Poem: Breaking Camp.


BREAKING CAMP by David Waggoner
Having spent a hard-earned sleep, you must break camp in the mountains
At the break of day, pulling up your stakes and packing,
Scattering your ashes,
And burying everything human you can't carry.
Lifting Your world now on your shoulders, you should turn
To look back once
At a place as welcoming to a later dead-tired stranger
As it was to your eyes only the other evening,
As the place you've never seen
But must hope for at the end of a day's rough journey.
You must head for another campsite, maybe no nearer
Wherever you're going
Than where you've already been, but deeply, starkly appealing
Like a lost home: with water, the wind lying down
On a stretch of level earth,
And the makings of a fire to flicker against the night
Which you are traveling light, can't bring along
But must always search for.


Lit terms test.

Graduation letter.




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Monday and Tuesday, June 4 and June 5

Monday,

We practice lit terms, we practice Macbeth quotes, and we practiced patience.


We were reminded that outside reading is due Tuesday and you must have your outside reading for third quarter to show me at the same time.




On Tuesday,



Macbeth final

Partner test? Max grade 83 if you work with a partner.


Outside reading


practice lit terms

Reminders

Wednesday, June 6, lit term final, letter to teacher in class,; bring postage stamp, envelope

Thursday, May 31, 2012

We performed Shakespeare in the auditorium.




We will have an on-demand test tomorrow in the computer lab.



practice lit terms



Reminders
Thursday, May 31, ShakeOff on stage.
Friday, June 1, Literary analysis on-demand in-class
Tuesday, June 5, Outside reading due , Macbeth final
Wednesday, June 6, lit term final, letter to teacher in class,; bring postage stamp, envelope

Tuesday and Wednesday, May 29 and May 30

Over these two days we performed all of our Shakespeare presentations. On Wednesday particularly we practice our lit terms and made preparations for the on-stage ShakeOff tomorrow.


practice lit terms

Reminders
Thursday, May 31, ShakeOff on stage.
Friday, June 1, Literary analysis on-demand in-class
Tuesday, June 5, Outside reading due , Macbeth final
Wednesday, June 6, lit term final, letter to teacher in class,; bring postage stamp, envelope

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

We did in-class ShakeOff today. WE will have an on-demand writing on Friday and we will use the computer lab near journalism.

Thursday and Friday, May 24 and May 25.

We practiced ShakeOff presentations. Both days.

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Bring outside reading on Thursday. You may need it for part of the period.



Work in groups. We only have Thursday and Friday left for practice. We don't have school Monday and we will be doing the in-class ShakeOff on Tuesday when we come back.



Reminders

Friday, May 25, off-book

Tuesday, May 29, ShakeOff in class.

Wednesday, May 30, Literary analysis on-demand in-class

Thursday, May 31, ShakeOff on stage.

Tuesday, June 5, Outside reading due

Wednesday, June 6, lit term final, letter to teacher in class

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Hand in Deteriorata / Desiderata homework.

Bring outside reading on Thursday. You will need it for part of the period.



Work in groups. You have Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday to have everything ready for the ShakeOff. We don't have school Monday. We have the ShakeOff on Tuesday when we come back from the long weekend.



Reminders

Friday, May 25, off-book

Tuesday, May 29, ShakeOff in class.

Wednesday, May 30, Literary analysis on-demand in-class

Thursday, May 31, ShakeOff on stage.

Tuesday, June 5, Outside reading due

Wednesday, June 6, lit term final, letter to teacher in class

Monday, May 21

Watch Macbeth from 1:53 to end of dvd (Polanski version)


Two possible themes from the Scottish play:

1. Great destruction is wrought when ambition goes unchecked by moral constraints.
2. Once one decides to use violence to further one’s quest for power, it is difficult to stop.

We watched "Deteriorata" by National Lampoon. For tomorrow students will write their own lines to "Desiderata",  "Deteriorata," or both. See video from youtube:



Work in groups.



Reminders

Tuesday, May 29, ShakeOff in class.

Wednesday, May 30, Literary analysis on-demand in-class

Thursday, May 31, ShakeOff on stage.

Tuesday, June 5, Outside reading due

Wednesday, June 6, lit term final

Work on subtext.



Watch Macbeth from 1:18 to 1:53 of Polanski divd.



Work in groups.

