Monday, June 8, 2009

Last Week(s) of Classes!!!

Congratulations everyone!
Go Sophomores!!!
Monday 6/8:
  • TEST If you are absent, you must see me during a study by the close of school on Wednesday.
  • Notebooks are due.
Tuesday 6/9 and Wednesday 6/10:
  • We will begin reviewing for the final.
  • You will be creating your own Jeopardy game (20 questions)
  • You will have to create questions based on the point criteria (the handout will explain all of this).
  • Assign tasks and complete equal work
  • Give yourself homework on Tues and Wed so you can finish your questions in time.
  • This will help you study for finals!!!
Thusday 6/11and Friday 6/12:
  • JEOPARDY!
  • I know some of you have to go to a French Assembly and that is fine but you are missing out on the most intense Jeopardy game of your LIFE!
  • On Thursday you will play with a group, Friday you will find another group (so you can at least study three terms in class).
  • Losers will dance (with costumes)
Monday 6/15 to Friday 6/19:
  • FINALS!
  • During the time in between finals, I am open to suggestions. We can use the time to study, we can play games (Ask my b-ball team about Catch Phrase...) or we can watch a movie, or anything else you might do.
Last week of school:
  • Anyone interested in coming in during the last week of school, I can use some help cleaning my room. I know it is an extremely exciting proposition, but I will give you community service hours and maybe some food...Let me know so I can prepare.

Thursday, May 28, 2009

Syllabus June 1st to June 5th

Monday
In class:
MA Book II: Study Questions (this was supposed to be HW, but we are going to do it in class today instead).

HOMEWORK:
Due tomorrow: MA Book II: Study Questions (handout)
Due tomorrow: MA Book III: Study/response questions on Blog
Due Thursday: Finish reading MA. You will have class work based on your reading. QUIZ GRADE!


Tuesday
In class:
DUE: Book II class work AND Book III questions
Animal Farm Power point: symbols, satires and modern connections
HOMEWORK:
Due Tomorrow: none


Wednesday
In class:
Due: nothing :)
Animal Farm Power point: symbols, satires and modern connections
HOMEWORK:
Due tomorrow: Finish reading MA. You will have class work based on your reading. QUIZ GRADE!


Thursday
In class:
DUE: Finish reading MA.
You will have class work: Essay
HOMEWORK:
Due tomorrow: nothing


Friday
In class:
DUE: none
Notes on MA, reviewing the novel as a whole
HOMEWORK:
Due Monday: TEST: ALL MATERIALS.
Due Monday: Organize your notebook and bring it to class. Hint Hint.
Due Tuesday: Bring Table of Contents section for ALL TERMS. We will begin reviewing.

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

My Antonia: Book II and Book III

BOOK II: Chapters 10 to 15

  • What is a hired girl? Why might the townspeople dislike them? Why might an immigrant or a foreginer be disliked? Compare/contrast the Harlings' and the Cutters' home life. How do the gendar roles differ between Mr. and Mrs. Harling and Mr. and Mrs. Cutter?
  • Jim's commencement address to Antonia focuses on nostalgia and emotional success after the death of Antonia's father. What is emotional success? Why do you think that the event was an emotional success for Jim Burden? How do the feelings of Nostaligia affect the characters of Jim and Antonia? Their relationship with eachother? Is memory a reliable source of the past? How do memories mold and shape us?

BOOK III: All chapters (due Tuesday 6/2)

  • A whole book in the novel is dedicated to Lena Lingard yet the book is titled My Antonia. Is My Antonia a book about Antonia? Why or why not? What might the author's intentions be dedicating a book to Lena Lingard?
  • What two quotations from Virgil arrest Jims attention? How do these words give some insight into what Cather has done in My Antonia?
  • How has Lena changed? Why does Jim find her interesting? What are her failings as a dressmaker? Why do her customers forgive her for them? Why does she care nto to get married? What does all of this indicate about her character?

Syllabus: May 25 to May 29

COME TO CLASS PREPARED!!!!


