original text) and choose six visually compelling elements. Illustrate your six chosen elements and label your drawing with the segment of Mercutio’s speech and the line number in which the image appears. You can divide your paper into six separate areas, or you can create a full page scene. Either is fine, just make sure you’ve properly labeled six different elements with Shakespeare’s words and line number. Now let’s check out a few examples…
Romeo and Juliet: Act 1, Scene 2-3 We’re going to have a shortened period tomorrow due to some guest speakers, so you have three jobs for the next two days: Complete the Reading Guide for Act 1, Scene 4 of Romeo and Juliet. For two questions provide an answer, explanation, and provide textual evidence. Circle the two questions you’ve done all three parts for. Complete your Queen Mab project. Don’t forget to include the line numbers for your chosen images! Finish working on your IXL for the week: D.3 Good luck!