Macbeth Begins!

Here is a link to the study guise-- We are only though scene one so far.
Macbeth Study Guide

Please remember to bring a copy of your poem to class with you on Monday!

Shakespeare and modern poetry, too-- AWESOME!

we started brainstorming ideas about theme topics for Macbeth today in class-- we will write the paragraph tomorrow in class.
Macbeth Theme Topic Assignment

we will check out Macbeth tomorrow, too, and also preview the performances of some students in the National Poetry Out Loud competition. We will be memorizing one poem in class and reciting it under low-stress circumstances, but PLEASE let me know if you are interested in the school competition on Feb.18th.
we will be in the computer lab for this assignment on Thursday, January 29th
Poetry Search Assignment
We will recite poems in class on Tuesday, Feb. 10th

Awesome Macbeth stuff:
Macbeth Internet Fun

Modern Times!

Be sure to keep up with the reading for Gatsby 
Complete your logs and notice color references.
Friday's Lesson:
Modern Literature Notes (take your own notes from these and put into the Cornell format from the last post with THAT Essential Question).
Modern Poem Lesson: The Mirror
Next Week;
Reading Quiz: Monday, January 12th
Writing Folder Check: Tuesday, Jan 13th, in class
Green Light Article: Writing Task Wednesday and Thursday
Color Symbolism Paragraphs-- These and your completed Reading Logs will be the final test for Gatsby-- due on Friday (class time provided on Friday to finish)
FINAL EXAM: Jan 21-23rd, depending on your class period: In Class Essay comparing Of Mice and Men and Gatsby OR just on Gatsby (there will be a choice of prompts) PLUS analysis questions about Romanticism and Modernism. Open book and open note!

Go, go Gatsby!

Here are the two worksheets you need as you read Gatsby-- we are keeping track of color symbolism as well as writing a reading log as we go through the text.
Connotations of Color
Gatsby Reading Schedule and Log Directions
Please be sure to catch the John Green Crash Course video we watched as an introduction to the text, too.
MODERNISM EXAMPLE FROM ART:
Nude Descending Staircase by Marcel Duchamp
Modernism Notes Format
Please get the notes on Modernism that we took on Monday, Jan. 5th from a classmate if you were absent--thanks!

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Up to Date to Dec. 19

Here is what we have been doing the last week or so-- please let me know if you have to make up anything in class:
Of Mice and Men Unit
Chapter Five Quiz
Final Quiz: See Mrs. Eddy
Analysis paragraph: final copy
Book Trailer: Create a 30 - 60 second video trailer for the book you read outside of class and show it in class using the technology available.
Book versus Movie Notes

Practicing the Form: Analysis Essay

We are working on getting the format of analysis writing down to a science, if you will. Here is the lecture that we took notes on today:
Five Things to Remember
Tomorrow (Friday) we will write a second draft of our paragraphs and then work in pairs to critique and revise the second draft-- and make it perfect to turn in!
Partner Revision and Edit Exercise 
Read chapter three by tomorrow-- no extra reading for the weekend because you have to finish your personal choice books by Monday-- have a great weekend!
Mrs. E