Comp. Lit. II:

Today:

Journal prompt:  Think of a moment that you had to deal with grief.  Please explain your grief and how specifically you dealt with it.  What was the resolution and how did you get there?

We went over the 5 stages of grief and connected it with your journal today.

We looked at Larry's Mother in the play and tried to identify the different stages.

We defined the American tragedy.

We looked at Miller's unique take on the 4 act play.

We watched a 15 min segment from 60 min on the life and work of Arthur Miller.

I played a clip from South Par:  What would Arthur Miller do?

Shakespeare:

Journal Prompt:  What is the craziest thing that you have done in the name of love?    1/2 page

We watched your silent Hamlet movie.  Act 1 won donuts.

We acted out act 1 in Othello.  We gave each actor a Friday challenge.

Last 15 min we learned the rules the game Othello that was inspired by the play.

Arthur Miller's FBI File

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fbi-secret-files-communist-marilyn-monroe-revealed-article-1.1228785

Comp. Lit. II:

Today:

Journal Prompt:  Please describe a big mistake that you tried hard to cover up.  You may talk about more than one.  Were you able to keep it hidden?  If so, how?                                          1 page

A gave you information on Arthur Miller

I passed out scripts for All My Sons.

We assigned parts and began the play.

Shakespeare:

Today:

You were given extra time to finish the Hamlet test. 

Journal:  What are your feeling towards inter-racial dating?  Please describe examples from your life.                                                                                                                         1pg.

We began Othello Act 1

I collected Hamlet scripts.

Comp. Lit. II

Today:

We took the Catcher in the Rye exam.

Shakespeare:

We took the Hamlet exam.

Enjoy!

Comp. Lit. II:

Today:

Journal:  Please write a one page letter to Holden.  Try to offer advice on his situation.  Please ref. 3 events in the novel in your letter.

Quiz on ch 18-21

You Make the Test:  In small groups, construct what you think would be a fair test.  Please have 10 mult. choice questions, 20 T/F and one essay.

HW:  Please read ch 24-26.  Have the book finished for Tuesday.
Test on Wed.

Shakespeare:

Today:

I played a few Hamlet related clips from previous classes.

We went down on the stage and warmed up with:

Pass the Yorick Skull to the left hand side
Pinky sword fighting- showing weight by pretending that your pinky is a 30 lbs sword.

We broke into 4 groups and you were tasked with putting together your act as a silent movie.  Video to follow...

Reminders:  Please finish the play at home over your 4 day weekend.  Your Hamlet paper is also due on Tuesday.  10 points off per late day- so get it done and have it ready.  If you run into any problems or have questions, feel free to use my email: cusicks@tantasqua.org

Comp. Lit. II:

Today:

Journal 15:  Please define yourself in 5 ways.  I gave you various mags and asked you to cut out 5 symbols that can be used to represent these things.  For each picture, I asked you on the back to explain how the symbol is used.

We watched a short video on symbolism.  This can be viewed here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-F599mU6L4

We also defined theme.  I gave you notes on theses from Catcher.  We went over: Isolation, Sadness, and Innocence.

We played three strikes and you quiz.  We avoided a quiz today.

We reviewed ch 18-20.

We looked for 7 examples of Holden's depression and I asked you to chart these on a worksheet.  If you did not finish, this is for HW.

HW:  Please read CH 21,22,23.

Shakespeare:

Today:

We looked at some of the words and phrases that are credited to WS.  Imagine if you made up words and they were still used 400 years after.  Crazy.

Journal prompt #15:  Use 15 of the words or phrases that WS invented in a short story.  Underline each of these.  Also, please invent 3 of your own words and use them in the correct context.  Please circle these three words.                                                                                            1 page

We watched the 2nd part of the PBS documentary on Hamlet.  This can be viewed for free here:
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/shakespeare-uncovered/

We came super close to finishing act IV.