Bring your LIT BOOK and MY ANTONIA to class!!!

We are reading BOTH! Be prepared!


Monday
NO SCHOOL.

Tuesday
In class:
If you were absent on the day of the quiz, you MUST see me during a study or after school on TUESDAY in order to get credit. If you have any other problems, speak to me prior to this.
DUE: Ch 6 and 7 in Animal Farm
Begin Ch 8 and 9 and answer “Interpreting Meanings” # 6 to 14 on pg 850.
Finish for homework
HOMEWORK:
Due Tomorrow: MA: Book II: chapters 1 to 9, questions on the blog
Due Thursday: Read AF ch 10 and complete # 1 to 13 on page 855
Due Friday: MA Book II: ch 10 to 15 and response question on the blog.

Wednesday
In class:
Due: MA: Book II: chapters 1 to 9, questions on the blog
Review Animal Farm ch 8 and 9
HOMEWORK:
Due tomorrow: Read ch 10. and complete the study questions
Due Friday: MA Book II: ch 10 to 15 and response question on the blog.

Thursday
In class:
DUE: Animal Farm: ch 10:Facts/interpreting meanings
The Novel as a whole
Plot structure, theme, satire, intent, etc.
HOMEWORK:
Due tomorrow: MA Book II: ch 10 to 15 and response question on the blog.

Friday
In class:
DUE: MA Book II: ch 10 to 15 and response question on the blog.
QUIZ: Animal Farm ALL chapters.
HOMEWORK:
If you were absent on the day of the quiz, you MUST see me during a study or after school on MONDAY in order to get credit. If you have any other problems, speak to me prior to this.
Due Monday: MA Book II: Study Questions (handout)
Due Tuesday: MA Book III: Study/response questions on Blog

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

My Antonia: Book II, Ch 1 to 9

DUE: WEDNESDAY

Book II: The Hired Girls

As Jim's grandparents age, the Burdens move to the city of Black Hawk to escape the hardships of the farm and country life. The Burdens make an arrangement to bring Antonia to Black Hawk as hired help of the Harlings, who live next door. This arrangements allows Antonia to escape the hardship on the farm, the lowly expectations of her family, and to develop skills in housework. These chapters are filled with happiness and comfort and the reader can experience the relationship between Jim and Antonia.

  • My Antonia focuses on the right thing to do. Antonia does what the Burdens feel is proper and right. How would the voice of these chapters change if Antonia were writing the novel instead and instead of Jim? It is also a novel where numerous characters appear and disappear. In the midst of chapters of contentment, how do the appearance and disappearance of characters ling to the characters joy and grief?

Lena Lingard, the beautiful daughter of Norwegian immigrants, moves from the country to Black Hawk and visits Antonia and the Harlings. Lena has been hired to assist in dressmaking. Many Stories surround Lena concerning her immoral and promiscuous nature. These chapters of MA are the climax of joy: dancing, music, parties, stories of visitors all inhabit their lives.

  • What does Lena's character resemble or signify? How do the entry and disappearance of characters of joy affect the mood of the novel? Use rhetorical analysis to indicate what the mood is and the use of a disappearing character. What might characters such as Samson symbolize? Does any gloom exist among the gaiety of Black Hawk?

My Antonia: Ch 15 to 19 Response questions

Book I: Ch 15 to 19

Elaborate using specific evidence from the novel mixed with your own personal views. Each response question should be about 300 words in length.

  1. How does religion determine the proper way to bury Mr. Shimerda and how does the country determine what is proper? Why is it significant that Mr. Shimerda is buried at a crossroads? How do the grandfather and Mrs. Shimerda have different views on the significance of being buried at a crossroads?
  2. Hoe does hardship change a person? Positive example AND negative. How does Antonia change once her father dies? How about the Shimerda family? Are Jim's transformed feelings for Antonia justified, why or why not?

Monday, May 18, 2009

Syllabus: May 18th to May 22nd

BRING LITERATURE BOOK AND MY ANTONIA BOOK TO CLASS ALL THE TIME!

