Well students I think we are now back on track after the random weather events of the last few weeks!
This week seems to be about PRESENTATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
English 11
2A
Here is a excerpt from the Soledad Daily News:
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George Milton Trial Set For January 31st POSTPONED UNTIL FEBRUARY 2ND BECAUSE OF JUDGE'S ILLNESS
No one expected George Milton to pull the trigger and kill his best friend, Lennie Small. But that is exactly what happened and now a team of detectives has swarmed onto the ranch in Soledad, Californina to investigate the crime scene. George never expected his life to turn out this way, but now as he sits in his Soledad County jail cell awaiting his trial, he reflects on his friendship with Lennie and what his fate will be as his lawyer and the prosecution team prepare their cases. Since a criminal case like this has not occurred in this otherwise quiet, lonesome community, a media circus has flooded Soledad and made George Milton the center of controversy. What will happen to George Milton once his trial begins? Milton, arraigned in court last month, is charged with the capital murder of Small. In a press conference today the D.A. confirmed the State's intent to hold Milton accountable for the premeditated murder of Small by seeking the harshest punishment available under California law. The trial is set to begin around 11 o'clock on Monday morning in Judge Elliott's courtroom.
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English 11/1A & 2A
Complete the assignment given in class on Thursday: read pp 216-222 in your textbook and complete the critical thinking questions for "Incident" and ""Tableau" by Countee Cullen. Be prepared to discuss these poems in class. Look up the critical analysis of both online. Those students who have not passed the reading or language portion of the Alabama High School Graduation Exam should discuss opportunities for test taking practice with me.
We will be working in your grammar workbook this week in class Additionally, I would like for you to complete Unit 3 partially in class and the pages you do not complete in class will be your homework. Some of you work faster than others and you may complete all of the work in class. We will check the work on Thursday in class. This will be graded work, so be attentive to the grammar rules that apply to your work.
Shakespeare:
We will continue our study of The tragedy: Macbeth. Practice and learn your lines for scene presentations. You did very well on the vocab test last week -Congrats! You will be writing an essay on the play. I will provide the prompt. Additionally, I will test on Acts I -IV after viewing. Make sure you know the characters and the themes of the play. Cliff notes can be very helpful in providing additional explanatory information. such as summaries of the acts and explanations of themes within the play. You can find these online. They will supply you with a deeper understanding of the works. This is a link to the powerpoint for your to watch:
http://www.worldofteaching.com/powerpoints/english/Unlocking%20Themes%20in%20Macbeth.ppt
Senior English
Complete Macbeth. Scene presentations on Friday in the Auditorium. Consider your topic for a research paper. Remember you must use scholarly sources, so consider topics that academics have researched and written about. I will give the unit test on Macbeth next week, because you have your scene presentations this week. We will also discuss the handout that I gave you last week on THE GLOBE THEATER AND THE BUBONIC PLAGUE.Additionally, I will test on Acts I -IV after viewing. Make sure you know the characters and the themes of the play. Cliff notes can be very helpful in providing additional explanatory information. such as summaries of the acts and explanations of themes within the play. You can find these online. They will supply you with a deeper understanding of the works.
French I/II
This week we will be working with reflexive verbs and talking about our daily routine. I will give you a vocab quiz over reflexive verbs on Tuesday...BE SURE TO STUDY FOR THIS. I will assign homework exercises in class.
AP Language and Comp.
This week we will complete the multiple choice test and analysis of In Cold Blood. Then we will write the timed essays. Since we have 60 more multiple choice questions and analysis to do, I think we will probably have to write the essays next week. ( I only have you 2 days this week and the analysis and discussion seems to take a good bit of our time.)
ALERT: AP LANG AND COMP VOCABULARY E-H
http://quizlet.com/4262597/ap-lang-and-comp-e-h-flash-cards/
TEST NEXT WEDS. FEBRUARY 9TH, 2011
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Saturday, January 1, 2011
WELCOME BACK JAN 4-7 2011
AP LANGUAGE AND COMPOSITION
We will begin Truman Capote's In Cold Blood
BRING YOUR BOOK TO CLASS
MULTIPLE CHOICE PRACTICE
practice multiple choice test
syntax: sentence structure(handout)
Stylistic Analysis (handout)
VOCAB WORDS FOR THIS WEEK: http://quizlet.com/3886406/c-d-words-flash-cards/
FRENCH 2
THIS WEEKS VOCAB WORDS CHAPTER 4:
http://quizlet.com/622772/bien-dit-level-2-ch-4-vocab-1-flash-cards/
HOMEWORK EXERCISES: # 5 P. 121, 12 & 14 P.124-125, 18 P. 127
ENGLISH 11
ALERT: The test over both sets of vocabulary for the novel OF MICE AND MEN will be on Thursday Jan 13 or Friday Jan 14th following the schedule for English A and B.
