Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Wednesday Dec 21 - Friday December 23

4U1
Meet in the library
Explanation of wikipages critical appraches assignment

Homework
Finish Act 3, 4 questions

Thursday
Take up Act 3,4
Read beginning of Act 4

Over the Break You Have 3 Jobs
1.  Work on ISU Essay
2.  Read Act 4 - answer 1 question per scene
3.  Work on wikipage (remember - you have contact info for each of your group members

After the Break
Watch Hamlet
Correct Act 4
Read Act 5
ISU Due
Critical Approaches Seminars (Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of the last week)

3C1
Note on chapter 6
Video of West Side Story up to the fight scene

Thursday
Finish chapter 6 note
Read Chapter 7

Over the Break you have 1 Job
Read chapter 8 and 9 and answer the questions

After the Break
Correct chapters 8 and 9
Read Ch 10
Themes/Responsibility
Quiz on chapters 3-10 of West Side Story
2 Culminating Activities




Monday, December 19, 2011

Monday Dec 19

4U1
Worked on mind map
Read act iii, scene i
Homework
Study for the quiz, read act iii, scene ii and answer the questions

Tuesday
Quiz
ISU Essay info
Correct iii, ii

3C1
Corrected ch 5
Read opening to ch 6

Tuesday
Finish ch 6, video

Thursday, December 15, 2011

Thursday Dec 15

Back to the blog after a little hiatus

4U1
-read Act II, scene i and ii of Hamlet
-finish reading up to approx. line 390 (enter Polonius)
-I know, its a gigantic scene - but the last scene of the Act

Friday
-finish Act II
-mindmap

3C1
-read first part of Chapter 5

Friday
-movie

Over the Weekend
-finish chapter 5 and complete the question sheet

Thursday, December 1, 2011

Thursday December 1

When the weather outside is frightful...but inside is so delightful.
It's December!

4U1
-Wednesday - read and answer questions for Act 2, scenes 3, 4 and 5

-Thursday - scenes 6,7

-Friday - scenes 8, 9 (on the weekend review questions/notes)

-Monday - review

-Tuesday - in class essay test

3C1
-Wendesday - West Side Story vocabulary and chapter 1

-Thursday - continue with chapter 1

-Friday - finish chapter 1, complete question sheet on Act 1 for homework

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Tuesday Nov 29

4U1
For homework
-finish quote (spotting) sheet
-finish reading Act 2, scene 1 and the questions

Tomorrow
-we are getting through Act 2 scenes 2,3,4,5; get ready to read

3C1
-wrote R and J test

Tomorrow
-hand in research web quest on West Side Story
-begin the novel

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Wednesday Nov 23- Tuesday Nov 29

4U1
-work on your poetry analytical essay for homework (rough copy due Monday)
-correct Act 1, scene 4
-read scenes  5 and 6, homework is to read chapter 7

Thursday
-read and answer Act 1, scene 6

Friday
-work period:  on A Man For All Seasons Act 1, scene 7 (do the questions) or essay

Monday
-peer edit poetry essay; continue with AMFAS

3C1
-finished Romeo and Juliet (Act 5, scene 3)

Thursday
-watch video, work on questions for Act 5, scene 3, test outline

Friday
-work on review

Monday
-research report assignment

Tuesday
-test - bring pencil (mostly scantron)


Thursday, November 17, 2011

Thursday Nov 17

4U1
-finished the intro to A Man For All Seasons

Over the Weekend
-pick your play for your ISU and get reading

Monday
-start reading AMFAS; poetry essay outline

3C1
-worked with primary documents regarding marriage for Shakespeare's time
Maybe the parents in Romeo and Juliet weren't so mean after all!

Monday
-video for Act 4, correct 4,5