Thursday

4/9(A) & 4/10(B)

Freshmen:
Daily #16 & SSR
10 more Greek Roots
Finish Prometheus and Pandora, discuss.
Read Phaeton together.
Turn in Trojan War homework.
HW: Read your SSR book(s) and work on projects. I will be entering grades for project #1 next week!

AP Lit:
A few quick notes and terms: subject, theme, tone, anaphora, polysyndeton and asyndeton.
Discussed "Barbie Doll" and "Aunt Jennifer's Tigers" together. Focus on tone.
In small groups, identify best word to describe the tone of remaining poem and why. (5th period: we discussed "After Making Love..." (humorous & affectionate) and "Those Winter Sundays" (acknowledgment) so far. We will quickly discuss the others next class.) Turned in homework (#3 page 430).
HW: Chapter 9: Speaker-- read "A Certain Lady," "They flee from me," "To a louse," "Women Have Loved...," "I, being born a woman..." and "We Real Cool." For notes: list all that we know about the speaker of each of these poems.

Shakespeare:
Finished watching Macbeth. Took notes on patterns of tragedy. Know these for test on Monday. You will be asked to explain how Macbeth fits the pattern. (Is Macbeth really a tragic hero?) Also on the test: multiple choice, quote identification, short answer. Bring your golden lines, they will be turned in for credit.

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