Thursday, January 21, 2010
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
World of Shakespeare:
Today for your quiz, I asked you to show act 4 in 32 seconds.
Tonight, please finish the play. We will be reviewing for the final Thursday.
Tonight, please finish the play. We will be reviewing for the final Thursday.
Brit Lit:
Reminder: Final exam this Thursday. In class today we spent the entire block reviewing. Please make sure you study and have solid examples to use on the final.
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Word O' the Week:
Selcouth [sel-kooth]: Adj. Unfamiliar, rare, strange. From Old English meaning seldom known.
Think:
Gilligan's 1st name was Willy. The Skipper- Jonas Grumby. Both were mentioned in the first episode, then never used again....
World of Shakespeare:
Today we performed your Act 3 scenes.
Please finish the play for Thursday at home.
We will be reviewing for the final this Friday Wed and Thurs.
Please finish the play for Thursday at home.
We will be reviewing for the final this Friday Wed and Thurs.
Brit Lit:
Hold on tight and end in greatness: it is final week....
Today we broke into study groups and generated examples from 1984. Reminder: the novel was to be finished for today. Please make sure that you finish the book, as there will be questions on the final.
Last call on room 101 papers. These were due Friday and 10 points are deducted for each late day (weekends and holidays do not count)
Wed. we will be reviewing for the final exam. Please make sure that you have a notebook and pen handy, as we will be moving at a furious pace to cover the year. Please also have your anthology books for reference.
Final exam this Thursday....
I will be after school this Tuesday and Wednesday for anyone missing work or needing extra help on getting ready for the exam.
Today we broke into study groups and generated examples from 1984. Reminder: the novel was to be finished for today. Please make sure that you finish the book, as there will be questions on the final.
Last call on room 101 papers. These were due Friday and 10 points are deducted for each late day (weekends and holidays do not count)
Wed. we will be reviewing for the final exam. Please make sure that you have a notebook and pen handy, as we will be moving at a furious pace to cover the year. Please also have your anthology books for reference.
Final exam this Thursday....
I will be after school this Tuesday and Wednesday for anyone missing work or needing extra help on getting ready for the exam.
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Thank You...
Thanks to Mr. Anderson for inviting me into his Economics class to help judge the presentations. I was very impressed at the great learning happening. Great job on all of the presentations.
WOS:
Today we began Act 3 in Measure for Measure. We again looked at tone and inflection and how it can often change what the character is saying. Before lunch, we broke into groups and speculated on how this "problem play" might resolve itself.
Friday we will be looking at one of the ONLY film adaptations of this often neglected play. Specifically, we will examine how each character is portrayed on film, and how that may be different from your initial view.
Friday we will be looking at one of the ONLY film adaptations of this often neglected play. Specifically, we will examine how each character is portrayed on film, and how that may be different from your initial view.
Brit Lit:
Today in class I gave my lecture on: How to take over the world, or at least a small town. We looked at propaganda and how it can be used to manipulate people. In the world of 1984, you will see many examples of this. As you watch the political discussions around our senate race, please look for how these things are being used, often right in front of you.
A Block typed their final draft of their room 101 paper. B Block will have the block Friday to type it then. If you were absent, please make sure that you finish this at home.
HW: Please continue your reading schedule in 1984.
A Block typed their final draft of their room 101 paper. B Block will have the block Friday to type it then. If you were absent, please make sure that you finish this at home.
HW: Please continue your reading schedule in 1984.
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Brit Lit:
Today we went over the following terms:
Characterization
--Method used to reveal/describe characters and their traits
Foreshadowing
--Hints of future events
*Irony
--Verbal--narrator/character says one thing, means another
--Dramatic--reader/audience knows things characters do not
--Situational--great difference between purpose of an action and the result
*Satire
--Author’s tone used to ridicule human/societal vice and/or weakness with
intent of causing change
*Paradox
--Statement that seems contrary to common sense yet may be true
War is Peace; Ignorance is Strength; Freedom is Slavery
Symbolism
--Representation of a concept/idea by an object
Metaphor
--Comparison/relationship between two things without using "like"/"as"
Flashback
--Returning to earlier time in order to something in the present clearer
Themes (these must be defined within the terms of the text)
*Totalitarianism
*Freedom vs. Absence of Freedom
*Individualism vs. Conformity
Note: 1984 was written in 1948, three years after the conclusion of WWII.
We broke into small study groups to define examples in the novel.
We will be typing our final draft of your 101 paper this Thursday and Friday, so please have your 2 pg draft for then.
HW: Read pg 122-166 in the small book, or pgs. 147-201 in the larger version for Thursday.
