Thursday, March 21, 2013

WOS:

Today:

We reviewed act III (thank you student teacher Ms. K.)

We took a quiz on act 3.

I broke you into groups and asked you to share your research on the song that you were given from 12th Night.

HW:  Please bring in all that you can find about the song that you were given.  Tomorrow will be day day 1 of 3 work days on this project.

Brit Lit:

Today:

Journal Prompt #16:
Please use 15-20 words from the sheet of invented words to create an original story or poem. Please underline the words invented by the Bard.  

We went over word that he created, and looked at ho they are used today.  
We finished act 1.  

I broke you into small groups and asked you to perform act 1 in exactly 32 seconds.  

HW:  Learn the lines!  These are a test grade..... Tomorrow, tomorrow and tomorrow......   Please encourage your parents to come out tonight for parent teacher conferences.  These are tonight from 6-8.  

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

WOS:

Today:

We went over words that Shakespeare invented, or used for the first time.

Journal Prompt #16:
Please use 15-20 words from the sheet of invented words to create an original story or poem.  Please underline the words invented by the Bard.                                                                        1page, or 20 line poem

We looked at music in 12th Night.

I introduced Soundsmith, and auto tune.

HW:  Please finish Act III.

Brit Lit:

Today:

Journal Prompt #16:
Luck.  Please describe a moment when luck was important.  1 page.

We looked at the Macbeth lines that you have to memorize for this Friday.

I broke you into small groups and asked you to convert the lines as:

A Mob Boss
A football Coach
A Rap
As a teenager.

We acted Act I, sc 4-5.

HW:  Learn your lines for Friday.  This is a test grade.