Comp. Lit. II:

Today:

Journal Prompt:  Please select a prompt from the list of Catcher prompts that you were given.  Please write the prompt that you are responding to.  CPA/CP= 1/2 page.  H= 1 page

We reviewed the ending of the book.

We took a quiz on ch 22-26.

We will finish your Catcher portfolio project on Monday.

Brit Lit:

Today:

Journal Prompt #12:  Please describe a time when you won something or felt incredibly lucky.  Was your luck by chance, or controlled by destiny?  Do believe in fate?  CPA: 1/2 page, H: one page.

We watched the 20 min. documentary: Why Shakespeare?

We acted out and completed act 1 sc 1-3.

We took notes on them.  Reminder:  You may use all notes on all quizzes.

HW:  Please finish your Sir Gawian and the Green Knight video game manual.  These are due Friday.

Comp. Lit. II:

Today:

We looked at the title of the novel and how Holden misunderstands them.  We also looked at the psychology behind wanting to protect children from the adult world.

I reviewed your reading from last night.

We took a quiz on CH 19-21.

We went to the computer lab and had work day #2 of 3 to complete your Catcher in the Rye portfolio assignment.  This is due at the end of class on Monday.

HW:  Please finish the novel.

Brit Lit:

Today:

We began class with an epic round of Shakespearian insults.

We continued Act 1, sc1

I shared a sheet of terms and expressions that we use everyday that were coined by Shakespeare.

We looked at a 5 minute clip from Braveheart to illustrate the intensity of hand to hand battle 400 years ago.

Comp. Lit. II:

Today:

We reviewed your reading from last night.

We went to the computer lab and had work day #1 of 3 for your Catcher in the Rye Portfolio project.

HW:  Please read ch 22,23,24.  Identify 5 parts that you found interesting via your sticky notes.

Brit Lit:

Today:

Journal Prompt #11: Please describe your experience with Shakespeare.  What did you like?  What did you feel was difficult?  What plays have you read or seen?  How were you taught it?  1 page

We took notes on the known facts about Shakespeare.

We looked at the Globe and discussed the competition between the plays and religion.

I passed out Macbeth and we started act 1 together.

Comp. Lit II

Today:

A Block:  We gave you a list of journal prompts and asked you to pick on that you connected to for Catcher.

Most of you went to an assembly on course selection.

HW:  Read 19,20,21

C Block:

Journal Prompt: Please describe the time in your life that you felt most alone.  1 page

I passed back journals #1-10

I asked you to design a playlist for Holden.  For each please explain why it was selected.  finally, we wrote a letter to Holden offering advice and introducing the music that you picked.

HW:  Please read ch 19,20,21

Brit Lit:

Today:

We finished the last 5 minutes of A Knights Tale.  I asked you to write a one page movie review that referenced 4 of the 6 characteristics of Medieval Romance.

We defined Morality Plays.

We looked at how morality plays were used to entertain and save your soul.  We discussed how this was in direct competition to plays.

We acted out the play Everyman and used it to demonstrate the characteristics of the genre that we looked at.

HW:  No HW.  Tomorrow we meet the greatest writer that ever lived.  Till then, a clip that was suggested by Mr. Anderson:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NM-Y1ch4b5c

Comp. Lit. II:

Today:

We went over the requirements and I passed out the assignment sheet for your Catcher in the Rye portfolio assignment.  This will be used instead of a final test on the book.  Each class will have three computer work days to complete.  This is due Monday Match 10th.

We looked at an interview with the director of the Salinger documentary.  20 min.

Title in the Rye:  I broke you into groups and asked you to gave a title for each of the 15 chapters that we have read so far.  3 titles needed to be an allusion.

HW:  Please read ch 16,17,18.

Brit. Lit.:

Today
We defined the characteristics of Medieval romance:

-chivalry
-Set in a far off place
-Has supernatural events
-Hero Structure
-Love as major plot element
-Spontaneous fights

I asked you to discuss 4 of the 6 in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.  This was your quiz.

I passed back your quiz fro wed.

We watched a modern re-telling of one of the Canterbury Tales: A Knights Tale. 

Comp. Lit. II:

Today
We played 3 Strikes and You Quiz.  A Block took a quiz by getting three strikes.  This was on CH 10,11,12.

I broke you into small groups and asked you to give modern 2014 teenage examples of the following terms:

Slang
Metaphor
Simile
Hyperbole
Idiom

Txting in the Rye.  If Holden was writing this in 2014, what would his txt look like?  I asked you to write ten txt msgs that capture Holden's tone and style, considering what we have been looking at in terms of language.

I showed you a interview with the director of the Salinger Documentary.
This can be viewed here:
http://www.examiner.com/article/catcher-the-rye-sales-soar-after-salinger-documentary-on-pbs

HW:  Please read CH 13,14,15.  Please continue with your stickies looking for at least 5 things that you found interesting.

Follow Holden's Footsteps in NYC

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/01/28/nyregion/20100128-salinger-map.html

Brit Lit:

Today:

We finished your group presentations.

We took a quiz on the presentations/reading from last night.

I assigned the following:

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: the Video Game

Assignment: You work for a small indie video game company, and have just purchased the publishing rights for a new video game based on the story. Please design a manual that will explain how the game is played. You will be graded on the following rubrics:


1.) A cover that has the title of your game and cover art for the game.

10 points

2.) Weapons page. Detailing at least 5 weapons that you have researched from the 14th century. Please include a picture and detailed 3 sent description for each.  These need to be in your own words.
20 Points

3.) Intro page, which summarizes the entire story.  250 words min.
20 Points

4.) 10 Levels. For each, please do the following:

Create a title for the level

Give a 5-10 sentence description of the objective of the level.

30 Points

5.) End boss

Include a detailed picture or description, including the one weakness that allows you to destroy the boss and win the game.
20 Points.

 

We went to the lab and researched 14th c weapons and shared.

 

HW:  Read Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

 

Comp. Lit. II:

We reviewed your reading (ch7,8,9)

We took a quiz on your reading (A Block)  B Block played three strikes and you quiz and was able to win the game and not take this quiz.

We broke into small groups and found examples of the style/language terms.  We introduced stickies to record examples going forward.

We shared your findings to the class.

I gave those interested a very rare non-circulating story about the Caulfield's The Ocean Full of Bowling Balls (shhhhh.) illegal bootleg literature is fun....  Please share with anyone that loves Catcher.

HW:  Please read ch 10,11,12.  Please use the stickies and record 5 examples and state what it means.

Brit Lit:

Today:

I collected your journals.

I broke you into you pilgrim groups and we finished our look at characterization- indirect and direct.

1/2 the class was able to present their research.

We will finish the second 1/2 Wed.

Here is the link to the animated Canterbury Tales that the BBC did a few years ago.  See if you character description holds up to how they modeled the clay figures:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3zUoNG_P_0

HW:  Please read pgs 91-121 (The Prologue)