Tuesday 11/30

• We finished the video and study guide on the origin of Greek tragedy
• There was some time for writer's workshop.

HW: Thesis for analytical paper due tomorrow; watch video "Ancient Greek Tragedy" (follow the "Drama" link to the "Greek Drama" page) & fill in study guide.

Monday 11/29

• Raisin Act II Read Check
• Begin analysis of Greek Theater -- video with study guide

HW: Thesis for analytical paper due 12/1; Raisin Act III RC 12/6

Tuesday 11/23

• Students continued analyzing Critical essays and began to formulate their own theses.
  

Monday11/22

• Raisin Act I RC
• We began pre-writing activities for the literary analysis writing project: students identified thesis & support from a critical essay they found on the school database.
  

Friday 11/19

• Midsummer Test

HW: Raisin Act Read Check Monday

Thursday 11/18

• We continued with the Midsummer test review
  

Wednesday 11/17

• We began reviewing for the Midsummer test -- we did not finish so the test will be Friday.
• Students submitted titles and theses for critical article's on Midsummer.

HW: Raisin Act I read by Monday

Tuesday 11/16

• We finished our notes on the closing speeches of MSND
• We will review for the MSND Test which will be on Thursday

HW: Bring copy of critical article to class tomorrow; Act I of Raisin by Monday -- read check

Monday 11/15

• We discussed and took notes on the two closing speeches to end our study of MSND -- Bottom & Puck

HW: Have your critical essay article (From the Discovering Collection) by Wed.; Raisin Act I by Mon.

Midsummer Night’s Dream Act III Vocabulary

1. Abide
2. Odious
3. Knavery
4. Translate
5. Carcass
6. Nativity
7. Congealed
8. Sojourn
9. Partition
10. Shrew
11. Harbinger

Thursday 11/11

• We reviewed for the grammar test on diagramming which will be tomorrow.
  

Wednesday 11/10

• We finished our dramatization of Midsummer

HW:
1. I will re-link the Vocab III
2. Journal entry:
Family Conflict Over Marrying for Love

• How does this issue stand today?
• Is it outdated? If so, why?
• Do young people and their parents usually agree about who is Mr. Right?
• If so, why do people still gravitate to stories in which there is conflict?

Tuesday 11/9

• Read Check on Act IV Scene 1
• Discussion of Quarter writing assignment
• Class reading of Act V

HW: Select a critical essay (print out) by Wednesday the 17th -- as instructed in class; define words from Act III Vocab on website

Monday 11/8

• We annotated the Midsummer text with "topics"

HW: Read IV:1

Friday 11/5

• Students passed in their 4 sets of diagramming exercises
• We used a study guide to analyze some of the directorial decisions in the Midsummer movie -- especially as pertains to the Bottom character.
• We watched some more scenes

Thursday 11/4

• Today we continued with sentence diagramming -- compound subjects and predicates
• We watched some scenes from the Midsummer movie
  

Wednesday 11/3

• We continued our notes n Gender & Comedy
• We began discussing the Greek myth homework
• We continued with our in class reading of Misdummer

HW: the two sections are not at hte same spot -- Section 1 should read to that point at the end of Act III where the lovers exit; section 2 should read to the end of Act III

Tuesday 11/2

• We continued with our in-class dramatization -- III:1
• You should be finished with Act I Vocab (on website) -- be looking for Act II soon.