April 30, 2018

Monday

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DUE TUES. 5/1/18
  • NEED HELP GETTING THAT 🎓GRADUATION CAP & GOWN READY? I have a playlist for that! Check it out here!
    • POINTS PRACTICE
      • When you come to take a 15-minute after school m/c practice, you will receive your scantron and test back the next time I see you. 
      • If you made 50%+, your grade on the original test will already be changed to reflect 10 more points. 
      • I expect you to go over the answers using the keys you will find in this folder. (You will have to sign in to your school account to view the keys.)
      • Dates for the practices are on the calendar.
      • NOTE: If you feel that you haven't been getting enough points from the after school practices, you can stop by and pick up an alternate assignment that will help you study and also give you more points on that grade.

April 28, 2018

Live Video Stream

On Saturday 4/28/18 at 4 pm we had a live stream Q&A for the document and source list assignment that is due tonight at 11:59pm. You can play back the video here.

April 26, 2018

Thursday

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DUE FRI. 4/27/18
  • NEED HELP GETTING THAT 🎓GRADUATION CAP & GOWN READY? I have a playlist for that! Check it out here!
  • Twitter Hamlet: I have graded the assignments. Please check your grade because the #hashtags# may have had errors. Let me know ASAP if there are any discrepancies between your idea of your tweet activity and your grade. I used this scale to grade them:
    • 20+ = 100
    • 15+ = 90
    • 10+ = 85
    •   5+ = 75
    •   2+ = 65
    •     1 = 50
    •     0 = 0
  • AP Exam Review: 
    • When you come to take a 15-minute after school m/c practice, you will receive your scantron and test back the next time I see you. 
    • If you made 50%+, your grade on the original test will already be changed to reflect 10 more points. 
    • I expect you to go over the answers using the keys you will find in this folder. (You will have to sign in to your school account to view the keys.)
    • Dates for the practices are on the calendar.
  • Career Research Project
    • Your proposal should have been returned to you. Make sure you note any comments I may have added to your proposal.
    • Due by 11:59 pm Sat. 4/28/18: Research Project Source Information

April 24, 2018

Tuesday

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DUE MON. 4/30/18
  • Hamlet essays are due by 11:59 pm tonight. Submit to Google Classroom. Consider this essay your final test on Hamlet, because it will be weighted as such in the gradebook. 
  • AP Exam Review: 
    • When you come to take a 15-minute after school m/c practice, you will receive your scantron and test back the next time I see you. 
    • If you made 50%+, your grade on the original test will already be changed to reflect 10 more points. 
    • I expect you to go over the answers using the keys you will find in this folder. (You will have to sign in to your school account to view the keys.)
    • Dates for the practices are on the calendar.

April 20, 2018

Friday

  • Hamlet: 
    • Rising action essays are due no later than 11:59 pm Tuesday, 4/24/18. Consider this essay your final test on Hamlet, because it will be weighted as such in the gradebook. Here is the scoring guide.
    •  I will have a writing workshop for anyone who wants to work on these essays after the m/c practices on Friday and Monday.
  • AP Exam Review: 
    • AP M/C Practice: 
      • When you come to take a 15-minute after school m/c practice, you will receive your scantron and test back the next time I see you. 
      • If you made 50%+, your grade on the original test will already be changed to reflect 10 more points. 
      • I expect you to go over the answers using the keys you will find in this folder. (You will have to sign in to your school account to view the keys.)
      • Dates for the practices are on the calendar.

April 18, 2018

Wednesday


  • Hamlet: 
    • Rising action essays were returned. Please complete a final draft in Google and submit to me no later than 11:59pm Tuesday, 4/23/18. Consider this essay your final test on Hamlet, because it will be weighted as such in the gradebook. Here is the scoring guide.
    •  I will have a writing workshop for anyone who wants to work on these essays after the m/c practices today, Wed., Friday, Monday, and Tuesday.
    • AP Exam Review: 
      • We discussed the third passage in the multiple choice test packet, "The Forerunners" by George Herbert. Listen to the discussion here: part 1  part 2.
      • AP M/C Practice: 
        • When you come to take a 15-minute after school m/c practice, you will receive your scantron and test back the next time I see you. 
        • If you made 50%+, your grade on the original test will already be changed to reflect 10 more points. 
        • I expect you to go over the answers using the keys you will find in this folder. (You will have to sign in to your school account to view the keys.)
        • Dates for the practices are on the calendar.

