World of Shakespeare:

Today:

We worked on your first paper: A parody comparison between She's the Man and the play The Twelfth Night. These will be due next wed.

Soph Lit

Today:

We finished the activity for You Act the Scene and presented your scene to the class.

We reviewed CH 10-11 in Catcher.

We took a quiz on your reading.

We worked on time lines charting Holden's Positive vs. Negative thoughts and presented your findings.

HW: Please read 12-13.

Brit Lit:

Today:

Mr. Tynan lectured on launguage- specifically the implications of taking passion out.

He reviewed your reading.

He broke you into your groups where you worked on rules.

HW: Please read the next 2 chapters.

World of Shakespeare:

Today in class:

We took a quiz on act 3.

We watched Sir Alec Guinness (Obi-One) in the 12th Night.

HW: Please finish act 4.

Soph Lit:

Today in class:

Journal #10: "They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel." Carl W. Buechner


I collected your 1st 10 entries. Please get them to me as soon as possible if you did not pass yours in.
We discussed your HW reading.

We took a quiz on your reading.

I broke you into small groups and asked you to script a specific scene.

HW: Please read Ch 10, 11, 12.

Brit Lit:

Today in class:
Mr. Tynan introduced and assigned roles in your 1984/Big Brother live role playing assignment in class.

You reviewed your reading.

HW: Please read the next 2 chapters in 1984.

Brit Lit:

1984 early draft. Cool to see an artist at work.

World of Shakespeare:

Today:

We started with Illyria Survivor. We had three rounds to vote off the weakest characters based on class activities.

We finished acting out act 2.

HW: Please read act 3 and expect a short quiz.

Soph Lit:

Today:

We began class with journal prompt #9:

I am afraid of....

Reminder, I will collect these after we do #10 Wed, so please have them ready to pass in.

I assigned your 1st major paper. Please see me for the assignment sheet.

We went to the computer lab for the last part of class an began writing your 1st draft.

We reviewed you hw and took a short quiz.

HW: Please read ch 7,8,9.

Brit Lit:

Today:
Mr. Tynan ran a great powerpoint lecture on some of the terms needed to understand 1984.

You broke into groups and read an article from The Economist.

You took a short quiz on your reading and discussed the book thus far.

HW: Please think about the idea of turning on your parents if the government demanded it. Would you?

Read to pg 84.

World of Shakespeare:

Today:

We took a closer look at all of the character parts in the play. As each of you have a part, I asked you to write a short poem based on what we know (or I told you) about your part.

I introduced the idea of doing a survival type class activity where we vote off different people from the island - just like the TV show. More to follow.

Last call on sonnets before mid term grades close this week. Please see me ASAP if you did not do yours, as this is a test grade.

Soph Lit:

Today in class:

Journal Prompt: Holden says that he is the most terrific liar that you ever saw in your life. It is clearly wrong to lie, but please describe a time when you used a lie for comedy and not to deceive in a bad way. Can a lie ever be meant for comedy? What are the dangers of sarcasm?

We reviewed ch 1-3.

We defined the terms: Phony, crazy and explored the limits of 1st person narration.

HW: Please read ch 4-6. We will have a quiz Tuesday.

Word of the Week:

Hofles: [hofe-liss]
An obsolete word meaning excessive, unreasonable.

Brit Lit:

Today:

Mr. Tynan covered some Irish history: Druids, Oliver Cromwell and the Irish literary Resistance.

He broke you into groups to censor some news stories to prep you for your next novel, 1984.

HW: Please read pgs 1-29.