Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Welcome back from the long weekend!



Period 1:
Discuss Antigone
Looking at quotes and applying them to Antigone
"ICE"



Period 2:
Discuss 1984
"ICE"
Introduce Orwell Project



Period 6:
Discuss All Quiet on the Western Front
Character Journals

Thought for the day...

"An opinion should be the result of thought, not a substitute for it." - Jef Mallett

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Period 1:
Review vocabulary
Reading Hamlet Act III: "To be or not to be"
Independent Reading Project

Period 2:
Review vocabulary
Catch-22 and 1984 Quiz
Thoughtcrime Intro day 2 & the game begins... THANK YOU to Literary Worlds and Robert Rozema for creating this game.

Period 6:
Review vocabulary
Reading Hamlet
Thoughtcrime Intro day 2 & the game begins... THANK YOU to Literary Worlds and Robert Rozema for creating this game.
Independent Reading

Thought for the day...
Big Brother is watching you.
George Orwell

Wednesday, April 30, 2008

~EARLY RELEASE DAY~SHORTENED MIXED-UP BLOCKS!

PERIOD 1:
Review Vocabulary
Hamlet Act I & II Quiz
Begin examining "To be or not to be..."


PERIOD 3:
Start researching for persuasive speech

PERIOD 5:
Writing prompt & then, dismissal to honors assembly

PERIOD 6:
Literature Circle
Introductory Hamlet activity
Begin Hamlet Act I

Thought of the day...
"In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." - George Orwell

What do you think Orwell is talking about?