Writing CBA today

1. Turn in your grammar homework to the front desk. Take out a sheet of paper for planning. Clear your desk, sharpen pencils, get a dictionary (if wanted), and prepare to write. Writing CBA today

2. Grammar Unit: Appositive PhrasesBeginning, Middle, End An appositive phrase can occur at the beginning, middle, or end of a sentence. • When the appositive begins the sentence, it looks like this: A hot-tempered tennis player, Robbie charged the umpire and tried to crack the poor man's skull with a racket. • When the appositive interrupts the sentence, it looks like this: Robbie, a hot-tempered tennis player, charged the umpire and tried to crack the poor man's skull with a racket. • And when the appositive ends the sentence, it looks like this: Upset by the bad call, the crowd cheered Robbie, a hot-tempered tennis player who charged the umpire and tried to crack the poor man's skull with a racket.

3. Identify the appositive phrase in the sentences below by underlining them.Remember to first identify the noun that the appositive renames. • Alan, the chief executive of the project, has just called for a meeting. • Denver, the capital of Colorado, is very beautiful. • Mark was talking to Sheila, Bob’s little sister.

4. Answers • Alan, the chief executive of the project, has just called for a meeting. • Denver, the capital of Colorado, is very beautiful. • Mark was talking to Sheila, Bob’s little sister.

5. Juliet goes to Friar Laurence and finds Paris is there making plans for their wedding. (Remember the wedding got moved to Thursday) Romeo and Juliet Act iv Summary Paris leaves, and Juliet insists that Friar Laurence help her find a way out of this wedding. She threatens, “If in thy wisdom though canst give no help/Do though but call my resolution wise/And with this knife I’ll help it presently” (IV.i.50-53) Friar Laurence gives Juliet a potion (Remember . . . “Virtue turns to vice when being misapplied “). The potion will make Juliet appear dead – slow her heart rate, blanche the color of her face – and will keep her asleep for 42 hours. He will send word to Romeo to meet Juliet once she wakes up from the potion.

6. ”Take thou this vial, being then in bed, And this distillèd liquor drink thou off, When presently through all thy veins shall run A cold and drowsy humor, for no pulse Shall keep his native progress, but surcease. No warmth, no breath shall testify thou livest. The roses in thy lips and cheeks shall fade To paly ashes, thy eyes' windows fall Like death when he shuts up the day of life. Each part, deprived of supple government, Shall, stiff and stark and cold, appear like death. And in this borrowed likeness of shrunk death Thou shalt continue two and forty hours, And then awake as from a pleasant sleep. Now, when the bridegroom in the morning comes To rouse thee from thy bed, there art thou dead. Then, as the manner of our country is, In thy best robes uncovered on the bier Thou shalt be borne to that same ancient vault Where all the kindred of the Capulets lie. In the meantime, against thou shalt awake, Shall Romeo by my letters know our drift, And hither shall he come, and he and I Will watch thy waking, and that very night Shall Romeo bear thee hence to Mantua.” Act IV, Scene i Recap

7. Juliet returns home and apologizes to Capulet, stating that she will go through with the wedding to Paris. Capulet is so ecstatic that he moves the wedding to the next day, Wednesday. Romeo and Juliet Act iv Summary Juliet prepares for bed that night and sends her Nurse and Lady Capulet away. She gives a soliloquy where she reveals how frightened she truly is. However, she finally drinks the potion and falls to her bed. The next morning, the day of the wedding, the Nurse discovers the body of, a seemingly dead, Juliet. The family calls Friar Laurence who tries to comfort them with the thought that “now heaven hath all, / And all the better is it for the maid” (IV.v.63-64). He instructs the family to bring Juliet’s body to the family tomb.

8. “Death is my son in law, Death is my heir” Lord Capulet in Act IV, scene v

9. Sunday Sunday: • Servants fight • Romeo complains about not being able to date Rosaline • Benvolio and Romeo read the party invite • Queen Mab speech • Romeo and Juliet meet at the party

10. Monday Monday: • Balcony scene about 2 am on Monday morning • Romeo meets with the Friar to make wedding plans • Romeo and Juliet get married in the early afternoon • Mercutio and Tybalt are killed • Around 7 pm or so, Romeo is banished • Around 11 or 12, Romeo sneaks to the Capulet house and spends the night with Juliet

11. Tuesday Tuesday: • Romeo leaves Juliet’s house and heads for Mantua • Juliet finds out she is engaged and will be getting married on Thursday • Juliet’s dad threatens to disown her if she doesn’t marry Paris • Juliet runs to the Friar and “the plan” is made • The wedding is moved up to Wednesday • Juliet takes the poison that night

12. Act v scene i Speaking Parts: Romeo Balthasar Apothecary

13. "Star Crossed Lovers" "I am Fortune's Fool" "I Defy You, Stars!"

14. Act v scene ii Speaking Parts: Friar Laurence Friar John

15. The inevitability of fate • How has fate guided the entire play?

16. Grammar Unit: Restrictive vs. Nonrestrictive Appositives Add this information to your notes from Monday and Tuesday. Despite what we have witnessed in all of our previous examples, not all appositive phrases are set off by commas! Restrictive Appositives:In a restrictive appositive, the second element limits or clarifies a word in some crucial way. Appositives that are necessary in order to comprehend the full meaning of a sentence should NOT be set off with commas. Example: Police officer Smith told my brother to file a report about his stolen bike. My brother David likes spaghetti. Remember: R&J Test and Grammar HW due Friday! Masterpiece due Monday!

17. Nonrestrictive Appositives • Nonrestrictive Appositives: Nonrestrictive appositives are not necessary to understanding the sentence. It rather provides additional informationabout the noun being renamed. Non-restrictive appositives are set off by comma(s). Example: Mexico City, the biggest city in the world, has many interesting archaeological sites. My brother's bike, a dark green BMX, was stolen yesterday.

18. Identify the appositive phrases below by underlining them. If they are nonrestrictive appositives, add the necessary comma(s). • An innovative writer Leonard Cohen grew up in Montreal, Canada. • My aunt Sandra always puts an exorbitant number of lights on her house at Christmas. • I always enjoy spending time with my cousin Mallory • Toby Diane's eleven-year-old beagle chews holes in the living room carpeting as if he were still a puppy.

19. Answers • An innovative writer, Leonard Cohen grew up in Montreal, Canada. • My aunt Sandra always puts an exorbitant number of lights on her house at Christmas. • I always enjoy spending time with my cousin Mallory. • Toby, Diane's eleven-year-old beagle, chews holes in the living room carpeting as if he were still a puppy.

20. Act v scene iii Chief Watchman Second Watchman Third Watchman Prince Capulet Lady Capulet Montague Speaking Parts Paris Page Romeo Balthasar Friar Laurence Juliet