Listed below are the reading assignments for Othello. For each assignment select one quote and blog its significance. Please title each blog with the corresponding title "Othello (#)". Thank you.
Othello 1: 1.1– 1.2: p. 3-28
Othello 2: 2.1-2.3 29-53
Othello 3: 3.1-3.3 54-67 (When Desdemona enters)
Othello 4: 3.3 – 3.4 67-82
Othello 5: 4.1 p. 83-94
Othello 6: 4.2. p. 94-103
Othello 7: 4.3-5.1 103-114
Othello 8: 5.2 p. 114- 128
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Monday, November 16, 2009
12 Angry Men 11/17
For homework tonight and for the rest of the book, students are to track the specific character assigned to them. They will have to be prepared to discuss everything that character said and did from the reading the night before. Students should have notes about these characters ready for class.
Reading schedule:
11/17: 29-48
11/18: 49-59
11/20: 59- END
Reading schedule:
11/17: 29-48
11/18: 49-59
11/20: 59- END
Friday, November 13, 2009
12 Angry Men Due 11/16
For your homework over the weekend read up to the end of the first paragraph on page 29. What I would like you to do is to keep a character list 1-12, and a description of each character. The description could just be adjectives or short thoughts. I recommend putting this in your book next to the characters as you read and then transcribing it after onto a sheet of paper (or typing it). Also, please list page numbers that support your assertion next to your description.
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Friday, September 11, 2009
Homework 9/11
Students are to select a quotation and respond to a major theme the quote expresses, or simply to outline the importance of the quotation within the context of the novel.
“We were careless and wild, and I suppose we could be thought of as a sign of the life the war was being fought to preserve….They noticed our games tolerantly. We reminded them of what peace was like, of lives which were not bound up with destruction.” (24).
“To keep silent about this amazing happening deepened the shock for me. It made Finny seem too unusual for – not friendship, but too unusual for rivalry.” (45).
“You and Phineas are even already. You are even in enmity. You are both coldly driving ahead for yourselves alone. You did hate him for breaking that school swimming record, but so what? He hated you for getting an A in every course but one last term.” (53).
“’Listen, pal, if I can’t play sports, you’re going to play them for me,’ and I lost part of myself to him then, and a soaring sense of freedom revealed that this must have been my purpose from the first: to become a part of Phineas” (85).
“‘I mean as much as you can say a season can love. What I mean is, I love winter, and when you really love something, then it loves you back, in whatever way it has to love.” I didn’t think that this was true, my seventeen years of experience had shown this to be much more false than true, but it was like every other thought and belief of Finny’s; it should have been true.” (111).
“We were careless and wild, and I suppose we could be thought of as a sign of the life the war was being fought to preserve….They noticed our games tolerantly. We reminded them of what peace was like, of lives which were not bound up with destruction.” (24).
“To keep silent about this amazing happening deepened the shock for me. It made Finny seem too unusual for – not friendship, but too unusual for rivalry.” (45).
“You and Phineas are even already. You are even in enmity. You are both coldly driving ahead for yourselves alone. You did hate him for breaking that school swimming record, but so what? He hated you for getting an A in every course but one last term.” (53).
“’Listen, pal, if I can’t play sports, you’re going to play them for me,’ and I lost part of myself to him then, and a soaring sense of freedom revealed that this must have been my purpose from the first: to become a part of Phineas” (85).
“‘I mean as much as you can say a season can love. What I mean is, I love winter, and when you really love something, then it loves you back, in whatever way it has to love.” I didn’t think that this was true, my seventeen years of experience had shown this to be much more false than true, but it was like every other thought and belief of Finny’s; it should have been true.” (111).
Thursday, September 10, 2009
9/10 HW ASP summer reading
How does the war impact the text A Separate Peace. 1 paragraph post on blogs
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
The Bell Jar Reading Schedule/ Activities
The Bell Jar Reading Schedule:
The chapter that corresponds to the day means that you need to be finished with that chapter by that day.
Wednesday May 6th: Ch 1
Thursday May 7th: Ch 2
Friday May 8th Ch 3
Monday May 11 Ch 5
Tuesday May 12 Ch 6
Wednesday May 13 Ch 7
Friday May 15 Ch 9
Monday May 18 Ch 11
Tuesday May 19 Ch 12
Wednesday May 20 Ch 13
Thursday May 21 Ch 14
Friday May 22 Ch 15
Wednesday May 27 Ch 19
Thursday May 28 Ch 20
We will be doing an in class creative writing unit that goes along with the text. You will have 20 minutes to respond to a creative writing prompt pertaining to the chapter read from the night before at the beginning of class. You will then share your work with two fellow students in your writing group, each reading the others work. You’ll take a couple of minutes to list some likes and dislikes and some areas of improvement.
You will have to hold on to each assignment because you will be turning in your creative writing journal at the end of the text. You’ll also need to select four of the assignments to expand on in final draft form that you will turn in at the culmination of the text (typed and at least 2 pages).
There will be 14 journal responses to be turned in at the end. Four of which need to be typed final drafts. Each journal will be worth 5 points, and each final draft will be worth 35 points.
The chapter that corresponds to the day means that you need to be finished with that chapter by that day.
Wednesday May 6th: Ch 1
Thursday May 7th: Ch 2
Friday May 8th Ch 3
Monday May 11 Ch 5
Tuesday May 12 Ch 6
Wednesday May 13 Ch 7
Friday May 15 Ch 9
Monday May 18 Ch 11
Tuesday May 19 Ch 12
Wednesday May 20 Ch 13
Thursday May 21 Ch 14
Friday May 22 Ch 15
Wednesday May 27 Ch 19
Thursday May 28 Ch 20
We will be doing an in class creative writing unit that goes along with the text. You will have 20 minutes to respond to a creative writing prompt pertaining to the chapter read from the night before at the beginning of class. You will then share your work with two fellow students in your writing group, each reading the others work. You’ll take a couple of minutes to list some likes and dislikes and some areas of improvement.
You will have to hold on to each assignment because you will be turning in your creative writing journal at the end of the text. You’ll also need to select four of the assignments to expand on in final draft form that you will turn in at the culmination of the text (typed and at least 2 pages).
There will be 14 journal responses to be turned in at the end. Four of which need to be typed final drafts. Each journal will be worth 5 points, and each final draft will be worth 35 points.
Thursday, April 16, 2009
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Friday, February 13, 2009
Feb Break Reading
Please read to page 104, it is the conclusion of Section 1 of the text. Please post notes on the readings, keeping track of what you consider important developments (30 points).
Be prepared to discuss and answer questions on the reading.
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