Brit Lit.

Today:

I collected journals 11-20. 

We watched a movie version of Macbeth for review.

I asked you to commit to one of the Macbeth final projects and came around to approve these.

HW:  Have a good weekend.

Comp. Lit. II:

Today:

We watched the Simpson's parody of Lord of the Flies

We discussed the S. King essay on how this novel impacted him.

We reviewed ch 4.

We took a quiz on CH 4

We looked at the ID, the EGO, and the SUPER EGO,

I broke you into small groups and asked you to define 4 main characters by an factual example of how their actions fit Freud.

Brit Lit:

Today:

We finished the play.

I asked you to write a one page goodbye letter from Lady Macbeth.

We finished notes on the play.

I will be collecting your journals this Friday, so please make sure that these are up-to-date.

Comp. Lit:

Today:

Journal Prompt:  Please describe a situation where one person in your LOTF survival scenario dies.   1 pg

We broke into our groups and shared these.  Each group decided on one piece of writing to follow.  The lost student will have an alternative prompts for Monday.

We read an essay by S. King on How Lord of the Flies inspired him to write.

We defined Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs and connected this to the situation on the island.  We also considered this research and how it connects to you and your general happiness in life.

We broke into a circle and had our first book talk.  We looked at the emerging conflict between Ralph and Jack.  We looked and light darkness and the description of nature.

HW:  Please read ch 4.

Lord of the Flies Contest Info:

http://www.william-golding.co.uk/flies-anniversary.aspx

The deadline is April 30th.

Brit Lit:

Today:

Journal Prompt:  Find three words in the play and consider how that play would be radically different if they were changed.  Explain what words that you would change and specifically explain what this would change within the plot of the play.                                                 1 page

I assigned the Macbeth Final Projects:

1.Macbeth Part II:  Shakespeare, like many good storyteller’s sometimes left a spot for a sequel.  Please write the sequel in script form to Macbeth.  Min. 3-4 pages.  Must include examples of:  Personification, simile, metaphor, reverse words/sent./thought.  You must deal with the loose ends as the basis for the sequel. 

 

2.Essay:  Think of some of the core themes in the play: power, loyalty, morality, tyranny, fate or any other theme of your own creation.  In a five paragraph essay, explain how one of these themes is demonstrated in the play and how it serves the writer’s purpose in including it.  You must support your writing by backing up your observations and statements with textual evidence. 

 

3. Movie:  Think of a different setting for the plot line of Macbeth: the Old West, Chicago/NY/Boston gangland, Appalachian backwoods, California surfers, Star Wars.  Take a scene from the play and rewrite it to fit the modern context, supplying character/directors notes as well as blocking.   This will then be filmed and edited into a short movie.  Your modern characters and their setting should reflect similar traits/themes that were found in Shakespeare’s Macbeth (lust for power, manipulative lords, fiefdoms, treachery, brutality ect.).  You may use comedy for this.

 

4. Art:  Pick an “epic” moment from the play (the witches approaching Macbeth, the apparitions, Macbeth’s death, Banquo’s ghost) and create an artistic representation of the scene.  The artistic representation must show serious effort.  Some past ideas: interpretive dance, an oil painting, or a mural.

 

5.  Graphic Novel:  Create a graphic comic depicting an entire scene from the play.  This must be done in color and contain at least twelve frames.  Conversation bubbles must be used to contain quotes from the play and you must supply your own commentary in text boxes to explain what is going on in your comic strips.  This will be graded on how well your graphic novel follows the story, and your effort.

 

6.  Traditional essay test.  You may use all notes on this.

 

Please select what you plan on doing for Thursday.  You will have one work day.  These are due April 4th.

We finished notes on act IV

We read Act V, sc 1-3.

We took a quiz on the Shakespeare language terms.

I gave out permission forms for anyone that would like to see real live Shakespeare.  Please see me if you need a form.

Comp. Lit. II:

Today:

Journal prompt:
3 of the rules that your groups has come up with have been broken.  Please describe the three events and what the consequence is.  1 pg.

We defined:
 Theme
Allegories
Allusions
Symbols

We looked at William Golding's daughter and her explanation as to why her father wrote this novel:
http://lordofthefliescover.com/about-book/judy-golding-interview/

We reviewed CH 2.

We played 3 Strikes and You Quiz.

HW:  Read CH 3+ write down one thing for class discussion.

Brit Lit:

Before we get to the payoff of act V, we reviewed the play up to this point.  I broke you into 3 groups and asked each group to identify the 6 main events in each act, and then for fun, we ran these scenes backwards. 

HW:  Look over the lit terms.  I smell a quiz Wed.

Comp. Lit. II:

Today:

I gave you a list of 15 objects that have washed up on shore.  Your groups needed to pick 6 that you would keep and list the justification for each.

Journal Prompt :  I played three new sound effects and asked you to write a 1/2 page on each sound.  I asked you to consider your new objects and consequences that you came up with yesterday.

We looked at 10 quotes from the novel.

I answered any questions from your reading and we took a quiz on CH 1.

We looked at the examples of light and dark in CH 1.  I paired you with a partner and asked for 5 examples of each.  Light= goodness Dark= evil.  Please watch for these in your reading.

HW Please read ch 2.

Brit. Lit:

Today:

Each of you were given time to recite your Macbeth lines.  If you were absent or not ready to go, please make sure that you are ready for Tuesday.  -10 for each late day. 

We finished act 4.  We looked at:

Cool words and abbreviations that were coined by Shakespeare.  We looked at the term COZ and school'd. 

Battle of the wits.  Taking two characters and have them battle back and forth till one waves a white flag.

How Shakespeare makes different characters speak.  Royal like Malcolm, and dumb like a messenger.

How Shakespeare understood the stages of grief and human emotion before these were quantified and labeled by science and psychology.

We took notes on 4.1

HW:  Please read the handout on the supernatural by wed.

Comp. Lit. II:

Today:

Journal Prompt:  We continued with our Lord of the Flies journal prompts.  Today, I played three sound effects and asked you to explain how they happen within your story. These sounds were: brushing teeth, swarm of bees. and a series of gunshots.
                                                                                        1/2 page for each sound 1 and 1/2 page total.

We held a debate in class:  Is man inherently evil?  I broke you into 2 groups and tasked each with one side of the debate.  Each team needed to generate 4 examples to support your thesis.

HW:  Please read ch 1 tonight.  Expect a quiz Tuesday.