Freshmen:
New vocab words for this week.
Then we began watching Act 3 of R & J. We'll finish the last few minutes tomorrow and begin reading Act 4.
HW: You need to be working on the memorization of the Prologue, and of course, book projects must be done pretty soon. Use your time wisely as you plan for the last month of school.
AP Lit:
We began a conversation about the characteristics of Comedy in preparation for reading our final piece of literature together. We'll be continuing this and taking your final exam this week. Watch the calendar. Be in class. If you are in need of some Extra Credit, the details are in Friday's post. You must let me know in advance when you'll be coming in to take the quiz, so I can be prepared with enough copies.
Monday
Friday
5/21/2010 (w/ possible Extra Credit!)
Freshmen:
Vocabulary quiz. Then, you finished reading 3.5 and added it to your notes. Any remaining time you had for SSR.
HW: Be working on finishing your SSR book and book project. Remember that for your project you may earn a bit of EXTRA CREDIT by addressing more than 5 things you learned while reading your book.
AP Lit:
Finished discussing "anyone lived in a pretty how town", then I asked you to summarize your interpretation by addressing:
1) What idea/point/feeling is the poet trying to convey?
2) What specific poetic devices does the poet use to accomplish #1?
These are essentially the questions you will be asked to address for Part 2 of your final exam next week. At the end of class, I collected your notes and responses.
HW: Be studying and preparing for your final next week.
Also, if anyone is in need of a little EXTRA CREDIT, then set up a time with me next week to take an EXTRA CREDIT VOCABULARY QUIZ. I'll pick 15 random words from all the vocabulary we have studied this year and you can do one last matching quiz for up to 15 points you missed this semester. If you would like to take advantage of this opportunity, you must prearrange a time to come in before school, after school, or during 4th period to take the quiz.
Vocabulary quiz. Then, you finished reading 3.5 and added it to your notes. Any remaining time you had for SSR.
HW: Be working on finishing your SSR book and book project. Remember that for your project you may earn a bit of EXTRA CREDIT by addressing more than 5 things you learned while reading your book.
AP Lit:
Finished discussing "anyone lived in a pretty how town", then I asked you to summarize your interpretation by addressing:
1) What idea/point/feeling is the poet trying to convey?
2) What specific poetic devices does the poet use to accomplish #1?
These are essentially the questions you will be asked to address for Part 2 of your final exam next week. At the end of class, I collected your notes and responses.
HW: Be studying and preparing for your final next week.
Also, if anyone is in need of a little EXTRA CREDIT, then set up a time with me next week to take an EXTRA CREDIT VOCABULARY QUIZ. I'll pick 15 random words from all the vocabulary we have studied this year and you can do one last matching quiz for up to 15 points you missed this semester. If you would like to take advantage of this opportunity, you must prearrange a time to come in before school, after school, or during 4th period to take the quiz.
Thursday
5/20/2010
Freshmen:
Today we read more of Act 3. Tomorrow we'll take our vocab quiz, finish up 3.5 quickly, then have a little SSR time.
AP Lit:
Discussion of "anyone lived in a pretty how town." A few more things I'd like to discuss about the poem on Friday, then I'll also collect your notes.
Seniors-- Pay attention to the calendar! Your final exam is next week. If you are finished with your anthology (you have chosen a poem and have a copy of it to prepare for your final) then you may return your book to the book depository at your convenience.
Today we read more of Act 3. Tomorrow we'll take our vocab quiz, finish up 3.5 quickly, then have a little SSR time.
AP Lit:
Discussion of "anyone lived in a pretty how town." A few more things I'd like to discuss about the poem on Friday, then I'll also collect your notes.
Seniors-- Pay attention to the calendar! Your final exam is next week. If you are finished with your anthology (you have chosen a poem and have a copy of it to prepare for your final) then you may return your book to the book depository at your convenience.
Wednesday
5/19/2010
Freshmen:
Updated our R&J notes with 3.1, then continued reading Act 3. (Poor Juliet...)
AP Lit:
First, we chose dates for the Final Exam.
