Friday, October 17, 2008

Period 1:
Vocabulary Quiz
Discuss Reading
Work on presentation - PRESENTATIONS WILL BE TUESDAY (you will have NO TIME on Monday to work on it)

Period 2:
Vocabulary Quiz
Act I Presentations:
Hamlet



King Lear




Develop character charts - themes - etc.
Begin work on Act II

Period 6:
Vocabulary Quiz
Review Postcolonial Literature - TEST on Monday!

Thought for the day....
Happiness isn't something you experience; it's something you remember.
— Oscar Levant

Thursday, October 16, 2008

Period 1:
Presented current events
Discussed major characters and the beginning of the Iraqi conflict, including the challenge of identifying the enemy
Worked on memorial project, phase 1

Period 2:
Presented current events
Discussed why Shakespeare wrote limited stage directions and gave little information on scenes
Looked at the difference between Arthur Miller and Shakespeare in the stage direction
Worked on Shakespeare project

Period 6:
Present current events
Quiz on Chapters 20-23
Discussion on Mr. Brown vs. Mr. Smith
Role play if time allows

Thought for the day...
"The best artists know what to leave out."
Charles de Lint
Why is it important to think about what is left out? Why shouldn't everything be included?

October 15, 2008

Period 1:
Review vocabulary
Introduce and begin war/memorial project
Quiz on Sunrise over Fallujah

Period 2:
Review vocabulary
Quick review of Shakespeare's hierarchy
Work on Shakespeare projecthttp://www.blogger.com/img/gl.link.gif
Collected journals

Period 6:
Review vocabulary
Discuss Things Fall Apart


Thought for the day...
I would not waste my life in friction when it could be turned into momentum.
— Frances Willard

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Period 1:
Finish "Rights" Presentations
Introduce Iraq conflict and review other historical conflicts
Character logs

Period 2:
Discuss Shakespeare Project & Community Project
Brief introduction to iambic pentameter
Shakespeare Project groups

As promised: here are some great links for your plays...

King Lear

Hamlet

Dr. Friedlander really enjoys Shakespeare (even more than Mrs. Tyler) and he offers a lot of insight, history, etc. into the works. You may want to post other valuable links for your group members. To post a comment, all you need to do is click on comments (at the bottom of this posting) and add your comment. You will need to select Name/URL and please put your first name. You can leave the URL line blank. I will NOT post anonymous postings.


Period 6:
Things Fall Apart Quiz
Begin character assessment
Continue to get familiar in the village - playing with commands

Thought for the day...
"A government that is big enough to give you all you want is big enough to take it all away."
Barry Goldwater

Friday, October 10, 2008

Period 1:
Vocabulary Quiz
Discuss "Ego"
Presentations

Period 2:
Vocabulary Quiz
Persepolis Jeopardy
Present Memoirs
Introduce Shakespeare Project

Period 6:
Vocabulary Quiz
Discuss Things Fall Apart - Impact of the mother
Visit the village of Umuofia

Thought for the day...
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, his acts being seven ages.
William Shakespeare

Thursday, October 9, 2008

Period 1:
Present Current Events
Work on presentation

Period 2:
Present Current Events
Passage/Image discussion
Work on memoirs

Period 6:
Present Current Events
Part One Quiz
Discuss Things Fall Apart
Visit Umuofia

Thought for the day...
"All men who have turned out worth anything have had the chief hand in their own education." - Sir Walter Scott

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Period 1:
Review Vocabulary
Work on issue research and presentations

Period 2:
Review Vocabulary
Work on memoir project
Discuss book


Period 6:
Essay Conferences
Review Vocabulary

Read Achebe's views on Conrad. Do you agree with Professor Webb's position? With Achebe? What is your take on this?

Publish your proofread thoughts to the blog.

Thought for the day...
Abraham Joshua Heschel - "Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge."