Showing posts with label All Quiet. Show all posts
Showing posts with label All Quiet. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

WELCOME BACK!

Period 1:
Who I am
Reading quiz info

Hw: Metamorphosis Ch. 1 & Reading Journal

Period 2:
Who I am
Reading quiz info

Hw: Oedipus: 23-38 & Reading Journal

Period 6:
Who I am
Reading quiz info

Hw: All Quiet: Ch. 1 & Reading Journal

Thought for the day....
"There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them." - Joseph Brodsky

Thursday, February 12, 2009

February 12, 2009

Period 1:
Vocabulary quiz
Present current events
Review novel

Period 2:
Vocabulary quiz
Present current events
Review novel - what's important
Meet about essays

Period 3:
Read Our Town

Thought for the day...
A competitor will find a way to win. Competitors take bad breaks and use them to drive themselves just that much harder. Quitters take bad breaks and use them as reasons to give up. It's all a matter of pride.” - Nancy Lopez

Friday, April 25, 2008

Friday, April 25, 2008

Period 1:
Vocabulary Quiz #11
Finish Hamlet Act I
Begin viewing Gibson/Zefferelli Hamlet

Period 3:
Debates continue

Period 5:
Moving on to themed essays

Period 6:
Vocabulary Quiz #11
Literature Circle Roles
All Quiet on the Western Front essay
(And Assembly)

Quote of the day...
Bernard Baruch said: "Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton was the one who asked why."
Why is it that the "why" is so important? Do you ask yourself "why"? When & why?

Friday, April 11, 2008

April 11, 2008

Period 1:
Looking at song lyrics as poetry
Vocabulary Quiz

Work on your reading project over break - Due Tuesday the 22nd!

Period 3:
Nonverbal communication skills, revisit

Period 5:
Review first research drafts- develop an action plan

Period 6:
Vocabulary Quiz 10
Discuss novel
Character diaries

Quote of the day...
Alfred Lord Tennyson - "Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers."

Monday, April 7, 2008

Monday, April 7, 2008

Good morning, all!

Period 1:
Understanding Sonnets
Shakespeare's Sonnets & A Parody

Period 3:
Work on Debate Arguments

Period 5:
Begin drafting research essay

Period 6:
Discuss All Quiet
Progression of War

Thought for the day:
"If you fell down yesterday, stand up today." - H.G. Wells
What do you think?