Know your lines by Wednesday



Reminders

Tuesday, May 29, ShakeOff in class.

Thursday, May 31, ShakeOff on stage.

Thursday, May 17, 2012

Watch Macbeth up through 1:18 of the pulanski dvd.


 "When I was one and twenty" Write a full page, unless you want to be creative and write some other type of response to the poem.

WHEN I was one-and-twenty
I heard a wise man say,
‘Give crowns and pounds and guineas
 But not your heart away;
‘Give pearls away and rubies
But keep your fancy free.’
But I was one-and-twenty,
No use to talk to me.

When I was one-and-twenty
 I heard him say again,
‘The heart out of the bosom
Was never given in vain; ‘
Tis paid with sighs a plenty
And sold for endless rue.’
And I am two-and-twenty, And oh, ‘tis true, ‘tis true.
A.E. Housman
Work in groups.

 Reminders
Tuesday, May 29, ShakeOff in class.
Thursday, May 31, ShakeOff on stage.

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Lorelei, 1356 In-class quiz



Watch Macbeth   for ten minutes. We are now at 31:30 of the dvd



Work in groups.  Count lines, cut lines to a max of 25 probably, list props, find music, learn lines by next week Wednesday.



Reminders

Wednesday May 23, be off-book for your Shakespeare scene.

Tuesday, May 39, ShakeOff in class

Thursday, May 31, ShakeOff on stage.

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Macbeth Act 1, scene 4. (Lady Macduff and her son die). Then we watched the first 22 minutes of the Polanski version of the play.
For the last twenty minutes we met in groups, or as individuals. Everyone picked their scene, got copies from the teacher, counted lines for each character, and cut lines if possible. This work will continue on Wednesday.



We turned in "Desiderata" assignment yesterday or today. Then we watched a video from youtube with the original song that was popular in the early 70's.

Monday, May 14, 2012

Turn in your extra credit Siddhartha today.



Macbeth

3.3.1-22          murderers three, Banquo, Fleance

3.4.1-143        Mac, LadyMac, murderer, Lennox, Ross, Lord

3.5 skip

3.6 skip

4.1.1-155         Lennox, Macbeth, Witch 1,2,3, Apparitions  1,2,3          This is a key scene in the play. We watched a couple of samples of ShakeOff performances of this scene.

Friday, May 11, 2012

Macbeth We did three scenes today:

2.4.1-41 Old man, Ross, Macduff

3.1.1-142 Banquo, Macbeth, Lady M., Servant, M1-2


3.2.1-?

Subtext is what someone is thinking when they say something. We practiced subtext today.


Reminders
Monday, May 14. extra credit due.

Thursday, May 10, 2012

Macbeth

Fo’ Shizzle contest   Thanks for Jazz, Nick, Audrey  for participating.

1.5.1-71 Mac, Lady Mac, Messenger

1.6.1-31 King Duncan, Banquo, Lady Mac

1.7.1-82 Mac, Lady Mac

2.1.1-65

2.2.1-73

2.3.1-142   Porter scene



Wow, you all covered a lot today! That will give us more time to practice.

Reminders Monday, May 14. extra credit due.

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

We reviewed the line tossing from yesterday. Then we looked at the Macbeth packet which is part of the Siddhartha packet.  The Siddhartha packet can be torn off and discarded if you don't need it for the extra credit on page S-10, which is due on Monday.

We read aloud with people moving about as the characters and we completed 1.1; 1.2; 1.3; 1.4;  and 1.5.  Those who want up to 15 points of extra credit need to prepare to act out Lady Macbeth reading the letter from Macbeth that opens up 1.6.  A translation to modern lingo is in the Macbeth packet on page M-9.  The words will be projected on the screen and you can stand in the back of the room to do this.

For tomorrow reread the scenes we did in class, or look up on No Fear Shakespeare, and see the translations.

May 8, 2012

Siddhartha test



Pick up Macbeth

Lesson with scenarios and line tossing from Act 1

Students should read the first scene of the play for tomorrow. If you looked at it and came to this spot to see that the first scene is only a few lines long, then you should know that reading the first scene is enough for tonight.


Reminders

Tuesday, May 8, Siddhartha final test Monday, May 14. extra credit due.

Monday, May 7, 2012

Siddhartha packets due



“Man to the universe” Mark and discuss for today. Turn it in.



