Thursday, April 30, 2009

Oops! I forgot to post yesterday....

Today, I will be out, but I know I will get a great report from Mr. Feid.

Period 1:
Present current events
Viewing Hamlet

Period 2:
Present current events
Viewing Much Ado About Something
Response paper

Period 3:
Our Town work

Period 5:
Writing Prompt: Pick a song you love and change ALL the lyrics to it.
Share/Respond
Work on Portfolio & Author's Notes

Thought for the day...
Everything has its beauty but not everyone sees it.
— Confucious

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Period 1:

Beginning in the middle: viewing the climax of Hamlet

Began reading & exploring Act I: Scenes 1 & 2

Independent reading project

Period 2:

Beginning in the middle: viewing the climax of Hamlet

Reading Act I: Scenes 1 & 2

Introduction to "In Search of a Hero"

Period 3:

Our Town work

Period 5:

Review Happiness descriptions

Writing prompt: List seven objects you (or your character) would want if you (or he/she) were the last person on earth. Pick one of the objects and explain why...

Share/Respond

Work on Portfolios

Thought for the day...

"He who would acquire fame must not show himself afraid of censure. The dread of censure is the death of genius."
— William Gillmore Simms

Monday, April 27, 2009

Welcome back!

Period 1:
Introduction to Hamlet
Major themes: Fate, Revenge, Ambition, Guilt, Anger

Period 2:
Introduction to Hamlet
Shakespeare High
Review tragic hero, dramatic set-up

Period 3:
Our Town work

Period 5:
Drawing of the groups
Writing Prompt: Describe happiness
"Good" Feedback
Share/Respond
Work on Portfolio

Thought for the day...
"What we become depends on what we read after all of the professors have finished with us. The greatest university of all is a collection of books."
— Thomas Carlyle

Congratulations to the Class of 2009 Honors

Congratulations to the Class of 2009's honors' speakers....

Valedictorian: Ashleigh Greenwood
Salutatorian: Hannah Walker
3rd Honors: Alice Lin
4th Honors: Abby Fadden

And to the Class Marshals for the Class of 2009: Samantha Waterhouse & Sam Roy

Friday, April 17, 2009

The last day before spring break...

Period 1:
Vocabulary quiz
Persepolis test

Period 2:
Vocabulary quiz
Finish Doctor Faustus
What are the themes?
Beginning analytical essay

Period 3:
Our Town: Finish the script

Period 5:
Publish or Perish
Portfolio work
Teacher conferences

Thought for the day...
The discipline of the writer is to learn to be still and listen to what his subject has to tell him.
— Rachel Carson

Thursday, April 16, 2009

Period 1:
Present current events
Persepolis reading quiz
Sharing of images
Review Persepolis worksheet

Period 2:
Present current events
Reviewing Doctor Faustus
Reading Act 4

Period 3:
Turn in Anticipation Papers for Part 1 of Independent Film Project
Our Town work

Period 5:
Writing Prompt: Crash
Share/Respond
Teacher Conferences

Thought for the day...
Success is more a function of consistent common sense than it is of genius.
— An Wang

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

It's tax day...

Period 1:
Review vocabulary
Persepolis quiz & review
Review Iran history, Islam information & veiling

Period 2:
Review vocabulary
Review Doctor Faustus Act 2...
What's up with your character?
Reading Act 3

Period 3:
Our Town work - script review & revision
Costumes, props, locations, etc.

Period 5:
Writing prompt: "Once upon a time..."
Share/Respond
Teacher conferences
Work on personal writing

Thought for the day...
"Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better." — Albert Camus

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Period 1:
Reviewing Persepolis - Understanding how to read subtext in a graphic novel
Reviewing Iran worksheet responses
Planning Independent Reading Book

Period 2:
Discuss/review Doctor Faustus Act 1, Begin Act 2
Select character to study...
What themes have been introduced so far?

Period 3:
Our Town work
Independent Film Part 1 check in
Explain Part 3, hand out samples

Period 5:
Writing prompt: "It was the worst vacation ever..."
Share/Respond
Sign up for teacher conferences
Work on personal writing

Thought for the day...
Without change, something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken.
— Frank Herbert

Announcing the cast of OUR TOWN!

Thank you all for auditioning. We were impressed with your energy, enthusiasm, and your support.

The cast:

• Emily Gibbs: Emily Lloyd
• George Webb: Peter Wright
• Rebecca Webb: Karen Byrne
• Mrs. Gibbs: Catherine Quigley
• Mrs. Soames: Jordan Deppisch
• Mrs. Webb: Angelica Murphy
• Sharon (the drugstore owner): Lauren Simano
  
• Lisa (Bob's girlfriend): Meghan Bullard
• Bob (baseball player, George's best friend): Derek Dube
• Wedding Guests/Talking Dead: Heather Machia, Curran Wood, Cameron Wood
• Ballplayer/Wedding Guest/Funeral Attendee: Austin Albro
• Extras: Teasha Beatrice and Sarah Padua

We still need a few more extras and are looking for a delivery person and Doc Gibbs. If interested, please see Alice Lin, Hattie Cadreact or Mrs. Tyler, ASAP.

