Thursday, May 29, 2008

Period 1:
Review for final

Period 3:
Message in the music

Period 5:
Work on Portfolios - Peer Review/Edits
Conferences

Period 6:
Review for final

Quote of the day...
Woodrow Wilson - "The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it."
What streams have you swam against? How strong is the stream?

Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Period 1:
Read Act 2 of All My Sons
Discuss Final Exam Date

Period 3:
Quote Speeches

Period 5:
Work on Revisions

Period 6:
1984 Quiz
Discuss 1984
Vocabulary Review


Quote of the day...
"There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship."
-Saint Thomas Aquinas

Tuesday, May 27, 2008

I have decided that despite what the calendar says, it is NOT Tuesday. It is really Monday. Please excuse any inconsistencies & errors because Mrs. Tyler is having a real Monday.

Period 1:
Reading Act One of All My Sons
Work on "I believe..."

Period 3:
Talking about your final
Quote Speeches
Using Propaganda

Period 5:
Revision Activities: Another Point of View...

Period 6:
Discussing 1984 Parts I & II - Quiz tomorrow
Vocabulary Review Games

Quote of the day...
Walt Disney - "All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them."

Mrs. Tyler's dream: Please let it be Tuesday...

Thursday, May 22, 2008

Period 1:
Persepolis Test
Present Current Events

Period 3:
Propaganda Role Plays

Period 5:
Work on Portfolios

Period 6:
Discuss 1984
Present Current Events
Vocabulary Quiz #15

Quote of the day...
"Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly."
Langston Hughes

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Period 1:
Review Vocabulary
**SADD ASSEMBLY**
Review Persepolis

Period 3:
Final Infomercial
Discussing Propaganda & role plays

Period 5:
Work on essays

Period 6:
1984 Quiz & Discussion

Quote of the day...
Socrates - "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is a habit."
Do you agree?

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Period 1:
Review Persepolis Quiz & Reading
Work on Memoirs

Period 3:
Finish Infomercials

Period 5:
Work on Portfolio pieces

Period 6:
Hamlet Test
Review Vocabulary
Discuss 1984 - Questions from yesterday


Quote of the day...
Peter Drucker - "The best way to predict the future is to create it."
How does this quote apply to you?

Monday, May 19, 2008

Period 1:
Persepolis Quiz
Work on Memoir Project

Period 3:
Infomercials

Period 5:
Work on first lines/introductions
Prep for portfolios

Period 6:
Discuss 1984
Finish Hamlet

Quote of the day...
HG Wells - "If you fell down yesterday, stand up today."

Friday, May 16, 2008

Period 1:
Vocabulary Quiz
Discuss Persepolis
Memoir Work

Period 3:
Work on Infomercials

Period 5:
Peer Review
Begin Portfolio Selections

Period 6:
Vocabulary Quiz
Hamlet Act V
Begin work on Character Dossier
Discuss 1984

Quote of the day...
"Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes."
-Oscar Wilde

Thursday, May 15, 2008

Period 1:
Graduation Marching Practice
Present Current Events

Period 3:
Work on Informercials

Period 5:
Work on Friday's Essay

Period 6:
Present Current Events
Finish Hamlet Act IV
In-depth discussion of propaganda & 1984
Vocabulary Review (if time allows)

Quote of the day...
"We all have big changes in our lives that are more or less a second chance."
-Harrison Ford

Do you agree? Why or why not?

Wednesday, May 13, 2008

EARLY RELEASE - SHORTENED PERIODS - MIXED UP ORDER

Period 1:
Review Vocabulary
Discuss Persepolis
Work on Memory Write-ups

Period 3:
Finish Performances
Reflection

Period 5:
Writing Prompt
Work on Weekly Essay
Peer Review Research Paper

Period 6:
Review Vocabulary
Finish Hamlet Act IV
Discuss 1984

Quote of the day...
Norman Vincent Peale - "Change your thoughts and you change your world."
What do you think?

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Period 1:
Review Persepolis
Begin Mapping a Memory

Period 3:
Performances!

