Wednesday, April 29, 2015

EOC Term Focus

Here is a link to a short .pptx containing terms we reviewed in class today.

This website does an excellent job of explaining Paradox, which was by far the most troubling term.
Ex. 01:

  • "I can't get a job because I don't have a college degree."
  • "I can't go to college because I don't have enough money."
  • "I don't have money because I can't get a job."
    • Shout-out to 3rd period for this gem.
Any one statement on it's own seems fine, yet together they construct an inescapable prison of circumstances.

Ex. 02:


HW:
  • Read Act V of Romeo and Juliet. Finish it. It's so good.

Tuesday, April 7, 2015

One More R&J Resource

So, there's this writing duo, Charles and Mary Lamb. They published a book called "Tales from Shakespeare." They included R&J, and re-wrote it in prose as a story.

If the play format/ancient language is driving you up a wall, check this out:

R&J: A Toe in the Water

Big shifts in today's classes! First of all, everybody got...
New Seats!
Woooooo...alright back to work.

But even more important than that, classes got their first spoonful of
Romeo and Juliet!
On page 807 of the Lit Book.

Today, classes tackled the Prologue to the play.
And by "tackled", I mean, worked together to translate into Modern English.

Documents You Might Want:
How did it all go? Pretty darn well, I think. Shout-out to the powerhouse scholars in 7th period who shared their translations with me:
Student Example #1

Student Example #2
Both of these show good solid work, though neither is perfect.

HW:
Also, I will be absent Weds and Thurs this week, 4/8-4/9. The Wind Ensemble is going to Memphis, and I'm going with them :) See you Friday. The sub will have instructions for you.

Monday, April 6, 2015