Final Thought of the Year:

End in Greatness......

Soph Lit:

Today in class:

I gave you a print out of all of the terms from your review sheet. I did much of the labor for you in getting definitions- now you should have NO excuse not to study these tonight.

In class I broke you into 5 book groups. Each group was responsible for becoming "experts" on their novel or play. The last 20 minutes of class, each group ran a 5 minute lesson on your book/play.

World of Shakespeare:

Today in class:

We reviewed all 10 essay questions on the final. Remember, you only need to answer 5 of the 10. You may use One page (one side) of notes to assist you. The notes can not be from spark/cliff/e/notes etc. They must be in your own words. If you use notes, they must be passed in with your exam.

Please make sure that you have solid examples for all of your responses. I will be looking for specific examples in grading these.

Soph Lit:

Today in class:

We finished A Midsummer Nights Dream.

We will have a review for the final Thursday. Please look over your review sheet and be ready with any last minute questions. As always.....

END IN GREATNESS.

World of Shakespeare:

I told you we could do it!

We completed primary filming today in our production of The Taming of the Shrew. We will do some quick voice over work and any pick up shots needed Thursday. I will have the final movie on DVD for each of you on the last day of school- so if you are not going to be here, give me your address and I will mail you a copy this summer.

I had a blast putting this together with you guys. Made me miss my old video days at Shepherd Hill a tad.

We will be reviewing for the final exam Thursday. Please look over the review sheet and come ready with questions on anything that you need help on.

I am also after school today if you need help, or have any assignments that still need to be mad-up.

Word O' the Week:

Finifugal: (adj.) Shunning the end of something.

Think:

M + M stands for: Mars and Murrie

Soph Lit;

Yesterday we finished acting Act 2. We also recited our Puck lines. Remember, this is a full test grade- so if you were not ready, please do so by today. You loose 10 points for each day.

Today we defined Shakespeare's "special effect" terms:
Alteration, Reversed word, Reversed though, Metaphor, Simile, Classical Allusion

We finished Act 3.

We will finish the play Wed. and review for the final Exam Thursday. You final is this Monday, with no class for us this Friday. The end is near...finish strong and end in greatness....

World of Shakespeare:

Today in class:

We worked on finishing filming Our production of The Taming of the Shrew.

We will complete any last minute shots/edits/voice over work Thursday.

We will have a final exam review this Thursday.