Friday, May 21, 2010
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Soph Lit:
Today we:
Journal #29 Please list 5 people and list what they would say about you if they were 100% honest- like Holden.
Block C: Finding Salinger documentary. I passed back your quizzes from yesterday.
HW: Please read CH 13-14.
Block D: We reviewed the book.
Journal #29 Please list 5 people and list what they would say about you if they were 100% honest- like Holden.
Block C: Finding Salinger documentary. I passed back your quizzes from yesterday.
HW: Please read CH 13-14.
Block D: We reviewed the book.
World of Shakespeare:
The World of Shakespeare: Final Exam Review Sheet
Your final exam will ask you to answer 5 of 7 questions based on the plays and sonnets that we read in this course. To assist you in remembering, you may bring in one sheet of notes to remind you of specific plays and characters.
We read the following: Othello, Hamlet, The12th Night, Measure for Measure, The Taming of the Shrew, Romeo and Juliet (selections) and selected sonnets.
The following prompts are possible questions to consider (hint, hint):
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.
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.
Talk about what makes a Shakespearean tragedy. Please examine one tragedy in your study group and discuss how it fits.
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
Character can be defined by how one handles power. Look at 3 characters and make a list how each handles power.
Discuss the use of comedy in his plays. What ideas and specific plays hold up well and still make us laugh. Please use specific scenes in your discussions.
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?
Define a Shakespearean 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.
Your final exam will ask you to answer 5 of 7 questions based on the plays and sonnets that we read in this course. To assist you in remembering, you may bring in one sheet of notes to remind you of specific plays and characters.
We read the following: Othello, Hamlet, The12th Night, Measure for Measure, The Taming of the Shrew, Romeo and Juliet (selections) and selected sonnets.
The following prompts are possible questions to consider (hint, hint):
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.
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.
Talk about what makes a Shakespearean tragedy. Please examine one tragedy in your study group and discuss how it fits.
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
Character can be defined by how one handles power. Look at 3 characters and make a list how each handles power.
Discuss the use of comedy in his plays. What ideas and specific plays hold up well and still make us laugh. Please use specific scenes in your discussions.
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?
Define a Shakespearean 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.
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Soph Lit:
Today in class:
We answered journal #28/27?: Holden Caufield does not try. Think of teenagers in your generation and explain to me in 1/2 a page why you/they do not care or try in school
We played a quick review skit called monkey on your back. I broke you into groups and gave you each a scene from the book and act it out in front of the class. The "monkey" needed to say what the character was really thinking in the situation. We continue to examine honesty. Can we be too honest? Does Salinger's honesty connect to the disconnect?
We answered journal #28/27?: Holden Caufield does not try. Think of teenagers in your generation and explain to me in 1/2 a page why you/they do not care or try in school
We played a quick review skit called monkey on your back. I broke you into groups and gave you each a scene from the book and act it out in front of the class. The "monkey" needed to say what the character was really thinking in the situation. We continue to examine honesty. Can we be too honest? Does Salinger's honesty connect to the disconnect?
World of Shakespeare:
Today:
We took a quiz on Act 4, while Guns n' Roses played.
We looked at Act 5. We will finish the play Thursday.
Senior Thespians will be given a final review sheet on Friday.
We took a quiz on Act 4, while Guns n' Roses played.
We looked at Act 5. We will finish the play Thursday.
Senior Thespians will be given a final review sheet on Friday.
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
World of Shakespeare:
http://www.boston.com/ae/theater_arts/articles/2010/05/18/caught_in_the_act_juveniles_sentenced_to_shakespeare?mode=PF
A link to what we were talking about in class...
A link to what we were talking about in class...
World of Shakespeare:
Today in class:
We acted out Act 4, sc 2-3.
HW: Please finish Act 4. Expect a quiz Wed.
We acted out Act 4, sc 2-3.
HW: Please finish Act 4. Expect a quiz Wed.
Soph Lit:
Today we:
Took a quiz on Ch 7-11.
Worked on your outline for paper. Please use this if you were absent:
Comparison/Contrast Essay Outline: As easy as 1, 2, 3…
Compare the Character of Holden to Ferris
I. Introduction (Include a hook and thesis statement including the points of
similarity 1,2, and 3) Please underline your thesis.
II. Topic Sentence: Point of Similar trait 1
A. Topic Holden sentence:
1. Support:
2. Support:
B. Topic Ferris sentence:
1. Support:
2. Support:
III. Topic Sentence: Point of Similar Trait 2
A. Topic Holden sentence:
1. Support:
2. Support:
B. Topic Ferris Sentence:
1. Support
2. Support
IV. Topic Sentence: Point of Contrast/differences 3
A. Topic Holden sentence:
1. Support:
2. Support:
B. Topic Ferris sentence:
3. Support:
4. Support:
V. Concluding Paragraph (with a summary of points, a restatement of
thesis, and a final comment)
Took a quiz on Ch 7-11.
Worked on your outline for paper. Please use this if you were absent:
Comparison/Contrast Essay Outline: As easy as 1, 2, 3…
Compare the Character of Holden to Ferris
I. Introduction (Include a hook and thesis statement including the points of
similarity 1,2, and 3) Please underline your thesis.
II. Topic Sentence: Point of Similar trait 1
A. Topic Holden sentence:
1. Support:
2. Support:
B. Topic Ferris sentence:
1. Support:
2. Support:
III. Topic Sentence: Point of Similar Trait 2
A. Topic Holden sentence:
1. Support:
2. Support:
B. Topic Ferris Sentence:
1. Support
2. Support
IV. Topic Sentence: Point of Contrast/differences 3
A. Topic Holden sentence:
1. Support:
2. Support:
B. Topic Ferris sentence:
3. Support:
4. Support:
V. Concluding Paragraph (with a summary of points, a restatement of
thesis, and a final comment)
Monday, May 17, 2010
Great Job!
Congratulations to the cast and crew of The Importance of Being Earnest! I wish that I could have been there- nothing beats the raw emotion associated with live theater!... And nothing comes close to the high of applause on the stage. I hope that you felt both.
Soph Lit:
Today in class:
We finished the movie and began our 1st draft for our compare and contrast paper.
HW: Please read ch 10-11. Quiz Tuesday on CH 7-11.
We finished the movie and began our 1st draft for our compare and contrast paper.
HW: Please read ch 10-11. Quiz Tuesday on CH 7-11.
World of Shakespeare:
Today:
We had short classes to accommodate MCAS testing this am. Today we looked at a document from 1615 describing how to choose a good wife from a bad one. Thankfully, we have progressed. I hope you continue to see what a true feminist WS was. Next we looked at the relationships between othello/desdemona; Iago/Emila is tried to identify 3 things that they have in their relationship that is listed in the sheet that I gave you.
We had short classes to accommodate MCAS testing this am. Today we looked at a document from 1615 describing how to choose a good wife from a bad one. Thankfully, we have progressed. I hope you continue to see what a true feminist WS was. Next we looked at the relationships between othello/desdemona; Iago/Emila is tried to identify 3 things that they have in their relationship that is listed in the sheet that I gave you.
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