So long February, don't let the door hit you on the way out!
I don't know about you, but March always puts me in a better mood. Spring is on its way, the holiest of high holidays, St. Patrick's Day, arrives in the third week of the month, and we're that much closer to longer, warmer days when we spring forward for daylight savings time. What could be better??
Well, for starters...Reading Shakespeare!!
Here's an overview of the week with some reminders for those who will be gone on Monday for choir festival and Science Olympiad.
Monday - You'll be viewing an A&E biography on William Shakespeare and taking notes on a video guide. I'm collecting this as an assignment, so if you are leaving for Science Olympiad, I expect you to come in after school to make up the viewing. This can be done Wednesday or Thursday. Please make arrangements to do so and let me know when you will be staying after.
Choir doesn't leave until 9, so the choir members should be able to see all of the video and get the notes.
Alex and Julio - be sure to grab your copies of King Lear and handouts from the absent folder.
Tuesday - Enjoy your day off!!
If you didn't show me your resume at the end of class Friday, I'd like to give it a once-over before the end of the week. A few errors were spotted in the ones I did see and I'd like to make sure you are making those corrections for the final copy for your senior portfolio. If you haven't finished your resume, Tuesday would be a good day to do that.
Also - don't put off A Thousand Acres. I'm finalizing a reading schedule that shows the progression of the play and the novel so you can see how far you should be while we read the play. It would be of GREAT BENEFIT if you read up to page 19 of Acres by Wednesday because that is roughly where the action of King Lear begins to parallel the novel.
Don't forget that you are expected to complete a reading log for A Thousand Acres (no vocabulary list). Feel free to offer insights on the character, tone, themes, plot, etc., as well as make connections between the novel and the play. It's important that you work to recognize the similar themes and make distinctions about how Acres adapts those themes for a modern setting.
Wednesday and Thursday - Mr. Wismer is subbing for me in his room, so please report to Wiz's room on both days for class. He will have the lesson plan, Act I reading list, and Act I discussion questions for you. You should roughly be able to cover Act I, scenes i-iv (probably not all of scene iv, but part of it).
Do your best to answer the discussion questions as you read the play. We'll go over the more difficult questions together on Friday.
If someone has signed up for a part, but is absent that day, could one of you please fill in? There were several parts that were not spoken for in class on Friday. Alex and Julio, be sure you sign up to read during one of the days. If everyone has read and there are still parts available, it's fine if you double up. And remember...no read=no participation points.
PLEASE NOTE: If you are absent either Wednesday or Thursday, be sure to make up the reading for Lear on your own. Communicate with your classmates about how far they read so you know where you need to be for the next class.
Friday - We will go over discussion questions, discuss the opening scenes of Act I, and finish the background lecture I started on Friday.
Let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
-MCC
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