Friday, September 10, 2010

Congratulations on completing the second week! And there are now only 274 calendar days until graduation (for those of you who might be counting).

Period 1: We saw some interesting presentations today and I think the presenters did a good job of making connections to both our text, other presentations, and the world we live in. I've added Tyler & Mike's presentation to the Ning, and please post your digital portions as well.
I encourage you to continue to think about the importance and relevance of history in today's world and also challenge you to consider how it relates to you.

Period 2: Congratulations on completing your first major test in Senior English. As you begin Doctor Faustus keep in mind the notes and learning you did on Greek tragedy as they will assist you in understanding the format of the play, as well as determining if Faustus is a tragic hero. Check out this link which provides some helpful background information as you begin your reading exploration. Don't forget your personal narrative draft for Monday!

Period 4/5: Our discussion on school days, the WHS Mission Statement and I am the Messenger will continue next week. See what connections you can make and also think about your role in achieving the goals stated in our school Mission Statement. Don't forget to keep working on your War Memorial Project (phase 1).

Have a great weekend, keep reading & writing.

Thursday, September 9, 2010

We are almost finished the second week!

Period 1: We will finish the presentations on 1984 tomorrow after the vocabulary & reading quizzes. Continue to think of the role that censorship plays in control and how propaganda relates to beliefs, and yes, censorship. Also watch for other allusions to 1984 in your media.

Period 2: Today's discussions on tragic heroes and exploration of quotes should help you a great deal on tomorrow's Greek tragedy test. Consider why Oedipus and Antigone are still relevant works in today's society.... Don't forget to work on your personal narrative revision!

Period 4/5: Today's discussion on I am the Messenger raised some interesting points, including how we as people view one another, and the importance of both our self perception and others. Continue to think about the school & education article, as we will spend some time working with it and our mission statement tomorrow after the vocabulary quiz.

As a reminder, I need your email address to invite you to my Ning, and all its fabulous resources.

See you tomorrow!

Mrs. Tyler

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

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, December 16, 2008

Period 1:
Hamlet Quiz on Acts I, II, & III (through scene 2)
Finished Act III
Independent reading time

Period 2:
1984 & Catch 22 test
Thoughtcrime
Literary immersion project begins

Period 6:
Hamlet Act II and III
Independent reading

Thought for the day...
There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power.
- Washington Irving

Monday, December 15, 2008

Period 1:
Vocabulary quiz
Reading Hamlet, Act III, Scene 2: The Mousetrap & Claudius' guilt
Independent reading project

Period 2:
Vocabulary quiz
Reviewing 1984
Discussion on community project
Introduction to literary immersion project

Period 6:
Vocabulary quiz
Reading Hamlet, Act I & II
Independent reading project

Thought for the day...
Ideas shape the course of history. - John Maynard Keynes

Thursday, December 11, 2008

Period 1:
Present current events
Finish Hamlet Act 3, Scene 2
Comparing versions of Hamlet
Independent reading

Period 2:
Present current events
Discuss Room 101
Begin Tartuffe
Thoughtcrime Game continues

Period 6:
Present current events
Finish Hamlet Act I, begin Act II
Thoughtcrime Game continues
Independent reading

Thought for the day...
The more you can dream, the more you can do. - Michael Korda

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Period 1:
Review vocabulary
Reading Hamlet Act III: "To be or not to be"
Independent Reading Project

Period 2:
Review vocabulary
Catch-22 and 1984 Quiz
Thoughtcrime Intro day 2 & the game begins... THANK YOU to Literary Worlds and Robert Rozema for creating this game.

