Work for the Week of March 2nd - Freshmen

Monday March 2nd
Minutes: Anne G., Helen
Reading HW: Research your punctuation mark.
HW: Work on your paper.  Identify your punctuation mark and its role in our poem.

Tuesday March 3rd
Minutes: Alex T., Lori
Reading HW: Sonnet 130
HW: Translate Sonnet 130 into modern English as per our lesson on Friday.  Update Shakespeare's words so that they fit a modern context.

Wednesday March 4th
Minutes: Gilvir, Derek
Reading HW: Please have your punctuation research for class.
HW: Draft Day!

Please watch this amazing video.  No relation to our class.  Only for your personal enrichment.

Thursday March 5th
Minutes: N/A, Anne L.
Reading HW: Act I.i-I.ii
HW: Characterize Caesar, Brutus, and Cassius.  Have evidence to support your claims.

Friday March 6th
Minutes: Sam, Xing
Reading HW: N/A
HW: Paper due.

Monday March 9th
Minutes: Andrew, Mason
Reading HW: Read II.i
HW: Do you think Brutus has made the correct decision?  He raises some really interesting points as to why he should kill Caesar.  What points does he make and how valid are his thoughts?

Work for the Week of March 2nd - Seniors

Monday March 2nd
Minutes: Pranab, Ivan L.
Reading HW:
HW: Please research the 1979 Iranian Revolution and its effect upon Iranian women.

Tuesday March 3rd
Minutes: Justin, Nadra
Reading HW: Begin reading The Handmaid's Tale up to page 33.
HW: What is different about this world?  What is the society that Atwood has created?  Please find correlating quotations in the text to support your argument.

Wednesday March 4th
Minutes: Elise, Carmen
Reading HW: Read The Handmaid's Tale up to page 66.
HW: Define freedom in the United States.  Define freedom in Gilead.  What is the difference between freedom to and freedom from?  Please find correlating quotations in the text to support your argument.  Be sure to consider our discussions about street harassment and the usage of the veil after the Iranian Revolution of 1979.

Please watch this amazing video.  No relation to our class.  Only for your personal enrichment.

Thursday March 5th
Minutes: Ava, Henry
Reading HW: Handmaid's Tale to pg. 106
HW:

Friday March 6th
Minutes: Mitch, Vanessa M.
Reading HW: Sexual Danger packet.*
HW: When reading a packet for our class, you are expected to write some of your reactions to particular pieces within the text as well as some questions you have in response to the material.

*Note: If you experience any kind of difficulty accessing a packet, please email me and I will send you the packet.

Monday March 9th
Minutes:
Reading HW: Handmaid's Tale to pg. 140
HW:

Work for the Week of March 2nd - Juniors

Monday March 2nd
Minutes: Diana
Reading HW: Review your Death of a Salesman notes
HW: Start your paper!

Tuesday March 3rd
Minutes: Tiffany
Reading HW: Please read "Money Always Talks" and this article "The 1 Percent..."
HW: What  values do these pieces celebrate? Are they distinctly American values? How are they related to the American dream?

Wednesday March 4th
Minutes: Sara
Reading HW: Here's an example of a successful draft.
HW: Draft Day!

Please watch this amazing video.  No relation to our class.  Only for your personal enrichment.

Thursday March 5th
Minutes: Avery
Reading HW: Chapter One of The Great Gatsby
HW: Characterize the Buchanans.  Observe and judge this couple by their actions and words.  Please present five distinct quotations to support your observations/judgments.  Who might be a modern version of the Buchanans?

Friday March 6th
Minutes: Soren
Reading HW: Chapter Two of The Great Gatsby
HW: Paper due.

Monday March 9th
Minutes: Daisy
Reading HW: Chapter Three of The Great Gatsby
HW: Highlight, using textual evidence, the difference between the Buchanan's wealth and Gatsby's wealth.

