Thursday, April 1, 2010
Soph Lit:
Today in class:
We watched ch 1-7: Lord of the Flies: the movie.
No HW: Enjoy the 3 day and get caught up if you are behind in your reading. Nothing is better than reading a book under a tree during a warm-up wave in early April if you ask me...
We watched ch 1-7: Lord of the Flies: the movie.
No HW: Enjoy the 3 day and get caught up if you are behind in your reading. Nothing is better than reading a book under a tree during a warm-up wave in early April if you ask me...
World of Shakespeare:
Today in class:
We took a test on Hamlet.
Reminder: Please have your Hamlet paper for Tuesday.
We took a test on Hamlet.
Reminder: Please have your Hamlet paper for Tuesday.
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Soph Lit:
http://nobelprize.org/educational_games/literature/golding/lof.html
You can play at home. We used this in class today to define themes and symbols in the novel.
You can play at home. We used this in class today to define themes and symbols in the novel.
Soph Lit:
Today in class:
We had a quiz on CH 3,4,5. This will be the final grade for term 3.
We "passed the story" for todays journal. Basically, each row continued the island fiction that we have been creating. If you were absent today, please see me for the make-up assignment.
HW- Please read Ch 6-7. We will be "watching" ch 1-7 in class Thursday in movie form.
We had a quiz on CH 3,4,5. This will be the final grade for term 3.
We "passed the story" for todays journal. Basically, each row continued the island fiction that we have been creating. If you were absent today, please see me for the make-up assignment.
HW- Please read Ch 6-7. We will be "watching" ch 1-7 in class Thursday in movie form.
World of Shakespeare:
Today in class:
We finished the Mel Gibson ver of Hamlet and disscussed the end of the play.
We reviewed for the test tomorrow, looked at your paper assignment, and I reminded you of your line challenge. You should be ready to report on how it was used Thursday after the test.
We finished the Mel Gibson ver of Hamlet and disscussed the end of the play.
We reviewed for the test tomorrow, looked at your paper assignment, and I reminded you of your line challenge. You should be ready to report on how it was used Thursday after the test.
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Soph Lit:
Today in class:
We examined the use of light in the novel Lord of the Flies.
We had a 10 question quiz on Ch 2-3.
HW: Please read Ch 4-5 for wed.
We examined the use of light in the novel Lord of the Flies.
We had a 10 question quiz on Ch 2-3.
HW: Please read Ch 4-5 for wed.
Monday, March 29, 2010
Soph Lit:
Today in class:
We watched The Simpson's Parody Lord of the Flies.
We listened to 20 sounds, which you needed to work into your LOTF diary. 2 pages.
HW: Please read Ch 2-3. Quiz on reading Tuesday.
We watched The Simpson's Parody Lord of the Flies.
We listened to 20 sounds, which you needed to work into your LOTF diary. 2 pages.
HW: Please read Ch 2-3. Quiz on reading Tuesday.
World of Shakespeare:
Today in class:
I passed back your parody papers. Please see me Thursday if you wish to re-write.
We covered Act 4.
We defined the working elements of a Shakespearean tragedy. Specifically, we examine the final moment of suspense, and where it may be in Act 4.
Reminders:
Act 4 sc 1-5 quiz Tuesday.
To Be or Not spoken challenge due by Thursday.
Macbeth Field Trip permission forms due Thursday.
Next Monday, your Hamlet papers are due.
I passed back your parody papers. Please see me Thursday if you wish to re-write.
We covered Act 4.
We defined the working elements of a Shakespearean tragedy. Specifically, we examine the final moment of suspense, and where it may be in Act 4.
Reminders:
Act 4 sc 1-5 quiz Tuesday.
To Be or Not spoken challenge due by Thursday.
Macbeth Field Trip permission forms due Thursday.
Next Monday, your Hamlet papers are due.
Friday, March 26, 2010
World of Shakespeare:
Hamlet: Grief Session
Directions: You are a psychiatrist and have begun counseling a new patient recently. In a 250 word, one page typed paper, please file a report on your findings. Please use specific examples from Acts 1-4 to support you end recommendations. You are required to look at all of his soliloquies and dialogue, which should be used as direct conversations given in his therapy sessions.
Please follow the following rubric:
1.) Start with an opening paragraph which needs to state your overall opinion of Hamlet’s mental state. 20 points
2.) In your body, please detail 4 examples which support your thesis.
40 points
3.) Please end with a final paragraph restating your diagnosis. Please end your report with your recommendations. 20 points
4.) Paper is typed, with proper grammar and punctuation 20 points
Notes:
Probably the most well-known of these might be from Elizabeth Kubler-Ross' book, "On Death and Dying." In it, she identified five stages that a dying patient experiences when informed of their terminal prognosis.
The stages Kubler-Ross identified are:
Denial (this isn't happening to me!)
Anger (why is this happening to me?)
Bargaining (I promise I'll be a better person if...)
Depression (I don't care anymore)
Acceptance (I'm ready for whatever comes)
Many people believe that these stages of grief are also experienced by others when they have lost a loved one.
Personally, I think of these definitions as emotional behaviors rather than stages, per se. I believe we may certainly experience some of these behaviors. But, I believe just as strongly, that there is no script for grief; that we cannot expect to feel any of our emotions in a particular set pattern. I do agree that acceptance is probably the last emotion felt, and in some instances it may be the only one.
A lesser known definition of the stages of grief is described by Dr. Roberta Temes in the book, "Living With An Empty Chair - a guide through grief." Temes describes three particular types of behavior exhibited by those suffering from grief and loss.
They are:
Numbness (mechanical functioning and social insulation)
Disorganization (intensely painful feelings of loss)
Reorganization (re-entry into a more 'normal' social life.)
Directions: You are a psychiatrist and have begun counseling a new patient recently. In a 250 word, one page typed paper, please file a report on your findings. Please use specific examples from Acts 1-4 to support you end recommendations. You are required to look at all of his soliloquies and dialogue, which should be used as direct conversations given in his therapy sessions.
Please follow the following rubric:
1.) Start with an opening paragraph which needs to state your overall opinion of Hamlet’s mental state. 20 points
2.) In your body, please detail 4 examples which support your thesis.
40 points
3.) Please end with a final paragraph restating your diagnosis. Please end your report with your recommendations. 20 points
4.) Paper is typed, with proper grammar and punctuation 20 points
Notes:
Probably the most well-known of these might be from Elizabeth Kubler-Ross' book, "On Death and Dying." In it, she identified five stages that a dying patient experiences when informed of their terminal prognosis.
The stages Kubler-Ross identified are:
Denial (this isn't happening to me!)
Anger (why is this happening to me?)
Bargaining (I promise I'll be a better person if...)
Depression (I don't care anymore)
Acceptance (I'm ready for whatever comes)
Many people believe that these stages of grief are also experienced by others when they have lost a loved one.
Personally, I think of these definitions as emotional behaviors rather than stages, per se. I believe we may certainly experience some of these behaviors. But, I believe just as strongly, that there is no script for grief; that we cannot expect to feel any of our emotions in a particular set pattern. I do agree that acceptance is probably the last emotion felt, and in some instances it may be the only one.
A lesser known definition of the stages of grief is described by Dr. Roberta Temes in the book, "Living With An Empty Chair - a guide through grief." Temes describes three particular types of behavior exhibited by those suffering from grief and loss.
They are:
Numbness (mechanical functioning and social insulation)
Disorganization (intensely painful feelings of loss)
Reorganization (re-entry into a more 'normal' social life.)
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
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