Holiday Break....

What great independent reading and inspired by place projects. I will be posting some of them later in the break, so stay tuned. See you on the 5th! Enjoy your holiday.

Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Early Release Day!!

Period 1:
Finish Independent Reading Presentations
Viewing Hamlet

Period 2:
Reading Tartuffe

Period 6:
Finish Hamlet

Thought for the day...
Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home.
- Edith Sitwell

Have a fantastic break & see you in 2009.

Monday, December 22, 2008

Snow Delay....

Period 1:
Introduce Ethan Frome
Weston & Tayler presented independent reading projects
Recommend to all readers: The Last Treasure and My Sister's Keeper
Viewing Hamlet

Period 2: Canceled due to delay...
On your own: read Tartuffe & work on literary immersion project

Period 6:
Finish Hamlet Act IV, and begin Act V
Understanding Hamlet's Character


Section C: Hamlet's Character. Standard Deviants. 2001.
Discovery Education. 22 October 2008


Thought for the day...
Every day holds the possibility of a miracle.
- Elizabeth David

Friday, December 19, 2008

Period 1:
Final vocabulary quiz
Independent reading project
Finish Hamlet
Begin viewing film - discussion of differences

Period 2:
Final vocabulary quiz
Literary immersion project
Tartuffe

Period 6:
Final vocabulary quiz
Independent reading project
Finish Hamlet Act III, and begin Act IV

Thought for the day...
Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.
— Dr. Seuss

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."

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Period 1:
Review vocabulary
Reading Hamlet Act IV
Independent reading

Period 2:
Review vocabulary
Finish tests, make-ups & work on Community Project

Period 6:
Review vocabulary
Ophelia & Hamlet "Get thee to a nunnery"

Thought for the day...
I show up. I listen. I try to laugh.
- Anna Quindlen, A SHORT GUIDE TO A HAPPY LIFE

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