Today is Mrs. Nicoll's birthday!!!
Advanced Placement Literature: Hamlet, Act V, scenes i and ii--let's particularly discuss the role of the clown-gravedigger and the humor contained in the scene. Possible quiz on Wednesday. No, definitely. Quiz. Aha.
Gifted English IV: I asked you to read the rest of Act I, scene iii last night and answer the related questions. Today, a teeny quiz on Macbeth, followed by a careful reading of Act I, scene iv. . .and the beat goes on. . .
Gifted English II: Author of the Day today is the French rapscallion Guy de Maupassant. We are wrapping up satire; friendly reminder--READ CANDIDE. READ IT I SAY.
Monday, October 31, 2005
Friday, October 28, 2005
October 31, 2005
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!! Mr. Bernier has requested that you not wear costumes today; please adhere to his request. I do plan to wear my classy Old Navy Halloween T-Shirt, but I will leave my Mr. Spock ears at home.
Advanced Placement Literature: Hamlet Redux. At this point, we are getting ready to vault headfirst into the train wreck that is Act V. Any predictions? Anyone starting to really FEEL the power of the diction and syntax of Modern English? Anyone want to take a crack at Original Pronunciation?
Gifted English IV: Macbeth begins today--I have some supplementary material to give you, and content vocabulary from the first three acts (words that still have resonance today and may help some of you raise the SAT verbal score just a smidge.) Some of the essential questions that emerge from studies of this tragedy revolve around the nature of ethics and ambition--and we need to see that Macbeth, while set in 1050 A.D. Scotland, still has political capital today.
Gifted English II: Satire and Horror and Everything in Between. Our first AofD Project will be for the Rhode Island recluse H.P. Lovecraft, and then we will seamlessly segue into the works of Edgar Allan Poe while you much on Halloweeny treats. But no costumes.
Advanced Placement Literature: Hamlet Redux. At this point, we are getting ready to vault headfirst into the train wreck that is Act V. Any predictions? Anyone starting to really FEEL the power of the diction and syntax of Modern English? Anyone want to take a crack at Original Pronunciation?
Gifted English IV: Macbeth begins today--I have some supplementary material to give you, and content vocabulary from the first three acts (words that still have resonance today and may help some of you raise the SAT verbal score just a smidge.) Some of the essential questions that emerge from studies of this tragedy revolve around the nature of ethics and ambition--and we need to see that Macbeth, while set in 1050 A.D. Scotland, still has political capital today.
Gifted English II: Satire and Horror and Everything in Between. Our first AofD Project will be for the Rhode Island recluse H.P. Lovecraft, and then we will seamlessly segue into the works of Edgar Allan Poe while you much on Halloweeny treats. But no costumes.
Thursday, October 27, 2005
Friday, October 28, 2005
Football game tonight, Boone vs. Dr. Phillips!
AP Literature: I asked you to read ahead into Act IV last night; we're going to do some deconstruction today. Focus papers go back today along with (Oh, joy!) the second assignment--due next Friday, 11/4.
Gifted English IV: Finish Shakespearean sonnets and begin the transition into the Scottish Play--I have a plethora of handouts for ya'll. Good times. Good times.
Gifted English II: Finish Media Literacy and reassert focus on satirical things. I'd also like to review the Author of the Day project requirements for each of you. And--new stuff to talk about! And articles from Le Onion! Oh, what a majestic Friday.
AP Literature: I asked you to read ahead into Act IV last night; we're going to do some deconstruction today. Focus papers go back today along with (Oh, joy!) the second assignment--due next Friday, 11/4.
Gifted English IV: Finish Shakespearean sonnets and begin the transition into the Scottish Play--I have a plethora of handouts for ya'll. Good times. Good times.
Gifted English II: Finish Media Literacy and reassert focus on satirical things. I'd also like to review the Author of the Day project requirements for each of you. And--new stuff to talk about! And articles from Le Onion! Oh, what a majestic Friday.
Tuesday, October 25, 2005
Author of the Day Project
Attention all Gifted sophomores! Starting next week, you will be responsible for presenting Author of the Day. I will pass around a sign-up sheet tomorrow and Thursday for you to peruse; each date will have an author's name next to it. You will need to prepare a short talk on that author and a visual aid to show the class.
