The END of the QUARTER! Alleluiah!

Turned in Reflection Letter

Sent e-mail to Mrs. Gilbert (2 lies/1 interesting truth)
Go to nicenet and follow instructions according to the worksheet

Took Literary Techniques Quiz (last part of final exam)

Turned in folders with all our papers.

Adriene

Final exam!

We worked on the final exam part 1 and got our take home writer evaluation essay. The take home essay is due on March 30th. We got the file folders back (our manila folders). And we had a great time! Yay!Have a good night parents-Allegra Ona Hulsey

End of Caesar

Finished book commercials
Reviewed answers to act four
Watched short vesion of act five with Mrs. Gilbert
Reviewed on whats on exam
Julius Caesar quiz
Brittney w

End of Caesar

Finished book commercials
Reviewed answers to act four
Watched short vesion of act five with Mrs. Gilbert
Reviewed on whats on exam
Julius Caesar quiz
Brittney weed

Et tu, Brute?

Read act 3, scenes 1 and 2 in Julius Caesar & take notes (copy them from a responsible classmate if you were absent)

Book presenters did commercials. Make sure to turn in journal and poster on Monday if you haven’t yet.

Do Worksheet on Act 4 handed out as Homework

Papers and grade reports handed back
Deadline for late work is Monday

By Michael

Omens for Caesar

Today we filled out a worksheet on Julius Caesar for bell work and turned in our homework. Then people did some of their commercials. Once they were done we acted out Ceaser act 2.Be sure to pick up the half sheet of paper explaining how to do the journals.

Ashley

Beware the Ides of March

1) Turned in bell work (Write down what your character is thinking/feeling in Julius Caesar and what body language/negative space/levels could go with it)
2) Took notes on Julius Caesar & the Great Chain of Being (copy from a neighbor)
3) Performed act one of Julius Caesar
4) Homework- read 2.1.1-34, write a summary in 3-5 sentences of what Brutus says in this soliloquy and describe al least 2 literary techniques used in his speech.
Luke R

Acting 101

Today we acted, Ask a friend about what the following terms mean: Negative space, different levels, and leading centers of the body. Please sign up for your book commercial and what lines you’re going to act out in the Julius Caesar play! Ask Mrs. Gilbert if you have any questions, Thank You!

By: Leah

Quiz & end of MEAP!!!!

- Handed in the c/c final draft, along with all the rests of our drafts, our self evaluation, and the grading sheet for our compare and contrast paper.
- Took a test overAntigone and handed in our notes on Antigone
- Read good vs. bad examples for our compare/contrast timed essay for Antigone/Prince of Egypt that is due Monday March 21, 2005.

The end of Prince

Pick up post-it note from front of class, on it
a. Your name
b. Any seating [request be specific]
c. Whether you want me to write on your final draft or not.

Pick up the letter from Mrs. Gilbert and read it over carefully.

Take notes on Prince of Egypt.

C/C paper due tomorrow March 18, 2005.

Tyrice F.

More prince...

Today we watched more of the Prince of Egypt. Mrs. Gilbert gave us the grading sheet for the timed-essay part of the Antigone/Prince quiz.

You have to revise your c/c paper by reading all the sentences backwards (from the last sentence to the first sentence.) The final draft is due Friday. The final draft stapled by itself, the self evaluate sheet and the grading sheet filled out but left separate, not stapled. The process sheets (the three rough drafts) are stapled together in order.

More Prince of Egypt & Metphor review

We came in and did a warm-up to review what metaphor is because only two people did it right. Then we watched Prince of Egypt and took notes. 3rd rough draft is due tomorrow and final draft is due Thursday for the compare/ contrast papers.
We also got progress reports that need to be signed and brought back.
Love always,jb

Prince of Egypt

Listen to tape and review -- revise paper. Rough draft 3 due Wednesday

Start watching Prince of Egypt
Get notes from classmate on Ramses and Moses Family tree AND on writing format requirements.

Expect a quiz on Antigone and Prince of Egypt on Friday.

The end of Antigone (and Creon)

Today we finished reading Antigone (and we continued taking notes on significant quotes from the text).

We turned in our rough draft #2 for our compare/contrast paper along with a cassette tape.

Homework: Continue reading your independant novel and journaling on it.
Find examples in the play Antigone of a simile, a metaphor, some imagery, some repetition, some alliteration, and (significant) diction -- and put the example on your chart. If you don't remember a term, remember that there is a glossary in the blue/green pages in the back of your anthology.

Antigone heats up...

