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Period 1:
Final literature circle meeting
All My Sons
Work on society project
Period 2:
Shortened class due to marching practice
What is existentialism?
Discussing Camus' The Stranger
Period 3:
Our Town... At the graveyard
Period 5:
Publish & Perish
Peer Review
Thought for the day...
The use of language is all we have to pit against death and silence.
—Carol Joyce Oates
Friday, May 29, 2009
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Thursday, May 28, 2009
All students may sign up for summer reading!
Period 1:
Shortened class- marching practice
Present current events
All My Sons
Period 2:
Present current events
Greek Tragedy Test
Period 3:
Our Town
Period 5:
Anthology/Portfolio work
Thought for the day....
I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers.
—Claude Monet
Period 1:
Shortened class- marching practice
Present current events
All My Sons
Period 2:
Present current events
Greek Tragedy Test
Period 3:
Our Town
Period 5:
Anthology/Portfolio work
Thought for the day....
I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers.
—Claude Monet
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Summer Reading sign up for Class of 2010!
Period 1:
Literature circles
Society work
All My Sons
Period 2:
Antigone
Hero Project work
Period 3:
Rain date - props & costumes
Period 5:
Work on portfolio/anthology
Thought for the day...
When written in Chinese, the word “crisis” is composed of two characters. One representing danger and the other represents opportunity.
- John F. Kennedy
Period 1:
Literature circles
Society work
All My Sons
Period 2:
Antigone
Hero Project work
Period 3:
Rain date - props & costumes
Period 5:
Work on portfolio/anthology
Thought for the day...
When written in Chinese, the word “crisis” is composed of two characters. One representing danger and the other represents opportunity.
- John F. Kennedy
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Period 1:
Literature circles
Working on society project
Begin All My Sons
Period 2:
Shortened period due to marching practice
Peer review of hero papers
Period 3:
Our Town costume work
Period 5:
Portfolio & Anthology work
Thought for the day...
When we are dreaming alone, it is only a dream. When we are dreaming with others, it is the beginning of reality.
- Dom Hélder Câmara
Literature circles
Working on society project
Begin All My Sons
Period 2:
Shortened period due to marching practice
Peer review of hero papers
Period 3:
Our Town costume work
Period 5:
Portfolio & Anthology work
Thought for the day...
When we are dreaming alone, it is only a dream. When we are dreaming with others, it is the beginning of reality.
- Dom Hélder Câmara
Friday, May 22, 2009
Friday, May 22, 2009
Period 1:
Vocabulary quiz
Literature circles
Creating a new society - Your New World Order
Period 2:
Vocabulary quiz
Review Oedipus Rex
Introduce Antigone
Hero Project Work
Period 3:
Our Town
Period 5:
Publish or Perish
Conference on Portfolio and/or Anthology
Thought for the day...
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. To keep our faces toward change and behave like free spirits in the presence of fate is strength undefeatable.
— Helen Keller
Vocabulary quiz
Literature circles
Creating a new society - Your New World Order
Period 2:
Vocabulary quiz
Review Oedipus Rex
Introduce Antigone
Hero Project Work
Period 3:
Our Town
Period 5:
Publish or Perish
Conference on Portfolio and/or Anthology
Thought for the day...
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. To keep our faces toward change and behave like free spirits in the presence of fate is strength undefeatable.
— Helen Keller
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Period 1:
Present current events
Literature circles
Work on vocabulary review for final
Period 2:
Present current events
Present literature circle projects
Discuss/review Oedipus Rex
Ethical dilemmas
Period 3:
Rehearse Our Town
Period 5:
Work on portfolios
Thought for the day...
Eleanor Roosevelt - "The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."
Present current events
Literature circles
Work on vocabulary review for final
Period 2:
Present current events
Present literature circle projects
Discuss/review Oedipus Rex
Ethical dilemmas
Period 3:
Rehearse Our Town
Period 5:
Work on portfolios
Thought for the day...
Eleanor Roosevelt - "The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Period 1:
Literature circles
Review vocabulary
Finish archetype notes & find archetypes and symbols in literature
Period 2:
Review vocabulary
Oedipus Rex
Work on projects
Period 3:
Filming - camera angles
Rehearse Our Town
Period 5:
Work on portfolio
Thought for the day...
