Friday, April 5, 2013
NEASC
I am away April 7-10 to participate in a NEASC evaluation for another High School.
Please feel free to email me with any questions concerning assignments or term 3 grades. I am looking forward to seeing you when I return. I expect that even with the warming weather that you will all be on your best behavior.
Please feel free to email me with any questions concerning assignments or term 3 grades. I am looking forward to seeing you when I return. I expect that even with the warming weather that you will all be on your best behavior.
WOS:
Today:
We started with a funny modern sonnet:
Sonnet - Billy Collins
All we need is fourteen lines, well, thirteen now,
and after this one just a dozen
to launch a little ship on love's storm-tossed seas,
then only ten more left like rows of beans.
How easily it goes unless you get Elizabethan
and insist the iambic bongos must be played
and rhymes positioned at the ends of lines,
one for every station of the cross.
But hang on here wile we make the turn
into the final six where all will be resolved,
where longing and heartache will find an end,
where Laura will tell Petrarch to put down his pen,
Take off those crazy medieval tights,
blow out the lights, and come at last to bed.
I passed back your most recent work.
I collected your HW
I assigned your Sonnet Projects. Due next Friday.
We ended class with Pass the poem. You each wrote 4 lines, and then passed it to the next student trying to continue with the main topic, from your own perspective.
We started with a funny modern sonnet:
Sonnet - Billy Collins
All we need is fourteen lines, well, thirteen now,
and after this one just a dozen
to launch a little ship on love's storm-tossed seas,
then only ten more left like rows of beans.
How easily it goes unless you get Elizabethan
and insist the iambic bongos must be played
and rhymes positioned at the ends of lines,
one for every station of the cross.
But hang on here wile we make the turn
into the final six where all will be resolved,
where longing and heartache will find an end,
where Laura will tell Petrarch to put down his pen,
Take off those crazy medieval tights,
blow out the lights, and come at last to bed.
I passed back your most recent work.
I collected your HW
I assigned your Sonnet Projects. Due next Friday.
We ended class with Pass the poem. You each wrote 4 lines, and then passed it to the next student trying to continue with the main topic, from your own perspective.
Brit Lit:
Today:
We watched Macbeth up to Act 4, sc 2.
I passed back term 3 work.
I gave out term 3 grades.
Please note: I am away on a NEASC evaluation next week. If there is any late work, please wait and pass it in to me directly when I return on Thursday. If it is at all possible, I will try and get missing assignments counted. If not, they will still be accepted when I return.
We watched Macbeth up to Act 4, sc 2.
I passed back term 3 work.
I gave out term 3 grades.
Please note: I am away on a NEASC evaluation next week. If there is any late work, please wait and pass it in to me directly when I return on Thursday. If it is at all possible, I will try and get missing assignments counted. If not, they will still be accepted when I return.
Thursday, April 4, 2013
12th Night or What You Will Class Song Project
Most do not realize the The 12th Night was Shakespeare's most musical. My Shakespeare class was tasked with taking the 400+ year old music from the play, and modernizing it into a song that was targeted to their class. Great job on the vocals, the audio mix, and the group members.
I love seeing you have so much fun learning.
WOS
Today:
We continued to share the sonnets that you connected with.
We talked about hiding your line of verse. How did it go?
I collected your HW
We broke into groups and acted out a sonnet using no words or sounds.
HW: Please compare the 2 sonnets given.
We continued to share the sonnets that you connected with.
We talked about hiding your line of verse. How did it go?
I collected your HW
We broke into groups and acted out a sonnet using no words or sounds.
HW: Please compare the 2 sonnets given.
Brit Lit
Today:
We looked at some of the ingredients of the stew that is made for Macbeth in Act 4. Do they hold up well after 400 years?
I broke you into groups of 2 and had you make a modern 2013 version, using 25 gross ingredients (appropriate for school).
We looked at the final moment of suspense. I broke you into groups and asked you to come up with a skit that followed the same path as a Shakespeare Tragedy.
W read Act 4, sc1 and defined the 3 new prophecies.
We looked at some of the ingredients of the stew that is made for Macbeth in Act 4. Do they hold up well after 400 years?
I broke you into groups of 2 and had you make a modern 2013 version, using 25 gross ingredients (appropriate for school).
We looked at the final moment of suspense. I broke you into groups and asked you to come up with a skit that followed the same path as a Shakespeare Tragedy.
W read Act 4, sc1 and defined the 3 new prophecies.
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
WOS:
Today:
We shared the sonnet that you selected and why it was meaningful to you specifically.
I gave you post it notes and had you write down your one line. I then asked for you to share/hide these for another person to find.
We illustrated iambic pentameter, with a da, dum, da, dum.....
HW: Write your own original sonnet following the rules on the sheet provided.
We shared the sonnet that you selected and why it was meaningful to you specifically.
I gave you post it notes and had you write down your one line. I then asked for you to share/hide these for another person to find.
We illustrated iambic pentameter, with a da, dum, da, dum.....
HW: Write your own original sonnet following the rules on the sheet provided.
Brit Lit
Today:
You were each given a character from the play and asked to make a Facebook page for them, complete with at least 12 posts on the recent events in the play (up to Act 4)
We watched a bit of the Ethan Hawke Macbeth documentary.
We finished act 3 and started act 4.
You were each given a character from the play and asked to make a Facebook page for them, complete with at least 12 posts on the recent events in the play (up to Act 4)
We watched a bit of the Ethan Hawke Macbeth documentary.
We finished act 3 and started act 4.
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
WOS:
I gave you notes on the Sonnets.
We shared the sonnets that you selected for HW and I asked you to share the connection that you made.
I defined the formula that Shakespeare used.
I broke you into groups and asked you to write your own sonnet based on the rules, themes, and ideas suggested.
We shared the sonnets that you selected for HW and I asked you to share the connection that you made.
I defined the formula that Shakespeare used.
I broke you into groups and asked you to write your own sonnet based on the rules, themes, and ideas suggested.
Brit Lit:
Today:
We completed Act III in Macbeth.
We took notes.
We took a quiz on the notes that I gave you on Shakespeare's Language Tricks.
We completed Act III in Macbeth.
We took notes.
We took a quiz on the notes that I gave you on Shakespeare's Language Tricks.
Monday, April 1, 2013
WOS:
Today:
Your 12th Night Songs were due.
We took the 12th Night Essay Exam.
I passed out a collection of Shakespeare's Sonnets.
HW: Please find a poem from the collection that connects to you right now. Please be willing to read the selected poem, stating your connection to it.
Your 12th Night Songs were due.
We took the 12th Night Essay Exam.
I passed out a collection of Shakespeare's Sonnets.
HW: Please find a poem from the collection that connects to you right now. Please be willing to read the selected poem, stating your connection to it.
Brit Lit:
Today:
I collected any late journals.
We defined the following terms:
Personification
Simile
Metaphor
Classical Allusion
Reversed Word
Reversed Thought
Reversed Sentence Construction
We talked about how these were Shakespeare's Special effects.
I illustrated some of these by playing a clip of Yoda from The Empire Strikes Back.
I asked you to find examples of each in act 1.
We finished act 2, and reviewed the outline for a Shakespearean Tragedy.
I collected any late journals.
We defined the following terms:
Personification
Simile
Metaphor
Classical Allusion
Reversed Word
Reversed Thought
Reversed Sentence Construction
We talked about how these were Shakespeare's Special effects.
I illustrated some of these by playing a clip of Yoda from The Empire Strikes Back.
I asked you to find examples of each in act 1.
We finished act 2, and reviewed the outline for a Shakespearean Tragedy.
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