Friday, March 9, 2012

Friday Day 63 (3.9.12) B Day

Objective:
Students will explicate "On the Sonnet" by Keats 
and "The Goblin Market" by Christina Rossetti.


Class Activities:

  • Research: (15 minutes)
    • GROUP A:
      • Look up the following myths and vocabulary words:
        • Myth of "Andromeda"
        • Myth of "Midas"
        • Myth of "The Nine Muses"
        • Vocabulary word: lyre (use OED)
        • Vocabulary word: miser (use OED)
        • Vocabulary term: Petrarchan Sonnet
        • Vocabulary term: Elizabethan (Shakespearean) Sonnet
    • GROUP B:
      • Look up the following:
        • Biography of Christina Rossetti
        • Victorian Age
        • Victorian Age Societal Views on Women
  • Finish: "On the Sonnet" by John Keats
  • Read: "The Goblin Market" by Christina Rossetti
    Homework:
    1. DUE on Today (3.9.12) AB
    2. DUE on Today (3.9.12) B Day: Read Mary Shelly Wollstonecraft's "The Mortal Immortal"
    3. DUE on Monday (3.20.12) B Day: Finish all chapters in Shelley'sFrankenstein.
    Work Collected in Class:
    1. Annotated outline of "On the Sonnet" or "The Goblin Market" essay. 

    Thursday, March 8, 2012

    Thursday Day 63 (3.8.12) A Day

    Objective:
    Students will explicate "On the Sonnet" by Keats 
    and "The Goblin Market" by Christina Rossetti.
    

    Class Activities:

    • Research: (15 minutes)
      • Look up the following:
        • Biography of Christina Rossetti
        • Victorian Age
        • Victorian Age Societal Views on Women
    • Finish: "On the Sonnet" by John Keats
    • Read: "The Goblin Market" by Christina Rossetti
    • Plan: Essay about "On the Sonnet" by John Keats or "The Goblin Market" by Christina Rossetti (with class)
      • Based on Pages 360-362 in the Discovering Arguments textbook.
    Homework:
    1. DUE on Today (3.8.12) A Day: Read Christina Rossetti's "The Goblin Market"
    2. DUE on Today (3.8.12) A Day: Read Mary Shelly Wollstonecraft's "The Mortal Immortal"
    3. DUE on Monday (3.19.12) A Day: Finish all chapters in Shelley'sFrankenstein.
    Work Collected in Class:
    1. Annotated outline of "On the Sonnet" or "The Goblin Market" essay. 

    Tuesday, March 6, 2012

    Tuesday Day 62 (3.6.12) A Day

    Objective:
    Students will view Hamlet and "On the Sonnet" by Keats.
    

    Class Activities:

    • View:
      • "Hamlet"
    • Lecture: "A Reconciliation of the Body and Soul in William Shakespeare's Hamlet" [T. Holmes]
    • Research:
      • Look up the following myths and vocabulary words:
        • Myth of "Andromeda"
        • Myth of "Midas"
        • Myth of "The Nine Muses"
        • Vocabulary word: lyre (use OED)
        • Vocabulary word: miser (use OED)
        • Vocabulary term: Petrarchan Sonnet
        • Vocabulary term: Elizabethan (Shakespearean) Sonnet
    • Read: "On the Sonnet" by John Keats
    • Plan: Essay about "On the Sonnet" by John Keats (with class)
      • Based on Pages 360-362 in the Discovering Arguments textbook.
    Homework:
    1. DUE on Thursday (3.8.12) A Day: Read Christina Rossetti's "The Goblin Market"
    2. DUE on Thursday (3.8.12) A Day: Read Mary Shelly Wollstonecraft's "The Mortal Immortal"
    3. DUE on Monday (3.19.12) A Day: Finish all chapters in Shelley'sFrankenstein.
    Work Collected in Class:
    1. Annotated outline of "On the Sonnet" essay. 

    Monday, March 5, 2012

    Monday Day 61 (3.5.12) B Day

    Objective:
    Students will view and discuss Hamlet.
    

    Class Activities:

    • View:
      • "Hamlet"
    Homework:
    1. DUE on Today (3.5.12) B Day: Read Chapters 1 - 10 in Shelley'sFrankenstein.
    2. DUE on Tuesday (3.20.12) B Day: Finish all chapters in Shelley's Frankenstein.
    Work Collected in Class:
    1. None

    Tuesday, February 28, 2012

    Tuesday Day 60 (2.28.12) B Day

    Objective:
    Students will view and discuss Hamlet.
    

    Class Activities:

    • View:
      • "Hamlet"
    Homework:
    1. DUE on Monday (3.5.12) B Day: Read Chapters 1 - 10 in Shelley'sFrankenstein.
    Work Collected in Class:
    1. None

    Monday, February 27, 2012

    Monday Day 60 (2.27.12) A Day

    Objective:
    Students will view and discuss Hamlet.
    

    Class Activities:

    • View:
      • "Hamlet"
    Homework:
    1. DUE on Monday (3.5.12) B Day: Read Chapters 1 - 10 in Shelley'sFrankenstein.
    Work Collected in Class:
    1. None

    Friday, February 24, 2012

    Friday Day 59 (2.24.12) B Day

    Objective:
    Students will view and discuss Hamlet.
    

    Class Activities:

    • Read:
      • Hamlet Summaries Acts III - IV
    Homework:
      1. Finish reading all summaries for Hamlet.
      2. DUE on Monday (3.5.12) B Day: Read Chapters 1 - 10 in Shelley'sFrankenstein.
      Work Collected in Class:
      1. None