Novel Project

1. Create a new Word Document

2. You must include the title, and author.

3. Write a summary 2 to 8 sentences long.

4. Find at least one Theme and write about, being descriptive.

5. List all of your characters

6. Tell your setting and time

7. Use a symbol from the book, find a picture and tell about it

8. tell about the point of view and how you know this.

9. Correct any mistakes and print (YOU CAN PRINT IN COLOR)

*Be sure you use correct grammar, punctuation, and spelling, be CREATIVE~!!!

English II April 30th

Hey! You are almost juniors and I am torturing you soooooooooo much by making you read EVEN after the TAKS test. I do not give up on your learning at any time. Thank you for your great attitude!!

You are going to make a word collage with a few pics to hang in my room and that will meet you again next year when you come back (I want you ALL to be back with me for English III.)
This is a simple grade--100 or 0 really. School appropriate and Mrs. Johnson appropriate!!
Assignment:

1. Use wordart to add your name--you decide. First? Last? Middle? All? Nickname?

2. Twenty adjectives that are school appropriate that describe you.

3. Goal for next year.

4. Two random (school appropriate) facts about you that I don't know.

5. A picture from flickr.com that you LOVE (again school appropriate)

6. 10 nouns that label who you are.

7. ^ verbs that you like to do.

8. Could be more to come

Freshmen Friendship Cards

Make a friendship card. You can either use a half sheet front and a half sheet for the inside or you could use a full sheet to demonstrate what the front would be like and a full sheet for the inside.

The outside should be catchy and use the correctly worded Shakespeare words set off by quotation marks. Also include --William Shakespeare-- at the end of the quote. Picture mandatory on the front (clip art or photography). Front should fully use the space--great choreography.

The inside will include a paraphrase or interpretation of the Shakespeare quote on the front. Include a catchy little friendship line just like in real cards.

Be creative. I will grade for effort. Each card should take you at least twenty minutes. I should be able to tell if the theme of the card--Is it funny? Is it serious? Is it thoughtful? Is it sweet?

If time allows, make three. At least one, two would be better and some of you should do three.

Wedding Planner Project English I

Group 1 - The Guest List & Conversation: Who Is Invited, Where Do They Sit, and What Do They Talk About?


One of the toughest tasks when planning a wedding of this size is simply getting all the people together. You have two households, both alike in dignity, to consider. From the head of each household, to his immediate family, the bride and groom, their friends, their servants, their servants' servants, well connected businessmen and politicians, old family friends, the shady relatives from the highlands, the royalty!! Your task is awesome. You can't afford to offend anybody, yet there must be peace in the wedding hall. Review the following resources and create a list of guests and a seating chart for tables of up to ten guests per table. For each table you are to create a list of appropriate conversation topics and/or life situations that your guests will have in common. If your guests can't find enough common ground to talk they are bound to draw their mistempered weapons and have at each other!
Some topics to consider as you search are: everyday life, politics, social events, cultural events and any other category listed below.

RESOURCES:

Welcome to the Age of Chivalry -
Surveillance, Militarism and Drama in Elizabethan Era
WildWinds Databank of Ancient Coins
Stanford Library Medieval Links
Italian Politics of the 15th Century
History and Economy of a Medieval Town
WWW Virtual Library History Index, Medieval Europe
Medieval Weapons and Arms
What Was it Like to Live in the Middle Ages
Health in the Middle Ages
A Medieval Response to Municipal Pollution
The Plague and Public Health in Renaissance Europe
The Plague
Middle Ages Internet Links
Life in the Middle Ages


Group One Grading Information
1. 30 points Guest list--70 people--NAME, OCCUPATION, and INTERESTS of each guest. You are making these people up.
2. 30 Points Church seating chart with immediate family listed in specific spots and others just list the side to sit on. TABLE SEATING CHART for reception with NAMES of guests.
3. 40 Points A LIST OF TOPICS for each table to discuss during the reception.




Group Two ~ Fashion and Food ~ What Do the Wedding Party and Guests Wear?What Will You Feed Them?


