sophomores:
I failed to email myself that list of books, etc., but we did go over it in class, so you should be fine. However, here are the links I promised:
Thoreau/Emerson Quotes
Our Town Quotes
Harold and Maude Quotes
Monday, May 30, 2011
memorial day update
Friday, May 27, 2011
have a great weekend!
Check back, sophomores for notes about the exam. I'll try to get that study page uploaded.
Juniors, if you owe me a portfolio I NEED IT! ESC must be finished by Tuesday!
Seniors, um, shouldn't you be out partying?
Here is the best video of the year:
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
the rain gods are angry
Shhh! Don't make them more unhappy...
3H: We continue to enjoy quality, incredible projects! (And today we had cake in 7th period!) Tomorrow: Kirstyn, Julia, Jennifer and Laura B!
2CP: The movie is finished. What might tomorrow hold? I'll give you a hint: come ready to write something. And if you have any notes...bring 'em!
Drama: The play is tomorrow!!!!
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
penultimate tuesday
(Look it up.)
3H: OMG: Lucas, Jack and Katie (literally) rocked the house! Great job with today's capstones, everyone! Tomorrow: Carlie (it's a muuuu-sical!), Sarah and Alex
2CP: Finishing the film tomorrow, talking about book and movie.
Drama: OMG: 2 more days!
Monday, May 23, 2011
The Last Monday of the Year
We survived the Apocalypse!!! Yay!!!!
And now we only need to survive one more week of school!!!!
3H: Capstones! Tomorrow: It's Lucas, Jack and Katie in 1st period, Bowen and Kirsten in 7th! Stand-alone ESC due on Friday!
2CP: We're watching the film of OMAM.
Drama: CRUNCH TIME.
Greatest Marriage Proposal EVER:
Friday, May 20, 2011
one day to the rapture
one week to go. oh my. unless it's all over tomorrow.
today in my junior classes we saw some amazing presentations. in my senior class we did some incredible character work. in my sophomore class we finished up our final book. it is all coming to an end, people! and i guess that is as it ought to be, since we're all facing the end of the world tomorrow anyway...
anyway...
what to do this weekend?
3h: more capstones on monday: i'll try to look it up later and post here who it is, but i sure hope that you already know! macbeth essays due today...esc papers due next friday...
2cp: we'll be watching the movie of OMAM on monday
drama: don't forget that we'll be staying after school on monday. also don't forget honors monologues.
and now something crazy:
Thursday, May 19, 2011
better late than never
Sorry so late!
E3H: more great presentations today! I don't have the list for tomorrow, so I hope you know who's going!
E2CP: Yep, you really will finish it tonight. :-)
Drama: How many will be missing tomorrow?
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
yesterday was tuesday tuesday
and now, everything we do, there is only one or fewer more remaining...
after today, there will be only one more wednesday of class...
after tomorrow, there will be only one more thursday...
etc.
the end is near!
3H: So great so far! Tomorrow: Ben and Clay in 1st, Annie then James in 7th.
2CP: Finish the book!
Drama: if not now, when? and keep Monday PM available!
12 Reasons Michele Bachmann Will Not Debate a 10th Grader (Doug's Dozen #62) - watch more funny videos
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
OMG it's Tuesday
...and I've got nothing to say.
3H: Nice work, today's capstoners. Tomorrow's lineup: Luke, Amy and Bijan!
2CP: Heading for the good stuff: read part four!
Drama: If you're not off book now...when?
short but way sweet:
Monday, May 16, 2011
new at last, new at last, thank god almighty we're new at last
That's about the longest I've gone in years (other than vacations) without a new post! (Darn Blogger outage!) Well, I'm back, dash it all, and frothing at the mouth for a new posting for y'all.
And with that lovely image now planted firmly in your little brains...
3H: It's CAPSTONE TIME! Tomorrow: Katie Skinner, Katie Schott, Ryan Kennedy. Also important: Macbeth essays due Friday; ESC papers due a week from Friday.
2CP: First three sections should be read for tomorrow.
Drama: New Honors project is individual contrasting (dramatic/comic) 2-3 minute monologues. Back to the DMT (we hope) tomorrow. SENIORS (and please spread this around): See your counselors to try to get out of the counselor meeting tomorrow!!!
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
temporary summer
And so yesterday hit an official high of 90 in Chicago? Where do they take that measurement anyway? The inside of the oven at Gino's East?
3H: time is running low: capstones are due on tuesday! times are due on monday! also, we started work today on Macbeth essays based in part on the posters we made yesterday. we'll work on them tomorrow. i have a lab for 1st but so far not for 7th; bring hard copies as well as computer files to work with.
2CP: brochure groups: a couple of people from each group will be able to go to the library to us the computers in the tech lab (second floor) to finish up. poster groups will have time to finish in class. then we can work on presenting your projects.
Drama: two plays in progress, both due in two weeks. Oy!
Last week's SNL did not include this bit...but it should have:
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
do you realize that after today we only have three more tuesdays?
Yes, I can start doing crap like that. ;-)
3H: Today we created focused posters based on individual scenes in the play. I asked you to use the specific imagery in the scenes as the basis of the posters, seeding them with the lines of text and germinating visuals from there. You came up with some very interesting ideas, which you all can look at tomorrow.
