Friday, March 20, 2009
Magic Will Rock Tantasqua...
Reminder: There will be a great fundraiser at school this weekend. Sat. night at 7:00, You will be blown away by the mind numbing magic of performers Frankie D, and Jason. Tickets are available only at the door for $5, with all proceeds going to the Three Cups of Tea imitative. Come out to support the cause and see a great show!
Soph Lit:
Today in class we had a quiz on Ch 1-4 in LOTF. After, we discussed Religious imagery, and symbols in the novel. Please continue to look at the following as you read- Simon, and how he could be compared to a symbol of Jesus; The symbolic use of nature in the novel, paying specific attention to the use of light; The title of the chapters.
We ended class watching 20 minutes of The Simpson's in an episode which parodies the novel quite well.
HW- Research your survival guides. Continue thinking about the question: Are people inherently evil?
My class let's you understand the literary world around you, as well as the jokes in a Simpson's episode.
We ended class watching 20 minutes of The Simpson's in an episode which parodies the novel quite well.
HW- Research your survival guides. Continue thinking about the question: Are people inherently evil?
My class let's you understand the literary world around you, as well as the jokes in a Simpson's episode.
WOS:
Today in class we looked at the four types of irony: Dramatic, tragic, situational, and historical. Next I asked you to come up with a scene showing each. Please begin to think about how each could be applied to 12th Night.
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Can music make you smarter?
The Mozart effect:
A set of research results that indicate that listening to Mozart's music may induce a short-term improvement on the performance of certain kinds of mental tasks known as "spatial-temporal reasoning;"
Popularized versions of the theory, which suggest that "listening to Mozart makes you smarter", or that early childhood exposure to classical music has a beneficial effect on mental development
A set of research results that indicate that listening to Mozart's music may induce a short-term improvement on the performance of certain kinds of mental tasks known as "spatial-temporal reasoning;"
Popularized versions of the theory, which suggest that "listening to Mozart makes you smarter", or that early childhood exposure to classical music has a beneficial effect on mental development
Soph Lit:
Please continue to work on your survival guides. Also, you will have a quiz on CH 1-4 in LOTF. Please look over those chapters and be ready.
Brit Lit:
Reminder: Please make sure that your lines are ready for class Friday. Try some classical music tonight- it may help stick it to your head.
Parent/teacher Night
Parent teacher night is from 6:30-8:30 tonight. Please encourage you parents/guardians to come out. I would love to meet them :-)
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Working together: learning timing, improv, and what it means to succeed as a group...
My job is way too much fun at times....
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Love
Let's just forget that I read love notes given to me in 8th grade. Please remember that I did it for your education. Public humiliation in a lame attempt to gain your interest in language... I try not to have many regrets, but I do regret opening myself up so much and exposing my prepubescent heart in front of class. Let's just never mention that again and pretend that it did not happen :-)
Monday, March 16, 2009
Limericks - The form
Limericks consist of five anapaestic lines.
Lines 1, 2, and 5 of Limericks have seven to ten syllables and rhyme with one another.
Lines 3 and 4 of Limericks have five to seven syllables and also rhyme with each other.
Lines 1, 2, and 5 of Limericks have seven to ten syllables and rhyme with one another.
Lines 3 and 4 of Limericks have five to seven syllables and also rhyme with each other.
Soph Lit:
Today we recreated a plane crash in class. I played sound effects, and narrated the action. After we "crashed" and pulled ourselves from the burning carnage, we found ourselves on the peaceful shore of a deserted island- alone with no adults.... Things seemed very peaceful until the nightfall, when we became very aware that at the center of the island was a uncharted jungle. Somehow we made it through the long night, and discovered a way to get a fire started. I asked you to record this in a journal. If you were absent, please see me to fully explain this assignment.
Tonight we enter a similar world in the novel Lord of the Flies. By the way, you always underline the title of the book- but this is not an option in the tools that I have in making this post. While we are on the subject- you NEVER underline your OWN title.
HW: Read CH 1-2. Please expect a quiz. In class Tuesday we will begin work on our survival guides. Luke is going to love this assignment- guaranteed.... All hail the Conch. The conch is power. There is nothing without order....
Tonight we enter a similar world in the novel Lord of the Flies. By the way, you always underline the title of the book- but this is not an option in the tools that I have in making this post. While we are on the subject- you NEVER underline your OWN title.
HW: Read CH 1-2. Please expect a quiz. In class Tuesday we will begin work on our survival guides. Luke is going to love this assignment- guaranteed.... All hail the Conch. The conch is power. There is nothing without order....
Brit Lit:
Macbeth:
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
Macbeth Act 5, scene 5, 19–28
Your assignment today: Please memorize the above text. You will be reciting these in class this Friday.
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
Macbeth Act 5, scene 5, 19–28
Your assignment today: Please memorize the above text. You will be reciting these in class this Friday.
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