Your group will have two functions that you may divide and complete anyway you see fit. All members of this group will share the same grade.
The first thing your group will do is to search your resources and determine what types of outfits your wedding party and guest will wear. What can we expect to see at this stellar fiesta? You are to design a wedding dress for Juliet and an ensemble for Romeo. You are to create a scrapbook of outfits that the guests will be wearing.

Remember this is the wedding of the century... your guests will be DRESSED TO THE NINES

16th Century / Northern European Renaissance Costume Links
The Catholic Encyclopedia ~ Lace
Costume Page
Fashion Links
http://www.springfield.k12.il.us/schools/Springfield/eliz/womensfashion.html
http://karenswhimsy.com/elizabethan-fashion.shtm
http://www.elizabethancostume.net/


Group Two Grading Information
1. 60 Points A SCRAPBOOK OF OUTFITS your guests will wear. I have a notebook you can use.
2. 25 Points JULIET'S WEDDING DRESS handmade by you (this can be a dress you already have that you have embellished... be creative! It could be miniature or out of paper--be creative! ).
3. 15 points ROMEO'S WEDDING OUTFIT--picture of and sample fabrics (even just names of and pictures) and colors would be great.

Group 3

Many of us have been to weddings, proms, birthday parties, award dinners, and various social functions where we have endured the worst food of our lives. Instead of the industrialized, pre-fab, tasteless fare of careless cooks YOU are going to scour the internet and determine the best menu for your guests. Remember... this is the wedding to end all weddings! After you determine the foods that will be served for each course you will create an actual menu and prepare at least three of the foods you will be serving. Your actual menu may be computer generated, hand drawn, painted, prepared as a collage or any other artistic method but it must have the feel of the time period of Romeo and Juliet or Shakespeare. The foods you prepare must be as authentic in ingredients and preparation style as possible. All modern substitutes must be noted and explained.

Your guests will expect to be eating the finest cuisine available to man. You must not disappoint.

Verona Menu
Elizabethan Food
Elizabethan Food and Dining
Shakespeare and Food
Recipe Site
Medieval Manor Restaurant
Medieval Renaissance Food Clip Art Collection
Medieval Renaissance Main Food Page
Recipe Data Bank


Group Three grade:

1. 30 Points A MENU of all food and drink served at the wedding. Typed neatly like it will be presented at the tables for the wedding.
2. 50 Points THREE FOODS prepared for the class.
3. 20 Points Recipes for all foods presented in class.

Group Four ~ Music and Games ~ What Will We Do For Fun?

Your group will also have two functions that you may divide and complete anyway you see fit. All members of this group will share the same grade.
The first thing your group will do is to search your resources and determine what types of music will be appropriate for this wedding. You are to prepare a song list including song titles, composers, performers and lyrics. You should also provide a tape or CD with a collection of songs.
After you compile the music you have to get your guests moving to burn off those party calories. Search your resources to compile a list of games, activities, dances and fun for your party-goers. After you compile a list of games, select a few and design a Rule Book to pass out to all of your guests. Be ready with all necessary equipment to play a few games with us.


RESOURCES
Renaissance Fair and Other Links
Rules for Medieval Games
Music
SCA Music and Dance Homepage
Choral Music Sound Clips
Lammas Song Lyric
http://www.emusic.com/album/Various-Artists-Amon-Ra-Elizabethan-Music-MP3-Download/10589919.html

Group Four Grading Information
1. 20 Points A LIST OF MUSIC to be played at the wedding and reception.
2. 30 Points A TAPE OR CD OF MUSIC from the wedding playlist to be played for class. At least 10 songs
3. 20 Points A LIST OF GAMES to be played during the wedding and reception.
4. 30 Points A RULEBOOK and EQUIPMENT to hand out in class in order to play a game.

Group Five ~ The Service ~ What Type of Wedding Ritual Will This Be? What Are Their Beliefs?

Your group has the most important task of all... scripting the wedding. In the play Friar Lawrence performs the wedding outside the prying eyes of Shakespeare's readers. You are to research your sources and design the entire service including the Friar's words, Romeo and Juliet's vows, the witnesses' roles, any hymns sung during the service, special objects, any legal or financial conditions that must be considered... after all, we want this relationship to last this time! Make sure it is all legal in the eyes of heaven and the law.