Let a joy keep you. Reach out your hands and take it when it runs by.
— Carl Sandburg
Literature circles
Review vocabulary
Finish archetype notes & find archetypes and symbols in literature
Period 2:
Review vocabulary
Oedipus Rex
Work on projects
Period 3:
Filming - camera angles
Rehearse Our Town
Period 5:
Work on portfolio
Thought for the day...
Let a joy keep you. Reach out your hands and take it when it runs by.
— Carl Sandburg
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Period 1:
Literature Circles
Discussing literature archetypes
Period 2:
Greek tragedy
Introducing Oedipus
Period 3:
Our Town
Period 5:
Work on portolio
Thought for the day...
Think wrongly, if you please, but in all cases think for yourself.
- Doris Lessing
Literature Circles
Discussing literature archetypes
Period 2:
Greek tragedy
Introducing Oedipus
Period 3:
Our Town
Period 5:
Work on portolio
Thought for the day...
Think wrongly, if you please, but in all cases think for yourself.
- Doris Lessing
Monday, May 18, 2009
Monday, May 18, 2009
Period 1:
Present independent reading projects
Introduce literature circle roles
What is postmodernism & existentialism?
Period 2:
Hamlet test
Hero conferences
Period 3:
Our Town work
Period 5:
Work on anthology & portfolio pieces
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
Present independent reading projects
Introduce literature circle roles
What is postmodernism & existentialism?
Period 2:
Hamlet test
Hero conferences
Period 3:
Our Town work
Period 5:
Work on anthology & portfolio pieces
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
Friday, May 15, 2009
Friday, May 15, 2009
Period 1 (shortened due to marching practice):
Vocabulary quiz
Book selection - Ch. 1 due on Monday
Period 2:
Vocabulary quiz
Literature Circles
Finish Hamlet
Watch The Simpsons' Hamlet
Period 3:
Our Town & Chinese food!!!
Period 5:
Publish or Perish
Anthology workshop
Thought for the day...
To have great poets, there must be great audiences, too.
—Walt Whitman
Vocabulary quiz
Book selection - Ch. 1 due on Monday
Period 2:
Vocabulary quiz
Literature Circles
Finish Hamlet
Watch The Simpsons' Hamlet
Period 3:
Our Town & Chinese food!!!
Period 5:
Publish or Perish
Anthology workshop
Thought for the day...
To have great poets, there must be great audiences, too.
—Walt Whitman
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Period 1:
Present current events
Hamlet Test
Period 2:
Present current events
Literature circles
Finish Hamlet Act IV, begin Hamlet Act V
Period 3:
Our Town
Period 5:
Work on anthology and portfolio pieces
Thought for the day...
"I like nonsense -- it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living. It's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope...and that enables you to laugh at all of life's realities."
— Theodor S. Geisel, a.k.a. "Dr. Seuss"
Present current events
Hamlet Test
Period 2:
Present current events
Literature circles
Finish Hamlet Act IV, begin Hamlet Act V
Period 3:
Our Town
Period 5:
Work on anthology and portfolio pieces
Thought for the day...
"I like nonsense -- it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living. It's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope...and that enables you to laugh at all of life's realities."
— Theodor S. Geisel, a.k.a. "Dr. Seuss"
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Wednesday, May 14, 2009
Period 1:
Review vocabulary
Finish Hamlet
Independent reading project time/study time
Period 2:
Review vocabulary
Literature circles
Hamlet Act IV - Hamlet sentenced to death in England, Ophelia has lost her mind, Laertes wants revenge, and now Hamlet's returned to England via pirates.... This is falling action?
Period 3:
Our Town
Period 5:
Peer feedback on anthology pieces
Titling the anthology
Thought for the day...
The hand that holds the quills controls history.
- Charles L. Blockson
Review vocabulary
Finish Hamlet
Independent reading project time/study time
Period 2:
Review vocabulary
Literature circles
Hamlet Act IV - Hamlet sentenced to death in England, Ophelia has lost her mind, Laertes wants revenge, and now Hamlet's returned to England via pirates.... This is falling action?
