Shakespeare:

Today:

In small groups we reported on the news of the day with The Cyprus Ch 5 News.  Each group needed to report events as a newscast.

We did act 3 sc 1 with a monkey on the back.  One read lines (monkey) one acted the lines.

We ended with Othello Friday.

Brit Lit

Today:

We finished The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

We listened to the Iron Maiden version and compared the lyrics

I assigned the following project.  This is due at the end of class of Monday:

Rime of the Ancient Mariner  Assignment

 

The Ship's Log

Every ship is supposed to have a log book, which is filled in every day by the captain. If he dies, the next senior officer fills it in (usually the First Mate). You should write a series of entries for the log of the ship in the poem. For part of the voyage, these will be written by the captain; after all the other men die, only the ancient mariner is left to fill it in.

 

Storyboarding

The fantastic details in the story are well-suited to vivid illustration. You can use a series of pictures with captions underneath to turn the poem into either a storyboard for a film version, or as a comic strip. Minimum 15 frames – every frame must have a caption that is a minimum of 1 complete sentence.  If you choose this option, you MUST do the drawings yourself and you CANNOT do stick figures or oversimplified pictures.  Choose this only if you have some artistic talent.

 

Newspaper (and other) reports

When the ship leaves port, to the cheers of the sailors' friends and sweethearts, no-one has any idea of what is to happen; but the return of the ship, its sinking in sight of land, the strange lights seen on it, the one survivor, his strange tale and his effect on the pilot and his boy - all this adds up to a mystery any reporter would love to write about. Write either newspaper report

OR 

an official report of the naval authorities investigating the loss of the ship and all its crew bar one.

 

Minimum 30 sentences total.

 

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Shakespeare:

Journal prompt:  Write a sonnet about this time of the year.

We made small pocket sonnet books

We designed a cover that reflected your images and feelings.

We formed a Congo line and placed them in the holiday shrub.

After lunch I gave you more time to work on your sonnet project.  These are due Monday.

Brit Lit

Today:

Journal:  What is romance?  Is it dead?  What is the most romantic thing that you have ever seen or done?     1pg

I gave you your progress report grades.

A block finish Young Frankenstein and compared it to gothic lit using the terms that I gave you.

B Block:  Began the Romantic period.  We read the intro section.
We read parts 1 + 2 of the Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner.

Shakespeare:

We began with
journal prompt 31: What is love?  What do you think about inter-racial relationships?  What do you family feel about race and religion?          1page

We had a good discussion on race and relationships.

We looked at the relationship of Desdemona and Othello.  Is it love or lust?  Why?

We had 30 minutes to work on your sonnet movies on the ipads.  These are due Monday.

We finished act 2.

Brit Lit:

Today:

We finished watching Young Frankenstein

Journal:  Please select 5 elements of Gothic Lit that this movie pokes fun of.  For each explain how.

I passed back the bulk of you for so far in this term.