Tuesday, March 17 tombstones

Do you know students eager to expand their acting skills?  . Then read on and learn all about Geva's Summer Academy program! .  Full and partial scholarships are available

. The Summer Academy is a five-week professional theatre training program for 30 selected young actors, ages 12 to 18, who wish to explore, define and develop the actor in themselves. Open to students of all levels of theatre experience, Summer Academy   provides quality training for the beginning actor, as well as advanced level study for the young actor with previous experience. .  .

. Focus: Shakespeare Dates: July 13 - August 14 Showcase: August 15 Audition and interview required Tuition: $1,250.00 Full and partial scholarships available   .   .

.  To learn more, download the 2015 Summer Academy brochure here and FAQ here. . Auditions can be scheduled   beginning March 11. . . To schedule an audition or receive more information about the Summer Academy, please contact Eric Evans at (585) 420-2035 or eevans@gevatheatre.org.  .

Learning Targets: I can cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text, including determining where the text leaves matters uncertain.

I can determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone.

I can demonstrate knowledge of eighteenth-, nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century foundational works of American literature, including how two or more texts from the same period treat similar themes or topics. 

I can write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences.

In class: by the close of the day (that is if you cannot finish in class), I need from everyone the following 3 items:

1. Your epitaph written neatly written onto a tombstone.

2. Your figurative language analysis based 

upon your personal epitaph neatly written on 

the back of the tombstone.

3. Your preparatory graphic organizer.

Remember vocabulary quiz on Friday.

 Another copy below:

Acquisitive to tenable           Vocabulary  week of March 16    quiz Friday, March 20

 1)           acquisitive-   concerned with acquiring wealth or property, greedy, avaricious

2)            arrogate- verb- to claim or take without right, usurp, expropriate

3)            banal- adj- hackneyed, trite, commonplace, stale

4)            belabor- verb- overwork, pummel, to thrash soundly

5)            coherent –adj- consistent, comprehensible, cohesive, unified

6)            congeal- verb- to change from liquid to solid, thicken, harden, jell, coagulate

7)            emulate- verb- to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing, copy, mimic

8)            eschew- verb- to avoid, shun, keep away, steer clear of, forgo

9)            germane-adj- relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting

10)          taciturn- adj- habitually silent or quiet, tight-lipped, uncommunicative; laconic