Pick up Macbeth from the IMC. If you couldn't pick it up today, have it by tomorrow.

Stratford Squares . We played this game in class as an introduction to William Shakespeare. A few of the concepts or facts may be on the final of Macbeth. Find the questions at the bottom of today's blog.




Reminders

Tuesday, May 8, Siddhartha final test Monday, May 14. extra credit due.

Below are questions for Stratford Squares, our version of Hollywood Squares. The possible bluffs written below each answer will give you some ideas on what you might want to say. Your goal is to get the contestant to believe your lie  or disbelieve your correct answer. The correct answer is in bold print when possible.

1.   The following words were written by Shakespeare and can be found where?     Good friend, for Jesus' sake forbear to dig the dust enclosed here. Blest be the man that spares these stones, and curst be he that moves my bones.

Correct answer: Shakespeare's tombstone in Stratford's Holy Trinity Church bears this inscription, said to have been written by him

Bluff answers: You might say that it was a famous line from one of his plays.  Mention plays Titus Andromeda, Romeo and Juliet, The Tempest, Midsummer Night’s Dream, King Lear, Henry V.  Say that you saw the play or that it is your favorite play.

2.  What university did William Shakespeare attend and graduate from?

Choose Your Answer: A: Oxford, B: Cambridge, C: Glasgow, D: None

Shakespeare, one of literature's greatest figures, never attended any university.

Bluff answer: say he started  at one university and finished at another. If you pick one of the other universities, say that your have always been interested in one of them and you know that they have a library with his name on it.

3) What is Shakespeare's shortest play?

Choose Your Answer: A: The Comedy of Errors, B: A Midsummer Night's Dream, C: Macbeth, D: Timon of Athens

Correct answer: Comedy of Errors with 1787 lines Macbeth is his shortest tragedy.

4) How many of Shakespeare's original manuscripts have survived?

Choose Your Answer: A: One, B: Nine, C: Thirty-Six, D: None

None of Shakespeare's original manuscripts have survived, due partly perhaps to the fact that they were written, many of them hastily, strictly for stage performance.

5. Who dies first, Romeo or Juliet or Paris?

Choose Your Answer: A: Romeo, B: Juliet, C: Paris   D: Two of them die at exactly  the same time.

Paris dies outside the tomb of Juliet before Romeo goes in to find Juiet.Bluff it any way you want. Maybe you can say that there is no Paris in this play.

6) What was the name of Shakespeare's only son?

Choose Your Answer: A: Hubert, B: Hamnet, C: Humphrey, D: Horatio

Shakespeare's only son, Hamnet, was born approximately two years after his parents married. He died in childhood, at the age of 11, in 1596, and was buried at Stratford. Hamnet had a twin sister named Judith who lived into adulthood. The poet and dramatist William D'Avenant (1606-68) was rumored to be the illegitimate son of Shakespeare, but there is no proof to substantiate this claim.

7. At the end of Romeo and Juliet, the Montagues say they will erect a statue of Juliet. Can such a statue be seen in the city of Verona “where we lay our scene”?

Yes or no. 

Possible bluff by saying you have visited Verona and you have either seen the statue or haven’t seen it. You could also say that it had been taken down because too many people had been touching the breast of the statue.

8) How many of Shakespeare's plays were published during his lifetime?

Choose Your Answer: A: Two, B: 15, C: 36, D: 37   E. None

Correct answer:  None of Shakespeare's plays were published during his lifetime--he wrote them, apparently, only to be performed. Fortunately, two of his fellow actors, John Heminge and Henry Condell, gathered 36 of Shakespeare's plays and published them in 1623 in a collection that has come to be known as The First Folio. This collection is the source from which all published Shakespearean plays are derived.

9) What was the name of Shakespeare's wife?

Choose Your Answer:

 A: Helena,Hayes   B: Mary   C: Anne,Hathaway  D: Rosaline Montressor    E. Juliet Lewis

Correct answer:  In 1582, at the age of eighteen, William Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway who was seven or eight years older than the young playwright. That was before she wore Prada.

10) What actor first created the roles of Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, and Richard III?

