Mrs. Peterson's Pre-AP LA Classes: March 2011

Thursday

3/31/11

Freshmen:
Finished reading and discussing Act 4 of R & J, began Act 5.
HW: Vocab quiz tomorrow & SSR. SSR Book Project #3 will be due next Wednesday. Also, we will be having a R & J test next Wednesday and Thursday.

AP Lit:
Turned in practice AP Test Multiple Choice scantrons.
Returned and reviewed Timed Essay #7 about Trifles and Jury of Her Peers. We looked at the two strongest student examples together.

HW: Tomorrow we'll take a vocab quiz, go over the correct answers to the mult. choice questions and then have some time to review and discuss any questions or issues from Act 3 of Hamlet.

On Monday you'll write an in-class essay about this topic:

Considering the importance and purpose of Act 3, scene 1 to the development of the plot and characters of Hamlet, which stage or film adaptation that we watched is the most effective? Why? Discuss specific performance details and how the strongest performances demonstrate the important elements of this scene within the context of the play.

Some Hamlet resources you might find helpful:
Remember that your essay is not just about your opinion. It is about which interpretation/performance best supports your understanding of the scene's action and characters in context of the whole play. If you're looking for resources to help with your overall understanding of the whole play, I really recommend visiting Shmoop.

Or, one person's simplified "modern language" interpretation of the whole play can be found here.

Or, just for fun, and a refresher on the letter B, try this.

Wednesday

3/30/2011

Monday

3/28/11

Freshmen:
New vocab
Began watching R & J Act 3.
HW: SSR Book Project #3 will be due Wed. April 6th.

AP Lit:
New vocab.
New Multiple Choice AP Practice-- due Thursday on the scantron.
A few things about Hamlet 3.1. We'll watch some tomorrow.

Friday

3/18/11

Woo-hoo! Last day before Spring Break!

Freshmen:
Vocab quiz then SSR. Just like most Fridays.
HW: Read and work on your SSR Book Project over break. It is due April 6th.

AP Lit:
Vocab quiz (duh.)
Then, some time to start working on Act 3.
HW: You need to read all of Hamlet Act 3 over break, and complete this study guide.

If you want to check your Brave New World essays: here is the Reynolds High.net log-in page

Thursday

3/17/11

Freshmen:
Finished reading R & J Act 3.
HW: Vocab quiz and SSR tomorrow.

AP Lit:
Finished and discussed Hamlet Act 2.
HW: Vocab quiz tomorrow.

Also, all you slackers who are going to miss the last day before Spring Break, be sure to check back for your homework that you'll need to work on before you return to school.

Wednesday

3/16/11

Freshmen:
A few minutes to continue working on your R&J paragraphs. Read 3.4 and started 3.5.
HW: Bring a finished draft of your paragraph for tomorrow.

AP Lit:
Some more Hamlet 2.2.

Tuesday

3/15/11

Freshmen:
Read R&J Act 3, scene 3.
Begin working on figurative language paragraph #2-- just like before, only looking at the language Shakespeare uses in 3.2 and 3.3.

AP Lit:
Reviewed Hamlet Act 2, scene 1. Began reading Act 2, scene 2.

Friday

3/11/11

Freshmen:
Vocab quiz 4.2!
(Finished up R & J 3.1 in period 7.)
SSR time!
HW: If you can, go see the school play. (Friday and Saturday at 7:00pm, Sunday at 1:30. Six bucks to get in.)

AP Lit:
Vocab quiz.
Handed back the AP Practice test scantrons. (This will be out of 18 points in the gradebook.)
Read some more of Hamlet, Act 1, scenes 4 & 5.
HW: Read through Act 2, scene 1 of Hamlet and work on the study guide.
Also, review the questions and correct answers on the practice AP Test. Identify any questions or answers that you want to talk about next week.

Tuesday

3/8/11

Freshmen:
Some prologues. (Great job, Period 2, on finishing this up!)
Finished reading Act 2 and updating notes.
Began watching some more of the R & J movie (in period 2).

AP Lit:
Gave you some more practice AP Multiple Choice Test questions, and a scantron. Answer questions 1-32 on the scantron. This is due on THURSDAY. It will not be accepted for credit after then.
Gave you study questions for Hamlet (here) and (here), which we continued to read together. Be working on these as we make our way through these first few scenes together.
HW: Creative Oedipus assignment is due tomorrow.

Monday

3/7/11

Freshmen:
New vocab.
A few prologues.
Continued reading R & J, Act 2, scene 4.

AP Lit:
New vocab.
Reviewed the creative Oedipus assignment.
Began reading Act1, scene 1 of Hamlet.
BRING YOUR ANTHOLOGY TO CLASS THIS WEEK!!!

Friday

3/4/11

Freshmen:
Prologues, vocab quiz and then some SSR time.

AP Lit:
Vocab quiz, then we watched this and this, then I assigned this.
HW: The creative Oedipus assignment may be completed in groups and is due on Wednesday. Be sure you bring your Norton anthology to class with you on Monday.

Thursday

3/3/11

Freshmen:
You turned in your R & J paragraphs and then we looked at a few anonymous samples on the projector. Then, we read Act 2, scene 3 of the play.
HW: Study for tomorrow's vocab quiz!

AP Lit:
On demand essay #8.
HW: Study your vocab.

3/2/11

Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss!

Freshmen:

Finished 2.2, talked about paragraphs.

HW: Final draft of your 5 part paragraph should be typed, double-spaced, MLA format, etc.

AP Lit:

Turned in Oedipus Study Questions and Character Analysis assignment. Had some time to discuss with others the light/dark and blind/sight motifs in Oedipus. Be ready to write an essay about this tomorrow!

Tuesday

3/1/2011

Freshmen:
Continued with R & J 2.2 and handout...

AP Lit:
Character analysis assignment-- for Oedipus, Jocasta, Creon, Tiresias AND the Chorus, choose 2 - 4 short passages or lines that are most important/significant/revealing about each character. Copy the passages/lines and explain what they reveal and why they are important to the play.
HW: Character analysis AND study questions are due on Wednesday.