April 16, 2018

Monday

  • Hamlet
    • Today, please work on revising the essays we wrote on the rising action of Act II. The sub will return your papers with my feedback. Here are some general notes to think about as you rework:
      • Consider that we now have the full scope of the plot. When we originally wrote these essays, we had only read to the end of Act II, but now that we are aware of all of the events, perhaps you can add new insight to sections of your paper.
      • Review the prompt / topic. The main subject of the paper is how Act II is the rising action of the play, so make sure you connect each paragraph to the idea of rising action.
      • The prompt / topic specifically asks you to develop three main aspects of the rising action  Each should be the main focus of a body paragraph:
        1. How a character is developed
        2. How a conflict is developed
        3. How a relationship intensifies
      • Circling means something is wrong with spelling/grammar/punctuation.
      • Underlining and checks mean I'm following your points.
      • Conclusion ideas- Since the paper is asking you to comment on how three elements of the play contribute to the rising action of the entire play, consider that the conclusion should comment on this. A literary analysis conclusion usually seeks to streamline the ideas presented in the paper and connect them to the overall topic of the paper (rising action).
    • At the end of class, turn in your work. Attach any new material to the front of your original bundle. I will have a look at what you did today and make a due date for a final draft next time I see you.
  • Reminders:
    • Twitter Hamlet will be graded this week. If you decided to do the alternate assignment, I should already have it. I will accept them until Tuesday.
    • AP m/c practices for points will start again today, 4 pm.
  • AP M/C Practice: 
    • When you come to take a 15-minute after school m/c practice, you will receive your scantron and test back the next time I see you. 
    • If you made 50%+, your grade on the original test will already be changed to reflect 10 more points. 
    • I expect you to go over the answers using the keys you will find in this folder. (You will have to sign in to your school account to view the keys.)
    • Dates for the practices are on the calendar.

April 12, 2018

Thursdsay


  • Hamlet
    • Discussion & acting of final scene, V, 2, lines 199-382
    • HW due at the beginning of class Mon. 4/16/18: Write a 1-2 page original response on one of the topics below. DO NOT write on both topics. The response does not need to be typed.
        • Why people should read Hamlet.
        • Why people should not read Hamlet.
      • I will take a point off of your grade for every occurrence of the errors listed below, so double-check your work! 
        • capitalization faults
        • run-on sentences
        • spelling errors (including names of characters!)
        • not properly indenting paragraphs
        • apostrophe faults
        • using contractions
  • AP M/C Practice: 
    • When you come to take a 15-minute after school m/c practice, you will receive your scantron and test back the next time I see you. 
    • If you made 50%+, your grade on the original test will already be changed to reflect 10 more points. 
    • I expect you to go over the answers using the keys you will find in this folder. (You will have to sign in to your school account to view the keys.)
    • Dates for the practices are on the calendar.

April 10, 2018

Tuesday

  • Hamlet
    • I had planned for us to perform the final scene, but the weather had other opinions. Instead, we flipped today's lesson for Thursday's lesson. 
    • Discussion / notes: V, 2
    • Viewing of Zeffirelli version of Hamlet from 1:30 to the end of the play. You can watch it here.
    • We will act out the final scene on stage on Thursday.
  • AP M/C Practice: 
    • When you come to take a 15-minute after school m/c practice, you will receive your scantron and test back the next time I see you. 
    • If you made 50%+, your grade on the original test will already be changed to reflect 10 more points. 
    • I expect you to go over the answers using the keys you will find in this folder. (You will have to sign in to your school account to view the keys.)
    • Dates for the practices are on the calendar.

April 6, 2018

Friday


  • AP Practice
    • Debrief on passage 2 (listen to this here)
    • m/c practice after school for points will start next week, Monday and Tuesday.
  • Hamlet
    • HW due Tues. 4/10/18: Read and annotate to the end of the play. We will perform V, 2 on Tuesday.
  • Cap & Gown pics were taken today

April 4, 2018

Wednesday


SENIOR CAP & GOWN PICS WILL BE TAKEN DURING CLASS ON FRIDAY 4/6/18.

End of the Year Calendar Click Here
  • AP Prep: Discussion / answers for passage 1 of practice m/c test
  • Hamlet
    • V, 1 quote assignmentIf you were absent, complete this and turn it in.
    • Discussion / notes / acting V, 1.
    • HW due Fri. 4/6/18:
      • Read and annotate V, 2, 1-198 (p. 130)