Read pages 323 to 330 in the book, which are scenes two and three. Then take notes on the quotes from the book about Antigone, Creon, and Haimon.

Homework: Second draft of the compare/contrast paper, add figurative language (metaphors / similes) and more diction. Bring audiocassette tape with your name on it (and rewound) with the draft. EC opportunity = read scene 4 and write a paragraph summarizing it.

Colton

Talk about diction, denotation and connotation. Give examples of them (get notes from a classmate) Work on rough drafts to make them better. Pick up the sheet that explains how to add detail and improve intros. Read scene 1 of Antigone.

Homework: Revise intros and body paragraphs.

by Brandon R.

C/C in Antigone & our own papers

1.We read the ANTIGONE Prologue in the Blue Book (Write down significant quotes from Antigone and Ismene. Then write a paragraph on what women are capable of OR on what people should do when faced by an unjust law and use the quotes for support.)

2.We took notes on the difference between block organization and point-by-point organization. We should fix our C/C charts to have point-by point organization and write the first four paragraphs (intro + 3 body paragraphs) for class tomorrow.

3. We got the bookmarks and final scoring guide for our independent novel.
T’auna & Mrs. G

What's your POINT?

• Compare overhead to bible stories, and review the points of the allusions.
• Share your compare and contrast charts (from the computer lab) with those at your table and find a lesson learned in your compare and contrast charts (of you can’t find one on your own you can get help from Mrs. Gilbert or a classmate)
• You need to turn in your paper compare/contrast chart or outline today, or at the latest, tomorrow. Make sure you have a POINT to your paper.
• Copy the family tree of Oedipus and Haimon & copy what/who is Choragoes, Sentry, Tiersias
• Sign out the anthology book and prepare for your assigned reading.

Keep reading your independant novel.

• Gabrielle

Wrapping up the old... leading into the new

Today we had
* journal time
* open mic sharing
* role-played the conflict-resolution scenarios (we learned that it is always good to listen to others, be sympathetic about their lives, and be honest about what is happening in our lives)
* shared Greek/Norse/Biblical allusions
* wrote a note to Mrs. Gilbert with the title of our book, the author, and if we had any questions/concerns to share with her at this time.

Homework:
* After you have started your novel, write for 10 minutes in your journal about your reactions/thoughts to the beginning of the novel and whether you think the author did a good job of getting you "hooked" at the start.
* Bring a c/c chart or outline of something you'd like to compare/contrast for our next paper. Make sure its on a topic that you care about.

To parents: Mrs. Gilbert anticipates having progress reports available on Monday.

A bunch of little stuff...

We started class by writing in our journals about whatever we wanted for about 25 minutes, we also answered the questions on the back of the sub plans (we were supposed to have a sub today but Mrs. Gilbert decided to bless us with her presence). We read pages 308-309 in the Prentice Hall Platinum Anthology book about a man named Oedipus and we learned about how the Greek Theatre worked and we took notes on everything that we read. We did a conflict and resolution scenario with a group of people to resolve an issue that we read about. For this project we started out by ourselves, than we worked with another person and compared notes, than finally we worked with our whole group and compared notes. We also got our district writing assessments back and for Choir people we did not write about our reactions to our grade. We will be doing that tomorrow. Extra Credit movie poster is due tomorrow.

Katherine S.

C/C Myth & Sharing our own myths

We went to the computer lab in the media center and looked up a non-western myth. We then prepared a compare and contrast chart comparing that myth to ones from Greek or Norse mythology. Next, we silently read each other’s final draft of the mythology essay and wrote positive comments about it. Finally, we had time to choose a fantasy or science fiction novel to read on our own time to be brought to class tomorrow. A handout was given in case Mrs. Gilbert is gone tomorrow.

Wrapping up Norse/Checking out the OT

We spent some time reviewing the scores for group presentations and the mythology test. We learned that 1) its important to keep up on the reading, 2) taking notes on the reading helps, 3) extra credit really does make a difference, and 4) be sure to read the instructions.

We share our transparencies about Norse myths compared with Greek myths, and then watched about 5 minutes of clips from Return of the King to see examples of Norse-type culture.

We then divided into groups of 2-3 to read and make a poster about a significant Bible story. We will share the posters tomorrow to talk about the similarities to Greek mythology and/or Norse mythology.

Tomorrow we will meet in the library computer lab to research some non-Western myths and to talk more chosing our independant novel reading (either science-fiction or fantasy).

DUE TOMORROW: Final draft of myth project (including visual) as well as all the process work (stapled together in chronological order), the grading sheet, and the self-evaluation (all filled out)