Choose Your Answer:  A: James Burbage, B: Richard Burbage, C: Cuthbert Burbage, D: Edward Alleyn

Richard Burbage, the son of theatrical entrepreneur James Burbage, was one of the most famous actors of his day. He was the first actor to play many of Shakespeare's most famous parts, including Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, and Richard III. He remained a member of the Chamberlain's Men (later the King's Men) until his death in 1619. Possible bluff: Who the heck cares? Then pick one.

11) Which role is Shakespeare said to have played in the original production of Hamlet?

Choose Your Answer:    A: Hamlet,     B: Laertes,   C: The Gravedigger,   D: The Ghost

Shakespeare is said to have played the Ghost in the original production of Hamlet.

12. The Black Plague that struck England during Shakespeare's lifetime around 1603 killed how many people?

300,       3300,        33,000        300,000.      3 million?

Shakespeare lived through the Black Death, an epidemic of bubonic plague that killed over 33,000 people in

London in 1603 and later returned in 1608. The plague was spread by fleas and rats.

13.  The story of Pocahontas story is an adaptation of which Shakespeare play?

Taming of the Shrew, Midsummer Nights Dream, The Tempest,  Titus Andronicus

Shakespeare’s plays have been adapted into all sorts of different contexts including the Pocahontas story: American Charlotte Barnes, for example, adapted The Tempest in her 1844 play The Forest Princess, which retells the story of Pocahontas and Captain John Smith.

14 What was the date of Shakespeare's birth, exactly?

            April 23, 1564

Possibly bluff by keeping the April 23rd, but changing the year. Say that you have always remembered it because it was the same day of the year as your birthday

15. Shakespeare was born in a town called Stratford on Avon, or sometimes called Stratford Upon Avon. What is Avon?

 A county?     A mountain?          A lake?           A river?

16  How old was Shakespeare when he got married?    18

17. How old was Shakespeare's wife Anne when they got married?  26 years old.

18. How old was Shakespeare when he became a father?

 He was 19 years old.

19. At the age of twenty, after two years of marriage, how  many children did Shakespeare have?

  Three. At 19 he became a father; at 20 he became the father of twins. They had no more children.

20  Which of the following was not the name of one of Shakespeare's three children?        Susanna;    William, Junior;   Hamnet,    Judith

21. Mr.  Stanford Williams lives in California and he says that he is a living descendant of William Shakespeare. Could this be  true or need it be  false?

The answer is false because there are no living descendants today.  To bluff :you might say false because  no descendants of Shakespeare can receive royalties from his plays if they live outside England. 

Or you could bluff by saying true because his family changed their last name because of all the people who would bug them for artifacts of their famous ancestor, even in America.

22 How many plays did Shakespeare write?

  He wrote 37.

23  Of Shakespeare’s  37 plays, 14 were comedies, 11 were histories, and 12 were tragedies.  True or False?

True. Bluff by saying false, “Most of his plays were tragedies, just think about it;”

or trick by being honest and say true: that most people think his tragedies outnumber his comedies because so many of the tragedies are covered in school.

24. How old was Shakespeare when he died?     Answer: 52. He died in 1616.

25. Shakespeare’s father was a respected member of the community of Stratford on Avon,. He was a public official, landowner, and a businessman. His business was making and selling a particular item of clothing worn by both men and women. What was it?

Answer: gloves.

Possible bluffs: shoes, hats, socks, scarves, ear muffs.

26. Was William wealthy or poor when he died?

He was wealthy. Bluff by saying he lost his money  when the plague ravaged the population and none went to the theatre for fear of contagion.

27 In the famous line “Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou, Romeo?” what does wherefore mean?     why,    how,    where , for what reason?

Most people think it means ‘where are you,Romeo?’,  but it actually means ‘why are you Romeo?’ You might bluff by saying you were in the play in ninth grade ao you had to learn this scene.

28. In the theater during Shakepeare’s time, certain people were known by the name of groundlings. Why?

True answer: Groundlings stood on the ground in front of the stage to watch the play. They paid the lowest ticket price and  were known for their drinking and rowdy behavior.

Possible bluff: Groundlings were the people who took care of the grounds and set up everything for the plays. Today we might call them roadies.

29. Without rounding, and in years, how old is Juliet when the play with her name begins?

True answer, she is 13; she will be fourteen in a few weeks, so the answer is 13.Her birthday was July 31^st, we can tell from the play.