Period 3's final will be on 5/26 and 5/27
Period 6's final will be on 5/25 and 5/26
To help you prepare for Part 1 of the Final Exam, here is a link to all of the notes we took on Poetry Terms.
Then, you each told me the title of the poem from our text (pages 565 to 635) that you would like to explicate/analyze on day 2 of the final exam. If you were absent and have not given this information to me, you need to do this ASAP so that I can be sure and have a copy of the poem for you on test day.
Finally, I handed out a copy of "anyone lived in a pretty how town" by e.e. cummings. Your job is to read closely and take notes on this poem. We will be discussing it in class tomorrow, and I will collect the notes you've prepared on this poem.
Updated our R&J notes with 3.1, then continued reading Act 3. (Poor Juliet...)
AP Lit:
First, we chose dates for the Final Exam.
Period 3's final will be on 5/26 and 5/27
Period 6's final will be on 5/25 and 5/26
To help you prepare for Part 1 of the Final Exam, here is a link to all of the notes we took on Poetry Terms.
Then, you each told me the title of the poem from our text (pages 565 to 635) that you would like to explicate/analyze on day 2 of the final exam. If you were absent and have not given this information to me, you need to do this ASAP so that I can be sure and have a copy of the poem for you on test day.
Finally, I handed out a copy of "anyone lived in a pretty how town" by e.e. cummings. Your job is to read closely and take notes on this poem. We will be discussing it in class tomorrow, and I will collect the notes you've prepared on this poem.
Tuesday
5/18/2010
Freshmen:
We read Act 3 scene 1, which is a very important scene! (Thanks to all of you who were willing to hold "swords" and show us how the killing went down.)
AP Lit:
Graded discussion of "Abandoned Farmhouse." Interesting ideas and interpretations from everyone. I collected your notes and will give you credit for them, as well as credit for being in class and participating.
We read Act 3 scene 1, which is a very important scene! (Thanks to all of you who were willing to hold "swords" and show us how the killing went down.)
AP Lit:
Graded discussion of "Abandoned Farmhouse." Interesting ideas and interpretations from everyone. I collected your notes and will give you credit for them, as well as credit for being in class and participating.
5/17/2010
Freshmen:
New vocabulary for the week, then POP QUIZ on Acts 1&2 of R&J.
AP Lit:
Worked on explicating/analyzing "Abandoned Farmhouse." Will be a graded in class discussion of the poem on Tuesday.
New vocabulary for the week, then POP QUIZ on Acts 1&2 of R&J.
AP Lit:
Worked on explicating/analyzing "Abandoned Farmhouse." Will be a graded in class discussion of the poem on Tuesday.
Wednesday
5/12/2010
Freshmen:
We recapped what you read with the sub yesterday (2.3 and 2.4), and looked briefly at R & J 2.5. Tomorrow we'll finish Act 2 and start watching some more.
AP Lit:
Here is what I asked the sub to have you do on Tuesday:
Read pages 560-565 in the anthology, paying special attention to the analysis and discussion that follows each poem. Then, peruse pages 565 to 635, and read a wide selection of the poems found. Each of you needs to choose one of the poems from these pages that you feel you could sufficiently and thoroughly discuss/analyze in the manner of the examples you read on 560-565. Be ready to tell me which poem you have chosen tomorrow.
What we worked on in class today, then, was to read closely and explicate "The Victims" (on page 529). Going line by line you noted observations on how the poem is constructed, what devices and features you noticed the poet using. The most important part of this, though, is being a specific as you can about how/why the devices create the poem's effect. ANALYZING the poem is different than just listing the poetic devices. We are practicing this because, as you might have guessed, you will be asked to do this on your final.
We recapped what you read with the sub yesterday (2.3 and 2.4), and looked briefly at R & J 2.5. Tomorrow we'll finish Act 2 and start watching some more.
AP Lit:
Here is what I asked the sub to have you do on Tuesday:
Read pages 560-565 in the anthology, paying special attention to the analysis and discussion that follows each poem. Then, peruse pages 565 to 635, and read a wide selection of the poems found. Each of you needs to choose one of the poems from these pages that you feel you could sufficiently and thoroughly discuss/analyze in the manner of the examples you read on 560-565. Be ready to tell me which poem you have chosen tomorrow.
