Showing posts with label Anthology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Anthology. Show all posts

Thursday, June 4, 2009

Thursday, June 4, 2009

I apologize for missing yesterday's posting. As the semester is coming to an end, there are some similarities in our daily activities, but I did run out of time yesterday.

Period 1:
Final Exam

Period 2:
Review for Final Exam

Period 3:
Our Town

Period 5:
Anthology/Portfolio Work

Thought for the day...
Personality can open doors, but only character can keep them open.
- Elmer G. Letterman

Monday, June 1, 2009

Monday, June 1, 2009

Period 1:
Shortened due to marching practice
Continued Act II for All My Sons - go to pg. 61 for homework

Period 2:
Review/discuss The Stranger
Work on hero papers

Period 3:
Our Town - the cemetery & rehearse "marriage"

Period 5:
Work on portfolio & anthology pieces

Thought for the day...
Every day brings a chance for you to draw in a breath, kick off your shoes, and dance.
- Oprah Winfrey

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Period 1:
Literature circles
Working on society project
Begin All My Sons

Period 2:
Shortened period due to marching practice
Peer review of hero papers

Period 3:
Our Town costume work

Period 5:
Portfolio & Anthology work

Thought for the day...
When we are dreaming alone, it is only a dream. When we are dreaming with others, it is the beginning of reality.
- Dom Hélder Câmara

Monday, May 18, 2009

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

Thursday, May 14, 2009

Thursday, May 14, 2009

Period 1:
Present current events
Hamlet Test

Period 2:
Present current events
Literature circles
Finish Hamlet Act IV, begin Hamlet Act V

Period 3:
Our Town

Period 5:
Work on anthology and portfolio pieces

Thought for the day...
"I like nonsense -- it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living. It's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope...and that enables you to laugh at all of life's realities."
— Theodor S. Geisel, a.k.a. "Dr. Seuss"