Bluff:  Most people know that she was only fourteen and that people got married young back then.

30. The play “Romeo and Juliet” involves a feud between two families, the Montagues and the Capulets. From which family  is Juliet?

True answer: the Capulets.

31. How many sonnets did Shakespeare write, not counting those within plays?

True answer: 154.

Possible Bluff: Say he wrote one for every year of his life: 52.

32. Who was queen of England during most of William’s life?

Was it   Queen Mary,II,  Queen Anne, Queen Latifa,  Queen Mary, Queen Elizabeth, trick question, King Henry VIII

33. Who was the King in the later years of Shakespeare’s life?

King Henry ViIII, King James, King Edward, King Kong, King Richard III,, King Lear?

You might bluff on this by giving the correct answer but saying that Lebron James is called King James because of this.

34. Romeo and Juliet takes about two hours to perform. How much time transpires i the play?  Is it four hours, four days, four weeks, four months or four years?

You might add to your bluff by saying that you were in the play in eighth grade.

35. Which Shakespeare play is so popular that it is probably being performed somewhere on stage at this very moment?

Hamlet is the correct answer. Other possible bluffs are Romeo and Juliet (who hasn’t seen it?)  Macbeth , Much Ado About Nothing (there is much ado about this play), King Lear

36.  In Shakespeare’ day, a city wall ran around three sides of London. What was on the fourth side?

The River Thames. Other bluffs might be a lake, a moat, a cliff down to the sea, a hill, Buckingham Palace. You might bluff by saying you were there two years ago and that your answer is still on the fourth side of the city.

37. Today we typically eat dinner with a knife,e a fork, and a spoon; in Shakespeare’s day, one of these had only just been invented and was not in common use.

Correct answer is fork. It had been invented in Italy and was not commonly used in England at this time.

Possible bluff: This is a trick question. All three utensils were in common use at this time, but only the King was allowed to use a knife at the dinner table. Say you did a report on it in seventh grade.

38. Were flush toilets in existence in Shakespeare's day?

Yes, but most people used a chamber pot.  Bluff by saying that the flush toilet was not invented until years late by John Crapper.

39. Bullbaiting, bearbaiting, and “the horse and ape” were sports involving animal fights  on which men would bet.  What animal is involved in each of these sports?

Correct answer: Dog.

Bluff: Bears were used in all of these, but they were just different versions of the same game. For example, bullbaiting was just a male bear.

40, If you were to pass through the south gate of the London Bridge in Shakepseare’s day,  why wouldn't you want to look up?

You would see several poles sticking up into the air with the good chance of shriveled heads of those people executed for high treason.

Possible bluffs: It was the naughty lady part of town,

   People through the contents of their chamber pots out the window.

  It was considered unlucky because that is where Anne Boleyn lost her head.

41. Women who were accused of witchcraft were strapped to  a ducking stool and plunged into water. How would you know if they were not a witch?

If they were drowned, they were not a witch. If they survived, they were a witch so they would be executed.

42. At the beginning of a play, Romeo is in love with whom?

Rosaline.

Of course the obvious bluff is to say Juliet.

43.   The Bard's will gave most of his property to Susanna, his first child, and not to his wife Anne Hathaway. Instead his loyal wife infamously received his "second-best bed".  Why did she not get the best bed?

The Bard's second best bed wasn’t so bad, it was his marriage bed; his best bed was for guests.

Bluff by saying that he didn’t give his best bed because she was having an affair with someone named Susanna and she was given the best bed.

44. Even though Romeo and Juliet commit suicide, Shakespeare was morally against it and only had one suicide occur in any of his other 36 plays. True or false?

Suicide occurs an unlucky thirteen times in Shakespeare’s plays. It occurs in Romeo and Juliet where both Romeo and Juliet commit suicide, in Julius Caesar where both Cassius and Brutus die by consensual stabbing, as well as Brutus’ wife Portia, in Othello where Othello stabs himself, in Hamlet where Ophelia is said to have "drowned" in suspicious circumstances, in Macbeth when Lady Macbeth dies, and finally in Antony and Cleopatra where suicide occurs an astounding five times (Mark Antony, Cleopatra, Charmian, Iras and Eros).

Thursday and Friday, May 3 and 4

In the past two days we have finished the book "Siddhartha". We will be taking the test next Tuesday but the packet is due on Monday. 