Monday
In class:
Due: I In MY Antonia, read Book 1: introduction and chapters 7 – 14 and complete response questions on blog.
Compare/Contrast experiences with characters to interviewee
HOMEWORK:
Due Tomorrow: Propaganda assignment
Due Wednesday: My Antonia: Book I: Ch 1 – 14 study questions
Due Friday: MA: Finish Book I: ch 15 to 19 and answer discussion questions (on Blog)
Due Friday: QUIZZZZZZZZZ! AF Ch 1-5, MA Ch 1 to 19 and background info for both.

Tuesday
In class:
DUE: Propaganda Assignment
Review
Discuss Examples
HOMEWORK:
Due Tomorrow: My Antonia: Book I: Ch 1 – 14 study questions

Wednesday
In class:
Due: My Antonia: Book I: Ch 1 – 14 study questions
BRING LITERATURE BOOK: Read Animal Farm Ch 5
HOMEWORK:
Due tomorrow: AF: Finish ch. 5 and answer study questions.

Thursday
In class:
DUE: Animal Farm: ch 5
Plot analysis and Character development
Use of Satire/allegory
HOMEWORK:
Due tomorrow MA: Finish Book I: ch 15 to 19 and answer study questions, STUDY FOR QUIZZZZ…

Friday
In class:
DUE: MA: Finish Book I: ch 15 to 19 and answer study questions
QUIZ: Communism background info, George Orwell, Animal Farm, My Antonia!!
HOMEWORK:
NO SCHOOL MONDAY (MEMORIAL DAY)
If you were absent on the day of the quiz, you MUST see me during a study or after school on MONDAY in order to get credit. If you have any other problems, speak to me prior to this.
Due Tuesday: AF: Read chapters 6 and 7, complete BOTH sides of EACH handout
Due Wed: MA: Book II: chapters 1 to 9, questions on the blog

Friday, May 15, 2009

My Antonia: Chapters 7 to 14 response Questions:

Response Questions:

BOOK I: Chapters 4 – 8:

The untamed land of Nebraska is difficult for the new immigrant family, and Mr. Shimerda encounters great hardships. Mr. Shimerds’s hopes brighten when he meets two Ukrainian friends, Peter and Pave. The two Russian immigrants escaped the Ukraine and came to the United States (and for some of you, this is similar to your interview assignment) after a tragic evening: an entire wedding party was over taken by wolves! Also, in these chapters, Antonia and Jim Burden’s relationship blossoms and develops around one of varying roles: age, gender, strength, language, and origin.

• What hardship does Mr. Shimerda Face? How do Peter and Pavel help to lighten his depression? Hoe does the story of Peter and Pavel in the Ukraine affect their new lives in the United States? What are the various factors that affect Jim and Antonia’s relationship? How do the other characters’ experiences change/affect their perspective on gender, age, education, language, and origin?


BOOK I: Chapters 9 – 14:

In this section two major concepts are in focus: religion and hardships. The Shimerdas are struggling during their first winter in Nebraska’s countryside while the Burdens are enjoying a snowy comfortable Christmas in the same region. The Shimerdas living conditions, food supply, and mental and physical health are in jeopardy. As a result, the Burdens take care of them. Despite their different religious beliefs, the Shimerdas find that differences in religion are overridden by the goodness in people

• How does religion play a part in setting the TONE of My Antonia? Find THREE passages that indicate the tone and explain how religion is important in those passages. Do religious differences divide or separate the Shimerdas and the Burdens? How do the hardship that the Shimerdas face during their first country winter and the family’s strong faith in religion connect?

Sunday, May 10, 2009

Syllabus: 5/11 to 5/15

Monday
In class:
Due: In MY Antonia, read Book 1: introduction and chapters 1 – 3 and complete response questions
Mini Rhetorical Analysis
HOMEWORK:
Due Tomorrow: Using chapters 1-3 in Book One: complete the Rhetorical Analysis Handout
Due Wednesday: Animal Farm: Read chapters 1-2 on pages 810-817 in Lit Book.
Due Thursday: Nebraska Worksheet
Due Thursday: Please have your parents sign and date the open notebook test from Term 4. This will count as a HW grade.
Due Friday: Interview!!!


