Brian's Song, Day 4 (4A)

Today's Objective: Students will review conflict while continuing to read their first Q3 text.

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Today's SAT Word: Conflict (n.): a problem

Generally speaking, characters encounter any one of six major types of conflict in literature.

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Today's New Vocabulary Terms:

Blustery
Grim
Stoic
Befuddled
Quell
Imperceptible
Dwindle
Sprawling
Vibrant
Exuberantly
Enervated

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Tonight's Homework: Finish reading up to the phrase "I'm pregnant" on page 84.

BRING YOUR REVISED DRAFTS FOR TEACHER REVIEW!!!

Waiting for Godot, Day 4 (E10 3A)

Today's Objective: Students will review conflict while continuing to read their first Q3 text.

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Today's SAT Word: Conflict (n.): a problem

Generally speaking, characters encounter any one of six major types of conflict in literature.

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Today's New Vocabulary Terms:

Agitatedly
Manifests
Broods
Feverishly
Indifferent
Vexed
Sententious
Anguish
Triumphantly
Insignificant

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Tonight's Homework: Finish reading up through page 45.

For next class, bring in your REVISED ROUGH DRAFTS (which you should have edited using the peer review suggestions you received in class). We will hold one-on-one student/teacher conferences to address any remaining problems that you might be encountering.

Friday, March 11 (E9)

Today's Objective: Students will discuss and analyze bias and figurative language.

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Today's SAT Word: Rebut (v.): to refute or to respond to an argument.

"After John McCain gave his speech, Barack Obama was given the opportunity to rebut."

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Today's Warm-Up Question: What is "bias?"

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Today's In-Class Reading Assignment: Margaret Sanger's "Town Hall Meeting" speech from 1918.

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Today's Lesson Notes: Click here.

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Tonight's Homework: Take any one of the bias tests located on the following website: www.TinyURL.com/BiasTest.

E-mail a copy of your results to john.meehan@pgcps.org by Tuesday, March 15.

STAGE ONE of your persuasive projects is also due on Tuesday, March 15. You will need to have indicated which person you will be addressing your persuasive letter to, and what topic you will be addressing.

Hamlet I.v and II.i (E10 4B)

Shakespeare is challenging! But it will gradually begin to make sense -- STICK WITH IT!!!



Warm Up:

Take the first seven minutes of today's class to work with a partner and peer review a fellow student's rough draft.

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ACT I QFR CHARTS were due for submission during today's class!

If you missed today's class, please submit your QFR chart upon your return.

Completed QFR charts will be returned at the beginning of our next class. DON'T LOSE THEM!

Remember: Each QFR chart is a major assessment grade that is worth up to 20 points.

You will need to type the information they contain into one, giant QFR chart for submission at the conclusion of the play.

IF YOU LOSE A QFR CHART, YOU *ARE STILL RESPONSIBLE* FOR INCLUDING ANY LOST INFORMATION INTO YOUR QFR CHART AT THE END OF THE PLAY.

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Here are a handful of really helpful links to help you make sense of this challenging new text.

Click here to view our in-class presentation notes (updated daily).

Click here for a "modern English" line-by-line translation of the text.

Click here for a how-to guide on making sense of Hamlet's soliloquies.

Click here for the SparkNotes character analyses and scene summaries of the play.

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Homework: For next class, bring in your REVISED ROUGH DRAFTS (which you should have edited using the peer review suggestions you received in class). We will hold one-on-one student/teacher conferences to address any remaining problems that you might be encountering.

Brian's Song, Day 3 (E10 2B)

Today's Objective: Students will review characters and characterization while continuing to read their first Q3 text.

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Today's SAT Word: Protagonist (n.): the main character (or the person who we find ourselves "rooting for") in a story.

The protagonist of the Halo games is Master Chief.

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Today's New Vocabulary Terms:

Typified
Bewildered
Drones
Residual
Fatalistically
Undercurrent
Bashful
Spastic
Balefully
Tentative
Timidly

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Tonight's Homework: Finish reading up to the phrase "chilled metal" on page 61.

STAGE FOUR of your Q3 projects (rough draft for peer review) is also due next class!