Shakespeare:

We recited our To Be, or Not to Be lines.

This was a test grade, so if you were not ready to go, please make sure that you use vacation to learn them.  You new deducted -10 for each day not ready.

HW:  Have a great vacation!

Brit Lit:

Today:

I collected your Make Your Own Pilgrimage assignment

I collected journals #1-10

We watched A Knight's Tale.

HW:  Have a wonderful, HW free break!

Shakespeare:

Today:

I collected journals #1-10

We acted act 2 sc 1-2.

I defined 6 not 5 terms. :-)

I broke you into groups and tasked you to find an example of each term.

We watched a 3 min clip of Yoda demonstrating reserve thoughts and sent.

HW:  Lines due Friday.  This is a test grade.  Make it count!

Brit Lit:

Today:

We took a quiz on your reading.

We went to the lib to finish your Pilgrimage assignment.  Specifically, we finished your prologue poem and typed your pilgrimage tale.  I asked you to staple all three parts and submit at the end of class.  For those needing more time, I will accept these Friday as well.

Shakespeare:

We started with a quiz on the information covered in Act 1

We reviewed act 1

We finished act 1 in class.

We looked at what David Tennet (Dr.Who) did to get ready to play Hamlet (video)

Brit Lit:

Today:  A Block finished presenting their examples of direct and indirect characterization.  We took a quiz on this information.

HW:  Please read Pardoner's Tale on pg 115.  I smell a quiz on this reading Thursday.....

We began the next assignment:

Make your own Pilgrimage:

Over the next week, we will be reading a collection of “tales” by Geoffrey Chaucer.

In class we will be looking at his style, and be looking at what a pilgrimage is, and why you would go on one.  Duplicating a writer’s style is one of the hardest tasks that I will ask you to do.  It will require close examination of the language and the way Chaucer tells the tale.

Part 1:  The Prologue Poem  In this section, you will write a poem to begin your piece.  In your poem you must:              Give yourself a title as a pilgrim

                                                Write 4-6 Lines.

                                                Emulate Chaucer

Part II:  The Symbolic Representation Provide a hand drawn picture, a collage, or a brief descriptive piece which clearly gives a symbolic representation of who you are.  Remember, symbols are common images, which are used to represent much larger things.

Part III: The Tale You will write about a pilgrimage that you have been on.

In your Tale, you must:           Write 3 well written paragraphs

Write a tale that includes, Characters, a plot, a setting, a climax, and a conclusion

There is a clear lesson that you learn by the end of the tale.

Shakespeare:

Today:

Journal:  Please write a 1/2 pg diary entry from Hamlet's Mom.  Please explore her thoughts on the recent events.

I reviewed the acting challenge for your lines (extra credit)

Midsummer performance moved to Feb 27th B Block

We acted out act 1 sc 2-3.

Brit Lit:

Today:

Journal:  Please describe a time in detail that you went to visit a person, a place, or a thing that held special importance.      1/2 pg.

Characterization.  We defined and looked at Direct and indirect.  We used a scene in Mean Girls to show examples of both.

I introduced the Canterbury Tales.  In small groups, you were each given two characters and asked to answer questions based on direct and indirect characterizations.  On a large post it sheet, you were tasked with listing these and explaining your findings to the class.

We will present these Wed. followed by an open notebook quiz.