Tuesday
In class:
DUE: Chapters 1-3 rhetorical analysis
Read MA chapters 4-6 and complete a Rhetorical Analysis, finish for HW
HOMEWORK:
Due Tomorrow: Chapter 4-6 reading and Rhetorical Analysis
Due Tomorrow: Animal Farm: Read chapters 1-2 on pages 810-817 in Lit Book and complete handouts


Wednesday
In class:
Due: Chapter 4-6 reading and Rhetorical Analysis
IN LIT BOOK: we will read/complete character charts for AF.
HOMEWORK:
Due tomorrow: Animal Farm: Read chapters 3-4 on pages 818 to 823 in Lit Book and complete handouts
Due tomorrow: SIgned Test from Term 4
Due tomorrow: Nebraska Worksheet (given to you on Monday 5/11)


Thursday
In class:
DUE: Animal Farm:: chapters 3 and 4/handouts, Signed Test, Nebraska
Review Propaganda Assignment
HOMEWORK:
· Due tomorrow: INTERVIEW ASSIGNMENT: IF YOU ARE NOT IN SCHOOL YOU MUST GET IT TO ME SOMEHOW!


Friday
In class:
DUE: Interview: You MUST get your interview to me if you are not here or ZERO
Group assignment

HOMEWORK:
Due Monday: In My Antonia, read Book 1: introduction and chapters 7 – 14 (pages 24 - 52) and complete response questions on blog.
Due Tuesday: Propaganda Assignment

Friday, May 8, 2009

Songs for Spring

Hey team...
I thought I would put this on here to spread some spring time smiles.
Here is a clip from Britains Got Talent. Shaheen is 12 years old and this kid has an amazing set of pipes; it almost makes me cry - he is that good! I couldn't embed the video, so I posted the link below (it picks up about the :58 mark).


Click here: Shaheen Jafargholi sings Michael Jackson


I am a big fan of a capella groups and came across this yesterday. Both songs by musical greats, are often duplicated but never replicated, although this guy does each song some justice; you can't help but dance and sing along. The performer's name is Nate Tao and I think he is fantastic. I hope you enjoy!

"Isn't She Lovely"






"I Want You Back" (he kills it all the way through the end...)







If you want to learn more about Nate Tao, you can go to his website: www.natetao.com

If you want to share you thoughts on his "awesomeness" you are free to leave them in the comment section below!

Enjoy!

~Ms. G

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Julius Caesar and The Odyssey

TOPIC:

Compare the two works of literature. Use your brainstorm, find a connective thread, and prove it to be true using evidence of the text.

RUBRIC:

_____/5: Introduction: engaging hook, stated topic, indicates the titles and author of each work, thesis

_____/15: Body Paragraphs: topic sentences that support your thesis, examples and citations from the text are used to support your topic sentences and your thesis. Analysis of the citations indicates an understanding of the literature and shows a strong connection between the two.

_____/5: Conclusion: Summarizes the essay, adds the “so what” and give some food for thought, lesson, moral, etc


_____/10: MLA format: heading, headers, title, margins, works cited page, proper citations, final copy ready!

_____/15: Turnitin: submitted and uploaded to turnitin.com by the start of class.

Monday, May 4, 2009

My Antonia

Book I: Introduction

The First Narrator in MA is an unnamed speaker who grew up with Jim Burden and meets him years later on a train. Jim tells his story in response to this mysterious figure, who disappears from the novel as soon as the introduction is over.

  • Why might Willa Cather begin her novel with an introduction from an unnamed female acquaintance of Jim Burden?
  • How does this first narrator's disappearance foreshadow other with drawls within this novel, which at times resembles a series of departures, the events, the mood and the tone of the novel?
  • what effect does this device have on the reader? Why might Cather have chosen to frame her narrative this way?
  • Why does Jim title his manuscript "My Antonia"? What does he mean when he states, "It's through myself that I knew and felt her"?

Book 1: Chapters 1 - 3

At the start of the novel, Jim Burden is moving to his grandparents' farm new Black Hawk Nebraska as a result of his parents death. Once there, Jim learns that a new family of Bohemian immigrants, the Shimerdas, had moved into a home near Black Hawk. The Shimerdas' journey to their new home was difficult: they were cheated out of money upon purchasing their new farm, inhibited by language barriers and struggled against the hardships of being a new immigrant in the strange and untamed land.

  • Compare and contrast Jim Burden's move out west with the Shimerdas move. How would the voice of the book differ if Mr. Shimerda, Jake, Antonia or the grandmother wrote the first few chapters?

Syllabus: 5/4 to 5/8

Monday
In class:
WELCOME TO TERM 5!!!! HOME STRETCH!
If you missed the TEST from last week, you need to see my during study hall By the close of school on TUESDAY!!! Otherwise, you will earn a ZERO.
Due: Complete Outline
Begin Rough Draft
HOMEWORK:
Due Tomorrow: Bring notes, outlines to class.
Due Thursday: essay!!!!! Final copy ready, uploaded to turnitin by the start of class.

Tuesday
In class:
DUE: notes, outlines, JC/Odyssey Book
Work on Rough Draft
HOMEWORK:
Due Tomorrow: Finish Rough Draft if possible, TYPE for tomorrow)

Wednesday
In class:
Due: Rough Draft
Peer editing
HOMEWORK:
Due tomorrow: ESSAY: FINAL COPY READY/Turnitin, MLA format

Thursday
In class:
DUE: ESSAY, FINAL COPY READY!!!
Pass out My Antonia
Review Interview assignment: Due Friday May 15th
HOMEWORK:
Due tomorrow: Read/mark up background information on George Orwell and Animal Farm.

Friday
In class:
DUE: Background information on Animal Farm, Communism, Socialism
HOMEWORK:
Due Monday 5/4: In MY Antonia, read Book 1: introduction and chapters 1 – 3 and complete response questions (Posted on the Blog)
Due Friday May 15th: Interview

Monday, April 27, 2009

The Odyssey

I was going to go over this in class, but figured it would take too much time. If you are having difficulty understanding, then you can click this link on your own.

Here is a link to help you understand Homer's The Odyssey.

Click here for summary

There is a long and short summary with fun pictures! I hope this helps you!

Syllabus: 4/27 to 5/1

Wow...it's MAY already! Yay Spring!


Monday
In class:
Reminder: keep you binders neat and updated. COULD be collected RANDOMLY!!
Due: Finish reading Julius Caesar and answer selected questions on the blog
Wrap –up
Class group assignment: events and significance
HOMEWORK:
Due Tomorrow
: IN YOUR LITERATURE BOOK: Read: Homer’s The Odyssey and complete assigned Questions (you have a handout AND they are on the blog).
Due Thursday: TEST. You will be allowed to use SELECTED notes. Bring binders to class. If you are not in class (either absent or late to school) on this day you MUST see me on FRIDAY DURING A STUDY HALL (of on THURSDAY you are late to school).
Due Friday: Grades CLOSE!!!

Tuesday
In class:
DUE: Read The Odyssey and answer selected questions
Review
Tragic Hero
HOMEWORK:
Due Tomorrow: Movie Critic Worksheet: “Best of” Julius Caesar

Wednesday
In class:
Due: Movie Critic Worksheet
Review movie critic (briefly)
Review the Odyssey
HOMEWORK:
Due tomorrow: Study/bring notes to class...

