Very rare clip.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y24geONER0k&feature=related
Friday, June 11, 2010
Soph Lit:
Today in class:
We began Act 2 and reviewed the play.
I showed you a very rare clip from the Beatles performing the play within a play scene. Please share this if you have any fans in your family- I bet they have never seen this and would greatly appreciate it!
We did a short activity performing Act 1 in 32 sec or less. Time to beat: 19.7 sec!
Puck lines due Monday. Test Grade! Good luck- I know that you can do it; do not be afraid to try....
We began Act 2 and reviewed the play.
I showed you a very rare clip from the Beatles performing the play within a play scene. Please share this if you have any fans in your family- I bet they have never seen this and would greatly appreciate it!
We did a short activity performing Act 1 in 32 sec or less. Time to beat: 19.7 sec!
Puck lines due Monday. Test Grade! Good luck- I know that you can do it; do not be afraid to try....
World of Shakespeare:
A Block: This morning we filmed Act 2, sc 1 Thanks for your help with the pie :-)
B Block: We put together our footage, but were unable to film do to a certain missing student. We brainstormed and decided to do Act 5 as the prom. We will film this Wed- so make sure that you bring your old prom dresses for Monday. See...and you all thought that you would never use them again :-)
B Block: We put together our footage, but were unable to film do to a certain missing student. We brainstormed and decided to do Act 5 as the prom. We will film this Wed- so make sure that you bring your old prom dresses for Monday. See...and you all thought that you would never use them again :-)
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Soph Lit:
Today we started Midsummer.
For this Monday: Please memorize
If we shadows have offended,
Think but this, and all is mended,
That you have but slumber'd here
While these visions did appear.
And this weak and idle theme,
No more yielding but a dream,
Gentles, do not reprehend:
if you pardon, we will mend:
And, as I am an honest Puck,
If we have unearned luck
Now to 'scape the serpent's tongue,
We will make amends ere long;
Else the Puck a liar call;
So, good night unto you all.
Give me your hands, if we be friends,
And Robin shall restore amends.
For this Monday: Please memorize
If we shadows have offended,
Think but this, and all is mended,
That you have but slumber'd here
While these visions did appear.
And this weak and idle theme,
No more yielding but a dream,
Gentles, do not reprehend:
if you pardon, we will mend:
And, as I am an honest Puck,
If we have unearned luck
Now to 'scape the serpent's tongue,
We will make amends ere long;
Else the Puck a liar call;
So, good night unto you all.
Give me your hands, if we be friends,
And Robin shall restore amends.
World of Shakespeare:
Today in class:
A Block: We worked on our cue cards for filming. We needed to move filming to this Friday due to a certain student missing school- be here Friday. We need you
B Block: We filmed our epic fight scene in the pool for Act 2. Pictures to follow....
A Block: We worked on our cue cards for filming. We needed to move filming to this Friday due to a certain student missing school- be here Friday. We need you
B Block: We filmed our epic fight scene in the pool for Act 2. Pictures to follow....
Shakespeare Review Sheet
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 Shakespearian 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 Shakespearian 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 Shakespearian 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 Shakespearian 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.
Soph Review Sheet
Questions from the 4 pieces of Literature we read:
George Orwell’s Animal Farm
J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye
William Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”
William Golding’s Lord of the Flies
POETRY:
Allusion –
Iambic Pentameter –
Sonnet -
Rhyming Couplets –
Metaphor –
Simile –
READING COMPREHENSION:
Protagonist
Antagonist
Theme
Plot
Setting
Climax
Characterization
Point of View – (1st person, 3rd person, Omniscient)
Symbolism
Allegory
Satire
Shakespeare:
Reversed Word
Reversed Thought
Metaphor
Simile
Personification
Alliteration
George Orwell’s Animal Farm
J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye
William Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”
William Golding’s Lord of the Flies
POETRY:
Allusion –
Iambic Pentameter –
Sonnet -
Rhyming Couplets –
Metaphor –
Simile –
READING COMPREHENSION:
Protagonist
Antagonist
Theme
Plot
Setting
Climax
Characterization
Point of View – (1st person, 3rd person, Omniscient)
Symbolism
Allegory
Satire
Shakespeare:
Reversed Word
Reversed Thought
Metaphor
Simile
Personification
Alliteration
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Soph Lit:
We finished Shakespeare in Love and began talking about life during the time of Shakespeare. Tomorrow we will finish this up and begin acting the play in class.
Catcher in the Rye make up exam is this Wed. after school. Please make plans to be there if you need to make it, or anything else up.
Catcher in the Rye make up exam is this Wed. after school. Please make plans to be there if you need to make it, or anything else up.
World of Shakespeare:
Today in class:
A Block: We watched our footage from Friday and decided as a class that it could and should be done better.
I taught you the peas and carrot trick to make it look like you are speak in the background, we re-filmed Act 1 and plan on Filming 2&3 Thursday.
B Block: We watched our footage from Friday as well. We went over the pivotal parts from Act 2 and 3, and filmed Act 2 (the locker scene) in the hall. We will watch all of the footage combined and begin act 3 tomorrow.
A Block: We watched our footage from Friday and decided as a class that it could and should be done better.
I taught you the peas and carrot trick to make it look like you are speak in the background, we re-filmed Act 1 and plan on Filming 2&3 Thursday.
B Block: We watched our footage from Friday as well. We went over the pivotal parts from Act 2 and 3, and filmed Act 2 (the locker scene) in the hall. We will watch all of the footage combined and begin act 3 tomorrow.
Monday, June 7, 2010
Soph Lit:
Today in class:
I introduced Shakespeare.
I passed out Midsummer Nights Dream
We watched parts of Shakespeare in Love to visualize his world
I introduced Shakespeare.
I passed out Midsummer Nights Dream
We watched parts of Shakespeare in Love to visualize his world
World of Shakespeare:
Today in class:
Reviewed filming
Discussed pick up scenes
We worked on the outline for the week
We discussed beginning to Film Act 2 this Wed.
We did a brief improve to get our minds in comedy mode:
I presented you with 4 random objects and you needed to make an infomercial using the object for something that it is not.
Reviewed filming
Discussed pick up scenes
We worked on the outline for the week
We discussed beginning to Film Act 2 this Wed.
We did a brief improve to get our minds in comedy mode:
I presented you with 4 random objects and you needed to make an infomercial using the object for something that it is not.
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