Wednesday April 27 and Thursday April 28 & The WEEKEND

2D1

-finished reading chapter 1 of To Kill A Mockingbird

-reading log and quiz dates given

Quiz 1 - Fri May 6 (chs 1-11)

Quiz 2 - Fri May 20 (chs 12-31, but some stuff from first part as well)

-expectation at the academic level that they read and make notes on this novel on their own

Thursday

-read Mockingbird or work on Macbeth IV.iii

Weekend Homework

-read Mockingbird or work on Macbeth IV.iii

EMS

-continued viewing Truman

-note on symbols from the movie

Thursday

-complete final assignment on War of the Worlds

-assignment is posted below 

War of the Worlds Final Assignment

Hello peeps,

Click on the link below and answer the questions in the space provided on the handout.

Please submit upon completion.

Cheers.

War of the Worlds and A History of Hoaxes

candid camera

American Family

That's Incredible

Cops

Absurd

Complex

real world

rat vs snake

Thursday Apr 21 and Friday Apr 22

2D1

Thursday
-read III.iii
-note on Themes of Macbeth - if you are away make sure you copy or photocopy it from a friend 

Friday
-read III.iv
-overview of III.vi
-watch Act III

Weekend Homework
-answer questions for III.iv, read III,vi and answer questions
**remember to use the parallel text if you need to (link is on the blog) and remember the speakers in III.vi are being sarcastic (using verbal irony), they are beginning to suspect Macbeth is responsible for the murders and strange happenings

Monday
-IV.i
-bring To Kill a Mockingbird tomorrow

Tuesday and Wednesday
-Intro to To Kill a Mockingbird, read chapter 1

Thursday
-Macbeth trip

EMS

Thursday
-listen to remaining part of War of the Worlds
-listening quiz

Friday
-listening quiz returned
-note on verisimilitude
-watch exert of The Night America Panicked 

Mon April 18 - Wed April 20

2D1
-paragraph peer editing, lots of reminders given
**paragraphs due Tuesday or Wednesday (will be marked as late on Thursday)
-correction of Act I quotes

Tuesday
-Act II quotes - practice and take up

Wednesday
-Act III, scenes 1 and 2

EMS
-Hoop Dreams in class writing assignments returned
-Mermaids worksheet - what was real and what wasn't?
-intro to War of the Worlds

Tuesday
-note on verisimilitude
-part 1 of War of the Worlds

Wednesday
-part 2 of War of the Worlds
-listening test (on both parts so take good notes)

EMS

Read me after Mermaids!

NYT Article on War of the Worlds

Wiki War of the Worlds

Wiki Orson Welles

People wouldn't be dumb enough to fall for it 30 years later, would they?  Especially not Buffaloans

intro

radio version

night america panicked

Monday April 11- Thursday April 14

2D1
Monday
-read and answer questions for Act II, scene iv
-watch Act II

Homework
-complete dramatic worksheet for Act II and study for quiz

Tuesday
-quiz
-introduction to Macbeth writing assignment

Wednesday
-how to incorporate quotes
-brainstorming and planning for writing assignment

Thursday
-how to analyse Shakespearean quotes (important for the final test)

Weekend Homework
-work on analyzing quotes from Act I
-write paragraph, rough copy due Monday!!!!

EMS
Monday
-hand back and take up article analysis, web quest and test
-info for tomorrow's in class writing assignment

Tuesday
-in class writing assignment
-documentary #2

Wednesday 
-documentary #2

Thursday
-discussion of documentary #2

Macbeth Quiz Outline for Tuesday

Part A - Matching - Match a character with a thing they say or do
Part B - Multiple Choice
Part C - Fill Ins

Things to Study:
Act I and II
Powerpoint Presentation Notes
Soliloquy and Aside
Shakespeare Terms (Matching sheet)

Thursday and Friday

2D1
Thursday
-Act II, scene 2 of Macbeth and questions

Friday
-Act II, scene 3 of Macbeth and questions

Weekend Homework
-review for quiz

**quiz on Act I, Act II and PPT on Macbeth (probably Tuesday)

EMS
Thursday
-Hoop Dreams (review for writing assignment)

Friday
-Webquest Assignment (in class)

Weekend Homework
-review for writing assignment

**multi paragraph writing assignment on Hoop Dreams next week (probably Tuesday or Wednesday)

Hoop Dreams

Director at TIFF

siskel and ebert

indie talks

siskel and ebert 2

Monday April 4 - Wednesday April 6

2D1

-review of scenes 5 and 6
-read scene 7

Homework 
-make sure all Act I questions are complete for Macbeth

Tuesday
-watched Act I
-began working on Act I review - Dramatic Worksheet handout

No homework - will finish the handout tomorrow

Wednesday
-start Act II
-trip forms handed out

3C1

-finished documentary - Hoop Dreams
-worked on questions for Senior Year
-gave test outline (TEST IS ON WEDNESDAY)

Tuesday
-group work - complete question sheet, themes worksheet
-review for test

Wednesday 
-test