Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Period 1:
Finish All My Sons
Discuss public responsibility vs personal responsibility
Begin review for final

Period 2:
Discuss The Stranger
Which is worse?
Work on hero presentation

Period 3:
Our Town

Period 5:
Portfolio & Anthology work

Thought for the day...
"We are wiser than we know." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Monday, May 4, 2009

Period 1:
Hamlet Act I quiz
Charting the emotions of Hamlet & other characters
Reading Scene 2

Period 2 (shortened due to advisories):
Finish Act I of Hamlet and begin Act II
Understanding Hamlet's emotional state
Literature circles

Period 3:
Work on Our Town - Thank you, to Alice & family for hosting us!

Period 5:
Writing prompt: "Your plane crashes..."
Share/Respond
Workshop

Thought for the day...
Each man is a hero and an oracle to somebody.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Monday, March 16, 2009

What a busy weekend! I attended the NH Young Writer's Conference and spent a lot of time talking about writing and following our passions. There were some great published writers and we all were able to read student work of aspiring writers. If you are interested in writing, see me to talk about attending next year!

Period 1:
Quick check-in & quiz
Guest speaker from the NH Major Crimes Unit and Investigation team

Period 2:
American Born Chinese
Exploring cultural and societal myths
The myths that sustain us

Period 3:
Our Town: continue reading and determining characterization

Period 5:
We will respond to a prompt & share our writing today.
How feedback will change...
Deadlines for March discussion

Thought for the day...
"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

ELECTION DAY! Make your voice heard & vote!

Period 1:
Review for Sunrise Test

Period 2:
Work on Shakespeare Project
Student Soliloquies:
King Lear, Act I, Scene 2
Edmund discussing his legitimacy

King Lear, Act II, Scene 3
Edgar's decision to become "Poor Tom"


Hamlet Act I, Scene 2
Hamlet reflecting on his father's death, his mother's hasty remarriage and his own mortality



Period 6:
Three Cups of Tea Quiz
Work on Kindness Project
Finish conferences

Thoughts for the day...
Those who stay away from the election think that one vote will do no good: ’Tis one step more to think one vote will do no harm.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country. "
John F. Kennedy

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Period 1:
Present Individual Reading Project
Begin Hamlet Act I

Period 3:
Work on individual debate topics - Research & prepare argument

Period 5:
Work on research essay draft

Period 6:
Present All Quiet diaries
Quiz
Review vocabulary
If time permits, Shakespeare research

Today's thought to ponder...
"Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding."
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Consider this quote and why we study world literature. How do they relate? (HINT: you may see this quote and question at a future date...)