Period 5:
Work on revising essays

Period 6:
Finish Hamlet Act III
Discuss 1984
MARCHING PRACTICE: 2:15-3:10

Quote of the day...
Paul Valery - "At times I think and at times I am."

What do you think Valery means? How does this relate to you?

Monday, May 12, 2008

Period 1:
Review Hamlet
Introduce Persepolis

Period 3:
Play Rehearsal - PERFORMANCES tomorrow!

Period 5:
Work on essays due this week

Period 6:
Finish Hamlet Act III
Review Act III
Introduce 1984

Quote of the day...
"As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world - that is the myth of the atomic age - as in being able to remake ourselves."
Mohandas Gandhi

Friday, May 9, 2008

Period 1:
Vocabulary Quiz
Finish Hamlet
Finish viewing the film
Work on character dossier

Period 3:
Rehearse plays

Period 5:
Peer Review
Begin final revision on research essay

Period 6:
Vocabulary Quiz
Finish Hamlet Act III


Quote of the day...

"Wanting something is not enough. You must hunger for it. Your motivation must be absolutely compelling in order to overcome the obstacles that will invariably come your way."
Les Brown

Respond....

Thursday, May 8, 2008

Period 1:
Graduation Marching Practice
Present Current Events
Read Hamlet Act 5, Scene 2

Period 3:
Begin work on dramatic readings - getting comfortable in a role

Period 5:
Work on this week's essay

Period 6:
Present Current Events
Literature Circles
Hamlet: Act 3, Scene 1
"To be or not to be...get thee to a nunnery."

Quote of the day...
"Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely."
Auguste Rodin

What does Rodin mean by this?

Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Period 1:
Review Vocabulary
Hamlet Act III & IV Quiz
Read Hamlet Act V, Scene 1
Hamlet Film

Period 3:
Finish the persuasive speeches: Karen, Megan & Carissa

Period 5:
Work on new essays for Friday

Period 6:
Review Vocabulary
Literature Circles
Finish Hamlet Act II

Quote of the day...
Bobby Knight - "Most people have the will to win, few have the will to prepare to win."
What does this mean to you?

Tuesday, May 6, 2008

Period 1:
Finish Hamlet Act IV
Review Acts III & IV
Discuss the rising death toll
Hamlet the video

Period 3:
Persuasive Speeches & Critiques: Cathy, Stephanie, Crystal & Hana

Period 5:
Writing Prompt
Work on a new essay

Period 6:
Literature Circles
Hamlet Act I & Act II Quiz
Begin Act III
"To be or not to be..."

Quote of the day...

"The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth."
Jean Cocteau

Monday, May 5, 2008

Period 1:
Review Act III
Begin work on Character Dossier
Begin Act IV

Period 3:
Persuasive Speeches: Cameron, Ari & Cathy

Period 5:
Beginning a new essay

Period 6:
Finish Act I, begin Act II
Literature Circles

Today's Quote...

Robert Anthony - "When you blame others, you give up your power to change."

What do you think this means regarding the importance of self responsibility?

Friday, May 2, 2008

Period 1:
Vocabulary Quiz #12
Continue reading Hamlet Act III

Period 3:
Work on Persuasive Speeches

Period 5:
Starting a new paper

Period 6:
Vocabulary Quiz #12
Finish Hamlet Act I

Today's thought...
"If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea." - Antoine de Saint-Exupery

What is Saint-Exupery saying about learning, motivation and dreams? Why would it be better to teach people to "long for the endless immensity of the sea" rather than to assign tasks to get the job done?

Thursday, May 1, 2008

Yeah, it's May!!!

For seniors: I do have some extra copies of your marching & graduation activity schedule. Please let me know if you would like one.

Period 1:
Present Current Events
"To be or not to be" - acting and video critique

Period 3:
Work on Persuasive Speeches - they start Monday

Period 5:
Yeah - we get to meet today!! :)
Writing prompt
Revisiting portfolio piece


Period 6:
Present Current Events
Begin Hamlet, Act I
Vocabulary Review


The quote of the day comes from my buddy, Will (Shakespeare) - and straight from the text of Hamlet...

"All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players: they have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts... "

What do you think in regards to your life? How is life like a stage? How are you like an actor (or actress if you prefer)?