Shakespeare:

Today:

We watched act III.

I shared the clip of Sir Alec Guiness (Obi-wan Kenobi) dressed in yellow garters.

We  shared your song projects.

We acted out some of act IV

Brit Lit:

Today:

We watched the movie that made me want to be a teacher:  Dead Poets Society.

B Block shared their Macbeth movies.  Any group that was not ready- these are now past due.

Have a good weekend.

Brit Lit:

Today:

We started with the journal prompt:  Can word really change the world?  What do you think are the most powerful words ever spoken?  If you had to leave the world with one sentence, what would you words be?    1/2 pg.

Sonnet Part II:  We wrote the 1st draft of your sonnet.  I gave you a worksheet on this to follow.

We looked at the poetry found in the movie Dead Poets Society.

We watched the 1st part of this movie- the reason that I became a teacher.

Shakespeare:

Journal:  Take the found poem that I gave you and imagine what character might find it.  Please respond in a 1 pg

I wish that I could take you all to the real Globe- today I did my best.  We watched a performance of the play at the real Globe in London.

Quiz on act 3.

Brit Lit:

Today:

Journal #21:  What do you think of poetry?  Share one positive and negative experience.  1/2 pg

We did ipad poetry:

Using the ipads we wrote on the themes of:  Love, Death, Winter

B Block also did Mad Lib sonnet poetry

Brit Lit:

Today:

Journal:  Macbeth leaves room for a sequel with Fleance not becoming king at the end of the play.  Consider if Shakespeare wrote Macbeth II- what would it be about?  How would you have Fleance become king?  You may do this as a comic or narrative.   1pg/ten frames

We finished the movie.

A Block:  We took notes on a sonnet and completed a mad lib one following the notes.

B Block:  Finish your Macbeth movie projects.

A Block HW:  Find and bring in a poem that connects to you and has meaning.  We will be using these in class Tuesday.

Shakespeare:

Today:

We started off looking at bear baiting lines in the play.

We also looked at the biggest examples of classical allusions in the play.
I broke you into groups of 2 and asked you to make up 10 modern allusions that will not make sense in 400 years.

After lunch, we worked on your song project.

HW:  Please finish act 2.

Brit Lit:

Today:

We started off class imagining what Macbeth's facebook page would look like at this stage of the play.  Specifically, I asked you to write 15-20 posts.  These could be comical.

We watched the 2nd page of the PBS Macbeth Doc with Ethan Hawk.
I asked you to write 10 things that you learned from the doc.  I collected this and counted it as a quiz.

We came VERY close to finishing the play.  Tuesday....we find out the ending.