RESOURCES

Church of All Saints
Love, Marriage, Romance and Women in Medieval and Celtic Culture
Medieval, Norse and Celtic Christian and Pagan Marriages

Group Five Grading Information
1. 30 Points A DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF RELIGION as experienced by Romeo and Juliet or Shakespeare
2. 50 Points THE SCRIPT FOR THE ENTIRE WEDDING SERVICE including bride, groom, friar, witnesses, parents,.....
3. 20 Points A PROGRAM FOR THE GUESTS (to be printed and handed out)


Presentation ~ Wedenesday, April 1st--Groups 1, 2 and 3 & Thursday Groups 4 and 5

Now's the time to tell others what you learned. Finalize your group's project and prepare a presentation for the class. This presentation will be different for each group and should be based on the content of your project. A lecture may work for Group One, while Group Two might need to be more interactive. Your creation should the following information.
The total is 100 points.
1. 10 Points Give all your names and tell why you are designing this poster, brochure, or newsletter.
2. 50 Points State the chief considerations and problems you faced while tackling your groups assignment.
3. 10 Points Each person in your group should tell about some part of your project.
4. 10 Points Have each person on the team proofread your creation for correct grammar and visual appeal.
5. 20 Points In addition to your class presentation you must also share your project by posting it in your school.

English II assignment

OK after watching Juilus Caesar, here are your choices for assignments due Wednesday, March 25th first of class.

1. Write a page summary of the movie. No opinions. Handwritten.

2. Draw a respresentation of what you believe Julius Caesar stood for. Has to be in color and cover an 8.5 x 11 sheet of paper and have a name and title on the back. (to be hung up)

3. Draw a cartoon with at least five frames at least 3 " x 3" size frames including words and a title. If not colored, should be in more detail.

4. Make a timeline of his life from research. Handwritten--8.5 x 14 piece of paper. VERY neatly written.

5. Present one of Julius's speeches from the textbook--at least 25 lines from the William Shakespeare version in the textbook. You have to present in class with gusto! You can make a 100 if you dress of the time period--with GREAT effort on costume and speech.

English III project

Hey--my goal is to conserve on paper as much as I can. On your index card, write the instructions for the project that you will work on with your name and turn it in to Mrs. Johnson for a commital.

1. Memorize a word or two over ten consecutive lines of the Gettysburg Address. You have to write it out by hand to turn in as well. You do not have to present it to the class, but you can for 10 extra points. Each word is basically a point.

2. page 481 Present thirty lines of Second Inaugural Address by Abraham Lincoln to the class with gusto!! and dressed up. In costume like Abe Lincoln would get extra points. A typed speech should be turned in as well.

3. Read the letters, diaries and jouirnals on page 496-503. Write either a journal/diary entry or a letter from the perspective of someone affected by the Civil War--a soldier, a mother/father of a soldier, a slave or a general. The length has to be OVER a page double spaced Arial font size 12. USE YOUR OWN WORDS--DO NOT COPY FROM TEXT OR COMPUTER!!

4. Write out a script and act out a scene from "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County." The scene has to be tow pages in length--double spaced, Arial size 12. You have to have costumes and props. Two people max.

5. "The Outcasts of Poker Flat" page 543 either number one or number three in the left column.

DUE: MARCH 30th if not before!! If you are presenting in class, you will have to do it on Monday, March 30th. Will be 50 points late until end of class April 1st!! Cannot turn in April 2nd for credit. That would be three zeros. You will have some class time to work on it, but if you are heavily involved in extracurricular activities, you are on your own. They will be working in class on the days you are gone. SORRY!! We will keep going in class. You really only have Thursday this week (12th) and Friday the 13th to work on it in class.

This will count in the grade book three times due.

English I project

Ok, this is all new for me, but I want to try it.

Clink on the link included and then find the information from your book or the web. I will take a grade. There are hints and you can check as you go through.

http://www.argo217.k12.il.us/departs/english/blettiere/shakeback_beg.htm

Print (just right click and print) when you get finished and put your name on it too. You should finish by the end of the class.