Thursday

In class:
DUE: notes/notebook and TEST. Will count for TERM 4!!!!!
If you are not in class, see me during study!
HOMEWORK:
· Due tomorrow: Comparison/contrasting sheet on Odyssey/Julius Caesar. You will need this to complete Friday's class work

Friday
In class:
DUE: I Comparison/contrasting sheet on Odyssey/Julius Caesar
We will begin drafting an essay comparing the two works of literature. This essay will be due next week and count in TERM 5 (the LAST term of your freshman year, so make it count!!)
Using your comparison/contrast worksheet from last night, complete a thesis outline for your paper.
HOMEWORK:
Due Monday 5/4: Finish your outline from class. Make sure you have all notes and other materials needed so that you can you begin drafting your essay.

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Julius Caesar: Act V Questions

DIRECTIONS:
· Read/translate/take notes on Act V
o use white lined paper or the usual handout.
· Then, answer the following questions (only 15!!):
DUE: Monday 4/27 (no exceptions!)

Page 253: #15

Page 254: # 5 and 6

Page 255: # 10 (think about techniques used in persuasive speech)

Page 257: # 5, 7, 8

Page 259: # 2, 6, 8, 10, 12

Page 260: # 13, 15, 18


Have a Wonderful Spring Break! Be safe and Have fun!!!

The Odyssey: Reading and Study questions


The Odyssey: Reading and Study questions


DIRECTIONS: Read the section for The Odyssey by Homer, in your literature books 721 to 798. You need to read all books in the epic and answer the questions on this handout. You do not need to type them, but it might be helpful for you to do so (and easier for me to read). Answer the questions labeling the sections and numbering the questions. Do your best and answer in complete sentences and make specific references to lines and text.

DUE: Tuesday 4/28/09 (do NOT save this for last minute. You MUST work on this over April vacation)

Book 1: Athena Advises Telemachus
1. What is a muse and how is it used in the first stanza?
2. How does the poet tress a moralizing theme in lines 10 to 11?
3. What traits in the personality of the young Telemachus does the passage from lines 19 to 29 emphasize?
4. How is the passage from lines 46 to 49 an example of dramatic irony?

Book 2: Telemachus Confronts the Suitors
1. What conclusions can you draw about Penelope’s character from this description (lines 96-110) of the famous weaving trick? How would you compare her personality to what you already know about Odysseus?
2. What is the first major conflict exposed in the epic (lines 115-119).
3. How do Athena’s words point to a major theme in the opening section of the Odyssey?
4. What do lines 145-148 foreshadow?

Book 3: The Visit to Nestor/Book 4: The Menelaus and Helen
1. What is a formulaic passage and how are lines 152-158 an example of it?
2. From lines 180-185, which three lines are an example of formulaic passage and why?

WRAP –UP for Part I, Books 1-4:
• Complete the following questions on page 731
o Interpreting meanings: # 6-9
o Analyzing language and vocabulary: # 1-3


WRAP-UP for Part II, Books 5-8
• Complete the following questions on page 744
o Identifying facts: #1-3
o Interpreting Meanings: #5-8
o Analyzing Language and Vocabulary: #1

WRAP-UP for Part II, Books 9-12
• Complete the following questions on pages 768-769
o Identifying facts: #1-7
o Interpreting Meanings: #9 and 13

WRAP-UP for Part III, Books 13-16
• Complete the following questions on page 774
o Identifying facts: #1-3
o Interpreting meanings # 4, 5 and 7

WRAP-UP for Part III, Books 16-19
• Complete the following questions on page 781
o Identifying facts: #1-3
o Interpreting meanings # 4-9

WRAP-UP for Part III, Books 20-24
• Complete the following questions on page 795
o Identifying facts: #1-6
o Interpreting meanings # 8 and 9

Monday, April 13, 2009

Syllabus: 4/13 to 4/17

Monday
In class:
Due: read/translate Act III, scene 1: ONLY lines 1 to 155. We will review the funeral orations in class!
Watch/follow along in book
Funeral speeches
HOMEWORK:
Due Tomorrow: “Turning the Tides: Brutus”
Due Wednesday: Read/Mark-up/take notes/highlight/read with a pen/etc: Antony’s speech analysis
Due Thursday: In JC book: Pages 246- 247: complete questions 14 – 19.
Due Friday: In JC book: page 249 # 10 – 13 AND THE DAY OF SILENCE: Buy your stickers to participate!!!
Due Monday 4/27: Finish reading Julius Caesar and answer selected questions on the blog
Due Tuesday 4/28: IN YOUR LITERATURE BOOK: Read: Homer’s The Odyssey and complete assigned Questions (you have a handout AND they are on the blog).

