Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Period 1:
All Quiet on the Western Front Test
Finish Research on Animal Farm

Period 2:
Review vocabulary
Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard Test
Finish Persepolis Presentation work

Period 3:
Viewing Rear Window

Period 5:
Post/Respond to Ballads

Thought for the day...
Confucius says..."I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand."

Monday, March 2, 2009

Period 1:
Review All Quiet Review
Work on Animal Farm Research

Period 2:
Review Hullabaloo
How to read graphic novels
Work on Persepolis Presentations

Period 3:
Viewing Rear Window

Period 5:
Introduce Ballads
Post Free Verses

Thought for the day...
Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.
- Frederick Douglass

Friday, February 27, 2009

Period 1:
Vocabulary Quiz
All Quiet reading quiz and review
Animal Farm research

Period 2:
Shortened due to special senior meeting in Room 18!!!
Vocabulary Quiz
Quick book discussion
Work on presentations

Period 3:
Viewing Rear Window - evaluating fidelity

Period 5:
Publish and comment on odes
Free verse?

Thought for the day.... (because perspective matters)
"I do not seek. I find." - Pablo Picasso

Thursday, February 26, 2009

Period 1:
Present current events
All Quiet reading quiz
In class reading time
Animal Farm research

Period 2:
Present current events
Hullabaloo reading quiz & discussion
Work on Persepolis Presentations

Period 3:
Discuss "Rear Window" - anticipate the movie
Work on Our Town

Period 5:
Publish/Comment on Sonnets
What is an ode?
Begin writing an ode...

Thought for the day...
What is now proved was once imagined.
- William Blake

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

I'm debuting a new website... Check it out!

Period 1:
Review Vocabulary
Reading Quiz & Discussion
Begin researching the Russian Revolution

Period 2:
Review Vocabulary
Reading Quiz & Discussion
Begin researching Persepolis and Iran

Period 3:
Examining perspective by using Sweet Home Alabama
Discuss Our Town

Period 5:
Publish Haikus
Begin work on sonnets
Checking out William Shakespeare for inspiration

Thought for the day...
A book is the most effective weapon against intolerance and ignorance.
- Lyndon Baines Johnson

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Period 1:
All Quiet Reading Quiz & Book Review
Recognizing what is important...
What is the purpose of war?

Period 2:
Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard Reading Quiz & Book Review
Discussing goals, and ways to get there
What is happiness?
Understanding Sampath

Period 3:
Independent Film Project
Reading Our Town
Understanding Perspectives

Period 5:
Poetry...
We shall begin with the haiku (which is much more complex than you remember)

Thought for the day...
"What is art but a way of seeing?" - Saul Bellow

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