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Brit Lit:

Today:

Journal:  Is murder ever justified?  If so, when?  If not, why?    1/2 page

We finished act I

We re-enacted the murder of King Duncan, using ipads, light sabers and fake blood.  I told you this was going to be fun.

Comp. Lit. II:

Today:

I collected Catcher in the Rye

We took a test on the novel.

Brit Lit:

Today:

Journal:  Write a letter from Macbeth to Lady Macbeth explaining to her all of the recent events.  1 pg

We looked for examples of Paradox and equivocation in act 1

C Block began notes on act 1

A block acted out in costume act 1 sc3-6

Comp. Lit. II:

Today:

We presented your slide show on the topic you had.

We played a review game for your test:  You won 80's Day!!!!

You broke back into your groups and finished you 20 mult choice review questions.

HW:  Test Thursday!  You may outline essays and use on test.

Brit Lit:

Today:

Journal #18:  The agony of defeat.  Please describe a moment when you found yourself defeated.  What was the end result?      1 page

We finished Shakespeare in Love

I collected the 10 things that you learned from the movie

C Block:  act 1 sc3-4

Brit Lit:

Sorry that I needed to be out today.  It did give me time to finish reading your awesome papers.  Please log in to Turnitin and let me know if there are any issues viewing grades or marks.

Great job on those :-)

Comp. Lit. II:

Today:

Journal:  Earlier I asked you to look at Holden's issues.  Now that we are almost finished with the novel, I would like you to revisit this.  Please write a one pg medical diagnosis looking at 5 issues that Holden seems to have, citing examples from the text.

Day 3 of MCAS boot camp

We broke into small groups and researched the topic given.

HW:  Please finish the book.  Test Wed.

Brit. Lit.:

Today:

Journal:  If you had three wishes, what would you wish for?  What would be the result of these wishes.    1pg

We acted out Act 1,sc2-3

We took a quiz on act 1 + notes.

We looked at the first 15 min of the ex PBS doc, Shakespeare Uncovered (sorry, no link, but available on Amazon.)

C Block Defined:
Paradox
Equivocation

Comp. Lit. II:

Today:

Journal:  Who is your life line.  Who would you call if you desperately needed help.  1/2 page

You CAN judge a book by its cover: 
1st:  Interview 5 students about their opinion.
Choose the best 4
Make a modern book jacket that would pull a 2016 audience in to read it.
On back: 4 quotes
On front:  Cover

We researched the time period in small groups and presented these.

HW:  Enjoy the weekend.

Brit Lit:

Today: 

Journal: If you want to see a persons character, all you need to do is give them a little power and see how they use it.  Describe a time when you were given power.  How did you use it?  1/2 pg

We went to the aud and did a series of acting warm up games.

I collected your projects,  -10 if given on Monday

Comp. Lit. II:

Today:

Journal #17:  Please select a minor character and write a one page letter to Holden.

We defined characterization and broke into small groups.  Using the sheet that I gave you, I asked each group to find observational characterization as told by Holden.

We took a quiz on your reading from last night:  CH 18-19)

I passed back your Animal Farm tests.

We continued looking at ways to improve your MCAS score.

HW:  Read 21,22,23

Brit Lit:

Today:

Journal #15:  What movie/book/song do you think will still be meaning full and enjoyable in 400 years?  Please explain WHY you feel this way.  Please be specific in your answers.   1 page

We used the ipads and explored the Globe 360 app

We defined infection and stress.  Each of you were given a random line and asked to say it with a specific emotion.

I gave notes and drawing on the Globe.

HW:  Projects due Friday!  -10 if late on Monday.