Thursday, December 18, 2008

Period 1: Shortened due to advisories...
Present current events
Read Act V of Hamlet... what a sight Fortinbras is going to see!

Period 2:
Present current events
Read Tartuffe
Thoughtcrime

Period 6:
Present current events
Finish Hamlet Act III, begin Act IV
Independent reading

Thought for the day...
Michelangelo - "Genius is eternal patience."

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Period 1:
Hamlet Quiz on Acts I, II, & III (through scene 2)
Finished Act III
Independent reading time

Period 2:
1984 & Catch 22 test
Thoughtcrime
Literary immersion project begins

Period 6:
Hamlet Act II and III
Independent reading

Thought for the day...
There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power.
- Washington Irving

Thursday, December 11, 2008

Period 1:
Present current events
Finish Hamlet Act 3, Scene 2
Comparing versions of Hamlet
Independent reading

Period 2:
Present current events
Discuss Room 101
Begin Tartuffe
Thoughtcrime Game continues

Period 6:
Present current events
Finish Hamlet Act I, begin Act II
Thoughtcrime Game continues
Independent reading

Thought for the day...
The more you can dream, the more you can do. - Michael Korda

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

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Period 1:
Reading Hamlet Act 2
Independent Reading Project

Period 2:
Discuss/review 1984
Thoughtcrime Intro Day 1

Period 6:
Reading Hamlet Act 1
Thoughtcrime Intro Day 1

Thought for the day...
Never say never, for if you live long enough, chances are you will not be able to abide by its restrictions. Never is a long, undependable time, and life is too full of rich possibilities to have restrictions placed upon it.
- Gloria Swanson