Friday, May 25, 2012
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Brit Lit:
Today:
You took your final.
I passed back your short stories and journals.
I will have you final grades tomorrow. Please feel free to email me if you would like them without having to come to class.
You took your final.
I passed back your short stories and journals.
I will have you final grades tomorrow. Please feel free to email me if you would like them without having to come to class.
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Brit Lit:
Today:
We looked at the other Bronte sister, Emily. We watched the PBS masterpiece theater version of Wuthering Heights.
HW: C+D block Finals Wed. Please make sure you work on your review sheet. A reminder: You may use this sheet on your final.
We looked at the other Bronte sister, Emily. We watched the PBS masterpiece theater version of Wuthering Heights.
HW: C+D block Finals Wed. Please make sure you work on your review sheet. A reminder: You may use this sheet on your final.
Monday, May 21, 2012
The World of Shakespeare: Final Exam Review Sheet 2012
Your final exam will ask you to answer (5 of 9 CPA) 7 of 9 H) questions based on the plays and sonnets that we read in this course. To assist you in remembering, you may bring in one page of notes to remind you of specific plays and characters and notes..
The following prompts are possible questions to consider (hint, hint):
#1 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.
#2 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.
#3 Talk about what makes a Shakespearean tragedy. Please examine one tragedy in your study group and discuss how it fits the definition.
#4 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
#5 Character can be defined by how one handles power. Look at 3 characters and make a list how each handles power.
#6 Discuss the use of comedy in his plays. What ideas and specific plays hold up well and still make us laugh. Please use 3 specific scenes in your discussions.
#7 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?
#8 Define a Shakespeare 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 9 CPA) 7 of 9 H) questions based on the plays and sonnets that we read in this course. To assist you in remembering, you may bring in one page of notes to remind you of specific plays and characters and notes..
The following prompts are possible questions to consider (hint, hint):
#1 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.
#2 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.
#3 Talk about what makes a Shakespearean tragedy. Please examine one tragedy in your study group and discuss how it fits the definition.
#4 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
#5 Character can be defined by how one handles power. Look at 3 characters and make a list how each handles power.
#6 Discuss the use of comedy in his plays. What ideas and specific plays hold up well and still make us laugh. Please use 3 specific scenes in your discussions.
#7 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?
#8 Define a Shakespeare 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.
Brit Lit:
Today:
I collected all books.
I collected journals.
I broke you into groups of 2-4 and asked you to review for the final via the review sheet that I gave you in class.
I collected all books.
I collected journals.
I broke you into groups of 2-4 and asked you to review for the final via the review sheet that I gave you in class.
Shakespeare
Today:
I collected any and all textbooks.
I collected journals
We finished the last 10 minutes of "O"
I broke the seniors into groups of 2-4 to work on their final exam review sheet.
HW: Please study for finals.
I collected any and all textbooks.
I collected journals
We finished the last 10 minutes of "O"
I broke the seniors into groups of 2-4 to work on their final exam review sheet.
HW: Please study for finals.
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