Brit Lit:

Today:

Quiz on your reading: pgs. 1-43

We held our debate on government survalience.  Is it a good thing?
We defined Newsspeak and looked at how it is used in the world of 1984.
We read an article about China recording phone conversations.

HW:  Please read to pg 63  Expect a quiz.

Shakespeare:

Today:
Quiz on Act II
Pocket Poems for your character in the play (see me for handout)
We looked again at the comic terms in Act 2.
We looked at the excessive bear baiting references in the play.

HW: Act III

Brit Lit:

1984: The Debate



During this class, I will be breaking you into two groups to debate the following:


Side One: Government censorship and surveillance are both needed to protect our freedom and safety.

Side 2: Censorship and spying on American Citizens’ are both wrong and counter our basic fundamental rights as Americans.


Directions: Please break into two groups and assign the following parts:


Captain: You will read your opening statement expressing your main point to prove. This will be very similar to the thesis of a paper. You will pick the order of your team to make your top 4 points.


Thinkers (4): You will direct the 4 examples that your team uses.


Scribe: You will write the main thesis of your group and record the four examples to prove your point.


Debate team: You will carefully listen to the argument from the other side and attempt to counter their argument.


Main Statement:_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________



Example 1:______________________________________________________________________



Example 2:______________________________________________________________________



Example 3:______________________________________________________________________



Example 4:______________________________________________________________________



We will begin with each side giving their opening. Then we will go back in forth. Each team will present their example, and the other side will have the opportunity to counter their argument with their own examples.



Each round will be awarded a winner.

Brit Lit:

We began 1984.

I passed out novels.

We had a short debate on censorship.

We examined the similarities between 2012 and the world of 1984.

HW:  Please read pgs. 1-48

Quiz on Wed.

Shakespeare:

Today:

We started off talking about what you find funny.  We brainstormed a list.

I passed out a sheet of comedy terms to define and broke you into groups.

We looked specifically at 1.3 Lines 44-139.  I had you find examples of the terms given.

We discussed timing.

We looked at the delivery of lines to try and make something funny.

We performed parts of Act 1 using as many comedic devices as possible.

Shakespeare/Brit Lit:

All Arts Day.

Brit Lit:

Today:

You took your final.

I passed back your short stories and journals.

I will have you final grades tomorrow.  Please feel free to email me if you would like them without having to come to class.

Brit Lit:

Today:

We looked at the other Bronte sister, Emily.  We watched the PBS masterpiece theater version of Wuthering Heights.

HW:  C+D block Finals Wed.  Please make sure you work on your review sheet.  A reminder:  You may use this sheet on your final.

Shakespeare

Today:

Final Exam.

The World of Shakespeare: Final Exam Review Sheet 2012




Your final exam will ask you to answer (5 of 9 CPA) 7 of 9 H) questions based on the plays and sonnets that we read in this course. To assist you in remembering, you may bring in one page of notes to remind you of specific plays and characters and notes..

The following prompts are possible questions to consider (hint, hint):

#1 Examine the relationship in terms of a timeline between Desdemona and Othello. Please make sure to examine the end of their relationship, and how specifically Othello believes she has not been faithful.


#2 Please read the first page of each play. How is the opening in each play important to the story? Does it bring you in and make you interested? How? Please have specific examples from at least 3 plays.


#3 Talk about what makes a Shakespearean tragedy. Please examine one tragedy in your study group and discuss how it fits the definition.


#4 Please define the following literary devices that Shakespeare uses:
Alliteration, simile, metaphor, reversed word, reversed sentence construction, classical allusion, personification, inflection, stress, aside, using language to show class and status in the play. Sonnet


#5 Character can be defined by how one handles power. Look at 3 characters and make a list how each handles power.


#6 Discuss the use of comedy in his plays. What ideas and specific plays hold up well and still make us laugh. Please use 3 specific scenes in your discussions.


#7 Please review important information on Shakespeare. Please work to define what we know about him. If you had to write his obituary, what would you list about his life?


#8 Define a Shakespeare Sonnet. What did his sonnets reveal about him that his plays may not have? Pick a sonnet and be familiar enough with it that you could reference it in an answer.

Brit Lit:

Today:

I collected all books.
I collected journals.

I broke you into groups of 2-4 and asked you to review for the final via the review sheet that I gave you in class.

Shakespeare

Today:

I collected any and all textbooks.
I collected journals
We finished the last 10 minutes of "O"
I broke the seniors into groups of 2-4 to work on their final exam review sheet.

HW:  Please study for finals.