Period 3:
Our Town
Period 5:
Peer feedback on anthology pieces
Titling the anthology
Thought for the day...
The hand that holds the quills controls history.
- Charles L. Blockson
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Period 1:
Finish Hamlet Act IV, and Read Act V, Scene 1
Tomorrow - the tragic finale!!!
Independent reading project work
Period 2:
Hamlet Act II & Act III, Scene 2 quiz
Finish Act III, begin Act IV
Literature Circles
Period 3:
Our Town
Period 5:
Work on portfolio & anthology piece
Dr. Jekyll conferences
Thought for the day...
William Feather - "No man is a failure who is enjoying life."
Finish Hamlet Act IV, and Read Act V, Scene 1
Tomorrow - the tragic finale!!!
Independent reading project work
Period 2:
Hamlet Act II & Act III, Scene 2 quiz
Finish Act III, begin Act IV
Literature Circles
Period 3:
Our Town
Period 5:
Work on portfolio & anthology piece
Dr. Jekyll conferences
Thought for the day...
William Feather - "No man is a failure who is enjoying life."
Monday, May 11, 2009
Monday, May 11, 2009
Period 1:
Hamlet Act III quiz
Read Hamlet Act IV - review dramatic structure
Independent reading project time
Period 2:
Film version comparison finishes
Finish Hamlet Act III
Literature Circles
Period 3:
Our Town
Period 5:
Writing warm-up:Describe a scene
Portfolio work
Mr. Hyde conferences
Thought for the day...
Do what you can with what you have where you are.
- Theodore Roosevelt
Hamlet Act III quiz
Read Hamlet Act IV - review dramatic structure
Independent reading project time
Period 2:
Film version comparison finishes
Finish Hamlet Act III
Literature Circles
Period 3:
Our Town
Period 5:
Writing warm-up:Describe a scene
Portfolio work
Mr. Hyde conferences
Thought for the day...
Do what you can with what you have where you are.
- Theodore Roosevelt
Friday, May 8, 2009
Friday, May 8, 2009
Period 1:
Vocabulary quiz
Hamlet Act 3, Scenes 2-3 (maybe even 4???)
Independent reading
Period 2:
Vocabulary quiz
Video exploration of "To be or not to be..." and "Get thee to a nunnery..."
Literature Circles
Period 3:
Our Town work - storyboarding, etc.
Period 5:
Publish or Perish
Small group conferences
Thought for the day...
Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.
— Louisa May Alcott
Vocabulary quiz
Hamlet Act 3, Scenes 2-3 (maybe even 4???)
Independent reading
Period 2:
Vocabulary quiz
Video exploration of "To be or not to be..." and "Get thee to a nunnery..."
Literature Circles
Period 3:
Our Town work - storyboarding, etc.
Period 5:
Publish or Perish
Small group conferences
Thought for the day...
Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.
— Louisa May Alcott
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Period 1:
Present current event
"To be or not to be" & "Get thee to a nunnery" - a comparison of four films
Independent reading project
Period 2:
Present current events
Literature Circles
Hamlet Act III: "To be or not to be"
Period 3:
Our Town work - understanding storyboarding
Period 5:
Writing Prompt: "I miss..."
Share/Respond
Dr. Jekyll Conferences
Thought for the day....
I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning to sail my ship.
— Louisa May Alcott
Present current event
"To be or not to be" & "Get thee to a nunnery" - a comparison of four films
Independent reading project
Period 2:
Present current events
Literature Circles
Hamlet Act III: "To be or not to be"
Period 3:
Our Town work - understanding storyboarding
Period 5:
Writing Prompt: "I miss..."
Share/Respond
Dr. Jekyll Conferences
Thought for the day....
I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning to sail my ship.
— Louisa May Alcott
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Hamlet in Pop Culture...
Enjoy these videos inspired by Hamlet....
"Tales from the Public Domain" - The Simpsons
Hamlet is at the end of this episode, following retellings of Odysseus and Joan of Arc.
The Simpsons 1314 Tales from the Public Domain
Hamlet & Elmo
Hamlet & Animaniacs
"Tales from the Public Domain" - The Simpsons
Hamlet is at the end of this episode, following retellings of Odysseus and Joan of Arc.
