Mr. L's English Class

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Grade 12 Finished scene 5 . Discussed Hamlet's behavior with special attention to lines 189 - 192: "Here, as before, never, so h...

Grade 12 PSA: It is my experience that January starts the crash and burn season for some seniors. Stay focused, renew your determination. ...

Grade 12 Finished scenes ii (starting at line 204) & iii. ( Scene 2 , Scene 3 ) Summaraies and analyses in notebooks. What is learned...

Grade 12 Act 1, scene ii lines 1-204 (Read translation HERE .) Group B journals due tomorrow Note: Group A journals will be due the day ...

Grade 12 Computer lab working on Monday's project. Checked creation myth annotations for a minor grade. Group B journals due on Tues...

Grade 12 Continue intro. Read "Shakespeare's Hamlet" (pg. xiii in text) Briefly discuss. Read Act I, scene 1. (See tranlsat...

Grade 12 Discussed projects due Monday. 10 minutes in groups discussing the story. Each student was to generate at least one question. L...

Grade 12 Review on the development of myth and the historical perspective of Genesis Read and annotate Gen 4 Group discussion Large gro...

Grade 12 Reminded classes of the goal of these analyses: sociological and psychological interpretation of metaphor and symbol. Read Gen 3...

Grade 12 Review Gen 1 and 2. Discuss images not coveres yesterday. HW: Read and annotate Gen 3, bearing in mind that this is, arguably, o...

Grade 12 Peer group discussion on Gen 1 and 2. Analysis due Thursday . Group B journals collected. Grade 10 Read, annotated, discusse...

Grade 12 Reviewed the process of writing these analyses: Simplify image to its essesnce (archetype), predict a cultural value then societa...

Grade 12 Distribute "Prometheus and Pandora" addendum to Greek Creation Story. Read and annotate. In peer groups, share annota...

Grade 12 Shared the following piece: Who Are You? Writing personal statements doesn’t end with college applications . Returned the first ...

Grade 12 Extra Credit Opportunity! Write an analysis of one of the myths avaliable at the Mythic Journeys website HERE . (Only the red dot...

Grade 12 Distributed revised version of Chinese Creation Story . (There is a cool animation of the story HERE .) Read and annotated. Rea...

Believe it or not the interim period ends December 16th. That's just over two weeks away. This marking period will pass by with great wh...

Everyone have a great and safe Thanksgiving! Grade 12 Broke down the Haudenosaunee Creation Story into its symbolic/metaphoric elements...

Grade 12 Reminded everybody of the importance of being active and engaged learners. Too many students didn't consider the essay questi...