For this Monday: Please memorize
If we shadows have offended,
Think but this, and all is mended,
That you have but slumber'd here
While these visions did appear.
And this weak and idle theme,
No more yielding but a dream,
Gentles, do not reprehend:
if you pardon, we will mend:
And, as I am an honest Puck,
If we have unearned luck
Now to 'scape the serpent's tongue,
We will make amends ere long;
Else the Puck a liar call;
So, good night unto you all.
Give me your hands, if we be friends,
And Robin shall restore amends.
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Brit Lit:
Today we reviewed the first 6 chapters in Jane Eyre. I broke you into groups and had you make storyboard for the novel thus far. Sample pictures to follow....
HW: Read CH 7-8. Please be ready for a quick quiz Thursday
HW: Read CH 7-8. Please be ready for a quick quiz Thursday
Friday, May 27, 2011
Have a great weekend!
Wishing you all a relaxing weekend devoid of school. Make sure you thank a veteran for the many freedoms that we enjoy.
Soph Lit:
We played the Review game: Who wants to win a Pizza Party. Congrats to C and L for taking us to the 2nd from highest prize, and consequently making school fun the Friday before Memorial Day Weekend.
HW: Please look over the novel and notes. Test Tuesday.
HW: Please look over the novel and notes. Test Tuesday.
Brit Lit:
Today we reviewed your reading from Jane Eyre. We wrote on a series ( 3 of 5)of writing prompts.
HW: Make sure you are up to date on your reading. Have a great holiday weekend.
HW: Make sure you are up to date on your reading. Have a great holiday weekend.
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Brit Lit:
Today:
I collected the remaining anthologies. We started Jane Eyre.
HW: Please read CH 1-3 and be ready for a brief quiz Thursday before going to All Arts Day.
I collected the remaining anthologies. We started Jane Eyre.
HW: Please read CH 1-3 and be ready for a brief quiz Thursday before going to All Arts Day.
Soph Lit:
Today:
We took an open book quiz for ch 8,9,10. The winning team of the debate was excused from the assignment.
We reviewed the ending of the book.
We watched LOTF the movie.
HW: Thursday we will have a review game in class and prepare for the test Friday. Please make sure the novel is finished and that you review your notes on: symbolism, foreshadowing, Freud (ID, EGO, super Ego), etc...
We took an open book quiz for ch 8,9,10. The winning team of the debate was excused from the assignment.
We reviewed the ending of the book.
We watched LOTF the movie.
HW: Thursday we will have a review game in class and prepare for the test Friday. Please make sure the novel is finished and that you review your notes on: symbolism, foreshadowing, Freud (ID, EGO, super Ego), etc...
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
World of Shakespeare:
We said goodbyes to our Sr friends...parting is such sweet sorrow...
We took notes and began Measure for Measure.
We took notes and began Measure for Measure.
Soph Lit
Today:
We examined the use of light and darkness in Lord of the Flies and defined foreshadowing. We broke into small think tanks and looked at 5 examples of each and what they foreshadow.
We finised our debate on whether people are born good or evil. Great job. Remind me to do another debate.
Quiz on CH 8,9,10
HW: Please finish the book for wed (ch 12) We will review Thursday and test on Friday.
We examined the use of light and darkness in Lord of the Flies and defined foreshadowing. We broke into small think tanks and looked at 5 examples of each and what they foreshadow.
We finised our debate on whether people are born good or evil. Great job. Remind me to do another debate.
Quiz on CH 8,9,10
HW: Please finish the book for wed (ch 12) We will review Thursday and test on Friday.
Brit Lit:
Today we took your final exam and I collected your books. Please see me ASAP if you did not have your book, or your recorded number is not the same. In both cases, I need to submit a book bill- so please remain diligent in returning all materials.
Monday, May 23, 2011
Soph Lit:
Today:
Lord of the Flies: The Debate
During this class, I will be breaking you into two groups to debate the following:
Side One: People are inherently Evil. We are born with the tendency for evil and need to constantly suppress the urge to be bad. The only thing keeping us “good” are the laws and consequences that are in place within society. Without them, we would act selfishly and think only of ourselves.
Side 2: People are born good, but their experiences force them into being a good or bad person. Evil, or being bad is a direct consequence of ones experience in life.
Directions: Please break into two groups and assign the following parts:
Captain: You will read your opening statement expressing your main point to prove. This will be very similar to the thesis of a paper. You will pick the order of your team to make your top 4 points.
Thinkers (4): You will direct the 4 examples that your team uses.
Scribe: You will write the main thesis of your group and record the four examples to prove your point.
Debate team: You will carefully listen to the argument from the other side and attempt to counter their argument.
Main Statement:_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Example 1:______________________________________________________________________
Example 2:______________________________________________________________________
Example 3:______________________________________________________________________
Example 4:______________________________________________________________________
We will begin with each side giving their opening. Then we will go back in forth. Each team will present their example, and the other side will have the opportunity to counter their argument with their own examples.
