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
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
A Block Pass the poem...
Education shuts the open eye
Makes all the kids just want to get h*+% (removed by Mr. C)
Some of them no longer even try
You feel like all you can do is cry
And some even feel that they need to die
Some people feel like they can only quit
But the dont always use their wit
All some can do is try their best
Try to pass, try to finish their call work before the bell
Good grades is what everyone expects from you
Getthing good grades is not always the answer
Several stuttering subjects sink into one
Crazy class which passes by in a blink of a blind eye
Cooly carresses cand in class
Time tick tocks away
As the big and hairy hidge always finds a way
To make class longer and slower
Class slugs by
My eyes hybernate in deep sleep
The boy is a fat pig with a cake on his face
The boy acts like a pig while he rolls in mud
The bullies are osex in their heads
But really they're weasels in the school yard
To real people school is a joke, open your mind reach for your horizon
Intelligence is not just a thing you learn in the school
But an understanding of yourself and others
Makes all the kids just want to get h*+% (removed by Mr. C)
Some of them no longer even try
You feel like all you can do is cry
And some even feel that they need to die
Some people feel like they can only quit
But the dont always use their wit
All some can do is try their best
Try to pass, try to finish their call work before the bell
Good grades is what everyone expects from you
Getthing good grades is not always the answer
Several stuttering subjects sink into one
Crazy class which passes by in a blink of a blind eye
Cooly carresses cand in class
Time tick tocks away
As the big and hairy hidge always finds a way
To make class longer and slower
Class slugs by
My eyes hybernate in deep sleep
The boy is a fat pig with a cake on his face
The boy acts like a pig while he rolls in mud
The bullies are osex in their heads
But really they're weasels in the school yard
To real people school is a joke, open your mind reach for your horizon
Intelligence is not just a thing you learn in the school
But an understanding of yourself and others
Monday, January 4, 2010
World of Shakespeare:
Today we began The Taming of the Shrew. Please review act One and expect a quiz first thing Tuesday. What did you think of Katherine? Does she have any redeeming traits?
For those of you that did not pass in your Sonnet papers, please make sure that you either pass it in late tomorrow, or email it to me as an attachment BY 3:30 today. You loose 10 points for each day that it is late.
For those of you that did not pass in your Sonnet papers, please make sure that you either pass it in late tomorrow, or email it to me as an attachment BY 3:30 today. You loose 10 points for each day that it is late.
Welcome Back!
Brit Lit:
Today we looked at the poetry of Shelley; specifically reading Ode to a West Wind on Pg. 714-717.
We discussed imagery and symbolism and how they are used in the poem. I asked you to take a mental pulse as how you feel right now, and then list 5 symbolic representations of that feeling.
For each symbol I assigned you to write 1 stanza. The end result was a poem modeled after Shelley's example.
Please finish for HW.
Tomorrow we will begin to wrap up our poetry unit and begin to review for the test on Wed.
Today we looked at the poetry of Shelley; specifically reading Ode to a West Wind on Pg. 714-717.
We discussed imagery and symbolism and how they are used in the poem. I asked you to take a mental pulse as how you feel right now, and then list 5 symbolic representations of that feeling.
For each symbol I assigned you to write 1 stanza. The end result was a poem modeled after Shelley's example.
Please finish for HW.
Tomorrow we will begin to wrap up our poetry unit and begin to review for the test on Wed.
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
See You in the 10's...
Wishing you all a safe and restful holiday/vacation break. See you in the new decade....
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
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