Thank you all! It will be a great film.

Friday, April 10, 2009

There are 65 calendar days left for seniors... Wow!

Period 1:
Vocabulary quiz
Present current events
Persepolis reading quiz
Work on Iran research

Period 2:
Vocabulary quiz
Present current events
Discuss/review Doctor Faustus
Begin reading Act 1

Period 3:
Our Town auditions continue!!

Period 5:
Publish or Perish
Peer Workshop
Schedule writing conference with me!

Thought for the day...
"Tough times never last, but tough people do." - Robert H. Schuller

Today is Career Day hosted by our very own Woodsville High School JAG. Thank you to Mrs. Spaulding and the WHS JAG team for a full day of information about careers. You can find out more about WHS JAG at their blog. Applications are being accepted now. See Mrs. Spaulding to learn more about what JAG offers.

There are no regularly scheduled classes. We will spend the day in our advisory groups. Follow your weekly schedule and if I don't see you in the workshops, I'll see you on Friday.

Mrs. Tyler

Thought for today...
"Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit. "
— e. e. cummings

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Report cards go home today!
I'd like to publicly congratulate the following students who are in one of my classes or advisories on their academic accomplishments. Great job!
Principal List: Abby F. and Rachel B.
Honor Roll: Pat H., Reed M., Katie B. and Alice Lin

Period 1:
Review vocabulary
Cannery Row test
Work on Iran research

Period 2:
Review vocabulary
Postcolonial Literature Test

Period 3:
Auditions for Our Town

Period 5:
Writing Prompt: "Hungry"
Share/Respond
Work on individual writing

Thought for the day...
"You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call 'failure' is not the falling down, but the staying down." - Mary Pickford

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Period 1:
Review Cannery Row
Share community maps

Period 2:
Review Heart of Darkness
Finish discussing "The Second Coming"
Reviewed Things Fall Apart

Go to: African Scramble and read The Dark Places on Earth and Racism in the Heart of Darkness. Please comment on THIS blog whether you agree/disagree and why. Consider what you know about postcolonial literature and the writers' positions as you respond.

Period 3:
Our Town work
Independent Film/Novel Project selections due

Period 5:
Writing Prompt: "If I could..."
Share/Respond
Work on own writing

Thought for the day...
"We never know how high we are
Till we are asked to rise
And then if we are true to plan
Our statures touch the skies"
- Emily Dickinson, "We Never Know How High We Are"

Monday, April 6, 2009

Period 1:
Cannery Row reading quiz and discussion
Continue work on community maps - due tomorrow!!!
Iran research (prepwork for Persepolis)

Period 2:
Discuss/review Heart of Darkness
Revisit "The Second Coming"
Orwell's "Shooting an Elephant"

Period 3:
Our Town prepwork - AUDITIONS ARE THURSDAY DURING LUNCH - Come be a movie star!
Select second Independent Film Project novels

Period 5:
Writing prompt: Write about something you threw away.
Share/Respond
Work on personal writing

Thought for the day...
"Were I called to define, very briefly, the term Art, I should call it 'the reproduction of what the Senses perceive in Nature through the veil of the soul.' " - Edgar Allen Poe

Friday, April 3, 2009

Period 1:
Vocabulary quiz
Cannery Row quiz
Work on community maps
Begin Iran research

Period 2:
Vocabulary quiz
Review Heart of Darkness, Ch. 1

Period 3:
Our Town: Reviewing script

Period 5:
Publish or Perish
Workshop

Thought for the day...
To have great poets, there must be great audiences, too.
—Walt Whitman, NOTES LEFT OVER

Thursday, April 2, 2009

Period 1:
Present current events
Discuss/review Cannery Row - the FROG HUNT & what Doc's been up to...
Work on community maps/anecdotes

Period 2:
Present current events
Discuss/review Heart of Darkness
How does HOD represent postmodernist thought?

Period 3:
Our Town

Period 5:
Survey....

Thought for the day...
Education is the transmission of civilization. - Will Durant

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Happy April Fool's Day.... Try not to be anyone's fool. :)

Period 1:

Review vocabulary

Cannery Row quiz & discussion

Work on community maps, begin developing anecdotes for maps

Period 2:

Review vocabulary

Discuss Things Fall Apart

Review postcolonial literature themes

Introduce Heart of Darkness & Joseph Conrad

Period 3:

Congrats, Nicole, on getting your license!

Our Town

Period 5:

Writing prompt: Begin at the end

Share/Respond

Work on writing

Thought for the day...

"Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around." - Thoreau