Friday, March 31, 2017

Friday, March 31

ENGLISH 4, HONORS

Short block due to half day/inclement weather schedule. 
Silent reading.

DUE DATES

WEDNESDAY, March 29: Third Quarter ends.

Thursday, March 30, 2017

Thursday, March 30

ENGLISH 4, HONORS


Short silent reading.
Finished watching 4.1--4.3 in film version of Macbeth.


DUE DATES

WEDNESDAY, March 29: Third Quarter ends.

Wednesday, March 29, 2017

Wednesday, March 29

ENGLISH 4, HONORS


Reviewed reasons for Macduff and Malcolm to distrust one another.
Read and discussed Macbeth 4.3.
Began watching 4.1--4.3

DUE DATES

WEDNESDAY, March 29: Third Quarter ends.

Tuesday, March 28, 2017

Tuesday, March 28

ENGLISH 4, HONORS

Read short background essay, "The King's Evil: (505).
Silent reading.

Reviewed the prophecies in 4.1.
Discussed Macduff and his family.
Read 4.2.
Discussed reasons for Macduff and Malcolm to distrust one another; cast readers for 4.3.

DUE DATES

WEDNESDAY, March 29: Third Quarter ends.

Monday, March 27, 2017

Monday, March 27

ENGLISH 4, HONORS

Silent reading.
COLLECTED weekly reading logs.

Finished reading 4.1.
Discussed prophecies.

DUE DATES

WEDNESDAY, March 29: Third Quarter ends.

Friday, March 24, 2017

Friday, March 24

ENGLISH 4, HONORS

Silent reading/review.
Irony quiz on 3.6.

Class performance of 3.4.
Began reading 4.1. (Now on line 69.)

DUE DATES

WEDNESDAY, March 29: Third Quarter ends.

Thursday, March 23, 2017

Thursday, March 23

ENGLISH 4, HONORS

Class continued preparing the performance of 3.4.
Discussed 3.5 (probably not written by Shakespeare) and read 3.6, alert to irony in Lennox's speeches. (There will be a quiz on the irony in the scene tomorrow.)

DUE DATES
THURSDAY, March 23: Blizzard Bag #5 due.
FRIDAY, March 24: Live performance of 3.4.

Wednesday, March 22, 2017

Wednesday, March 22

ENGLISH 4, HONORS

Class continued preparing the performance of 3.4.
Watched film performance of the scene for ideas.

DUE DATES
THURSDAY, March 23: Blizzard Bag #5 due.
FRIDAY, March 24: Live performance of 3.4 due (tentatively).

Tuesday, March 21, 2017

Tuesday, March 21

ENGLISH 4, HONORS
Class continued preparing the performance of 3.4 (aka "Scene 15" in the abridged script) constructing the set, setting aside props and costumes, and planning the floor plan and illustration of their set.

Began walk through of the play.

DUE DATES
THURSDAY, March 23: Blizzard Bag #5 due.
FRIDAY, March 24: Live performance of 3.4 due (tentatively).

Monday, March 20, 2017

Monday, March 20

ENGLISH 4, HONORS
Silent reading.
COLLECTED weekly reading logs.

Class continued preparing the performance of 3.4 (aka "Scene 15" in the abridged script) with a read through of the script, detailed discussion of Macbeth's lines.

DUE DATES
THURSDAY, March 23: Blizzard Bag #5 due.
FRIDAY, March 24: Live performance of 3.4 due (tentatively).

Friday, March 17, 2017

Friday, March 17

ENGLISH 4, HONORS
This class taught by a sub; Ms. Bishop called out to a meeting.

Distributed performance rubrics for abridged scripts for 3.4 Macbeth (aka "Scene 15").
Group elected a director, read through the scene, and began brainstorming and planning a performance for next week.

Watched film version of Macbeth, from 3.1--3.3.

DUE DATES
THURSDAY, March 23: Blizzard Bag #5 due.
FRIDAY, March 24: Live performance of 3.4 due (tentatively).

Thursday, March 16, 2017

Thursday, March 16

ENGLISH 4, HONORS

Shared, COLLECTED Blizzard Bag #5 haikus; have five days to submit for the day.

Read 3.2--3.4; now on 486.

DUE DATES
THURSDAY, March 23: Blizzard Bag #5 due.

Monday, March 13, 2017

Monday, March 13

ENGLISH 4, HONORS

Silent reading.
COLLECTED weekly reading logs.
Assigned Blizzard Bag #5.

Finished reading 3.1.  Began reading 3.2; now on 477.

Friday, March 10, 2017

Friday, March 10

ENGLISH 4, HONORS

Macbeth master vocabulary quiz.
Reviewed Macbeth 2.3 and 2.4.
Began reading 3.1.  Now on page 473.

Thursday, March 9, 2017

Thursday, March 9

ENGLISH 4, HONORS

This lesson taught by a sub in Ms. Bishop's absence. 

Choice of reading or vocabulary work.
Small groups finished reading Macbeth 2.3 and 2.4.
Watched 2.2--2.4 on film. 

DUE DATES

FRIDAY, March 10: Macbeth master vocabulary review test.

Wednesday, March 8, 2017

Wednesday, March 8

ENGLISH 4, HONORS

Choice of reading or vocabulary work.Discussed the character of the Porter.
Began reading Macbeth 2.3.  Now on page 466, line 128.

DUE DATES

FRIDAY, March 10: Macbeth master vocabulary review test.

Tuesday, March 7, 2017

Tuesday, March 7

ENGLISH 4, HONORS

Short class due to early release day schedule.
Reading quiz on "Macbeth's Porter" (470).
Introduced master Macbeth vocabulary review; choice of reading or vocabulary work.

Groups reviewed the margin questions on 2.2 (461).
Margin note quiz.

DUE DATES

Mondays: Weekly reading logs are due.

Monday, March 6, 2017

Monday, March 6

ENGLISH 4, HONORS

Silent reading.
COLLECT weekly reading logs.
HOMEWORK: Read "Macbeth's Porter" (470) and be prepared for a reading quiz.

Finished watching Macbeth 2.1 on film.
Read 2.2 in small groups, and began discussing the margin questions on page 461; one of those questions will also be a quiz question tomorrow.

DUE DATES

Mondays: Weekly reading logs are due.

Friday, March 3

ENGLISH 4, HONORS

Macbeth Vocabulary Quiz 3.

Finished reading Macbeth 2.1.
Watched 1.7, the beginning of 2.1 on film.

DUE DATES

FRIDAY, March 3: Macbeth Vocabulary Unit 3 Quiz.

Thursday, March 2, 2017

Thursday, March 2

ENGLISH 4, HONORS

Vocabulary or silent reading.

Last Shoebox Shakespeare prep.
Groups presented projects on 1.3, Macbeth.
Began reading 2.1.  (Now on page 457.)


DUE DATES

THURSDAY, March 2: Shoebox performances.

FRIDAY, March 3: Macbeth Vocabulary Unit 3 Quiz.

Wednesday, March 1, 2017

Wednesday, March 1

ENGLISH 4, HONORS

Finished reading 1.7.

Shoebox Shakespeare groups rehearsed for performances of Scene 3.


DUE DATES

THURSDAY, March 2: Shoebox performances.

FRIDAY, March 3: Macbeth Vocabulary Unit 3 Quiz.