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?