January 29: 4th period

Students took notes over paraphrasing and quoting.
Students made sample paraphrase note cards.
Students were given the research paper assignment.

Check google calendar on the left for important dates.

January 28, 30: 1st period

January 28
Students took notes over paraphrasing.
Students practiced paraphrasing.
Students were given the research paper assignment.

Check google calendar on left for important dates.

January 30
Mrs. Woodliff was out today.
Students were given a folder with various handouts.
Students were given instructions to follow that require these handouts.

"The Pot of Basil" January 7 & 8

Journal: Write a paragraph about something that intrigues you.

Decameron quiz

Decameron notes:
4th day: love stories with unhappy endings
Filomena tells the story of Lisabetta and Lorenzo
Macabre story; recalls elements of the plague as described in the introduction

Continue in green packet:

• Read "The Pot of Basil" folk song.
  Skim the poem; underline or highlight unfamiliar words.
  Read the poem. Define words you need to make better sense of the poem.
  Follow instructions at top of page.
• Read "The Pot of Basil" tale. follow instructions in bold.

ASSIGNMENT (due next week)
Read either “The Deceived Girl” or “The Willow Tree” (both folk ballads)
Summarize it (in the margins is fine)
Then, as a group at your tables, write and illustrate a short story as influenced by the poem.
You may sketch your story as a storyboard first, then write it.
Your story must be at least 200 words.
You must have at least 4 illustrations to go with your story.
When writing the story, consider what happens between the stanzas of the poem. (What is missing that you may include in the story?)

Plague Literature: January 5 & 6

Journal: choose 2 of the following to write about. 75 word minimum each:

1.Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.
2.Death gives us sleep, eternal youth, and immortality.
3.Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
4.The cure for grief is motion.

Take notes over PowerPoint on the plague.

Plague Literature packet (green).
Read the introduction to The Decameron. Answer questions 1-17.
Prepare for a quiz next class.