Thanksgiving Break 2008

Oops, I neglected to post what we did on Wednesday.

On Wednesday, we did a variety of activities...

Period 1:
Discussed graphics in Persepolis
Free Rice Vocabulary Challenge

Period 2:
Setting the stage for 1984...
Free Rice Vocabulary Challenge

Period 6:
Discussed Doctor Faustus
Free Rice Vocabulary Challenge
Another kindness presentation...
Popularity and Kindness:



I hope you all had a fantastic, productive break. We have a busy week planned....

Thought for the day...
"The sun is new each day."
Heraclitus

Monday, November 24, 2008

Period 1:
Finish Persepolis Worksheet
Discuss graphics & review story
Understanding the culture

Period 2:
Finish Frost Place poet presentations
Discuss Kite Runner
Work on place art

Period 6:
Final Kindness Presentation
Kindness in the World...


Bullying...



Relationships without boundaries...



Video games and violence



Violence in the World



Discuss/read Doctor Faustus
Depicting the Seven Deadly Sins
Lesson with Ms. LaBella

Thought for the day...
Ernest Hemingway - "Never mistake motion for action."

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Period 1:
A Step from Heaven test

Period 2:
The Kite Runner quiz & review
Discuss Frost Place poet assignment
Defining a community

Period 6:
Kindness Presentations
Discussing/Acting Doctor Faustus

Thought for the day...
Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.
— Henry Ward Beecher

Friday, November 14, 2008

Period 1:
Vocabulary Quiz
Discuss A Step from Heaven
Share cultural scrapbooks

Period 2:
Vocabulary Quiz
Discuss The Kite Runner
Share poem analysis

Period 6:
Vocabulary Quiz
Present Current Events
Work on Kindness Presentations

Thought for the day....
An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.
- Niels Bohr

Thursday, November 13, 2008

Period 1:
Present Current Events
Discuss A Step from Heaven
Work on Cultural Scrapbooks

Period 2:
Present Current Events
Discuss the moral conflicts of The Kite Runner
Work on poem analysis

Period 6:
Work on Kindness Projects
*behave for Mrs. Beaudin*

Thought for the day...
Peace is not a relationship of nations. It is a condition of mind brought about by a serenity of soul. Peace is not merely the absence of war. It is also a state of mind. Lasting peace can come only to peaceful people.
— Jawaharlal Nehru

Friday, November 7, 2008

Period 1:
Vocabulary quiz
Addressed questions on A Step from Heaven
Cultural scrapbook

Period 2:
Hamlet and King Lear Test

Period 6:
Vocabulary quiz
Reading quiz
Kindness Project work

Thought of the day...
"Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done."
Louis D. Brandeis

Thursday, November 6, 2008

Period 1:
Review vocabulary
Present current events
Discuss Korea & A Step from Heaven

Period 2:
Review vocabulary
Present current events
Present Act V of Hamlet & King Lear

Hamlet Act V:


King Lear Act V:

Student soliloquies

Period 6:
Review vocabulary
Present current events
Finish viewing Edges of the Lord
Discussion on morality of choices, degrees of kindness and differences in faith

Thought for the day...
You must do the thing you cannot do.
--- Eleanor Roosevelt

Monday, October 27, 2008

Senior Supper is tonight - 5:30-7:00, followed by a pep rally & fireworks! Girls are #2 & Boys are #13. Go Engineers!!!

Period 1:
Brief discussion of reading
Worked on Iraq memorials

Period 2:
Mapping Act I & Act II of Hamlet & King Lear
Project work

Hamlet Act II


Period 6:
Shared Day of Kindness Reflection
Reading Quiz on 5-7
Redo of Quiz 3-4
Worked on Kindness Project

Thought for the day...
No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.
Aesop
Go forth today & do at least one kindness... How did it feel? What was the response?

Friday, October 24, 2008

Period 1:
Vocabulary Quiz
Two Memorial Presentations
Worked on Iraqi Monuments

Period 2:
Vocabulary Quiz
Hamlet Act II Presentation & Charlie's soliloquy
Weekly evaluations
Worked on Act III

King Lear Act II


Period 6:
Vocabulary Quiz
Reading Quiz & Discussion
Sharing Day of Kindness Reflections
Work on Kindness Project

Thought for the day...
Lord Chesterfield - "Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well."

Thursday, October 23, 2008

Fall Frolic!!!

Period 1: (Shortened)
Present Current Events
Sunrise over Fallujah Quiz

Some of the memorial presentations...
Washington Monument



Ground Zero Memorial

Period 2: (Shortened)
Present Current Events
Work on Shakespeare projects

The Plot of King Lear


Section A: The Plot of King Lear. Standard Deviants. 2001.
Discovery Education. 22 October 2008



The Plot of Hamlet

Section A: The Plot of Hamlet. Standard Deviants. 2001.
Discovery Education. 22 October 2008


Thought for the day...
Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.
Albert Einstein
Consider Rachel's Challenge: "choose your influences and use kind words."

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Period 1:
Review Vocabulary
Finished Memorial Presentations
Sunrise over Fallujah Quiz & Brief Discussion
Catch-up Reading

Period 2:
Viewing portions of King Lear & Hamlet by Standard Deviants
Discussion on Shakespeare Project Expectations
Review Vocabulary
Act II Presentations - King Lear (will be uploaded soon)
Hamlet will be Friday!

King Lear as Figurative Art

Section B: King Lear as Figurative Art. Standard Deviants. 2001.
Discovery Education. 22 October 2008

The Mysteries in Hamlet

Section A: The Plot of Hamlet. Standard Deviants. 2001.
Discovery Education. 22 October 2008

Philosophy in Hamlet

Section D: The Philosophy of Hamlet. Standard Deviants. 2001.
Discovery Education. 22 October 2008

Period 6:
Review Vocabulary
Three Cups of Tea Quiz & Discussion
Discussion on Kindness Project & Research

Thought for the day...
Things won are done; joy’s soul lies in doing.
— William Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida, Act I:2

Monday, October 20, 2008

Period 1:
Short Class - Finish Presentations
RACHEL'S CHALLENGE

Period 2:
Work on Shakespeare Projects - Act II
Check out the resources under the October 14th posting!

Period 6:
Post-colonial literature test
Introduce Three Cups of Tea
Discuss Kindness Project & Rachel's Challenge

Thought for the day...
"I have this theory that if one person can go out of their way to show compassion then it will start a chain reaction of the same." - Rachel Scott
Did you accept the challenge? How did it feel hearing about how this young girl lived her life? How do you impact the world?

Tuesday, March 11th

Period 1:
Literature circles met and students completed their inside/outside representations of their novel's main character.

Period 3:
Students presented and received awards.

Period 5:
Students responded to several writing prompts and a writing conference took place.

Period 6:
We talked about the importance of citation and the proper ways to cite. Students worked on their Kindness Projects and attended teacher-student conferences.

Monday, March 10th

There are only three seats left on the trip.

Period 1:
Literature Circles met and we explored the insides & outsides of our main characters.
We discussed the importance of reputations and whether it is easier to protect a good reputation or harder to lose a bad one.

Period 3:
Impromptu speeches. Students will be assigned various topics and asked to speak about them. Tomorrow: AWARDS!

Period 5:
Students will work on several writing activities and complete some editing.

Period 6:
Students will present their Three Cups of Tea presentation and will be completing research on their Kindness Project.
I will be conferencing with Ian & Kyle.

A point to ponder:
Do you think it is important to pay attention to what the writer does not say about a character? Why or why not? (5 bonus points on your next quiz for a thoughtful response)

Mrs. Tyler