Jan. 5 through Jan. 9

Due to school closures and cancellations, much of this week has been an attempt to get all classes back to the same point in the curriculum.

English 9:
Period 1 took the LOTF quiz that was scheduled before winter break, and the other periods had a bit more SSR and story time to balance this out. All classes began watching the LOTF movie which will be finished up by Friday. From here, we will begin a bit of writing next week and we will be looking at an article that addresses some real-life events connected to the novel.

AP Lit:
BNW papers and soundtracks were collected from those of you I didn't see before break, and period 8 had some extended story time. Then, we read the short story Once Upon a Time and wrote an essay comparing it to BNW.

On Thursday and Friday you will be reading the stories The Story of an Hour and A Rose for Emily and we will take notes on and discuss types of irony. Your homework over the weekend will be to read Genesis and Catastrophe (a handout I'll provide) and pgs. 650 to 652 in your Norton anthology. You should complete prep notes that include the following items: irony in the story, thoughts on the title, how reading drama differs from fiction, and would G&C make a good one act play? Be ready to discuss all of these things next week.

Shakespeare:
After Chris cracked us up with his story of shovelling, Haley told us of her haunted car and I told a few stories too, eventually we finished up watching The Taming of the Shrew. After a little discussion, you should have begun writing a narrative about some "hoop" in your life that, unfortunately, you just have to jump through and deal with-- something that you've realized you can't really fight, so you just have to go along with. We will continue to develop these next class and we will begin a quick look at some of Shakespeare's poetry to end the semester.