Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Summer reading books are now available in the library! Don't leave for the summer without picking up your book.

Period 1: Viewing Almereyda's Hamlet

Period 2: Continue viewing Almereyda's Hamlet

Period 3: Our Town Work

Period 5: Portfolio Work

Thought for the day...
"We know what we are, but know not what we may be. " - Shakespeare

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

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, June 9, 2008

Congratulations Class of 2008!

This is FINALS week!

SPEECH:
Today you will perform your "15 word" plays today
--- Be working on your final! ---

ESSAY WRITING:
Final Portfolios are due tomorrow

Quote of the day...
"You must have been warned against letting the golden hours slip by; but some of them are golden only because we let them slip by."
James M. Barrie

What does Barrie mean by this? What does it mean to you? What are your "golden hours"?

Thursday, June 5, 2008

Today seniors have marching practice from 10-11 & from 2-3.

Class night is at 7pm tonight.

Period 3:
Work on 15-random word plays

Period 5:
Work on Portfolios

Quote of the day...
"Caring for but never trying to own may be a further way to define friendship."
William Glasser

How do you care for your friendships?

June 4, 2008

Period 1:
Viewing "All My Sons"

Period 3:
Working on your "word" plays

Period 5:
Work on Portfolio

Period 6:
Viewing "1984"

Quote of the day...
Clarence Day - "We must make the best of those ills which cannot be avoided."

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

FINALS DAY FOR SENIORS!!
Faculty vs. student softball tonight at 5!

Period 1:
English 12 Final

Period 3:
Last "Meaning in the Music" presentation
Impromptu speaking & debate topics

Period 5:
Work on Portfolios

Period 6:
English 12CP Final

Quote of the day...
"In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure." - Bill Cosby

Monday, June 2, 2008

It's the LAST week of high school for seniors!!!

Period 1:
Review for final

Period 3:
Finish Message in the Music speeches

Period 5:
Writing prompt
Work on portfolios - due Tuesday

Period 6:
No class - Marching Practice
STUDY FOR FINAL

Quote of the day...
"We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future."
-George Bernard Shaw

How does this quote relate to you?

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Period 1:
Review Persepolis Quiz & Reading
Work on Memoirs

Period 3:
Finish Infomercials

Period 5:
Work on Portfolio pieces

Period 6:
Hamlet Test
Review Vocabulary
Discuss 1984 - Questions from yesterday


Quote of the day...
Peter Drucker - "The best way to predict the future is to create it."
How does this quote apply to you?

Monday, May 19, 2008

Period 1:
Persepolis Quiz
Work on Memoir Project

Period 3:
Infomercials

Period 5:
Work on first lines/introductions
Prep for portfolios

Period 6:
Discuss 1984
Finish Hamlet

Quote of the day...
HG Wells - "If you fell down yesterday, stand up today."

Friday, May 16, 2008

Period 1:
Vocabulary Quiz
Discuss Persepolis
Memoir Work

Period 3:
Work on Infomercials

Period 5:
Peer Review
Begin Portfolio Selections

Period 6:
Vocabulary Quiz
Hamlet Act V
Begin work on Character Dossier
Discuss 1984

Quote of the day...
"Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes."
-Oscar Wilde

Thursday, May 1, 2008

Yeah, it's May!!!

For seniors: I do have some extra copies of your marching & graduation activity schedule. Please let me know if you would like one.

Period 1:
Present Current Events
"To be or not to be" - acting and video critique

Period 3:
Work on Persuasive Speeches - they start Monday

Period 5:
Yeah - we get to meet today!! :)
Writing prompt
Revisiting portfolio piece


Period 6:
Present Current Events
Begin Hamlet, Act I
Vocabulary Review


The quote of the day comes from my buddy, Will (Shakespeare) - and straight from the text of Hamlet...

"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... "

What do you think in regards to your life? How is life like a stage? How are you like an actor (or actress if you prefer)?