Week of Sept 21st

Period 1:
Working with Shakespeare's Hamlet and writing personal narratives

Period 2:
Finishing up Orwell's 1984 and moving into Homer's Odyssey
Revising summer reading essays and writing personal narratives

Period 6:
Reading Sunrise over Fallujah and comparing/contrasting to All Quiet on the Western Front
Working on Memorial Projects and personal narratives

Thought for the week:
"Genius is eternal patience." - Michelangelo

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Okay, I think this year I will do a revised blog - weekly posting rather than daily - especially as we go live with the Ning!

This week: REMEMBER IT IS HOMECOMING & FALL FROLIC ON WEDNESDAY!

Period 1:

Finish Faustus
Hero's Journey
Tragic Hero
Begin Hamlet



Period 2:

1984 Presentations
Continue studying and exploring 1984



Period 6:

Finish All Quiet on the Western Front
Begin Sunrise over Fallujah
Work on war memorial projects



Thought for the week...

"We must not allow the clock and the calendar to blind us to the fact that each moment of life is a miracle and a mystery." H.G. Wells

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Reading & Writing Workshop Day!

Students participated in various writing activities including journaling, essay writing, research, and peer response.
They also read from their independent and assigned reading books.

Thought for the day....

"It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers." James Thurber

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Welcome back from the long weekend!



Period 1:
Discuss Antigone
Looking at quotes and applying them to Antigone
"ICE"



Period 2:
Discuss 1984
"ICE"
Introduce Orwell Project



Period 6:
Discuss All Quiet on the Western Front
Character Journals

Thought for the day...

"An opinion should be the result of thought, not a substitute for it." - Jef Mallett

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Wow, kind of a rocky start on the blog this year....



So, starting today:



Period 1:

Metamorphosis Test

Noodletools



Period 2:

Oedipus & Antigone

Noodletools



Period 6:

Discussing All Quiet on the Western Front

Work on Character Cards & Journals

Introduce & Begin War Research



Thought for the day...


"The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled." - Plutarch