Week at a Glance: Nov 30 - Dec 4

English 11

• This week we will be getting into our Macbeth unit.
• Thursday: blocks 2.1 and 2.4 must hand in the Macebth Quote Analysis sheet with the backside completed. Also, those who have roles in Act 2 must be ready to read.
• Friday: blocks 2.1 and 2.4 must hand in the Macebth Quote Analysis sheet with the backside completed. Also, those who have roles in Act 2 must be ready to read.
• Check this out for modern English version side-by-side with the old stuff: http://nfs.sparknotes.com/macbeth/

English 8

• This week we'll be engaging in a film study and thinking about the power of language.
• Please complete at least 2 rows on the Character Chart for the film.

English 11 Pre-AP

• Your integrated papers are due on Monday the 30th.
• During the rest of the week we'll be working on your posters - which are due on Dec 14th.
• Please come to school on FRIDAY with your draft rubric for the poster criteria. You'll be using them in class on FRIDAY. Use the poster websites (links are in the sidebar on the right of this blog) to gather ideas for criteria.

Writing 12

• Bring your lit riff drafts with revisions to school on Monday; we'll also finalize your term reflections and marks on Monday. If you miss Monday, be prepared to write a poem based on the following poem and formula at the start of class next day.

Lucas

Whenever I see

toy alligators or infants

it is Vancouver, 1981

and I am buying an

alligator, with goofy

and googly eyes.

I am hearing the organized

confusion of the nurses

shoes.

But that is not my story.

My story is my brother,

on his third and last day

of life, and I sit here,

holding his goofy little

alligator.

• 
  
  FORMULA FOR ABOVE POEM (please write it about an instant from your own past.)
  
  
  

(Title)

Whenever I (see,hear,taste,feel,smell)

(noun) or (noun)

it is (place), (time/year)

and I am (verb phrase)

I am (hearing, smelling, tasting, seeing, feeling) (noun)

But that is not my story.

My story is (anything you want).

• For the next two online classes, here is your assignment: write your earliest memory. Make sure to use fat-free writing. Fat free writing means peeling back every sentence so that each word is necessary and concise. Include all the senses. Take the reader back in time – place them inside your memory and let them experience it too.  This piece will be workshopped, so please ensure that you are comfortable with the group reading your work. Length: Short enough so as not to drag on and long enough so as to accurately and succinctly recreate the scene. Due Dec 8.