Brit Lit:

Today:

We used fake blood and acted out Act III, sc IV. 

We looked at some of the 1,700 words that Shakespeare is credited with inventing or using for the first time.

Journal Prompt:  Please choose 10 of the listed words that Shakespeare invented and use them in a story describing your Halloween.  Please circle each word used in your journal.  1 page.

Words Shakespeare Invented

 

academe	accused	addiction	advertising	amazement
arouse	assassination	backing	bandit	bedroom
beached	besmirch	birthplace	blanket	bloodstained
barefaced	blushing	bet	bump	buzzer
caked	cater	champion	circumstantial	cold-blooded
compromise	courtship	countless	critic	dauntless
dawn	deafening	discontent	dishearten	drugged
dwindle	epileptic	equivocal	elbow	excitement
exposure	eyeball	fashionable	fixture	flawed
frugal	generous	gloomy	gossip	green-eyed
gust	hint	hobnob	hurried	impede
impartial	invulnerable	jaded	label	lackluster
laughable	lonely	lower	luggage	lustrous
madcap	majestic	marketable	metamorphize	mimic
monumental	moonbeam	mountaineer	negotiate	noiseless
obscene	obsequiously	ode	olympian	outbreak
panders	pedant	premeditated	puking	radiance
rant	remorseless	savagery	scuffle	secure
skim milk	submerge	summit	swagger	torture
tranquil	undress	unreal	varied	vaulting
worthless	zany	gnarled	grovel

I gave you the time after lunch to work on constructing your script for the Macbeth Movie Project.  We will be filming these Monday and Tuesday, so if you did not finish the script, please have it done for Monday.

WOS:

Today:

I gave you a last minute work day to wrap up your song projects, as most of you had small technical issues that needed to be resolved.

We were able to watch most of the projects.  Overall, you did a great job bringing this 400 year old music back to life.

Journal Prompt:  Please choose 10 of the listed words that Shakespeare invented and use them in a story describing your Halloween.  Please circle each word used in your journal.  1 page.


I referenced you next paper.  We will be watching the movie She's the Man on Monday and you will be writing a paper connecting the plot to the story of The Twelfth Night.  More on Monday.  Here is a sneak peek at the assignment:

She’s the Man Parodies the Bard

 Often, literature has an indirect impact on pop culture.  Shakespeare is of course of no exception.  The film She’s the Man borrows more than small doses of the story from The 12^th Night.  In fact, one could argue that the movie succeeds strictly as a direct parody of the play itself.

 

In a well written 5 paragraph essay, I would like you to answer the following questions:  Does the movie She’s the Man successfully parody the play The 12^th Night?  While the tendency will be to answer yes, I would also encourage those to voice disagreement.  Please examine not just the names, but more importantly, the function of the relationships in both stories.  Does the film require the play to fully enjoy the story?  Please have a clear thesis, and make sure to back this up with direct examples from both.

 

 

 

 

Comp. Lit. II:

Today:
I broke you into small groups and asked you to discuss the titles of the chapters.  Next you needed to come up with an alternative name for the first 5 chapters and list 2-3 sentences justifying your choice.

We watched 25 minutes of a modern re-telling of the novel.  We talked about if modernizing the story and changing the plot works.

Journal Prompt:  Please write a 1/2 page movie review on the modern version of Lord of the Flies.  Did you like it?  Why or why not?  Please give at least three examples to support your review.

Have a good weekend.  I will be collecting journal prompt 11-20 on Tuesday.  Please make sure that they are complete and ready to be passed in.

Today we celebrated the oral tradition of storytelling.  I told my ghost story from teaching in Ireland.  I hope that you had fun being scared.  Happy Halloween!

Brit Lit:

Today:

We started with the journal Prompt:  Please describe what you think will happen next in the play.  What will be the moment of final suspense in Act IV?  1 page.

I broke you into your groups and had you fill in a movie treatment for your Macbeth movie projects.  Reminder: these will be the expectations that I hold you to.

We worked on act 3 and did the death of Banquo.

HW:  Watch the Sox win the world series in Boston!

WOS:

Today:

We had work day #2 of 2 to work on your Twelfth Night lost song project.  I will be afterschool today for any group needing more time.  Feel free to stop by.  I can't wait to watch these this Friday!

HW:  Please finish act II.

Comp. Lit. II:

Today:

We listened to the last three sounds as part of our Lord of the Flies inspired journal prompts.  We shared these within your group and you each picked the best one from each group.

For those of you that were voted off, here was the alt. prompt:
"They May forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel."                    Carl Buechner                        1 page


We started storyboard (16 slides) depicting the events in ch 1-5.  Please finish these for HW.

We defined parody, and watched an episode of The Simpson's that was a parody for the novel Lord of the Flies.

Brit Lit:

Today:

We took notes on Act 2.

We had a quiz on Act 2.

Journal Prompt:  Pick any character major or minor, and made a fake Facebook page, with at least 10 wall posts.  These can be from the character that you picked, or post from those that they are "friends" with.   
                                                                                              10 wall posts

I asked you to look again at the Shakespeare language tricks and identify each in act 2.

Brit Lit.

WOS:

Today:

We had day 1 of 2 class work days for your Twelfth Night Song project. These are to be presented this Friday.

HW:  Please finish and review act II.  Expect a quiz.

Comp. Lit. II

Today:

We continued with our Lord of the Flies inspired journal prompts:
Today, using the fiction developed and agreed on in your group, please respond to the picture and two sounds. 

If you have been removed from your group, or were absent, here is the alternative prompt:
"Truth is beautiful without a doubt, but so are lies."  Ralph Emerson  1pg.

We defined symbolism, and we began looking at the top symbols in the novel.  Please keep this sheet with your notes, as we will be using this again.

We took a quiz on CH 4.

HW:  Please read CH 5-6.
  Wed. We will be playing Three Strikes and you Quiz- so read and don't be that kid....

Brit Lit:

Today:

Please take the main 10 parts in Macbeth and cast them as modern actors.  Please explain for each why you picked them to play the part.

I broke you into 5 groups and tasked you with telling the story of Macbeth so far in exactly 32 seconds.  We performed these.

We acted out act 2 after lunch.

WOS:

Today:

Journal prompt:  If you were going to cast this play with modern actors, who would you cast and why.  10 parts cast with detailed explanations.

We looked at the music selections in this play.  You broke into 4-5 groups and were assigned making the song that your group was given into a modern song.  Each group is encouraged to use software (soundsmith, audacity, garageband, T-Pain's auto tune.)  You will have the next two classes to construct your song and put together your video presentation. 

I asked each group to define the measurable outcome that I will grade you on.  I collected this.

Comp. Lit. II

Today:

We continued with your sound journal assignment.  Today we listened to three sounds and I ask you to use them to incorporate conflict into your writing.

We then broke into your "tribe" and I asked you each to share your individual fiction and vote on the journal that you all wanted to follow.

I then gave you a surprise list of 16 items.  Your group debated which objects you would take.  You could pick 5.

One student must be lost or killed.  I asked you to identify the missing or dead student.

I asked each group to present their work.

We ended adding to your journal an explanation for your missing or killed student.

HW:  Please read Ch 4.