Soph Lit: Your Midsummer videos are due this Friday. Boys on the right side- don't blow this off!
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
12.9.08
Brit Lit:
Great job this am in your Paradise Lost translations- real good stuff. Try to watch the Disney version of Fantasia. The Night on Bald Mountain could be scripted to what we read today. Some of my fav classical music in that. For HW tonight, I would like you to craft a 2008 response to Milton's poem. Must be at least 14 lines, and model itself in the same style as Milton.
Soph Lit:
Thanks M for bringing in our Holiday Bush! We will be decorating it English Class Style this Friday! If you have any good holiday music, please bring it in. I am kind of a XMAS music nut. HW tonight- please read the poems that I assigned from Dead Poets.
Great job this am in your Paradise Lost translations- real good stuff. Try to watch the Disney version of Fantasia. The Night on Bald Mountain could be scripted to what we read today. Some of my fav classical music in that. For HW tonight, I would like you to craft a 2008 response to Milton's poem. Must be at least 14 lines, and model itself in the same style as Milton.
Soph Lit:
Thanks M for bringing in our Holiday Bush! We will be decorating it English Class Style this Friday! If you have any good holiday music, please bring it in. I am kind of a XMAS music nut. HW tonight- please read the poems that I assigned from Dead Poets.
Monday, December 8, 2008
Progress Reports
Alert, Alert- Danger Will Robinson!
I will be afterschool Tuesday for as long as it takes for any of you to make up missing work before progress reports. Please check with me to make sure you are not missing any assignments. Progress report grades will be passed in Wed. morning.
I will be afterschool Tuesday for as long as it takes for any of you to make up missing work before progress reports. Please check with me to make sure you are not missing any assignments. Progress report grades will be passed in Wed. morning.
12.08.08
Congrats to our football team! Central MA Superbowl Champs!
Brit Lit: HW- please read all of the poems that I gave you from Dead Poets. Last call to research you Paradice Lost stanza.
Soph Lit: Reminder- Midsummer videos due this Friday. Make sure that you do not leave it to the last min- this counts as a test grade
Brit Lit: HW- please read all of the poems that I gave you from Dead Poets. Last call to research you Paradice Lost stanza.
Soph Lit: Reminder- Midsummer videos due this Friday. Make sure that you do not leave it to the last min- this counts as a test grade
Word O' the Week
Deturpate [dee-tur-pate]: To disfigure, or defile. From Latin- to make ugly.
Try to use it this week in class or in assignments for extra credit :-)
Try to use it this week in class or in assignments for extra credit :-)
Friday, December 5, 2008
Are You Ready for Some Football?
I am at a loss- Boston College plays in the ACC championship on Saturday, while at the same time, our own football team plays in the central Mass Super Bowl. What is a pigskin loving teacher to do? Good luck to our football team! Regardless of the outcome, you have made our school very proud of your season.
12.5.08
Brit Lit: This week we explored poetry. Please have your Paradise Lost translations ready for Monday.
Soph Lit: Over the next 10 days, you will be making a video of A Midsummer Nights Dream. You can modernize, and change the script- have fun with the possibilities- A Mob boss for King, a High School Musical love triangle, Darth Vader as Oberon….Chewbacca as the lion….anything school appropriate goes…
Rubric:
You will be graded on the following rubric:
A script is passed in with video………………………………..20 points
Characters in video followed script…………………………….20 points
At least 5 minutes in duration (one act)…………………………20 points
Effort (costumes, production value, general effort in video)……40 points
Soph Lit: Over the next 10 days, you will be making a video of A Midsummer Nights Dream. You can modernize, and change the script- have fun with the possibilities- A Mob boss for King, a High School Musical love triangle, Darth Vader as Oberon….Chewbacca as the lion….anything school appropriate goes…
Rubric:
You will be graded on the following rubric:
A script is passed in with video………………………………..20 points
Characters in video followed script…………………………….20 points
At least 5 minutes in duration (one act)…………………………20 points
Effort (costumes, production value, general effort in video)……40 points
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
12.2.08
Brit Lit: Remember to write your sonnets tonight. 14 lines- iambic pentameter; Begin in delight, end in greatness. Remember- the only one who needs to understand and enjoy it is YOU. Make it meaningful and share a part of you on paper. IMMORTALITY!
Soph Lit: I have just passed back everything that I had- some things did not have names, so please be responsible to check to see if you have anything missing. I also gave out grades (as of this week.) So- if any parent or guardian is reading this- ask them how they are doing in English tonight :-) I am working on making up the video assignment now- I will explain in class Wed.
Soph Lit: I have just passed back everything that I had- some things did not have names, so please be responsible to check to see if you have anything missing. I also gave out grades (as of this week.) So- if any parent or guardian is reading this- ask them how they are doing in English tonight :-) I am working on making up the video assignment now- I will explain in class Wed.
Monday, December 1, 2008
12.1.08
I hope that you had a good break, and had a chance to spend some good quality time with those around you.
A big congrats to the football team in theirwin romp domination over my former school. UNDEFEATED!
Brit Lit:
Tomorrow we start a week of poetry. I am going to bring in some things that I wrote when I was 16 for you to make fun of- but it will allow me to prove my point about poetry and immortality.....
Make sure that you have your big "fat" books...
Soph Lit:
Today in class you did AMSND in 32 seconds. Forcing the play into a small box made you realize the key important facts. That sound is Shakespeare rolling in his grave....
A big congrats to the football team in their
Brit Lit:
Tomorrow we start a week of poetry. I am going to bring in some things that I wrote when I was 16 for you to make fun of- but it will allow me to prove my point about poetry and immortality.....
Make sure that you have your big "fat" books...
Soph Lit:
Today in class you did AMSND in 32 seconds. Forcing the play into a small box made you realize the key important facts. That sound is Shakespeare rolling in his grave....
Saturday, November 29, 2008
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Friday, November 21, 2008
11.21.08
Brit Lit:
Happy Friday! I started to correct your Macbeth tests- so far they look very good. If any of you want your grades early, shoot me a email to cusicks@tantasqua.org. Starting Monday, we will be taking a few days before the break to look at and write a killer college essay. I will explain this in detail on Monday. Have a safe weekend!
Soph Lit:
Today in class I showed about 5 minutes of my version of A Midsummer Night's Dream that I did with Ms. St. Jean at ol' Shepherd Hill. I hope that it helped you visualize some of the things that we were talking about this week.
Every Friday, I try and do some fun assignments- today you did some writing on the history of the Slinky. After lunch, I taught you the very basics of what handwriting can tell us about the person. Remember- it was just for fun- I don't want any of you to read too much into it :-)
Happy Friday! I started to correct your Macbeth tests- so far they look very good. If any of you want your grades early, shoot me a email to cusicks@tantasqua.org. Starting Monday, we will be taking a few days before the break to look at and write a killer college essay. I will explain this in detail on Monday. Have a safe weekend!
Soph Lit:
Today in class I showed about 5 minutes of my version of A Midsummer Night's Dream that I did with Ms. St. Jean at ol' Shepherd Hill. I hope that it helped you visualize some of the things that we were talking about this week.
Every Friday, I try and do some fun assignments- today you did some writing on the history of the Slinky. After lunch, I taught you the very basics of what handwriting can tell us about the person. Remember- it was just for fun- I don't want any of you to read too much into it :-)
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