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Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Grade 12
  • Activity: in groups, list what symbols, archetypes or metaphors can be found in "The Six Swans", and explain their significance.
  • Group discussion
  • Returned Hamlet essays to pd. 1 and 7. Discussed observations on the assignment. Rewrites do by 5/14. (Pd. 4 will have 2 weeks after their's are returned.)
  • Those who haven't submitted an essay yet neeed to do so before 5/8.
Grade 10
  • Those not finished or who didn't take Friday's quiz did so. Others continued reading up to the bottom of page 90.
  • Finish for homework.

Thursday, April 25, 2013

Grade 12
  • Yesterday:
  • Wrote response paper for "Parable of the Prodigal Son."
  • Any remaining time: read and annotate "The Language of the Birds."
  • Finished for HW.
  • Today:
  • Those who haven't read "The Language of the Birds" did so, rest began reading "The Six Swans."
  • Cclass discussion on  "The Language of the Birds."
  • What is Ivan's Essential Nature?
  • How is this an unintentional hero journey?
  • How is "atonement with the father" turned on its head?
  • What mythic elements can you find in this story?
  • HW: Response paper for "The Language of the Birds."
  • Read and annotate "The Six Swans."
Grade 10
  • Started Chapter 9. Read up to page 63. Finish the chapter for homework.
  • I will be out tomorrow. Students will take quiz on chapters 1-5.
  • Chapter 10 should be finished by Monday.
  • Research papers due on Monday.

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Grade 12
Grade 10
  • Discussed questions done in class yesterday, especially Holden's reaction to his brother's death and his relationship with Jane.
  • HW: Finish chapter 7.

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Grade 12
  • Hamlet:
  • Yesterday: V.ii.1-238
  • What is Shakespeare's purpose in introducing the characterof Osric?
  • Today: V.ii.239-449
  • Is Hamlet being Honest with Laertes?
  • In terms of narrative balance, do all those who died deserve it?
  • Tomorrow: video
  • Friday: Exam
  • Note: Research paper due date pushed back to 5/24
Grade 10
  • In library doing research.
  • Continue reading Catcher! Should be done through the top  of page 39 for tomorrow.

Monday, April 15, 2013

Grade 12
  • Hamlet:
  • V.i.224-319
  • V.ii.1-90
  • Checked Act 3 and 4 notes. Anyone absent or who didn't hand them in MUST have them tomorrow.
  • Group B journals MUST be in tomorrow to count to the 3rd marking period average. Not in will be a zero!
Grade 10
  • In library doing research this weeks.
  • Read 26-29 in Catcher.

Friday, April 12, 2013

Grade 12
  • Started Act 5: read scene 1, 1-226.
  • Showed classes example intro prgraph for the To be or not to be essay:
    • “To be or not to be – that is the question…”; with this line, Shakespeare opens this very famous soliloquy (III.i.64). At this point in the story, Hamlet has been delaying taking revenge for his father’s murder and exhibits all the signs of depression. In this speech, Hamlet argues whether life is worth living. He concludes that it is, but only because of the “dread of something after death” (III.i.86).
    • Hamlet compares death to sleep and makes it sound very attractive: “…’tis a consummation devoutly to be wished” (III.i.68-72). But this very thought gives rise to the next.

Grade 10
  • Discussed last nights reading in TCitR.
  • Class is to finish reading chapter 3 over the weekend and write it up.
  • Handed out research directions and went over citations. Wrote examples:
Salinger, J.D. The Catcher in the Rye. New York: Little, Brown and Company, 1951.
“I’m the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life” (Salinger 16).
  • Choose a topic! We'll be in the library all week next week.

Thursday, April 11, 2013

Grade 12
  • Act 4 Quiz
  • Everyone needs to select their essay prompt for the Hamlet paper which is due 4/24.
  • Research paper due 5/3
  • We'll be done with the play next week.
Grade 10
  • Finished notes for chapter 1 in CitR.
  • Read chapter 2.
  • HW: Brief write up of chapter 2; Read pgs. 16-19 with a brief summary.

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Grade 12
  • Yesterday:
  • Finished scene 7 in pds. 1 and 4.
  • Started the Act 4 video.
  • Handed out instructions for the research paper. Due date to be determined, but probably the beginning of May.
  • Today:
  • Finished the video and went over the act 3 quiz.
  • Act 4 quiz tomorrow.

Grade 10
  • Yesterday:
  • Began Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger.
  • Discussed innocence and experience.
  • Read and discussed the first page and a half of the story.
  • Today:
  • Discussed alienation. Finished reading chapter 1, and constructed a summary and began an analysis together.

Monday, April 08, 2013

Grade 12
  • The third marking period ends Friday. It's gettin' real people. Two months of classes left!
  • Group A journals due tomorrow.
  • "To be or not to be" essay rewrites are due.
  • Students need to be considering the topic for their Hamlet essays! Construct your thesis statements and clear them with me! Start gathering your evidence with citations!
  • Research papers will be assigned soon.
  • Students NEED to be working on their portfolios!
  • Today we read Act 4, scene 7. Period 7 finished the scene. 1 and 4 have a little left.
Grade 10
  • Starting research next week. Choose your own topic!
  • Went over JC exam.
  • Start Catcher in the Rye tomorrow!