Friday, May 22, 2009

Period 1:
Vocabulary quiz
Literature circles
Creating a new society - Your New World Order

Period 2:
Vocabulary quiz
Review Oedipus Rex
Introduce Antigone
Hero Project Work

Period 3:
Our Town

Period 5:
Publish or Perish
Conference on Portfolio and/or Anthology

Thought for the day...
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. To keep our faces toward change and behave like free spirits in the presence of fate is strength undefeatable.
— Helen Keller

Thursday, May 21, 2009

Period 1:
Present current events
Literature circles
Work on vocabulary review for final

Period 2:
Present current events
Present literature circle projects
Discuss/review Oedipus Rex
Ethical dilemmas

Period 3:
Rehearse Our Town

Period 5:
Work on portfolios

Thought for the day...
Eleanor Roosevelt - "The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."

Monday, May 18, 2009

Period 1:
Present independent reading projects
Introduce literature circle roles
What is postmodernism & existentialism?

Period 2:
Hamlet test
Hero conferences

Period 3:
Our Town work

Period 5:
Work on anthology & portfolio pieces

Thought for the day...
You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call 'failure' is not the falling down, but the staying down.
— Mary Pickford

Friday, October 10, 2008

Period 1:
Vocabulary Quiz
Discuss "Ego"
Presentations

Period 2:
Vocabulary Quiz
Persepolis Jeopardy
Present Memoirs
Introduce Shakespeare Project

Period 6:
Vocabulary Quiz
Discuss Things Fall Apart - Impact of the mother
Visit the village of Umuofia

Thought for the day...
All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players: they have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts, his acts being seven ages.
William Shakespeare

Thursday, October 9, 2008

Period 1:
Present Current Events
Work on presentation

Period 2:
Present Current Events
Passage/Image discussion
Work on memoirs

Period 6:
Present Current Events
Part One Quiz
Discuss Things Fall Apart
Visit Umuofia

Thought for the day...
"All men who have turned out worth anything have had the chief hand in their own education." - Sir Walter Scott

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Period 1:
Review Vocabulary
Work on issue research and presentations

Period 2:
Review Vocabulary
Work on memoir project
Discuss book


Period 6:
Essay Conferences
Review Vocabulary

Read Achebe's views on Conrad. Do you agree with Professor Webb's position? With Achebe? What is your take on this?

Publish your proofread thoughts to the blog.

Thought for the day...
Abraham Joshua Heschel - "Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge."

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Period 1:
Class in Room 19
Issue Research


Period 2:
Class in Art Room
Discussion on passages
Work on memoirs

Period 6:
Things Fall Apart discussion & presentations

Thought of the day...
"Our obligation is to give meaning to life and in doing so to overcome the passive, indifferent life."
- Elie Wiesel

Monday, October 6, 2008

Period 1:
Anthem Quiz & Discussion
Examining Bill of Rights
"I Got Rights" Introduction

Period 2:
Finish Persepolis Packet
Discuss passages
Work on Memoir

Period 6:
Things Fall Apart Quiz & Discussion
Work on Presentations

Thought for the day...
A. J. Liebling - "Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one."

What does this mean? How is it true? How is it not?

Friday, October 3, 2008

Period 1:
Discussion of Anthem
Looking at the Declaration of Independence
Vocabulary Quiz

Period 2:
Vocabulary Quiz
Personal narrative conferences
Begin memoir project

Period 6:
Vocabulary Quiz
Discuss Things Fall Apart
Work on TFA Research

Thought for the day...
"I dwell in possibility..."
— Emily Dickinson

Happy dwelling!

Thursday, October 2, 2008

Period 1:
Present Current Events
Discuss Anthem in small groups: houses & rules
Begin talking about rights

Period 2:
Discuss Community Project
Present Current Events
Persepolis Packet (Islam)
Share images

Period 6:
Present Current Events
Discuss Things Fall Apart
Work on research project

Thought for the day...
"Freedom means the opportunity to be what we never thought we would be."
Daniel J. Boorstin

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Period 1:
Review Vocabulary
Brief introduction to Anthem
Breathing Underwater Test

Period 2:
*Shortened Period* (class meeting)
Review Vocabulary
Introduction to reading graphic novels
Begin review of Persepolis Packet

Period 6:
Review Vocabulary
Discuss Things Fall Apart
Postcolonialism, postmodernism & Enlightenment values

Thought for the day...
It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.
— Herman Melville

September 12, 2008

Period 1:
Vocabulary Quiz
Discussed Breathing Underwater
Worked on Technology Papers - Draft due Monday!


Period 2:
Vocabulary Quiz
Discussed Things Fall Apart
Worked on personal narratives

Period 6:
Vocabulary Quiz
Writing Conferences
Anthem Games

Thought for the day...
"The reading of all good books is like a conversation with all the finest men of past centuries."
— Rene Descartes
Who are you conversing with today?

Thursday, September 11, 2008

Period 1:
I, Robot Test
Present Current Events

Period 2:
Present Current Events
Discuss Metamorphosis
Work on Personal Narratives

Period 6:
Present Current Events
Discuss Anthem
Work on Personal Narratives

Today's thoughts for the day are in remembrance of our nation's tragedy seven years ago...

Moshe Dayan:

"If you want to make peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies."

and

John Lennon:

"Imagine all the people living life in peace. You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us, and the world will live as one."

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Period 1:
Honor Roll Assembly
Review of I, Robot
Review Vocabulary

Period 2:
Discuss Metamorphosis
Work on Personal Narratives
Review Vocabulary

Period 6:
Review Vocabulary
Discuss Anthem
Create Anthem Questions
Work on Personal Narratives

Thought for the day...
"Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something; in the absence of good grounds for belief, he will be satisfied with bad ones."
— Bertrand Russell
What does Russell mean? Do we need to believe in something? What do you believe in?

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Period 1:
Discussed "Evidence"
Created outlines for Technology papers

Period 2:
Discussed Metamorphosis
Reviewed Kafka's life & Philosophies of thought
Started Personal Narrative Work

Period 6:
Discuss Anthem
Write about Shimmering Moments

Thought of the day...
David Sarnoff - "Nobody can be successful unless he loves his work."
Do you think this is true? Why or why not?

Monday, September 8, 2008

Welcome to our first full week of school for the 2008-2009 school year.

Period 1:
I, Robot Quiz & Discussion
Finish Technology Research

NOTE: Tonight read: Evidence

Period 2:
Greek Tragedy Test
Begin Metamorphosis

Period 6:
Essay Drafts are due!!
Discussing Anthem
What is a Collectivist Society?
Begin Personal Narrative Writing

Thought of the day...
Abigail Van Buren - "The less you talk, the more you're listened to."
Do you agree? Why or why not? What is Ms. Van Buren really saying?