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

      Thursday, February 23, 2012

      Thursday Day 59 (2.23.12) A 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 Friday (3.2.12) A Day: Read Chapters 1 - 10 in Shelley's Frankenstein.
        Work Collected in Class:
        1. None

        Wednesday, February 22, 2012

        Wednesday Day 58 (2.22.12) B Day

        Objective:
        Students will view and discuss Hamlet.
        

        Class Activities:

        • Read:
          • Hamlet Summaries Acts I - III
        Homework:
          1. None
          Work Collected in Class:
          1. None

          Thursday, February 16, 2012

          Day 56 (2.16.12) A Day

          Objective:
          Students will write their Rhetorical Analysis.
          

          Class Activities:

          • Email:
            • Read email from Professor Hernandez
          • Discussion Board
              • Finish
          • Write:
            • Rough Draft for Rhetorical Analysis
          Homework:
            1. DUE on Friday (2.17.12) B Day - Rough Draft
            2. DUE on Friday (2.17.12) B Day - Works Cited List
            Work Collected in Class:
            1. Discussion Board

            Wednesday, February 15, 2012

            Day 55 (2.15.12) B Day

            Objective:
            Students will write their Rhetorical Analysis.
            

            Class Activities:

            • Email:
              • Read email from Professor Hernandez
            • Discussion Board
                • Finish
            • Write:
              • Rough Draft for Rhetorical Analysis
            Homework:
              1. DUE on Friday (2.17.12) B Day - Rough Draft
              2. DUE on Friday (2.17.12) B Day - Works Cited List
              Work Collected in Class:
              1. Discussion Board

              Thursday, February 9, 2012

              Day 53 (2.9.12) B Day

              Objective:
              Students will read and comprehend for the course.
              

              Class Activities:

              • Practice Citing Sources
                  • Handout 44-3 from T. Holmes
              • Read, View, and Discuss:
                • Step One: Follow this path: AP Course Website>Literature‎ > ‎Tragedy‎ > ‎Hamlet‎ > ‎The Play‎ > ‎Summary Act I
                  • Read the summaries for Act I 
                  • Read the summaries for Act II
              Homework:
                1. DUE on Monday (2.13.12) B Day: Read Summaries for Hamlet Act II
                Work Collected in Class:
                1. NONE