Characterization
--Method used to reveal/describe characters and their traits
Foreshadowing
--Hints of future events
*Irony
--Verbal--narrator/character says one thing, means another
--Dramatic--reader/audience knows things characters do not
--Situational--great difference between purpose of an action and the result
*Satire
--Author’s tone used to ridicule human/societal vice and/or weakness with
intent of causing change
*Paradox
--Statement that seems contrary to common sense yet may be true
War is Peace; Ignorance is Strength; Freedom is Slavery
Symbolism
--Representation of a concept/idea by an object
Metaphor
--Comparison/relationship between two things without using "like"/"as"
Flashback
--Returning to earlier time in order to something in the present clearer
Themes (these must be defined within the terms of the text)
*Totalitarianism
*Freedom vs. Absence of Freedom
*Individualism vs. Conformity
Note: 1984 was written in 1948, three years after the conclusion of WWII.
We broke into small study groups to define examples in the novel.
We will be typing our final draft of your 101 paper this Thursday and Friday, so please have your 2 pg draft for then.
HW: Read pg 122-166 in the small book, or pgs. 147-201 in the larger version for Thursday.
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Brit Lit:
Today: Room 101
Imagine that you are a worker in the world of 1984. You have been caught by the thought police for one of the many "crimes" in the novel. Please explain the situation around your arrest, and then describe the "after".
What is your room 101?
2 pgs written, 1 typed.
1st draft due today at 9:00
Final draft (typed and corrected) this Friday.
Friday, January 8, 2010
World of Shakespeare:
Today you presented you Taming of the Shrew Lesson. I enjoyed the bitter sweet irony of again being a student. We will finish the last one first thing Monday before lunch.
I also passed out Measure for Measure. We will go over the list of characters Monday and do Act 1 together in costume. Looking forward to having fun with the one.... :-)
I also passed out Measure for Measure. We will go over the list of characters Monday and do Act 1 together in costume. Looking forward to having fun with the one.... :-)
Brit Lit:
I will have your poetry test back this Monday.
Today in class we began 1984. We examined the landscape and setting in this futuristic world.
I also alluded to room 101- a room used by the government as punishment where you are confronted by your greatest fear. What would be in your room 101?
We have an aggressive schedule for the next 10 days. Please keep up with the reading, and as always, end with greatness.....
Today in class we began 1984. We examined the landscape and setting in this futuristic world.
I also alluded to room 101- a room used by the government as punishment where you are confronted by your greatest fear. What would be in your room 101?
We have an aggressive schedule for the next 10 days. Please keep up with the reading, and as always, end with greatness.....
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Brit Lit:
Today in class we had our test on poetry. Please see me soon if you were absent to schedule a time to take the make-up.
I passed out our last novel, which was voted on by both A and B block. Here is your reading schedule and vocab for the novel:
Quiz 1 pp. 1-43 Due Jan 8
Quiz 2 pp. 43-87 Due Jan 11
Quiz 3 pp. 88-122 Due Jan 12
Quiz 4 pp. 122-166 Due Jan 13
Quiz 5 pp. 167-197 Due Jan 14
Quiz 6 pp. 198-245 Due Jan 18
Vocabulary:
p. 5 varicose ulcer
p. 9 frowsy
p. 12 nebulous
p. 12 span (spanner)
p. 14 parody
p. 14 specious
p. 34 pneumatic
p. 39 proletariat
p. 43 queue
p. 43 philology
p. 57 furtive
p. 65 sinecure
p. 66 protuberant
p. 86 lassitude
p. 91 fatuous
p. 98 bluebell
p. 99 etiolate
p. 114 gratuitous
p. 123 febrile
p. 139 demur
p. 144 persiflage
p. 159 spurious
p. 162 execrate
p. 164 ruminant
I passed out our last novel, which was voted on by both A and B block. Here is your reading schedule and vocab for the novel:
Quiz 1 pp. 1-43 Due Jan 8
Quiz 2 pp. 43-87 Due Jan 11
Quiz 3 pp. 88-122 Due Jan 12
Quiz 4 pp. 122-166 Due Jan 13
Quiz 5 pp. 167-197 Due Jan 14
Quiz 6 pp. 198-245 Due Jan 18
Vocabulary:
p. 5 varicose ulcer
p. 9 frowsy
p. 12 nebulous
p. 12 span (spanner)
p. 14 parody
p. 14 specious
p. 34 pneumatic
p. 39 proletariat
p. 43 queue
p. 43 philology
p. 57 furtive
p. 65 sinecure
p. 66 protuberant
p. 86 lassitude
p. 91 fatuous
p. 98 bluebell
p. 99 etiolate
p. 114 gratuitous
p. 123 febrile
p. 139 demur
p. 144 persiflage
p. 159 spurious
p. 162 execrate
p. 164 ruminant
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