Thursday, September 14, 2006

AP Literature: Working through the end of Act I in Macbeth, and a quiz on Act I and its intricacies. It's a great quiz. I love it.

Gifted English IV: Two significant activities--first, we're watching a short film called The Epic Hero and taking notes (20 points) and then we are translating a sample of Old English writing in small groups (10 points). If you haven't already done so, please submit the Anglo-Saxon Study Guide, Part I as soon as possible and be sure that you've read pp. 2-16 in the Elements text.

Gifted English II: After watching a brief sequence from the wretched film Antigone: Rites of Passion, we're doing a grammar/story activity based on the writings of John Steinbeck before launching back in and finishing Scene 5, the Paean, and the Exodos of Antigone. (Note: the film screening is mainly to reinforce the concept that just because we can make a film doesn't mean we should. Some film school projects should never see the light of day. This film is worth the unintentionally hilarious effect it conveys in a Gifted classroom, however--hence the screening.)