Don't forget to continue outside reading.

Bring IDs on Monday. We will be checking out Macbeth.

Write a page about the following pair. There are no stipulations. Try to connect it to the conversations we have had about philosophies- attitudes towards life.




A Man              by Nina Cassian                    Translated by Roy Macgregor-Hastie

While fighting for his country, he lost an arm
and was suddenly afraid:
"From now on, I shall only be able to do things by halves.
I shall reap half a harvest.
I shall be able to play either the tune
or the accompaniment on the piano,
but never both parts together.
I shall be able to bang with only one fist
on doors, and worst of all
I shall only be able to half hold
my love close to me.
There will be things I cannot do at all,
applaud for example,
at shows where everyone applauds."

From that moment on, he set himself to do everything with
twice as much enthusiasm.
And where the arm had been torn away
a wing grew.









A Man Said to the Universe

 A man said to the universe:  “Sir, I exist!”
“However,” replied the universe, “the fact has not created in me
A sense of obligation.”

--Stephen Crane

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Siddhartha ch 8-9  We read 8 aloud in class" By the river".  Read ch 9, :The Ferryman" on your own.

Ism practice- match the ism  See below:

Reminders

Monday, May 7, Siddhartha questions due.
 Monday, May 14. extra credit due.

Pick the scenario that fits the following isms:   

Determinism, mysticism, pessimism

Hedonism, nihilism, pragmatism,

 materialism, existentialism

         1. We need to have security people around us to protect us from those bad elements in society. People have no choice but to do what their nature tells them they are programmed to do. We are all programmed to act in a certain way. Some good..... some bad. 

         2. If we spend less money on security, we can spend more money on enjoyable endeavors. If we waste money on security, people will still do what they want because the joy of doing their desires outweighs the pain of later punishment. 

         3. I am not for or against security. All I am saying is let’s spend more money on security and if people behave better then we can increase the amount we spend. Eventually we will find if security is a good idea.

         4. We could figure out a way to get people to behave well, but then something will come along a destroy that. If we spend more money on security, people will just resist it more. Then we will have to spend more money on security. We should just trust people to behave well. It’s really too bad we can’t.

         5. We could just figure out the right way to behave and what makes people tick. Are you kidding?  That thought is so stupid. We could get security to help channel people the correct way. Are you ridiculous? I was joking. Who’s to say that security knows the way people should behave? Who’s to say that the way you want to act is wrong?

         6. It may or may not be necessary to increase security.  People learn right and wrong best by experiencing the world around them but I can’t take the chance that one might steal my things or destroy my chances at a strong future. We are here at school to educate ourselves so we can be successful in the world--- have a nice car, a nice job, vacation in the right places.  This school needs to improve to make sure we are never like those pitiful people who have nothing.

         7. We could spend a lot of money on the security personnel at this school. Or we could not. It is up to the individual to make the choice of how to live. The individual will make the decision on how to choose. It really doesn’t matter if there is more security people here or not. They could order me to go to class or get out of the halls but I always have that choice to accept what they are saying or not.

         8. Security is not a question one needs to deal with at school. One should learn about things but a majority of one’s time should be spent in meditation. With an inward look, one may learn divine or eternal reality.

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

People told me today if they wanted to be graded only on the test for Siddhartha. If not, the packet is due Monday.

Siddhartha ch 6-7; We read "Amongst the People" in class. We read "Samsara" at home.


Yackity yack was a bit of humor using the topic of Zen Buddhism. I will post those sayings at the bottom of this page.



Lit terms: practice





Reminders

Monday, 7, Siddhartha questions due. Monday, May 14. extra credit due.









THE POWER OF ZEN

1. A closed mouth gathers no foot.



2. The journey of a thousand miles begins with a broken fan belt and a leaky tire.



3. The quickest way to double your money is to fold it in half and put it back in your pocket.



4. Timing has an awful lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance.



5. No one is listening until you make a mistake.



6. Never test the depth of the water with both feet.



7. It may be that your sole purpose in life is simply to serve as a warning to others.



8. If you think nobody cares if you're alive, try missing a couple of car payments.



9. Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes.



10. If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you.



11. Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach him how to fish, and he will sit in a boat & drink beer all day.



12. If you lend someone $20, and never see that person again,

it was probably worth it.