Tonight, I'd like you to refamiliarize yourselves with the scenes that were covered by these posters in order to better prepare for what is to come:
I.v, I.vii, II.iv, III.ii, III.iv, IV.iii, the military scenes of Act Five (V.ii, V.iv, V.vi, and post-beheading V.viii), and all of the soliloquies spoken by Macbeth or Lady Macbeth throughout the play.
Tomorrow, you will be examining the posters and using them as a leaping-off point for the final essay on this play. It will help considerably if you have refamiliarized yourselves with these parts of the play.
Capstones are dues one week from today.
2CP: Today we researched Steinbeck, intellectual disability, and migrant workers in the library. We will continue that tomorrow on the way to creating the projects that each group has been assigned. We'll discuss project due dates tomorrow.
Tonight: Read Section 1 (through p. 16) of Of Mice and Men.
Drama: Today we started a read-through of "Butterfinger." We will finish that tomorrow and then the honors students are on your own to make it happen. (Yet another good reason to have been off book by yesterday.) We meet in 305 tomorrow.
Monday, May 9, 2011
LIVE! From 8th Period in the Testing Ctr: It's Your Daily Blog!
(What else is there to do down here?)
So I hope you all had a good weekend. I know I did, for a change. :-) Took my daughter to see "Next to Normal," "Hanna," and "Thor." Enjoyed all of them, too. And then I got to watch the latest installment of the current best show on TV, "The Killing," which airs on AMC on Sunday nights, and if you're missing it you are missing perfection. (You probably can't jump into the middle, but trust me: a marathon of this show would be dynamite. I always want to watch another episode the second the one I'm watching is over.)
All that and sunshine too!
3H: Capstones are due on May 17. They must be timed by May 16. Macbeth tomorrow.
2CP: We'll meet in 305 tomorrow before going to the library.
Drama: Meet in the DMT. Bring both plays.
Here's what President Obama really wanted to say to the nation last Sunday night:
Friday, May 6, 2011
next up: capstones!
Yes, the soph portfolios are in. That means you're next, juniors!
3H: We had an impromptu capstone workshop today, and we'll have one on Monday. Macbeth TWTh. RW Friday. Capstones are due 5/17: must be practiced and timed accurately by 5/16. Don't forget ESC!
Capstone info here.
2CP: Portfolios are in; time to move on! On Monday we'll discuss "The Things They Carried" and move toward Of Mice and Men. RW Friday.
Drama: You should be off book Monday. Meet in 305, and then we'll move to DMT. Honors play copies will be handed out Monday. I have cleared it with the playwright.
Thursday, May 5, 2011
time flies when you're having fun
Yes, sophomores, it's your turn now. Portfolios are due tomorrow.
(Have a nice night.)
BTW: You do not want to find out what happens if it is late.
Oh, and bring $9 for Of Mice and Men and goodies to party with!
3H: Bring Macbeth tomorrow.
Drama: Last day in the classroom tomorrow. Bring costume/prop lists!
So here's my question today: if you could do this (and I'll admit it's pretty amazing), would you put it on youtube?
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
so...whaddja think?
For most days in the past two or three weeks, I have included with my blog posts videos of songs by one of the greatest musical satirists of all time, a Harvard math professor named Tom Lehrer who enjoyed phenomenal success in the late 50's and early 60's. His lyrics, though often intentionally silly, skewer just about every aspect of life as he lived it in those very interesting days, and many are still extraordinarily relevant today. One of his songs, "The Elements," was recently sung on a British talk show by Daniel Radcliffe (a clip I included). I've actually performed that song myself onstage in a student-teacher variety show at the school I taught at in the early 80's.
So what I'm wondering is: what did you think of him? Did you enjoy his more intellectual brand of humor? Did he lose you with his button-down appearance? Did you like some songs more than others? Let me know; I'm quite curious!
3H: We'll be discussing symbolism and themes in Macbeth.
2CP: Back by popular demand: another WW day!
Drama: Memorize!! And get me those character lists.
Songs I have already shared: The Elements, Masochism Tango, Poisoning Pigeons in the Park, The Vatigan Rag, Smut, National Brotherhood Week, So Long Mom (A Song For WWIII), New Math, and Oedipus Rex.
And here is something else from Tom Lehrer, a truly uplifting song:
And another bomb song:
Here we have Lehrer on STD's:
And here's Lehrer's environmentalist side:
Monday, May 2, 2011
we're ba-a-a-a-ck!
So...howdja enjoy that there five day weekend? Good. Ya won't get another till we're done! Hah! Take that! (No, I'm not jealous or anything...)
3H: Shakespeare shirts were great. :-) If you did not wear your today due to absence, you need to wear it tomorrow all day. Don't forget! And if you're donating it to the cause, bring it in tomorrow! Speaking of tomorrow...we'll be discussing Act Five before we focus a bit on some specific things like, y'know, symbolism and theme and stuff...
2CP: As requested, we'll have another WW tomorrow if you use it well. "The Things They Carried" essay is due today.
Drama: You need to be off-book by Monday. Also: I need a list of character items for your characters. ASAP.
The most obvious comedy of the week was provided by Seth Meyers at the White House Correspondents' Dinner:
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