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Shakespeare:

Today:

We acted out act IV

Othello Talk show

Brit Lit:

We learned about the Bronte Sista's

Pg 922:  Charlotte

We read CH 1 of Jane Eyre

We discussed the power of 1st person narration

Writing assignment:  What is in the Red Room?  Write from Jane's 1st person point of view (I)

Shakespeare:

Today:

Journal:  The MAX free write.  Pick anything on your mind and write one pg on it.

We finished act III

We took a quiz on act III.

HW:  Begin outlining your final essays.

Brit Lit:

Today:

We had work day #2 to begin putting your final portfolio together.  By the end of today's class you should:
Have rewritten 5 of your 30 journal prompts.  Foe each, you improved on your prompt.  Each needs a 3=5 sent reflective piece at the end.

Shakespeare:

For a laugh:
http://wn.com/the_muppet_show._swedish_chef_reciting_shakespeare_(323)

Shakespeare Final Exam:

The World of Shakespeare: Final Exam Review Sheet

 

Your final exam will ask you to answer (5 of 7 CP) 7 of 7 H)  questions based on the plays and sonnets that we read in this course.  To assist you in remembering, you may bring in one sheet of notes to remind you of specific plays and characters.

 

We read the following:  Othello, Hamlet, The12^th Night, The Taming of the Shrew and selected sonnets.

 

The following prompts are possible questions to consider (hint, hint):

 

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.

 

 

Please read the first page of each play.  How is the opening in each play important to the story?  Does it bring you in and make you interested?  How?  Please have specific examples from at least 3 plays.

 

Talk about what makes a Shakespearian tragedy.  Please examine one tragedy in your study group and discuss how it fits.

 

Please define the following literary devices that Shakespeare uses:

Alliteration, simile, metaphor, reversed word, reversed sentence construction, classical allusion, personification, inflection, stress, aside, using language to show class and status in the play. Sonnet

 

Character can be defined by how one handles power.  Look at 3 characters and make a list how each handles power.

 

Discuss the use of comedy in his plays.  What ideas and specific plays hold up well and still make us laugh.  Please use specific scenes in your discussions.

 

Please review important information on Shakespeare.  Please work to define what we know about him.  If you had to write his obituary, what would you list about his life?

 

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.

 

 

 

Shakespeare:

Today:

Journal Prompt: Imagine that Desdemona is black and Othello is white.  How would the play be different.  Please discuss three parts of the play that would be different and why. 1/2 page

We had time to finish Worksheet #2 "Chaos is Come Again." 

We finished act 3.

Brit Lit Final Exam Portfollio:

Portfolio Final Assessment

For your final assignment, I will ask you to reflect back on the work that we did together.  A portfolio allows you the opportunity to think about what you have done, what you have learned, and how you may have changed through the process.  A completed portfolio consists of the following four parts:

 

Part I:  Journal Prompts  Please select 5 out of the 30 journal prompts that you are most proud of.  For each one, please type out  a revised and improved version.  Please follow each one with a 3-5 sentence reflection piece as to why the prompts that you selected were meaningful and what specifically you chose to improve upon in your rewrite.

 

 

Part II:  Selected Assignment  Please select one assignment that you are the most proud of from  your writing folder and include it in your portfolio.  Please include a 3-5 sentence reflective piece commenting on:

1.        What specifically did you learn from this assignment?

2.       What specifically did you find most challenging in this assignment?

3.       If you could do this again, what could you improve on?

 

 

Part III:  Letter to Students  Please write a one page letter to future students taking this class.  Please give advice on what to expect from me as a teacher, as well as your comments on the activities and assignments that we did in class.  Please make reference to specific assignments and novels in your discussion.

 

 

Part IV:  Letter to Yourself  Please write a letter to yourself.  In this letter, please comment on specific areas that you have improved upon while taking this course.  Think about thoughts and feeling that you have had while reading and writing in this class.  Please try and give specific evidence to back up your statements.  You should aim to cover at least three areas of improvement, with three specific examples.  Please also feel free to comment on how you have changed as a person through assignments and class discussions.

Part V:  To be completed in class during your final exam:

5 Paragraph Essay (H) 3 paragraph (CP/CPA):

Please answer the following question.  Please structure your response in a well- written (as apposed to poorly written) 5 paragraph essay.  Please make sure to give specific examples to back up your thesis.

Obtaining greater power or status is something that many people strive for, but is this ambition good or evil? In other words, what effect does trying to change one’s position in society have on a person? In at least three works of literature we’ve read in class, identify characters who struggle to change or maintain their power or status.  Explain whether this struggle turns out to be good or bad for them.  Do they succeed? What causes their success, or failure?           

Please include all parts along with this assignment sheet in a manila folder, with your name, date and class clearly marked on the front.  If you do not have one easily available, please see me.

Brit Lit:

Today:

Like Dickens, imagine that you get paid by the word.  In fact $1 per letter- so large words = more cash.  Please write a journal prompt worth at least $900 ( 900 letters= about a page).  You can't repeat the same word over and over and it can be about anything on your mind.

Final Exam Day 1:  Please find the 5 journals that you are most proud of.  Please create a Google doc and type each one out, making improvements in your writing.  For each, please write a reflective piece as why each journal was selected and what did you improve.

I collected your questions from The Signalman.

I am afterschool this Tuesday (till 5)  and Thursday for those needing to make up missing term work.  Term 1 is ending fast- end in greatness.

Shakespeare:

Today:

Journal:  Select 4 words that added, would dramatically change the story of Othello.  What words would you select and how would it change the story?  1 page.

We performed act III.

Brit Lit:

Today:

Welcome back!  I hope that you had a restful break and came back ready to finish strong.

Journal:  Pick one meaningful day from the last 10 and explain in detail the entire day.  1 page

What the Dickens?  We learned about Charles Dickens on pg 880.

We read The Signalman Pgs 881-890

Answered questions 1-6 on pg 891.

The last 15 minutes we had small dickens theater: Take the story and in a small group show the story in front of the class as a short play.