13. Duct tape is like the Force. It has a light side & a dark

side, and it holds the universe together.



14. Q: Why don't Buddhists vacuum in the corners? 


A: Because they have no attachments.



15. Q: What does a Buddhist wish someone on their birthday? 


A: May you have many happy returns.



16. Some days you are the bug, some days you are the windshield.



17. Q: How many Zen buddhists does it take to change a light bulb? 


A: None, they are the light bulb.



18. It's always darkest before dawn. So if you're going to steal your neighbor's newspaper, that's the time to do it.



19. There are two theories that apply when arguing with women. Neither one works.



20. Do not walk behind me, for I may not lead. Do not walk ahead of me, for I may not follow. Do not walk beside me, either. Just leave me the heck alone.



21. My mechanic said to me: I couldn't repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder.



22. A day without sunshine is like, night.

23. Hard work pays off in the future. Laziness pays off now.



24. Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.



25. Inside every older person is a younger person wondering what the heck happened.



26. Q: What did a Buddhist say to the hot dog vendor?


A: Make me one with everything.



27. After the Buddhist paid for the hotdog, he asked,” Didn’t I give you a twenty dollar bill? Where is my change?

The vendor replied, “Change must come from within.”



28-29 . Two men meet on the street. One asks the other: "Hi, how are you?"



The other replies: "I'm fine, thanks."



"And how's your son? Is he still unemployed?"



"Yes, he is. But he is meditating now."



"Meditating? What's that?"



"I don't know. But it's better than sitting around and doing nothing!"









30.Science truth: Good health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die.



31. All of us could take a lesson from the weather. It pays no attention to criticism.

Monday, April 30, 2012

Siddhartha ch 4-5. We read four aloud. Students are to read five on their own.The last fifteen minutes of class were given for this purpose.




Lit terms: practice

I handed out packets today to cover Siddhartha and also to cover "Macbeth". Students will be given a grading option tomorrow about whether they want to do the questions in the packet for a grade over "Siddhartha". Stay tuned for details.



An extra credit assignment was given out. It is contained in the packet on Siddhartha.


Reminders:

Monday, May 14th, extra credit

Friday, April 27, 2012

We discussed and handed in "Do not go gentle"  page of textbook: 1275 
Write your normal one page on this, or write some type of response to this poem that uses your creativity.



Lit terms:. theme, tone,  universality (we finished up the packet of lit terms.)



Final test on The Stranger was handed back.


Rest of Stranger questions due today.

Thursday, April 26, 2012

Do not go gentle 1275
Write your normal one page on this, or write some type of response to this poem that uses your creativity.

Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night

Dylan Thomas

Do not go gentle into that good night,

Old age should burn and rave at close of day;

Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Though wise men at their end know dark is right

Because their words had forked no lightning they

Do not go gentle into that good night.

Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright

Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,

Rage. rage against the dying of the light.

Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,

and learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,

Do not go gentle into that good night.

Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight

Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,

Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

And you, my father, there on the sad height,

Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray.

Do not go gentle into that good night.

Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Final test on The stranger.



Rest of Stranger questions due by Friday.

We picked up the book Siddhartha. Read first chapter by tomorrow.

Reminders:

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Algerian Rhapsody,




Myth of Sisyphus: we read the article that was in the Stranger packet. We watched a video.



Lit terms: stereotype, symbol.



Reminders:

Monday, questions from chapters 1-6 due.

Thursday, April 26, Final over Stranger

Monday, April 23, 2012

Stranger, We finished the book in class.
We reviewed for the test on Thursday.


Questions Chapters 1-6 were due today. They were graded.



Reminders:

Monday, questions from chapters 1-6 due.

Thursday, April 26, Final over Stranger

Friday, April 20, 2012

Stranger, Are there any questions over ch 9-10, which are actually 2-1 and 2-2?

For Monday, read chapter 2-3 and chapter 2-4.this starts on page 83.

Questions Chapters 1-6 are due Monday

Lit terms: restraint, pun

Reminders:
Monday, questions from chapters 1-6 due.
Thursday, April 26, Final over Stranger

Thursday, April 19, 2012

Mark, discuss, hand in P 180 End and the Beginning (1098)  We watched the Japanese thank you video and related it to this poem.:




POV acting to learn the literary terms.


