Shakespeare:

We watched the movie She's the Man.

I assigned our last paper:

  She’s The Man: A Parody of The Twelfth Night

Please use the following rubric:

An introductory paragraph stating your thesis.  In it you should first define parody, and then lead to your opinion.  Did the movie parody the play the 12^th Night?

____________________ out of 20 points

A 3 paragraph body that examines the connections between the two.  I would suggest organizing your examples into three main paragraphs: Similarities in story, Characters’, and finally your opinion on if the play is needed to truly appreciate and enjoy the film.  Each paragraph needs to have a transitional thought/idea/word.  Specific examples need to be given from both.  This is not a summary of the movie or play.  You are examining the movie to answer whether it is a successful parody.  Does it work and succeed as a story on its own, or is previous knowledge of the story needed? 

_____________________out of 60

A final conclusion paragraph that restates your thesis.  Please avoid terms like I have proved, etc.  I should not be used in this type of paper. 

____________________ out of 20

Brit Lit:

A Block:  We read your ghost stories in the dark.

C Block:  We read The Truth About George pgs 1250-1261 and answered questions 1-10 on pgs 1260-1261

Brit Lit Trailers

Shakespeare:

Today:

Journal:  Please write a playbook description of both you and the character that you are playing.  1/2 page.  Brag.  You are a star.

We finished the awesome character sketches and presented your body outlines.

We took a quiz on act 1.

We continued act 1.

HW:  Please finish act 1.

Brit Lit:

Today:

Journal #36:  Most good movies often spawn sequels.  Please imagine this for one of the 3-4 stories that you did a peer edit on.  In the same style as the author, please write the first two pages of a sequel.  After, we shared with the author.  2 pages

We finished our look at Frankenstein and Gothic lit.

We learned how to use the super easy, but powerful trailer feature in imovie:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKr1_ryddrY

We used the ipads to make a movie trailer of one of the stories in your peer edit group.

HW: Please consider reading your ghost story during class Thursday.  10 points if you read yours under candlelight.

Shakespeare:

Monday:  Mr. Barr covered class and continued in act 1

Tuesday:  We went over the 20 most difficult examples of classical allusions in the play.

Journal:  Please use 10 of the classical allusion in a prompt describing your weekend.

Character outlines:  With a partner, you examined act 1+2.  You found all lines about and describing your characters personality.  We then made a life size outline, tracing your full body.  Around your body, you listed the lines describing your character.

We took a quiz on the play.

Brit Lit:

Monday:  I was out sick.  I asked you to read the intro to Frankenstein by Mary Shelly in your anthology.  Please answer the questions at the end (1-7)

Papers were due via turnitin.com  -10 points each day late.

Tuesday:  We looked at a comic take on Gothic lit: Young Frankenstein.