Thursday, November 30, 2017

Weekend Homework, Dec 1

3C1

-start studying for Wednesday's test on Romeo and Juliet
-complete 5,3 questions
-read over all your Act questions from 1-5

-on Monday and Tuesday you can work on your official review (timeline/character chart), or you can start it this weekend if you wish

**essays were due today (Thursday) - please complete and submit on Monday if you did not hand it in Thursday


4U1

Hamlet
-complete I.ii questions
-read and complete questions for I.iii


Tuesday, November 28, 2017

Intro to Hamlet

Scroll down to the ghost entry and see what it means to dream of certain ghosts.  Remember, Freud says dreams are a gateway to your subconscious desires, your personality and pathology (what ails you). while Mercutio, from Romeo and Juliet, says dreams are meaningless. Take your pick:

Scroll to ghosts


Take a few minutes to scroll through the wide worls of the Internet to see if you can find three (3) reasons why ghosts appear to humans. Answers can range from earthly to philosophical—if that makes sense. 


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Monday, November 27, 2017

Next 3 weeks for 4U1

Monday 
-intro PPT to Hamlet

Tuesday-Thursday
-Act I 

Monday Dec 4 - Wednesday Dec 13
-Act II and III
**there will be a test after Act III

Thursday Dec 14
-in library for ISU seminar introduction

Friday Dec 15
-Hamlet work period

Monday Dec 18
-work period for ISU in library

Wed Dec 20
-last day for essay selection

Thursday Dec 21
-outline for Christmas Break expectations




Next Two Weeks For 3C1

Tuesday
-finish Act 4, watch Act 4

Wednesday
-Act 5, scenes 1 and 2
(essay due)

Thursday
-Act 5, scenes 3
-review (work on over the weekend)
(essay due)

Monday and Tuesday
-watch and review

Wednesday Dec 6
-test

Thursday
-in library 
-in class research report West Side Story

Friday - until exams
-West Side Story
-there will be 2 quizzes (after chapter 2 and 10)

Thursday, November 16, 2017

3C1 Syllabus Until West Side Story

Friday
-listening quiz

Mon Nov 20
-essay outline/guidelines/topics

Tues Nov 21
Act 4, scenes 1-3

Wed Nov 22
Act 4, scene 4-5

Thurs Nov 23
-watch Act 4
-essay work time

Fri Nov 24
-peer edit essay

Mon Nov 27
-Act 5, scenes 1-2

Tues Nov 28
-Act 5, scene 3

Wed  Nov 29
-watch Leo version
-work on review

Thurs Nov 30
-watch Leo version
-work on review

Fri Dec 1
-pd 

Mon Dec 4
-test

Tues Dec 5
-begin West Side Story

Tuesday, November 14, 2017

4U1 Syllabus until Hamlet

Wed Nov 15
-AMFAS, scenes 7, 8 & 9

Thurs Nov 16
-poetry quiz
-poetry eras work time

Fri Nov 17
-buyout, but also poetry eras work period in library.  
This was planned and booked far before the buyout was announced so to make up for the fact most will be away on Friday I will give you some time on Thursday after the quiz

Mon Nov 20
-poetry eras work period (final touches and presentation reminders)

Tues Nov 21
-AMFAS in class essay (4 paragraphs)

Wed Nov 22
-pres 1 & 2

Thurs Nov 23
-pres 3 & 4

Fri Nov 24
-pres 5 & 6

Mon Nov 27
-begin Hamlet

-there will be a test after Act 3, a writing assignment (in class) and your ISU is based on Hamlet


Monday, November 13, 2017

Week of Monday Nov 13

3C1

Monday
-note on theme part 1
-Act 3, scene 1

Tuesday
-note on theme part 2
-work on 3,1 questions
-note on 3,1

Wed
-read 3,2 and 3,3 and complete answers

Thursday
3.4 and 3,5

Friday 
-listening quiz

Next Week
-essay 

4U1

Monday
-in library for poetry eras assignment

Tuesday
-finish "puce fairy book"

Wed
-AMFAS

Thurs
-poetry quiz 

Friday

-poetry eras work period

Next Week
-AMFAS in class writing task
-poetry eras presentations
-Tues, Wed and Thurs 


Friday, November 10, 2017

Weekend Homework, Fri Nov 10

3C1
-we wrote our Act 1 and 2 R&J quiz on Friday, so just make sure you are all caught up on your Act 1 and 2 questions (the handouts)

4U1
-we wrote our AMFAS second quiz on Thursday, so review the three poems we have studied as you will have a quiz on them after we finish the fourth "puce fairy book"
-poetry eras assignment (group work) will be handed out on Monday, don't forget to meet in the library on Monday 

Tuesday, November 7, 2017

Psychanalytical Approach

Week of Nov 6

3C1

Monday
-Act 2, scenes 3 and 4
-Irony in scenes 1 and 2

Tuesday
-Irony in scenes 3 and 4
-read scenes 5 and 6

Wednesday
-quiz outline
-watch act 2

Thursday
-review period

Friday
quiz

4U1

Monday
-final thoughts on Act 1 of AMFAS
-read and watch "Porphyria's Lover"
-4 questions - for homework
-editorials returned and explained

Tuesday
-psychoanalytical apporach
-finish analysis of "Porphyria's Lover"

Wednesday
-review AMFAS Act 2 period
-finish the moie
-worksheets

Thursday
-quiz on Act 2 of AMFAS 
-"Puce Fairy Book"

Friday
-"Puce Fairy Book"
-poetry eras assignment explained

Monday - library research period for poetry eras & Friday

Monday, November 6, 2017

4U1 Monday

porphyria's lover


"Porphyria's Lover" Questions

1. Identify the speaker, the silent listener and the critical moment in the speaker's life.

2.  What imagery establishes the setting at the outset of the poem?  What mood does it create?  How is pathetic fallacy created with this imagery?

3.  How is Porphyria portrayed at the beginning of the poem?  She is active, he is passive. Explain.  Use specific quotes!

4.  After he strangles her, he is in control and the active/passive dynamic changes.  Explain the reversal of situation.  Use specific quotes!

Thursday, November 2, 2017

Weekend Homework Nov 3-5

3C1

First half of course is complete:

6 evaluations completed, 6 to go, plus 2 culminatings and the exam.

-all visual assignments have been marked and returned

Homework: make sure all questions up to Act 2, scene 2 have been completed

**Quiz next week on Romeo and Juliet after finishing Act 2 (probably Friday November 10)


4U1

Editorials will be returned Monday.

We are perfectly on track to start Hamlet by the end of November:)

AMFAS quiz 1 corrected and returned.

Two poems are complete - "To His Coy Mistress" and "My Last Duchess" - review your notes/questions on them. Two more poems next week then a quiz.  This will be followed by a poetry group assignment.

Read Act 2 of AMFAS and complete questions and make notes.  Test on Act 2 will be on Thursday Nov 9.  That will be followed by an in class writing assignment, during the week of November 13.