Stranger, ch 7-8. Questions Chapters 1-6 are due Monday







Reminders:

Monday, questions from chapters 1-6 due.

Thursday, April 26, Final over Stranger

P 180 End and the Beginning (1098)

The End and the Beginning
Wislawa Szymborska   

After every war
someone has to clean up.
Things won't
straighten themselves up, after all.

Someone has to push the rubble
to the side of the road,
so the corpse-filled wagons
can pass.

Someone has to get mired
in scum and ashes,
sofa springs,
splintered glass,
and bloody rags.

Someone has to drag in a girder
to prop up a wall,
Someone has to glaze a window,
rehang a door.

Photogenic it's not,
and takes years.
All the cameras have left
for another war.

We'll need the bridges back,
and new railway stations.
Sleeves will go ragged
from rolling them up.




Someone, broom in hand,
still recalls the way it was.
Someone else listens
and nods with unsevered head.
But already there are those nearby
starting to mill about
who will find it dull.

From out of the bushes
sometimes someone still unearths
rusted-out arguments
and carries them to the garbage pile.

Those who knew
what was going on here
must make way for
those who know little.
And less than little.
And finally as little as nothing.

In the grass that has overgrown
causes and effects,
someone must be stretched out
blade of grass in his mouth
gazing at the clouds.

from Miracle Fair: Selected Poems of Wislawa Szymborska, 2001
W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., New York, NY   

Paragraph one is summary. Next paragraphs can deal with author's skills and connections. Analyze.  One page.



Stranger, ch 5-6. Questions Chapters



Lit terms: POV  We practiced a skit to illustrate the different points of view. We will perform those on Thursday.



Turn in your papers from the last two days. It should be on page on both sides. See yesterday's notes on blog.



Reminders:

Friday, April 20, questions from chapters 1-4 due.

Thursday, April 26, Final over Stranger

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Stranger, ch 3-4 read these chapters for tonight.

 Tomorrow we have a full page on both sides to hand in.If you divide the two sides in half, you end up with four parts:

A. When Camus says that his main character is unable to lie, and that makes it impossible for him to get along in the world, explain what you think he means by this. Feel free to reflect on your own life and see what part of your life is comprised of lies.

 B. From the Stranger packet, the back page, answer the questions marked with the numbers 3, 7, and 12.

C. From the same packet, answer questions marked by the numbers 17, 21, and 24.

D. Respond to and explain the quote "I must find a truth that is true for me . . . the idea for which I can live or die." --Soren Kierkegaard This two day assignment should be one full page, front and back.

 Lit terms: plot, exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, suspense.

Ppt isms, We watched a powerpoint on the different isms that we will be covering.You can view the powerpoint at the following site:

 https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1VXWauSScw44zuvaj8y8IVH8ego6AaFgmUwrHDpX8wCw/edit

Reminders:
Thursday, April 26, Final over Stranger

Monday, April 16, 2012

Lit terms: pathetic fallacy, personification


Check out "Old Man and the Sea". Read to page 42 by tomorrow.


We checked out vocabulary 6 worksheets.

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

The seniors reviewed the poem, "The Soldier".

They practiced literary terms for Thursday's lit term matching test over the first two pages of lit terms.

Monday, Tuesday, April 9-10

We went over the poem "When I have fears that I may cease to be".


We had all the outside reading scores done today. It will be late if not completed until tomorrow.

We watched more of Dr. Strangelove as we looked for satire.



Reminders:

Thursday, 4-12, Lit term test

Friday, April 6, 2012

On-demand literary analysis done in room 448. It took all the period.





Reminders:

Friday, 4-6, In-class on-demand Lit analysis 3-03/9-89

Monday, 4-9, outside reading due (800 pages)

Thursday, 4-12, Lit term test

Thursday, April 5, 2012

Figure of speech, foil, foreshadowing hyperbole

 In class Quiz over poem, "When you are old" p 552, Literature.

 We looked over a literary analysis paper about "Macbeth". Parenthetical citations: page 205 language book.

Reminders:
Friday, 4-6, In-class on-demand Lit anaylysis 3-03/9-89
Monday, 4-9, outside reading due (800 pages)
Thursday, 4-12, Lit term test
Wednesday, 6-6, last academic day for seniors (NOTE CHANGE