March 7-11

 these plans will carry over to this week since last week was a bit difficult to coordinate...
English 11   test alert...Thursday the 10th of March
1st period -Anthem
2nd period - In Cold Blood
This week we will be reading 2 books in class Truman Capote's In Cold Blood and Ayn Rand's Anthem. I will give you reading test over of these books on Monday March 7th. Here is a link to vocabulary for In Cold Blood  http://quizlet.com/4454789/in-cold-blood-chapter-3-flash-cards/
Many of you will be taking graduation exams this week. I certainly hope that you will get a good night's sleep and eat a hearty breakfast. These actions should empower you to Pass those grad exams!

Shakespeare
Full text of play: http://shakespeare.mit.edu/much_ado/full.html
TEST ALERT: You need to read the play on line. The passage identification test will be taken upon completion of the film. this is a link to a test review of the play. http://quizlet.com/4051495/much-ado-about-nothing-test-review-flash-cards/

French I/II
We will continue with The Count of Monte Cristo
At this link you can explore The Emperor Napoleon: http://www.pbs.org/empires/napoleon/n_myth/youth/page_1.html
TEST ALERT: THIS IS A LINK TO FRENCH VOCABULARY FOR THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO there are 90 terms so you must study every night: http://quizlet.com/3313238/count-of-monte-cristo-vocabulary-flash-cards/

Senior English
We will continue  our examination of Shakespearean comedy with A Midsummer's Night's Dream
Shakespeare has a lot to say about the nature of love in this play, as well as in Much Ado About Nothing
I am so thrilled that you are enjoying Shakespeare.
PRESENTATION ALERT: I would like for you to go this website and pick a topic to research and present to the class on Friday: http://www.elizabethan.org/compendium/home.html

***Speech delivered by Elizabeth I to the land forces assembled at Tilbury in anticipation of an invasion by the Spanish Armada in 1588. I will show you Helen Mirren's representation of the speech. It is a most remarkable reenactment. Elizabeth I was remarkable indeed and I think it was her singularity that endowed the period with such vitality. Her rhetoric in the speech is stirring and she attempts to establish a clear claim to her subjects loyalty and her right to rule England.

My loving people,
We have been persuaded by some that are careful of our safety, to take heed how we commit our selves to armed multitudes, for fear of treachery; but I assure you I do not desire to live to distrust my faithful and loving people. Let tyrants fear, I have always so behaved myself that, under God, I have placed my chiefest strength and safeguard in the loyal hearts and good-will of my subjects; and therefore I am come amongst you, as you see, at this time, not for my recreation and disport, but being resolved, in the midst and heat of the battle, to live and die amongst you all; to lay down for my God, and for my kingdom, and my people, my honour and my blood, even in the dust. I know I have the body but of a weak and feeble woman; but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too, and think foul scorn that Parma or Spain, or any prince of Europe, should dare to invade the borders of my realm; to which rather than any dishonour shall grow by me, I myself will take up arms, I myself will be your general, judge, and rewarder of every one of your virtues in the field. I know already, for your forwardness you have deserved rewards and crowns; and We do assure you in the word of a prince, they shall be duly paid you. In the mean time, my lieutenant general2 shall be in my stead, than whom never prince commanded a more noble or worthy subject; not doubting but by your obedience to my general, by your concord in the camp, and your valour in the field, we shall shortly have a famous victory over those enemies of my God, of my kingdom, and of my people.

We will complete a rhetorical analysis of the Queen's Speech at Tilbury using the SOAPS method. I will pass out a handout on rhetorical devices and you will look for the use of these in the speech. Questions we will address are: how does the author try to convince the audience?  who is the audience? what is the author's goal? how is the speech organized? How is the author's major claim supported? *Note: if we do not have time for this on Friday we will do this on Tuesday next.
AP Language and Composition
As per our discussion on our last class meeting, you will bring your resources to class and write your first timed synthesis paper. Tuesday the 8th - multiple choice test practice/Weds. review test and write 2nd synthesis essay/Thursday-3rd synthesis essay
Friday: We will complete a rhetorical analysis of the Queen's Speech at Tilbury using the SOAPS method. I will pass out a handout on rhetorical devices and you will look for the use of these in the speech. Questions we will address are: how does the author try to convince the audience? who is the audience? what is the author's goal? how is the speech organized? How is the author's major claim supported?