The Simpsons 1314 Tales from the Public Domain
Hamlet & Elmo
Hamlet & Animaniacs
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Period 1:
Review vocabulary
Hamlet Act II quiz
Begin Hamlet Act III
Introduction to "To be or not to be"
Period 2:
Review vocabulary
Literature Circles
Hamlet Act I & beginning of Act II quiz
Finish Hamlet Act II
Period 3:
Our Town work: reflections & what has happened so far
Period 5:
Writing prompt: Create a list about annoying things.... Write about one of them
Mr. Hyde Conferences
Share/Respond
Thought for the day...
Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing.
— Clive James
Review vocabulary
Hamlet Act II quiz
Begin Hamlet Act III
Introduction to "To be or not to be"
Period 2:
Review vocabulary
Literature Circles
Hamlet Act I & beginning of Act II quiz
Finish Hamlet Act II
Period 3:
Our Town work: reflections & what has happened so far
Period 5:
Writing prompt: Create a list about annoying things.... Write about one of them
Mr. Hyde Conferences
Share/Respond
Thought for the day...
Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing.
— Clive James
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Period 1:
Finish Hamlet Act II
Work on Emotion Charts
Independent reading time
Period 2:
Literature Circles: Three Cups of Tea & 1984
Hamlet's "Madness" and insulting Polonius
Period 3:
Our Town work
Period 5:
Writing Prompt: Free Write
Conferences
Share/Respond
Thought for the day...
Life is tough, and if you have the ability to laugh at it you have the ability to enjoy it.
— Salma Hayek
Finish Hamlet Act II
Work on Emotion Charts
Independent reading time
Period 2:
Literature Circles: Three Cups of Tea & 1984
Hamlet's "Madness" and insulting Polonius
Period 3:
Our Town work
Period 5:
Writing Prompt: Free Write
Conferences
Share/Respond
Thought for the day...
Life is tough, and if you have the ability to laugh at it you have the ability to enjoy it.
— Salma Hayek
Monday, May 4, 2009
Monday, May 4, 2009
Period 1:
Hamlet Act I quiz
Charting the emotions of Hamlet & other characters
Reading Scene 2
Period 2 (shortened due to advisories):
Finish Act I of Hamlet and begin Act II
Understanding Hamlet's emotional state
Literature circles
Period 3:
Work on Our Town - Thank you, to Alice & family for hosting us!
Period 5:
Writing prompt: "Your plane crashes..."
Share/Respond
Workshop
Thought for the day...
Each man is a hero and an oracle to somebody.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Hamlet Act I quiz
Charting the emotions of Hamlet & other characters
Reading Scene 2
Period 2 (shortened due to advisories):
Finish Act I of Hamlet and begin Act II
Understanding Hamlet's emotional state
Literature circles
Period 3:
Work on Our Town - Thank you, to Alice & family for hosting us!
Period 5:
Writing prompt: "Your plane crashes..."
Share/Respond
Workshop
Thought for the day...
Each man is a hero and an oracle to somebody.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Friday, May 1, 2009
Friday, May 1, 2009
Period 1:
Vocabulary quiz
Finish Hamlet Act I, begin Act II
Independent reading
Journal check - Next Journal check Tuesday
Period 2:
Vocabulary quiz
Introduce Literature Circles
Select books
Period 3:
Our Town work
Period 5:
Publish or Perish
Conferences in Jekyll & Hyde
Thought for the day...
I am not a quitter. I will fight until I drop. It is just a matter of having some faith in the fact that as long as you are able to draw breath in the universe, you have a chance.
— Cicely Tyson
Vocabulary quiz
Finish Hamlet Act I, begin Act II
Independent reading
Journal check - Next Journal check Tuesday
Period 2:
Vocabulary quiz
Introduce Literature Circles
Select books
Period 3:
Our Town work
Period 5:
Publish or Perish
Conferences in Jekyll & Hyde
Thought for the day...
I am not a quitter. I will fight until I drop. It is just a matter of having some faith in the fact that as long as you are able to draw breath in the universe, you have a chance.
— Cicely Tyson
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