Friday, January 13

Short block today due to exam schedule.
Last review for final exam.

DUE DATES

TUESDAY, January 17: Final Exam.

Review Links

Schmoop's Importance of Being Earnest review (video, 3 min.)

The Time Machine One Minute Book Report (video, 3 min.)

Three and a half minute summary of Macbeth, with cartoons!

Slightly better summary of Macbeth, with real British accents (5 1/2 minutes).

Thursday, January 12

Silent reading, make-up journaling, or vocabulary review.
Finished watching The Importance of Being Earnest as review.

DUE DATES

TUESDAY, January 17: Final Exam.

Wednesday, January 11

Silent reading, make-up journaling, or vocabulary review.
Continued watching The Importance of Being Earnest as review.

DUE DATES

TUESDAY, January 17: Final Exam.

Tuesday, January 10

Introduced final exam vocabulary.
Showed beginning of The Importance of Being Earnest as review.
COLLECTED Macbeth posters.

DUE DATES

TUESDAY, January 17: Final Exam.

Monday, January 9

Silent reading.
COLLECTED optional weekly reading logs.
Students began final poster project.

DUE DATES

MONDAY, January 9: Make up Reading Logs (only) due.
TUESDAY, January 10: Posters due.
TUESDAY, January 17: Final Exam.

Friday, January 6

Finished reading Macbeth.
Finished watching the film of the play.
Introduced final poster project.

DUE DATES

MONDAY, January 9: Make up Reading Logs (only) due.
TUESDAY, January 17: Final Exam.

Thursday, January 5

Finished Scene 20 and Scene 21 (the sleepwalking scene) in movie version of the play.
Discussed the short scene 22, read scenes 23--25.  Discussed the "Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow" speech.

DUE DATES

MONDAY, January 9: Make up Reading Logs (only) due.
TUESDAY, January 17: Final Exam.

Wednesday, January 4

Continued reviewing Macbeth on film.
Read and discussed Scene 20 and Scene 21 (the sleepwalking scene).
Began watching scenes on film.

DUE DATES

TUESDAY, January 3: Special Vacation Reading Logs due.
FRIDAY, January 6: Macbeth unit test (tentatively). The Macbeth unit test will be rolled into the final exam for this course.

Tuesday, January 3

Short block due to 2 hour delay schedule.

Silent reading.
COLLECTED weekly reading logs (and optional vacation logs).

Continued reviewing Macbeth on film.

DUE DATES

TUESDAY, January 3: Special Vacation Reading Logs due.
FRIDAY, January 6: Macbeth unit test (tentatively). The Macbeth unit test will be rolled into the final exam for this course.

Friday, December 23

Short block due to Winter Concert/Reindeer Games schedule.

Watched Black Adder the Third (Macbeth episode).

DUE DATES

TUESDAY, January 3: Special Vacation Reading Logs due.
FRIDAY, January 6: Macbeth unit test (tentatively).

Thursday, December 22

This lesson taught by Mrs. Bidwell in Ms. Bishop's absence.
Third Macbeth vocabulary quiz.

Continued reviewing Macbeth on film.

DUE DATES

TUESDAY, January 3: Special Vacation Reading Logs due.
FRIDAY, January 6: Macbeth unit test (tentatively).

Wednesday, December 21

This lesson taught by Mrs. Bidwell in Ms. Bishop's absence.
Reminder: third Macbeth vocabulary quiz on Thursday!

Began reviewing Macbeth on film.

DUE DATES

THURSDAY, December 22: Third Macbeth vocabulary quiz.

Tuesday, December 20

Choice of reading or vocabulary study.  Reminder: third Macbeth vocabulary quiz on Thursday!

Read the end of Scene 18 and Scene 19 in our scripts of Macbeth.
Watched the scenes on film.

DUE DATES

THURSDAY, December 22: Third Macbeth vocabulary quiz.

Monday, December 19

Silent reading.
COLLECT weekly reading log.

Made excisions, covered exposition, in our scripts of Macbeth.
Began reading Scene 18 (28--top of 31 in scripts).

DUE DATES

THURSDAY, December 22: Third Macbeth vocabulary quiz.

Friday, December 16

Short classes today due to two hour delay schedule.
Choice of reading or vocabulary work.

Watched Scenes 13--15 (through the banquet scene) in film version of Macbeth.

DUE DATES

WEDNESDAY, December 14: Make-ups of first Macbeth vocabulary quiz; second Macbeth vocabulary quiz. This is a change.

FRIDAY, December 16: Blizzard Bag Lesson #1 is due.

Thursday, December 15

(REMINDER: If you are absent, catch up with the previous days' reading in Macbeth!)
Introduced Macbeth vocabulary lesson 3.

Read Scene 15 (the banquet scene) in Macbeth.
Began watching Scenes 13--15 in film version of Macbeth.

DUE DATES

WEDNESDAY, December 14: Make-ups of first Macbeth vocabulary quiz; second Macbeth vocabulary quiz. This is a change.

FRIDAY, December 16: Blizzard Bag Lesson #1 is due.

Wednesday, December 14

(REMINDER: If you are absent, catch up with the previous days' reading in Macbeth!)

Macbeth Vocabulary Quiz 2.
Choice of silent reading, make-up vocabulary quizzes, or work on Blizzard Bag Lesson #1.

Watched Scene 12 and 13 in film version of Macbeth.
Read Scene 14 in Macbeth.

DUE DATES

TUESDAY, December 13: Re-do on missing first Macbeth vocabulary quizzes.

WEDNESDAY, December 14: Make-ups of first Macbeth vocabulary quiz; second Macbeth vocabulary quiz. This is a change.
FRIDAY, December 16: Blizzard Bag Lesson #1 is due.

Tuesday, December 13

(REMINDER: If you are absent, catch up with the previous days' reading in Macbeth!)

No school Monday, December 12 due to snow day. 
Reviewed Blizzard Bag assignment. DUE FRIDAY.

Silent reading.
COLLECTED weekly reading logs.

Read Scene 13 in Macbeth.
Began watching Scene 12 film version.

DUE DATES

TUESDAY, December 13: Re-do on missing first Macbeth vocabulary quizzes.

WEDNESDAY, December 14: Make-ups of first Macbeth vocabulary quiz; second Macbeth vocabulary quiz. This is a change.
FRIDAY, December 16: Blizzard Bag Lesson #1 is due.

Monday, December 12 Blizzard Bag Lesson #1: Microfiction

In the event of a snow day on Monday, December 12, please complete this lesson at home.  It should take you about 45--50 minutes to complete.

Tansy Undercrypt is a prominent writer of the new genre sometimes known as microfiction.  Your assignment today will be to read and study several pieces of microfiction, create a definition of what microfiction is, and to write a piece of your own to submit for a grade.

Don't be surprised if you find microfiction, and especially Tansy Undercrypt's microfiction, to be completely addicting.  (I do.)

1. Make your way to Tansy Undercrypt's web page.
2. Select any six pieces of her work.  (Don't worry--that's less than it sounds like!)
3. Write a VERY brief summary of each piece that you read. (One sentence should do it.)
4. Write an original definition of microfiction.  (Don't Google it--I will be checking!  Use your own fine mind on this one.)
5. Write one piece of microfiction of your very own, and revise it to hand in to me.

You may want to use Google Docs to write your definition and microfiction.  You can then "hand it in" simply by sharing it with me at cbishop@grsd.org.

Your work will be due no later than Friday of this coming week.