Wed 4/30

Seniors
1. vocab warm up
2. passage response: (pages 135-137) A. gut reaction; B. What is Achebe's purpose with this passage? What does he want to show us? What is he trying to get us to think or believe?
3. review all events of last chapters
4. Write advice to Freshman proverb, due Friday: (examples: The unchanined gate swings wide and often. The guard who learns to trust the unchained inmate keeps the most secure prison. The thirsty dog is willing to drink muddy water. The snipers bullet is worth a thousand from an ordinary soldier.
5. HW: rea ch 18-21

Sophomores
CIM writing test

Tue 4/29

Seniors
1. vocab warm up
2. proverb gallery walk
3. semi-pop quiz
4. ch 11-13 questions in your notebook
5. HW: ch 14-17

Sophomores
1. vocab quiz
2. CIM writing test

Mon 4/28

Seniors
1. vocab quiz-- new words for Friday's quiz
2. semi-pop quiz for participation
3. quickwrite: tradition-- When are they good and when are they bad?
4. ch 8-10 questions
5. HW: complete proverb illustration for 10 points
6. HW: read ch 11-13

Sophomores
1. vocab review-- quiz tomorrow
2. review end of Act II with illustration on board
3. Begin reading Act III
4. HW: for Friday-- Act II journal, read Act III and do study questions in NB
Tomorrow: begin CIM testing

Fri 4/25

Seniors
1. vocab quiz
2. collect RD of commencement speech
3. semi-pop quiz
4. ch 4-7 questions
5. proverb illustration: due Tuesday
6. HW: read ch 8-10

Sophomores
1. vocab warm up
2. colons, dashes
3. finish Othello Act II
4. HW: grammar 4,5

Thur 4/24

Seniors
1. vocab warm up
2. semi pop quiz
3. quickwrite details of Ibo culture in NB
4. Okonkwo's character in NB
5. work on speech
6. HW: read ch 5-7

Sophomores
1. vocab warm up: quiz Tuesday
2. grammar: semicolon
3. Othello journal discussion
4. Othello 2.1
5. HW: complete 2.1 reading

Tue 4/22

Seniors
1. vocab warm up
2. advice to Freshman
3. proverbs
4. speech workshop
5. HW: read/highlight TFA background
6. HW: read TFA chapter 1-4
7. HW: vocab sentences for uncanny, delectable, esoteric, impenetrably, incipient

Sophomores
Choice book key passage analysis

Seniors
1. vocab warm up
2. Things Fall Apart anticipation questions: When we think of Africa, what do we think of? Is it okay for one culture to impose/share itself? Why or why not?
3. get books
4. speech workshop

Sophomores
1. vocab warm up
2. lit terms: dramatic irony, allusion, imagery, pun, double entendre
3. end of Act I
4. HW: essay journals by Thursday
5. HW: grammar 1-3 by Thursday

Fri 4/18

Seniors
1. Stranger test
2. defining your personal philosophy: answer three questions in NB
3. commencement speech assignment
4. share samples
5. HW: complete typed RD of speech by next Friday

Sophomores
1. vocab quiz
2. review Othello 1.2
3. Othello 1.3 plus choral reading
4. HW: complete reading of Othello 1.3
5. Tuesday: choice book key passage test

Thur 4/17

Seniors
1. finish Stranger questions
2. notes, review for test, Camus' afterword
3. take ethics survey: subjectivist, relativist, objectivist
4. HW: study for tomorrow's test

Sophomores
1. vocab warm up
2. key passage #2: finding details to help you come up with a theme
3. Othello lit terms: soliloquy, aside
4. review end of Othello 1.1
5. read aloud: Othello 1.2

Wed 4/16

Seniors
1. Sisyphus
2. Absurdism
3. ch 3 questions, review
4. HW: finish the book

Sophomores
1. vocab warm up
2. key passage review: moral vs. theme, lit terms, details
3. aloud: Othello 1.1-- finish for HW
4. HW: do practice key passage #2 on Cry, The Beloved Country in NB

Absurdism

Seniors, read this article on absurdism to better understand The Stranger. Leave a comment for participation. I'll have question for you about it tomorrow.

Tue 4/15

Seniors
1. existentialism-- film clip, background notes
2. answer questions in NB: part 2, chapters 1-2
3. HW: read chapter 3

Sophomores
1. vocab warm up
2. The lover, the girlfriend, the buddy: questions, graphic
3. read aloud: Othello 1.1
4. HW: key passage practice: What theme is being expressed or developed in the passage? (one sentence); Explain how the details of the passage develop or express that theme.

Mon 4/14

Seniors
1. grades for 3rd quarter
2. complete part one question in NB
3. review episodes of part 1
4. HW: read chapter 1,2 of part 2
5. comprehension test on Friday!

Sophomores
1. grades for 3rd quarter
2. line tossing improvs
3. Lover, Girlfriend, Buddy improvs
4. HW: finish choice book if you have not done so already

Thur 4/10

Seniors
1. comics-- Why am I here? What is the meaning of life?
2. wrap up philosophy notes: epstimology, metaphysics, logic, ethics, etc.
3. discuss Stranger ch 1
4. HW: read Stranger to page 59

Sophomores
1. Bardology 101: What do you know about Shakespeare's time?
2. slide show
3. line tossing

This one is for Dylan

Check out this article on spelling differences between American and British English.

This one is for Patrick

This is from Wiki:

Theater is the prevailing American spelling and is used by America's national theater as well as major American newspapers such as the New York Times (theater section) to refer to both the dramatic arts as well as to buildings where performances take place; yet theatre is also current, witness Broadway and The New Yorker. Some places in the United States have "Centre" in their names (i.e. Rockville Centre, New York), named both before and after spelling reform, and there are very occasional uses of "Center" in England [3]). For British accoutre(ment), US practice varies: Merriam-Webster favours the -re spelling,^[31] American Heritage the -er spelling.^[32]

Wed 4/9

Seniors
1. card game-- What's your philosphy?
2. continue philosophy reading
3. complete ch 1 NB questions for The Stranger
4. read chapter 2 and 3 for HW

Sophomores
1. vocab warm up
2. grammar pre-test
3. bardology 101: What do we know about Shakespeare, the man? What do we know about Shakepseare's theater?

Shakespeare authorship controversy

Click here to read the wiki article on the authorship controversy. Read all or part of it and return here and leave a comment for participation.

Tue 4/8

Seniors
1. turn in essay
2. finish film
3. get The Stranger
4. philosophy quickwrite #1
5. World Book notes on philosophy
6. HW: read chapter 1 of The Stranger

Sophomores
complete on demand essay for Cry, The Beloved Country

Mon 4/7

Seniors
1. turnitin.com
2. finish film
3. FD of essay due tomorrow

Sophomores
1. review essays
2. finish film
3. list choice books
4. essay test instructions: pre-write and outline
5. notebooks scored tomorrow

Fri 4/4

Seniors
1. essay peer review-- FD due Tuesday
2. film

Sophomores
1. vocab quiz
2. last three questions of Book III
3. film

Thur 4/3

Seniors
essay workshop--RD due tomorrow

Sophomores
1. vocab warm up
2. begin film

Wed 4/2

Seniors
essay workshop day

Sophomores
1. vocab warm up
2. Book III, first three questions
3. HW: finish book for tomorrow

Tue 4/1

Seniors
1. All Quiet test
2. check thesis RD, discuss possible thesis statements
3. sample Huck Finn essay
4. HW: outline (complete first three questions)

Sophomores
1. vocab warm up
2. review chapter questions: 23, 26, 29
3. HW: read to page 280