Have a warm, restful Summer Tantasqua!

WOS:

Taming of the Shrew....it is a wrap!  We finalized our class production of our final project.  I will post your movie on the blog once the editing is finalized.  I can't wait to see the final product!

Great job guys!

We broke into small groups to review/study for the final.  Reminder, you may bring in one page of notes to assist you in answering the final exam essay questions.

You will take your final this Monday.

Good luck, and thanks for being such a fun class.  I had a blast teaching you!

Brit Lit:

Today your Ghost story assignment was due.  I passed out the rubrics for the grade, and we identified the 5 allusions within your paper.  On the last page I also asked you to list each allusion and explain the specific reference, and how this directly contributed to your story.

A completed assignment consists of the following:
Assignment Rubric
4 page ghost story
Allusion menu, with 10 original allusions.
Original Storyboard

I answered any final questions that you may have had on the final Exam.  A Block takes their exam Friday, D Block on Monday.

I gave out term grades, and your final average before the final exam grade.  Reminder:  You final exam grade count towards 10% of your final year end grade.

As always in life, try and end each stage with greatness....

WOS:

We worked on filming/editing the modern parody of The Taming of the Shrew today.

Brit Lit:

We continued reviewing for the Final.

We read a NYT article on allusions.

We watched 4 examples of Shakespeare allusions in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

We moved the due date of your ghost stories/allusion assignment to this Thursday. 

 I will be afterschool today if anyone would like to review for the final or make up any last minute missing assignments.

Brit Lit:

Today:

We defined allusion and looked at some Shakespeare examples that were used in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

I asked you to list 10 of your own.  5 of these must be used in your ghost story.

We worked on the first draft of your story.  Final draft due Wed.

I passed out a review packet for your final exam.  Please start to look this over and study.

WOS:

Today, we continued filming your parody of the play, The Taming of the Shrew.  Reminder, this is due Friday- so keep it up!

We completed peer reviews on your classmates.

We began to review for the final next Monday.  Please use the following review sheet:

The World of Shakespeare: Final Exam Review Sheet 2013




We read the following: Othello, Hamlet, The Tempest, The Twelfth Night, The Taming of the Shrew, sonnets.



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. Examine how 4 characters other than Othello are directly, or indirectly responsible for the tragic ending.



#2 Please explain the ending of the 12th Night. Did true love prevail? Were you satisfied with the ending? Why or Why not? Please use specific details in your response.



#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, suspension of disbelief, aside, using language to show class and status in the play. You should have three examples of each term and be ready to explain how they are used.



#5 Character can be defined by how one handles power. Look at 3 characters and discuss how well they handled 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. Love, and the quest for love are important themes in many of Shakespeare’s plays. Please examine three relationships and explain in detail how they played out in specific detail using the 3 of the following plays: The 12th Night, Hamlet, Othello.



#8 Define a Shakespearian 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. Be prepared to write an original sonnet about this class that follows the rules and rhyme pattern of a sonnet. You might wish to write this before the exam and have it on your page of notes.