weeks 4,5, and 6

These last three weeks have flown by. I'll do a quick recap on what happened and give a run down on what is coming up.

week 4:

•  we learned about the Iambic Pentameter. 
• What is Iambic Pentameter?
  [a line of verse with five metrical feet, each consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable,] for example Two households, both alike in dignity.
• This will come in handy while working on their sonnets for step 7 of The Ten Steps. If they do the sonnet then, they can skip one of their class writing assignments.

• What is a Sonnet? a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, using Iambic Pentameter.
• writing assignment: Make a plot chart ( story of your choice) 
• Scholar presentation- Things that go bump in the night, witches, fairies and ghosts, by Kenny.

week 5: 

• We learned poetic language; Prose, Blank Verse and Verse
• worked on vocabulary ( part of their Ten Steps) 
• writing assignment: How would you feel if your parents hired someone to be your friend?
• Reminded them to be memorizing the set piece. ( also one of the Ten Steps)
•  Scholar presentation- Food and Dining customs, by Kaleigh.

week 6:

• We learned more poetic language; Couplets, Quatrain and Rhyme Royal
• reviewed Iambic Pentameters
•  read and named poems as couplets, quatrain, or rhyme royal
• worked on vocabulary
• reminded them about the Sonnet. 
• Scholar presentation- Theater and acting in the 16th century, by David .
• class discussion on Hamlet's "to be, or not to be"
• writing assignment: Is there life after death?Describe what it would be like if there isn't or if there is. 

week 7: 

• Matthew gives scholar presentation on The ruling class.