Freshmen:
Journal #5: If you could have any special/super power, what would it be and why?
Handout for SSR Project #3: Book Talk
Unforgettable #3 & #4
New vocabulary words
Notes on first 5 Greek Roots
AP Lit:
New vocabulary words
Golden Lines from Act 1
Began reading 2.1 together.
HW: Ongoing assignment to take notes on the themes and motifs listed on Friday.
Monday
Friday
2/19/2010
Freshmen:
Woo-hoo! Oaks Reading testing is done (for most of you). We'll meet up next week and start talking about the Greeks. Be ready.
HW: Feel free to keep reading your SSR book. Follow this link, or click on the link to your left for the instructions for Book Project #3: The Book Talk.
AP Lit:
While you took Vocabulary Quiz #2, I checked and gave you credit for Hamlet study guide #2. Then, we talked about 1.5.
HW: Look back through Act 1 and begin compiling notes on the motifs and themes listed below. Your notes should include a brief description/explanation of how we see the theme and/or the lines/phrases that include the motif. Don't forget to include page numbers and line numbers.
Motifs:
rot/decay
poison/contamination
actors/acting
heaven/hell
gardens/plants
Themes:
Appearance vs. Reality ("Seems, madam. Nay, it is. I know not seems...")
Action vs. Inaction
The Impossibility of Certainty (even death itself is uncertain, isn't it?)
Woo-hoo! Oaks Reading testing is done (for most of you). We'll meet up next week and start talking about the Greeks. Be ready.
HW: Feel free to keep reading your SSR book. Follow this link, or click on the link to your left for the instructions for Book Project #3: The Book Talk.
AP Lit:
While you took Vocabulary Quiz #2, I checked and gave you credit for Hamlet study guide #2. Then, we talked about 1.5.
HW: Look back through Act 1 and begin compiling notes on the motifs and themes listed below. Your notes should include a brief description/explanation of how we see the theme and/or the lines/phrases that include the motif. Don't forget to include page numbers and line numbers.
Motifs:
rot/decay
poison/contamination
actors/acting
heaven/hell
gardens/plants
Themes:
Appearance vs. Reality ("Seems, madam. Nay, it is. I know not seems...")
Action vs. Inaction
The Impossibility of Certainty (even death itself is uncertain, isn't it?)
Wednesday
2/17/2010
Freshmen:
Day #2 of Oaks Testing! If you finished up today, bring your SSR book to read tomorrow.
AP Lit:
Made a chart of similarities and differences between Ancient Greek drama and Shakespearean drama, noted some terms (soliloquy, aside, iambic pentameter, blank verse, heroic couplet), talked about some details of the beginning of Hamlet.
HW: Nope.
Day #2 of Oaks Testing! If you finished up today, bring your SSR book to read tomorrow.
AP Lit:
Made a chart of similarities and differences between Ancient Greek drama and Shakespearean drama, noted some terms (soliloquy, aside, iambic pentameter, blank verse, heroic couplet), talked about some details of the beginning of Hamlet.
HW: Nope.
Tuesday
2/16/2010
Freshmen:
Day 1 of OAKS Reading testing. Woo-hoo! See you tomorrow to continue the fun. Bring your SSR book or some other homework to work on when you finish.
AP Lit:
Copied your new vocab words. I checked Hamlet study guides for credit. Then, I collected the "creative" Oedipus assignment. And finally, we began looking at scene 2.
HW: No new reading. If you were one of the many absent on Friday, get caught up.
Day 1 of OAKS Reading testing. Woo-hoo! See you tomorrow to continue the fun. Bring your SSR book or some other homework to work on when you finish.
AP Lit:
Copied your new vocab words. I checked Hamlet study guides for credit. Then, I collected the "creative" Oedipus assignment. And finally, we began looking at scene 2.
HW: No new reading. If you were one of the many absent on Friday, get caught up.
Friday
2/12/2010
Freshmen:
Vocabulary Quiz, then SSR, then we talked briefly about what your practice reading test scores mean. We'll take the real test next week, so eat your breakfast on Tuesday and show up ready to earn an "Exceeds"!
AP Lit:
Vocabulary quiz (that literally took moments.) We talked for a few minutes about some of the changes between theater for the Ancient Greeks and Shakespeare's England. We then began reading the first scene of Hamlet together.
HW: Read through Act 1, scene 3 for Tuesday and complete the study questions. Be ready to discuss anything you're confused about.
Vocabulary Quiz, then SSR, then we talked briefly about what your practice reading test scores mean. We'll take the real test next week, so eat your breakfast on Tuesday and show up ready to earn an "Exceeds"!
AP Lit:
Vocabulary quiz (that literally took moments.) We talked for a few minutes about some of the changes between theater for the Ancient Greeks and Shakespeare's England. We then began reading the first scene of Hamlet together.
HW: Read through Act 1, scene 3 for Tuesday and complete the study questions. Be ready to discuss anything you're confused about.
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