VOCAB WORDS FOR OF MICE AND MEN: http://quizlet.com/1099563/of-mice-and-men-vocabulary-colloquialisms-flash-cards/
CHARACTERS: http://quizlet.com/959239/of-mice-and-men-characters-flash-cards/
As per my instructions you were to read John Steinbeck's novel OF MICE AND MEN over the break. Actually you should only have to reread the text as this was your assigned summer reading.
John Steinbeck, American author and winner of the Nobel Prize in 1962, was a leading writer of novels about the working class and was a major spokesman for the victims of the Great Depression (a downturn in the American system of producing, distributing, and using goods and services in the 1930s, and during which time millions of people lost their jobs).
Of Mice and Men (1937), first conceived as a play, is a tightly constructed novella (short novel) about an unusual friendship between two migrant workers (laborers who travel to wherever there is available work, usually on farms). Although the book is powerfully written and often moving, some critics feel that it lacks a moral vision. http://www.notablebiographies.com/Sc-St/Steinbeck-John.html I personally disagree. I think George's concern and his self sacrifice to insure Lennie's well being speaks to man's ethical responsibility to those with disabilities.
Additionally, the theme of loneliness underscores man's desire for community and the struggle to answer the age old question: How shall we live well together? The American Dream of property ownership is powerfully depicted within the text through the characters' desire for their own farm. George is not selfish with his dream like Gatsby, but rather his dream signifies a desire to establish an edenic setting for those marginalized by society.
Senior English:
We are moving into the Elizabethan period. We will begin our study of the Shakespearean tragedy, Macbeth.
BRING YOUR BOOKS TO CLASS.
TEST ALERT Begin to study these Macbeth quotes: http://quizlet.com/3281867/macbeth-quotes-flash-cards/
Shakespeare
Welcome to the class!
This a link to the introductory vocabulary list
http://quizlet.com/23945/shakespearean-english-vocabulary-flash-cards/ TEST ON MONDAY JAN 10
Introduction to Shakespeare
Elizabethan England
We will begin Truman Capote's In Cold Blood
BRING YOUR BOOK TO CLASS
MULTIPLE CHOICE PRACTICE
practice multiple choice test
syntax: sentence structure(handout)
Stylistic Analysis (handout)
VOCAB WORDS FOR THIS WEEK: http://quizlet.com/3886406/c-d-words-flash-cards/
FRENCH 2
THIS WEEKS VOCAB WORDS CHAPTER 4:
http://quizlet.com/622772/bien-dit-level-2-ch-4-vocab-1-flash-cards/
HOMEWORK EXERCISES: # 5 P. 121, 12 & 14 P.124-125, 18 P. 127
ENGLISH 11
ALERT: The test over both sets of vocabulary for the novel OF MICE AND MEN will be on Thursday Jan 13 or Friday Jan 14th following the schedule for English A and B.
VOCAB WORDS FOR OF MICE AND MEN: http://quizlet.com/1099563/of-mice-and-men-vocabulary-colloquialisms-flash-cards/
CHARACTERS: http://quizlet.com/959239/of-mice-and-men-characters-flash-cards/
As per my instructions you were to read John Steinbeck's novel OF MICE AND MEN over the break. Actually you should only have to reread the text as this was your assigned summer reading.
John Steinbeck, American author and winner of the Nobel Prize in 1962, was a leading writer of novels about the working class and was a major spokesman for the victims of the Great Depression (a downturn in the American system of producing, distributing, and using goods and services in the 1930s, and during which time millions of people lost their jobs).
Of Mice and Men (1937), first conceived as a play, is a tightly constructed novella (short novel) about an unusual friendship between two migrant workers (laborers who travel to wherever there is available work, usually on farms). Although the book is powerfully written and often moving, some critics feel that it lacks a moral vision. http://www.notablebiographies.com/Sc-St/Steinbeck-John.html I personally disagree. I think George's concern and his self sacrifice to insure Lennie's well being speaks to man's ethical responsibility to those with disabilities.
Additionally, the theme of loneliness underscores man's desire for community and the struggle to answer the age old question: How shall we live well together? The American Dream of property ownership is powerfully depicted within the text through the characters' desire for their own farm. George is not selfish with his dream like Gatsby, but rather his dream signifies a desire to establish an edenic setting for those marginalized by society.
Senior English:
We are moving into the Elizabethan period. We will begin our study of the Shakespearean tragedy, Macbeth.
BRING YOUR BOOKS TO CLASS.
TEST ALERT Begin to study these Macbeth quotes: http://quizlet.com/3281867/macbeth-quotes-flash-cards/
Shakespeare
Welcome to the class!
This a link to the introductory vocabulary list
http://quizlet.com/23945/shakespearean-english-vocabulary-flash-cards/ TEST ON MONDAY JAN 10
Introduction to Shakespeare
Elizabethan England
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