Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Period 1:
Review vocabulary
Animal Farm reading quiz & discussion
Understanding types of government & reviewing Animal Farm research
Introduction to propaganda

Period 2:
No class due to NEAP testing
Good luck seniors!

Period 3:
Directorial decisions in Rear Window
Share thoughts on the Sentinel

Period 5:
Learning about and beginning sestinas

Thought for the day...
"Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure." - George Edward Woodberry

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."

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