Each round will be awarded a winner.
Lord of the Flies: The Debate
During this class, I will be breaking you into two groups to debate the following:
Side One: People are inherently Evil. We are born with the tendency for evil and need to constantly suppress the urge to be bad. The only thing keeping us “good” are the laws and consequences that are in place within society. Without them, we would act selfishly and think only of ourselves.
Side 2: People are born good, but their experiences force them into being a good or bad person. Evil, or being bad is a direct consequence of ones experience in life.
Directions: Please break into two groups and assign the following parts:
Captain: You will read your opening statement expressing your main point to prove. This will be very similar to the thesis of a paper. You will pick the order of your team to make your top 4 points.
Thinkers (4): You will direct the 4 examples that your team uses.
Scribe: You will write the main thesis of your group and record the four examples to prove your point.
Debate team: You will carefully listen to the argument from the other side and attempt to counter their argument.
Main Statement:_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Example 1:______________________________________________________________________
Example 2:______________________________________________________________________
Example 3:______________________________________________________________________
Example 4:______________________________________________________________________
We will begin with each side giving their opening. Then we will go back in forth. Each team will present their example, and the other side will have the opportunity to counter their argument with their own examples.
Each round will be awarded a winner.
Brit Lit:
Today:
We finished our review for the final exam. Specifically, we looked at the short answer and essay. End in greatness....
The last 30 minutes I gave you an envelope to mail letter to yourself in 5 years. If you did not finish, please give it to me when you complete it and I will add it to the stack to mail in 2016. These are optional, but very cool to get in the future.
We finished our review for the final exam. Specifically, we looked at the short answer and essay. End in greatness....
The last 30 minutes I gave you an envelope to mail letter to yourself in 5 years. If you did not finish, please give it to me when you complete it and I will add it to the stack to mail in 2016. These are optional, but very cool to get in the future.
Friday, May 20, 2011
World of Shakespeare:
The World of Shakespeare: Final Exam Review Sheet
Your final exam will ask you to answer (5 of 7 CP) 7 of 7 H) questions based on the plays and sonnets that we read in this course. To assist you in remembering, you may bring in one sheet of notes to remind you of specific plays and characters.
We read the following: Othello, Hamlet, The 12th Night, The Taming of the Shrew,) and the sonnets.
The following prompts are possible questions to consider (hint, hint):
Examine the relationship in terms of a timeline between Desdemona and Othello. Please make sure to examine the end of their relationship, and how specifically Othello believes she has not been faithful.
Please read the first page of each play. How is the opening in each play important to the story? Does it bring you in and make you interested? How? Please have specific examples from at least 3 plays.
Talk about what makes a Shakespearian tragedy. Please examine one tragedy in your study group and discuss how it fits.
Please define the following literary devices that Shakespeare uses:
Alliteration, simile, metaphor, reversed word, reversed sentence construction, classical allusion, personification, inflection, stress, aside, using language to show class and status in the play. Sonnet
Character can be defined by how one handles power. Look at 3 characters and make a list how each handles power.
Discuss the use of comedy in his plays. What ideas and specific plays hold up well and still make us laugh. Please use specific scenes in your discussions.
Please review important information on Shakespeare. Please work to define what we know about him. If you had to write his obituary, what would you list about his life?
Define a Shakespearian Sonnet. What did his sonnets reveal about him that his plays may not have? Pick a sonnet and be familiar enough with it that you could reference it in an answer.
Your final exam will ask you to answer (5 of 7 CP) 7 of 7 H) questions based on the plays and sonnets that we read in this course. To assist you in remembering, you may bring in one sheet of notes to remind you of specific plays and characters.
We read the following: Othello, Hamlet, The 12th Night, The Taming of the Shrew,) and the sonnets.
The following prompts are possible questions to consider (hint, hint):
Examine the relationship in terms of a timeline between Desdemona and Othello. Please make sure to examine the end of their relationship, and how specifically Othello believes she has not been faithful.
Please read the first page of each play. How is the opening in each play important to the story? Does it bring you in and make you interested? How? Please have specific examples from at least 3 plays.
Talk about what makes a Shakespearian tragedy. Please examine one tragedy in your study group and discuss how it fits.
Please define the following literary devices that Shakespeare uses:
Alliteration, simile, metaphor, reversed word, reversed sentence construction, classical allusion, personification, inflection, stress, aside, using language to show class and status in the play. Sonnet
Character can be defined by how one handles power. Look at 3 characters and make a list how each handles power.
Discuss the use of comedy in his plays. What ideas and specific plays hold up well and still make us laugh. Please use specific scenes in your discussions.
Please review important information on Shakespeare. Please work to define what we know about him. If you had to write his obituary, what would you list about his life?
Define a Shakespearian Sonnet. What did his sonnets reveal about him that his plays may not have? Pick a sonnet and be familiar enough with it that you could reference it in an answer.
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