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=Have a look at the class calendar to see our agenda for the rest of the week. Be sure to review the exam outline so that you have a plan to help you study and prepare for the exam. Check and see if you are eligible to write your exams with help from Student Services. If you are, sign up as soon as possible. June 4= We finished up the second "After Chapter One" assignments and continue to work on poetry. =

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June 1
All of our review notes are posted here. Yesterday and today, we reviewed the elements of story: plot, character, setting and conflict. Check the notes and be sure to ask questions.

May 30 and 31We finished the final scene of //A Midsummer Night's Dream// and then discussed alternate ways to use the movie while reading the play. We seem to be fairly evenly divided whether to read the play first or watch the movie first, but we all agree that watching the movie made understanding the language of Shakespeare so much easier.

We spent quite a bit of time having a look at the exam outline. Check the class calendar to see our review schedule.

=May 28 and 29=



=MAY 25= Today, we carefully went over the guidelines for completion of an "After Chapter One" assignment. Everyone has chosen a novel in the classroom to use and we are completing the forms in class. Each student must complete three of these by Friday, June 1.

=May 24= We wrote the final test on A Midsummer Night's Dream today. The marks are posted on the "marks" page. Students are reminded to
 * __return the "interim" reports you received yesterday - signed by a parent or guardian.__**

May 23We are ready to ace the final test tomorrow on //A Midsummer Night's Dream//. Here is the outline: 1. Shakespeare's life and times 2. Relevant quotations: use the "Responding" work to help you with these. What passages did you have to re-read in order to answer those questions? 3. Nuggets from all notes: doubling, for example, and the additional doubling we talked about __today__. = = All students were given "interim" reports today with their current English marks. I have asked that parents sign these reports and students return them tomorrow.

May 22=== We finished - or will by tomorrow - all of the "Responding" questions on //A Midsummer Night's Dream//. (If you need any of the sheets, go to the Period 1 English page and scroll down the page to May 11) The **final test** on the play is on Thursday so everyone should be reviewing notes and questions and re-reading the play. =

= =May 17= Have a great long weekend!! =

= =May 16= We had guests today from Quispamsis Middle School - Grade 8 students who will be coming to KV next year. In groups we talked about two things: (1) What concerns, worries or fears might be typical of a student coming to KV next year and (2) what are three pieces of advice we could give to Grade 8 students coming to our school next year. Tomorrow, we will have guests in our class from Harry Miller Middle School and Rothesay Park Middle School and we will have the same discussions with those students. At the end of tomorrow's class, we'll post the lists we've developed. //**As a note, I want to say how well these sessions went today. Most students in our class really went out of their way to make our guests feel both welcome and at ease. Good Job!! Colton, you rock!**// =

= =May 15= We have finished Act 4 - and should have completed all of the "Responding Questions" by the end of the period today. If not, be sure to hand them in at the beginning of tomorrow's class. =

= =May 10= Today we worked together to agree on the elements of plot that we find in Act 3 of the play. We will continue that work tomorrow. We have completed all of the questions on Act 3, and will now work on our responses to the conflicts and the characters in that act.

=For some strange reason,= several days of our space have disappeared. I am going to list below the documents and sites I've recommended or that we've used throughout the //**Midsummer Night's Dream**// (MSND) unit:


 * __For question on the first three acts:__**




 * __Notes so far:__**


 * __[|A great website]__** with all of the play in ordinary English.

=May 9= Thanks again to everyone who volunteered to read parts in the play today. Shakespeare meant for us to HEAR his lines and having people who are willing to read helps us all understand the lines. For tomorrow: finish all questions on Act 3 for tomorrow.

=May 8= WE read all of Act 3 today - many, many thanks to the great readers we have in class!! Do all questions on Scene 1 for homework.

=May 7= The tests on Act 2 were returned today and marks are posted here. Students are encouraged to make corrections and/or updates to the returned tests and to keep them for review prior to the exam. We also had a brief look at Act 3 and assigned parts so that we can read the play tomorrow in class. Here are the roles - be sure and read your part two or three times.

April 24
[|here] is a great site to help you find summaries of each act in the play.
 * Tuesday, May 1**