Tuesday
In class:
DUE: “Turning the Tides: Brutus”
We will work on “Turning the tides: Antony”
HOMEWORK:
Due Tomorrow:
Read/Mark-up/take notes/highlight/read with a pen! Antony’s speech analysis

Wednesday
In class:
Due: Read/Mark-up/take notes/highlight/read with a pen! Antony’s speech analysis
Review
Read/translate Act IV scenes 1 and 2 (finish for HW)
Review
HOMEWORK:
Due tomorrow:
In JC book: Pages 246- 247: complete questions 14 – 19.

Thursday
In class:
DUE: In JC book: Pages 246- 247: complete questions 14 – 19.
Read/Translate Act IV, scene 3
HOMEWORK:
Due tomorrow
: Finish Scene 3 and In JC book: page 249 # 10 – 13 AND THE DAY OF SILENCE: Buy your stickers to participate!!!

Friday
In class:
DUE: In JC book: page 249 # 10 – 13
The Day of Silence
HOMEWORK:
Due Monday 4/27: Finish Reading Julius Caesar Act IV: Selected Questions on the Blog
Due Tuesday 4/28: IN YOUR LITERATURE BOOK: Read: Homer’s The Odyssey and complete assigned Questions (you have a handout AND they are on the blog).

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Act I and II: Journals

Directions: Pick ONE question below and write a well though response 200-300 words. Include your repsonse or comments for a student in the class: do you agree/disagree or have any additional comments for that classmate.

If you are the first person to post, you can respond to me.

Be sure to post your name AND section.

  1. Describe a time when you have been flattered by a person or group of people. What were the circumstances and how did you react? What were the intentions of the group (if any) and how did you know. Then, be sure to indicate how you think flattery cna be either a positive influence on a person OR a negative one. Use your own experience to back it up. Be sure to respond to a classmate.
  2. Describe a time when you ignored the advice of others to do something your way. What happened? What would have happened if you had followed the advice given? Indicate if you think standing by your own wishes can be either positive or negative. Explain why using your own experience and then be sure to respond to your peers.

Syllabus 4/1 to 4/10

Wednesday to Friday
In class:
Political Leader Project: Written essay, works cited page, turn it in and visual poster.
You will be presenting!!!!
HOMEWORK:
Due Tuesday: Journals (posted on the blog).

Monday
In class:
Political Leader Project: Written essay, works cited page, turn it in and visual poster.
You will be presenting!!!!
Just in case we need more time!
HOMEWORK:
Due Tuesday: Journals (posted on the blog). Pick ONE and respond to it personally AND include a response to ONE of your peers. Must be completed by the start of class. Your response should be 300 to 400 words. Also, the first person to post will respond to ME J .
Due Thursday: QUIZ!!! Acts I and II

Tuesday
In class:
DUE: Blog Post/journal response
Julius Caesar: Act II, scene 3 - 4
HOMEWORK:
Due Tomorrow: Finish reading/translating Act II, scene 3 and 4 and complete questions For BOTH scenes: 1-6 on page 238 and questions 1-6 on pages 238-9

Wednesday
In class:
Due: pages 238-9, Questions 1 – 6 for both scenes.
Review homework and prepare for quiz.
HOMEWORK:
Due tomorrow: STUDY: character Identification, passage analysis, plot advances, etc.

Thursday
In class:
QUIZ
Act I and II
Complete opinion paragraphs based on JC content
HOMEWORK:
· Due Tomorrow: read, translate Act III, scene 1: ONLY lines 1 to 155. We will review the funeral orations in class!

Friday
In class:
Good Friday
NO SCHOOL!