World of Shakespeare:

Today in class I gave a brief lecture on sonnets. I asked you each to bring in a fav. sonnet and read it to the class. We will finish reading these on Friday- so if you were not ready, or I did not get to you- please be prepared to go.

Brit Lit:

Today in class we held our open mic poetry slam. I posted a few clips from the event bellow.
I also introduced and gave you notes on Shakespeare's Sonnets We also read and analyzed the 4 sonnets in your anthology.

Friday we will be doing the second part of the Dream Catcher assignment. Please make sure that you have the thoughts that you collected Tuesday. Also, just a reminder that the assignment is and was optional. Please see me if you do not wish to participate in the assignment.

World of Shakespeare:

Here are the short essay/s for those that decided to finish it at home:

Please discuss Othello's main weakness. How does this make it easy for Iago to feed into his jealously?

Specifically, what other circumstances directly contribute to Iago's plan that help make it work?

Shout Out

Mike and Andrew keeping it real....

Tantasqua...scenes from a classromm

http://www.flickr.com/photos/61793597@N00/sets/72157622826516239/show/

Open Mic Poetry Slam

This Wed. in class you will have the opportunity to share a poem in class. Please use tonight and tomorrow to have a poem that you are willing to read in front of the class.