Freshmen:
Check off "15 lessons learned" homework. Daily #7 and SSR. Notes on point of view and theme. Read "Cyclops" together.
HW: Write the rough draft story/narrative of one of your 15 lessons. Be sure you include good details, dialogue, humor and make your point.
AP Lit:
Read and discuss Hamlet 3.3 and 3.4. (Why do I love these two scenes so much? All the great juxtaposition.)
HW: Read Hamlet 4.1 to 4.5
Shakespeare:
Continue with Macbeth Act 2. Duncan is killed, his body discovered, Macbeth covers their tracks and the heirs bail. That's a lot for two scenes...
Wednesday
Monday
2/23(A) & 2/24(B)
English 9:
Daily #6 and SSR.
Finished reading "The Bass, the River and Sheila Mant". Writing: are the narrator and Sheila flat or round characters? Give specific evidence. Answer question #10 on page 206.
HW: List of at least 15 "lessons learned" (remember the examples that Mrs. P gave in class)
AP Lit:
Finish watching Hamlet clips, discuss nuances of interpretation. (Did you know Mel Gibson could act in a movie that does not include car chases and explosions?)
Discuss briefly 3.2
HW: Finish reading Act 3 and study guide.
Shakespeare:
Create stage directions for 1.7. How would Macbeth and Lady Macbeth being moving, talking and interacting in this scene?
Began reading Act 2, scene 1 and the very beginning of 2.2...did Macbeth do it, or didn't he?
Daily #6 and SSR.
Finished reading "The Bass, the River and Sheila Mant". Writing: are the narrator and Sheila flat or round characters? Give specific evidence. Answer question #10 on page 206.
HW: List of at least 15 "lessons learned" (remember the examples that Mrs. P gave in class)
AP Lit:
Finish watching Hamlet clips, discuss nuances of interpretation. (Did you know Mel Gibson could act in a movie that does not include car chases and explosions?)
Discuss briefly 3.2
HW: Finish reading Act 3 and study guide.
Shakespeare:
Create stage directions for 1.7. How would Macbeth and Lady Macbeth being moving, talking and interacting in this scene?
Began reading Act 2, scene 1 and the very beginning of 2.2...did Macbeth do it, or didn't he?
Friday
2/19 & 2/10
Freshmen:
Daily Quiz #1 (I warned you...) and then daily #5.
Notes on character.
Began reading "The Bass, the River and Sheila Mant"
AP Lit:
Discussed remaining issues from Hamlet Act 2, then began reading aloud Act 3, scene 1 and discussing the possibilities for Hamlet's awareness of Claudius' and Polonius' spying. In period 5, we began watching some movie clips (after a bit of a speaker debacle) which we will continue next week in both period 5 and in period 8. No new reading homework, we'll stay here in Act 3 for a few days.
Shakespeare:
We finished up reading Act 1 of Macbeth and updated our golden lines and oxymorons.
Have a great weekend everyone!
Daily Quiz #1 (I warned you...) and then daily #5.
Notes on character.
Began reading "The Bass, the River and Sheila Mant"
AP Lit:
Discussed remaining issues from Hamlet Act 2, then began reading aloud Act 3, scene 1 and discussing the possibilities for Hamlet's awareness of Claudius' and Polonius' spying. In period 5, we began watching some movie clips (after a bit of a speaker debacle) which we will continue next week in both period 5 and in period 8. No new reading homework, we'll stay here in Act 3 for a few days.
Shakespeare:
We finished up reading Act 1 of Macbeth and updated our golden lines and oxymorons.
Have a great weekend everyone!
Wednesday
Catching up...2/10 through 2/18
Oh dear! Between being out sick several days last week and cut days and holidays, I am WAY behind on this. Now that I am feeling better and have dug out from my piles of papers and sub notes, let me catch up. Here is a recap of what has been happening for the last week:
Freshmen:
2/10 (A)- Daily #3, SSR, turn in MDG plot diagram, notes on Conflict, read "Gaston", explain an internal and external conflict from the story.
2/11 (B)- Same as above.
2/12 (A)- Daily #4, SSR, notes on setting, read "The Lady or the Tiger?"
2/17 (A)- SSR, review dailies for quiz, review plot diagram and conflict assignments, write a paragraph about which door she sent him to using textual evidence.
2/18-(B)- Daily #4, SSR, notes on setting, review dailies and plot and conflict, read "The L or T?
