Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Period 1:
Ethan Frome Quiz
Review novel
Work with images - create haiku & begin poem

Period 2:
Discuss Their Eyes Were Watching God
Finish Tartuffe

Period 6:
Discuss The Stranger & The Myth
What is absurd?

Thought for the day...
While we have the gift of life, it seems to me the only tragedy is to allow part of us to die --- whether it is our spirit, our creativity, or our glorious uniqueness.
— Gilda Radner

Tuesday, January 6, 2008

Period 1:
Discuss/Review Ethan Frome
Work on Winter, Light & Death imagery
Floorplans

Period 2:
Their Eyes Were Watching God Quiz
Discussion of novel & letter from Nanny
Reading Tartuffe

Period 6:
The Stranger Quiz & Discussion
Documenting the Murder
Myth of Sisyphus

Thought for the day...
"...we ought to walk through the rooms of our lives... not looking for flaws, but for potential."
- Ellen Goodman

Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Early Release Day!!

Period 1:
Finish Independent Reading Presentations
Viewing Hamlet

Period 2:
Reading Tartuffe

Period 6:
Finish Hamlet

Thought for the day...
Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home.
- Edith Sitwell

Have a fantastic break & see you in 2009.

Monday, December 22, 2008

Snow Delay....

Period 1:
Introduce Ethan Frome
Weston & Tayler presented independent reading projects
Recommend to all readers: The Last Treasure and My Sister's Keeper
Viewing Hamlet

Period 2: Canceled due to delay...
On your own: read Tartuffe & work on literary immersion project

Period 6:
Finish Hamlet Act IV, and begin Act V
Understanding Hamlet's Character


Section C: Hamlet's Character. Standard Deviants. 2001.
Discovery Education. 22 October 2008


Thought for the day...
Every day holds the possibility of a miracle.
- Elizabeth David

Friday, December 19, 2008

Period 1:
Final vocabulary quiz
Independent reading project
Finish Hamlet
Begin viewing film - discussion of differences

Period 2:
Final vocabulary quiz
Literary immersion project
Tartuffe

Period 6:
Final vocabulary quiz
Independent reading project
Finish Hamlet Act III, and begin Act IV

Thought for the day...
Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.
— Dr. Seuss

Thursday, December 18, 2008

Period 1: Shortened due to advisories...
Present current events
Read Act V of Hamlet... what a sight Fortinbras is going to see!

Period 2:
Present current events
Read Tartuffe
Thoughtcrime

Period 6:
Present current events
Finish Hamlet Act III, begin Act IV
Independent reading

Thought for the day...
Michelangelo - "Genius is eternal patience."

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

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