Period 6:
Review vocabulary
Reading Hamlet
Thoughtcrime Intro day 2 & the game begins... THANK YOU to Literary Worlds and Robert Rozema for creating this game.
Independent Reading

Thought for the day...
Big Brother is watching you.
George Orwell

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Period 1:
Reading Hamlet Act 2
Independent Reading Project

Period 2:
Discuss/review 1984
Thoughtcrime Intro Day 1

Period 6:
Reading Hamlet Act 1
Thoughtcrime Intro Day 1

Thought for the day...
Never say never, for if you live long enough, chances are you will not be able to abide by its restrictions. Never is a long, undependable time, and life is too full of rich possibilities to have restrictions placed upon it.
- Gloria Swanson

Monday, December 8, 2008

Period 1:
Finish Hamlet Act I
Discussion on characters and first character reflection
Independent reading project

Period 2:
Discuss 1984/Review developments
Satire discussion
Introduce Voltaire and begin Tartuffe

Period 6:
Hamlet Act I
Character reflections
Independent Reading Project

Thought for the day...
Words, once they are printed, have a life of their own.
- Carol Burnett

Thursday, December 4, 2008

Period 1:
Review Vocabulary
Present Current Events
Discuss yesterday's activities
Read Hamlet Act 1, Scene 1

Period 2:
Discuss 1984 - reviewing part 1
Present Current Events
Ordering pizza with Big Brother watching...

Period 6:
Check in on independent reading project
Present current events
Visit Shakespeare High
Making up skits with famous lines

Famous Lines from Hamlet...

Hamlet & Flatulence:


Poor Yorick was in an accident...



Thought for the day...
"Don't go through life, grow through life."
Eric Butterworth

Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Today I am learning new ways to bring technology into the classroom, which means that you have a fabulous substitute: Mrs. Williams!

Here's the plan for the day...

Period 1:
Review vocabulary
Hamlet's famous lines activity
Independent reading

Period 2:
Review vocabulary
1984 Quiz on ch. 6-7
Orwell activities

Period 6: (shortened due to advisory)
Review vocabulary
Doctor Faustus' obituary
Independent reading

Thought for the day...
"Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten." - B.F. Skinner

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Period 1:
Persepolis Test
Independent Reading Project

Period 2:
Reading Quiz Ch. 1-5
Finish debriefing Apple commercial
Discussion on censorship, history, etc.
Work on Community Project

A brief intro regarding 1984...


Introducing Winston Smith, INGSOC, Oceania, Eurasia, and East Asia. Discovery Channel School. 2001.
Discovery Education. 2 December 2008


And for Catch-22 readers... a short video clip about Yossarian


The Madness of Countries: The Impact and Message of "Catch-22". Discovery Channel School. 1997.
Discovery Education. 2 December 2008


Period 6:
Discuss/Review Faustus Act 4
After 24 years...was it worth it?
Read Act 5
Independent Reading Project

Thought for the day...

Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men. - Goethe

Monday, December 1, 2008

Can you believe it's already December???? Where did the time go?

Period 1:
Review Persepolis
Intro to Hamlet
Intro to independent reading project

Period 2:
Discuss/review 1984
Looking at Apple's 1984 commercial

and responding to it...click here
Final phase of community/Frost project

Period 6:
Discuss & explore Doctor Faustus
Start thinking about independent reading project

Thought for the day...
Nobody can be exactly like me. Sometimes even I have trouble doing it.
- Tallulah Bankhead

Thanksgiving Break 2008

Oops, I neglected to post what we did on Wednesday.

On Wednesday, we did a variety of activities...

Period 1:
Discussed graphics in Persepolis
Free Rice Vocabulary Challenge

Period 2:
Setting the stage for 1984...
Free Rice Vocabulary Challenge

Period 6:
Discussed Doctor Faustus
Free Rice Vocabulary Challenge
Another kindness presentation...
Popularity and Kindness:



I hope you all had a fantastic, productive break. We have a busy week planned....

Thought for the day...
"The sun is new each day."
Heraclitus

June 4, 2008

Period 1:
Viewing "All My Sons"

Period 3:
Working on your "word" plays

Period 5:
Work on Portfolio

Period 6:
Viewing "1984"

Quote of the day...
Clarence Day - "We must make the best of those ills which cannot be avoided."

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