AP Lit:
2/10 (A)- Turn in Oed. assignment. Discuss Hamlet 1.1-3. Begin 1.4-5. HW: Finish Act 1.
2/11 (B)- Same as above...except for HW: Finish Act 1 and read Act 2 (w/ study guide).
2/12 (A)-Discuss 1.4&5. HW: Read Act 2 (w/study guide)
2/17 (A)- Discuss Act 2. HW: Read 3.1-2, complete study guide, do #3 on study guide to turn in.
2/18 (B)- Discuss all of Hamlet so far...see how and if the sub misled you... HW: same as 2/17.
Shakespeare:
2/10- Share answers from library "Research Roundup." Watch Standard Deviants video.
2/12- Review video. Note some terms (tragedy, iambic pentameter, soliloquy, aside, etc.) Begin reading Macbeth 1.1-3.
2/17- Begin "Golden Lines" assignment and Oxymorons list. Continue reading Macbeth 1.4-5. (Lady Macbeth is insane!)
Phew! No more sickness...
Freshmen:
2/10 (A)- Daily #3, SSR, turn in MDG plot diagram, notes on Conflict, read "Gaston", explain an internal and external conflict from the story.
2/11 (B)- Same as above.
2/12 (A)- Daily #4, SSR, notes on setting, read "The Lady or the Tiger?"
2/17 (A)- SSR, review dailies for quiz, review plot diagram and conflict assignments, write a paragraph about which door she sent him to using textual evidence.
2/18-(B)- Daily #4, SSR, notes on setting, review dailies and plot and conflict, read "The L or T?
AP Lit:
2/10 (A)- Turn in Oed. assignment. Discuss Hamlet 1.1-3. Begin 1.4-5. HW: Finish Act 1.
2/11 (B)- Same as above...except for HW: Finish Act 1 and read Act 2 (w/ study guide).
2/12 (A)-Discuss 1.4&5. HW: Read Act 2 (w/study guide)
2/17 (A)- Discuss Act 2. HW: Read 3.1-2, complete study guide, do #3 on study guide to turn in.
2/18 (B)- Discuss all of Hamlet so far...see how and if the sub misled you... HW: same as 2/17.
Shakespeare:
2/10- Share answers from library "Research Roundup." Watch Standard Deviants video.
2/12- Review video. Note some terms (tragedy, iambic pentameter, soliloquy, aside, etc.) Begin reading Macbeth 1.1-3.
2/17- Begin "Golden Lines" assignment and Oxymorons list. Continue reading Macbeth 1.4-5. (Lady Macbeth is insane!)
Phew! No more sickness...
Friday
2/6 (A) & 2/9 (B)
Freshmen:
Daily #2 and SSR, including receiving new SSR guidelines and log sheet. Don't lose this! Then, students finished reading "The Most Dangerous Game" and were to diagram the plot, labeling each specific stage with details from the story. (Extra Credit for working the MDG vocabulary in to the labels.)
AP Lit:
A few minutes to discuss and/or work on Oedipus assignment. Handout on Shakespearean theater. Quick discussion on Greek vs. Elizabethan theater, then we began Act 1, scene 1 of Hamlet.
HW: Finish Oedipus assignment (due Tues./Wed.). Read through Act 1, scene 3 of Hamlet--use the study questions provided to guide your understanding.
Shakespeare:
Thanks for sharing homework assignments Joeterricka and Marisa. We'll have some time for more sharing next class. After this we went to the computer lab to research some background info. on Shakespeare and the historical context of the time. We'll discuss this next class.
Daily #2 and SSR, including receiving new SSR guidelines and log sheet. Don't lose this! Then, students finished reading "The Most Dangerous Game" and were to diagram the plot, labeling each specific stage with details from the story. (Extra Credit for working the MDG vocabulary in to the labels.)
AP Lit:
A few minutes to discuss and/or work on Oedipus assignment. Handout on Shakespearean theater. Quick discussion on Greek vs. Elizabethan theater, then we began Act 1, scene 1 of Hamlet.
HW: Finish Oedipus assignment (due Tues./Wed.). Read through Act 1, scene 3 of Hamlet--use the study questions provided to guide your understanding.
Shakespeare:
Thanks for sharing homework assignments Joeterricka and Marisa. We'll have some time for more sharing next class. After this we went to the computer lab to research some background info. on Shakespeare and the historical context of the time. We'll discuss this next class.
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