What we worked on in class today, then, was to read closely and explicate "The Victims" (on page 529). Going line by line you noted observations on how the poem is constructed, what devices and features you noticed the poet using. The most important part of this, though, is being a specific as you can about how/why the devices create the poem's effect. ANALYZING the poem is different than just listing the poetic devices. We are practicing this because, as you might have guessed, you will be asked to do this on your final.
Monday
5/10/2010
Freshmen:
New vocab words
Reviewed Unforgettables #12, 13 & 14
Went over the R &J 2.2 study guide
Tomorrow we'll continue reading the play with 2.3
AP Lit:
Another awesome day with crazy scheduling for seniors. So, since we had no 3rd period class because of the Senior Meeting (except for Emily and Colin...), in an effort to stay on a similar schedule, period 6 didn't work on any Lit curriculum. Although many got their senior voting taken care of (seriously, "best butt" is a category?). One less thing to do before the end of the year, I guess.
Tomorrow we'll actually do some English.
New vocab words
Reviewed Unforgettables #12, 13 & 14
Went over the R &J 2.2 study guide
Tomorrow we'll continue reading the play with 2.3
AP Lit:
Another awesome day with crazy scheduling for seniors. So, since we had no 3rd period class because of the Senior Meeting (except for Emily and Colin...), in an effort to stay on a similar schedule, period 6 didn't work on any Lit curriculum. Although many got their senior voting taken care of (seriously, "best butt" is a category?). One less thing to do before the end of the year, I guess.
Tomorrow we'll actually do some English.
Friday
5/7/2010
Freshmen:
Vocab quiz, time to finish the 2.2 handout and SSR.
AP Lit:
Practiced finding rhythm, rhyme, meter, sound devices and figurative language in some poetry. (And, by "poetry" I mean fun children's picture books.)
HW for all classes: Have a beautiful weekend, enjoy the lovely weather, and if you can, do something really nice for your mom on Sunday!
Vocab quiz, time to finish the 2.2 handout and SSR.
AP Lit:
Practiced finding rhythm, rhyme, meter, sound devices and figurative language in some poetry. (And, by "poetry" I mean fun children's picture books.)
HW for all classes: Have a beautiful weekend, enjoy the lovely weather, and if you can, do something really nice for your mom on Sunday!
Thursday
5/6/2010
Freshmen:
Summarized R&J 2.1 into our notes, then worked on the study guide for 2.2. You'll have time to finish up the handout on 2.2 after the quiz tomorrow.
HW: Study for vocab quiz.
AP Lit:
Today was the big day for the BIG TEST. Hopefully, you found that the multiple choice was easier than you expected. (I know that my practice tests are harder.) Hopefully, you felt like you knew what you were writing about for the essays. Hopefully, you made it to class 6th period to eat ice cream with us.
Summarized R&J 2.1 into our notes, then worked on the study guide for 2.2. You'll have time to finish up the handout on 2.2 after the quiz tomorrow.
HW: Study for vocab quiz.
AP Lit:
Today was the big day for the BIG TEST. Hopefully, you found that the multiple choice was easier than you expected. (I know that my practice tests are harder.) Hopefully, you felt like you knew what you were writing about for the essays. Hopefully, you made it to class 6th period to eat ice cream with us.
Tuesday
5/3 and 5/4/2010
Freshmen:
Copied down new vocab words. Finished up reading and taking notes on Act 1 of R&J. Then, started watching some clips of the 1968 film.
AP Lit:
Finished up some notes on rhyme, internal structure and poetic forms.
AP Lit Test on Thursday @ The Chapel, 7:30am. Don't be late. Bring your picture ID.
Also, happy Star Wars day. (May the 4th be with you.)
Copied down new vocab words. Finished up reading and taking notes on Act 1 of R&J. Then, started watching some clips of the 1968 film.
AP Lit:
Finished up some notes on rhyme, internal structure and poetic forms.
AP Lit Test on Thursday @ The Chapel, 7:30am. Don't be late. Bring your picture ID.
Also, happy Star Wars day. (May the 4th be with you.)
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