Monday, October 31 (Halloween!):H.P. Lovecraft
Tuesday, November 1: Guy de Maupassant
Wednesday, November 2: Terry McMillan
Thursday, November 3: No author--I will be out
Friday, November 4: Maxine Hong Kingston
Monday, November 7: Richard Rodriguez
Tuesday, November 8: Robert Louis Stevenson
Wednesday, November 9: William Faulkner
Thursday, November 10: Truman Capote
Friday, November 11: Eudora Welty
Monday, November 14: Theodore Geisel
Tuesday, November 15: Lois Lowry
Wednesday, November 16: Amy Tan
Thursday, November 17: Sophie Kinsella
Friday, November 18: Baudelaire
Monday, November 21: James Baldwin
Tuesday, November 22: Thomas Aquinas
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday of that week: Thanksgiving Holiday
Monday, November 28: Nathaniel Hawthorne
Tuesday, November 29: Phillis Wheatley
Wednesday, November 30: Vaclav Havel
Thursday, December 1: Anne Tyler
Friday, December 2: Leo Tolstoy
Monday, December 5: Laura Esquivel
Tuesday, December 6: Robert Coover
Wednesday, December 7: Gustave Flaubert
Thursday, December 8: Isaac Asimov
Friday, December 9: Steve Martin
Monday, October 31 (Halloween!):H.P. Lovecraft
Tuesday, November 1: Guy de Maupassant
Wednesday, November 2: Terry McMillan
Thursday, November 3: No author--I will be out
Friday, November 4: Maxine Hong Kingston
Monday, November 7: Richard Rodriguez
Tuesday, November 8: Robert Louis Stevenson
Wednesday, November 9: William Faulkner
Thursday, November 10: Truman Capote
Friday, November 11: Eudora Welty
Monday, November 14: Theodore Geisel
Tuesday, November 15: Lois Lowry
Wednesday, November 16: Amy Tan
Thursday, November 17: Sophie Kinsella
Friday, November 18: Baudelaire
Monday, November 21: James Baldwin
Tuesday, November 22: Thomas Aquinas
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday of that week: Thanksgiving Holiday
Monday, November 28: Nathaniel Hawthorne
Tuesday, November 29: Phillis Wheatley
Wednesday, November 30: Vaclav Havel
Thursday, December 1: Anne Tyler
Friday, December 2: Leo Tolstoy
Monday, December 5: Laura Esquivel
Tuesday, December 6: Robert Coover
Wednesday, December 7: Gustave Flaubert
Thursday, December 8: Isaac Asimov
Friday, December 9: Steve Martin
Thursday, October 27, 2005
AP Literature: Continue with Hamlet. Don't you just love him?
Gifted English IV: Shakespearean Sonnets.
Gifted English II: Continue with unit on satire--"Top of the Food Chain" by T.C. Boyle.
Gifted English IV: Shakespearean Sonnets.
Gifted English II: Continue with unit on satire--"Top of the Food Chain" by T.C. Boyle.
Monday, October 24, 2005
Wednesday, October 26, 2005
Advanced Placement Literature: Hamlet; assign the next focus paper.
Gifted English IV: Finish our discussions of John Donne and make the transition into Shakespeare. Sonnets! "Let me not to the marriage of true minds amid impediments. . ."
Gifted English II: Satire, continued.
Gifted English IV: Finish our discussions of John Donne and make the transition into Shakespeare. Sonnets! "Let me not to the marriage of true minds amid impediments. . ."
Gifted English II: Satire, continued.
Tuesday, October 25, 2005
Welcome back to school! I hope that everyone came through the storm safely.
On today's agenda:
AP Literature: I asked you to read Act III, scene ii in Hamlet over the weekend. . .so now let's see how much of it you recall. Moving farther into the play-within-the-play. . .focus papers should go back to you by tomorrow or Thursday.
Gifted English IV: Review "Death Be Not Proud" by Donne and take a look at "Valediction." Homework tonight: Read "Meditation 17" and be prepared to discuss in class tomorrow.
Gifted English II: Begin the Satire Unit! If you haven't already, GET CANDIDE AND START READING NOW. Each of you will receive a classy packet today containing literature, clip art, and Other Cool Things. Do NOT lose this--I will be forced to yell at you if you do. (Mostly kidding on that point--but don't lose it!) Our Author of the Day is Francois Rabelais, a satirist from late-Renaissance France.
On today's agenda:
AP Literature: I asked you to read Act III, scene ii in Hamlet over the weekend. . .so now let's see how much of it you recall. Moving farther into the play-within-the-play. . .focus papers should go back to you by tomorrow or Thursday.
Gifted English IV: Review "Death Be Not Proud" by Donne and take a look at "Valediction." Homework tonight: Read "Meditation 17" and be prepared to discuss in class tomorrow.
Gifted English II: Begin the Satire Unit! If you haven't already, GET CANDIDE AND START READING NOW. Each of you will receive a classy packet today containing literature, clip art, and Other Cool Things. Do NOT lose this--I will be forced to yell at you if you do. (Mostly kidding on that point--but don't lose it!) Our Author of the Day is Francois Rabelais, a satirist from late-Renaissance France.
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