Brit Lit:

Today:

We looked at propaganda.  Why is it that we are so easy to be manipulated?

I showed the movie:  A Film Unfinished.  We looked at how the Nazi party used fake shots in the Warsaw Ghetto in this recently discovered lost film.

Shakespeare:

Today:

You finished writing your last paper of the year.

I gave you our last play- a comic classic: The Taming of the Shrew.

Brit Lit

Today:

We watched a made for tv movie based on the true life story of The Wave.

Journal Prompt:  How did the teacher gain control over their minds and actions?

I gave you an excerpt from the teacher's explanation for the classroom experiment.

Shakespeare:

Today:
We went to the computer lab and worked on your parody paper.  This is due Friday

HW:  Please finish act 5

12th Night Silent Film Samples:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAkN0O6E19s       Group 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7I-K9es3i-w              Group 1

Brit Lit:

Journal Prompt:  If you could take any song and make it true for you, what would it be and WHY    1 page

We took an 8 frame "cartoon quiz" on pg 1-105.

We closed the book on your Utopia project.  Each person/group were given another perfect world, and you were asked to destroy it.  How would you destroy the rule and order?

HW:  Read 105-120 in 1984.

Room 101 Paper:

Room 101 Paper


Imagine that you are a worker in the world of 1984. You have been caught by the thought police for one of the many "crimes" in the novel. Please explain the situation around your arrest, and then describe the "after".


What is your room 101? What would your greatest fear be, and how would it be used to reform your thoughts?


2 typed pages (500 words)  Due June 15th

Shakespeare:

Today:

We took a cartoon quiz on Act 4.

We looked at a Shakespeare silent movie clip.

We attempted to make our own silent production.

HW:  Please finish act 5.

Brit Lit:

We started with a iconic Apple commercial that launched the Mac during the Superbowl in 1984:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYecfV3ubP8&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active

We watched a bit of the 1984 film to help you visualize the dark world.

We discussed news speak, and I asked you to re-write an article removing 50 % of the words.  What does removing description words do to the human condition?

Shakespeare:

We started with a class originated journal prompt.

I gave you ten minutes to complete your character love lines from yesterday.  We shared a few.

We watched a few examples of silent movies via selected clips from the first film version of Othello.

I tasked you with making a silent presentation, showing 10-15 scenes, or slides.  We focused on:
Non verbal communication: facial reactions, body language, and character interactions.

HW:  Please read act 4.  Please also take your lost love poem from last week and find a place in the play to "drop it" and explain how it would change or alter the play.  You can do this with traditional dialogue, or narration.

Brit Lit:

Today: 

We started with the following journal prompt:  Please write from the perspective of a citizen of your utopia, describing a normal day in your life.  Suggestions: work, worship, school, entertainment, crime.  Please write these in 1st person.  1 page.

Today we focused on Day 2 of the Utopia project.  Specifically, we wrote a one page letter inviting friends to join your revolution.

HW:  Please read to pg 81 in 1984.

Shakespeare:

Today:

We went over classical allusions in The Twelfth Night.  I broke you into small groups and asked you to find 10 examples in the play and explain their usage.  Then, I asked you to write a modern equilvant from pop culture for each.

We looked at the love lines in the play.  We looked at three speeches based on love in the play, and I tasked you with combining them into a single performance.

HW:  Please read act 3.

Word of the Week:

Nosocomial (nos-uh-KO-mee-uhl)  Adj.  Originating or acquired in an hospital.