Work for the Week of February 23rd - Juniors

Monday February 23rd
Minutes:
Reading HW: N/A
HW: N/A Welcome Back

Tuesday February 24th
Minutes: Yusuf
Reading HW:Read to page 116 of Death of a Salesman
HW: N/A

Wednesday February 25th
Minutes: Chaun
Reading HW: Finish Death of a Salesman 
HW: Respond to the following prompt: Miller believes that the American Dream is dead.  Is this statement true or false?  Perhaps this statement is somewhat misguided?  Using evidence from the text, respond to this statement. 

Thursday February 26th
Minutes:Timothy
Reading HW: Read Eudora Welty's "Death of a Travelling Salesman"
HW: How did Welty's work inspire Miller?

Friday February 27th
Minutes: Sabira
Reading HW: N/A
HW:

Monday March 2nd
Minutes: Diana
Reading HW:
HW: Start your paper!

Work for the Week of February 23rd - Seniors

Monday February 23rd
Minutes: Cheuk, Natalie
Reading HW: N/A
HW: Welcome Back!

Tuesday February 24th
Minutes: Devin, Anil
Reading HW: Please watch "Tropes vs Women Damsel in Distress pt. 1"
HW: Paper due today.

Wednesday February 25th
Minutes:Jeffrey, Vlad
Reading HW: Please read the following New Yorker article.  And this Wash Po article (and comments).
HW: What is the role of women in the gaming industry?  How many women are gamers?

Thursday February 26th
Minutes: Calvin Cheung, Doug
Reading HW: Visit Hollaback.  Read the stories.  Watch this video.
HW: Is there an inherent connection between the behavior we witness in this video and what we witness on this website?  BE ADVISED, THIS WEBSITE DOES CONTAIN GRAPHIC SEXUAL LANGUAGE.  Is street harassment similar in nature to verbal abuse in gaming?

Friday February 27th
Minutes: Frankie, Kenneth
Reading HW: "I Was Groped on the Subway" and the comments section
HW: Have you ever witnessed/experienced this kind of behavior?  Why do so many victims NOT speak out?  How can we end this kind of harassment?

Monday March 2nd
Minutes: Pranab, Ivan L.
Reading HW:
HW: Please research the 1979 Iranian Revolution and its effect upon Iranian women.

Work for the Week of February 23rd - Freshmen

Monday February 23rd
Minutes: Erik, Zheng
Reading HW:
HW: N/A - Welcome Back!

Tuesday February 24th
Minutes: Zhen, Annie H.
Reading HW: Select one of the following songs and identify examples of alliteration, assonance, and rhyme.
HW: Print up the lyrics and identify the poetic elements on your printed paper.
Select one of the following: "Quality Control" by Jurassic 5 OR "We Can Get Down" by A Tribe Called Quest OR "One Two" by The Cool Kids

Wednesday February 25th
Minutes: Bingyi, Julia
Reading HW: "The Sky Was" by e.e. Cummings
HW: Print up this poem.  Why does Cummings utilize such a weird structure?  How are we meant to read this piece?  What choices does he make and why?

Thursday February 26th
Minutes: Matteo, Farha
Reading HW: "The Filling Station" by Elizabeth Bishop
HW:

Friday February 27th
Minutes: Alex T., Nishat
Reading HW: "My Boyfriend Came Back From the War"
HW: Is this a poem?  What conventions does this piece seem to break?  To what effect?  What observations can you make about this piece?

Monday March 2nd
Minutes: Anne G., Helen
Reading HW: Research your punctuation mark.
HW: Work on your paper.  Identify your punctuation mark and its role in our poem.

Work for the Week of Feb. 9th - Freshmen

Monday February 9th
Minutes: Ryan, Marcin
Reading HW: N/A
HW: Draft Day!

Tuesday February 10th
Minutes: Sonal, Deborah
Reading HW: Reading HW: N/A
HW: Final draft due today.

Wednesday February 11th
Minutes: Matthew, Daniel C.
Reading HW: Read this introduction from How to Read Literature
HW: Is poetry literature?  Explain.

Thursday February 12th
Minutes: Chaktim, Muhtasim
Reading HW: "The Fish" by Elizabeth Bishop, The Echoing Green by William Blake
HW: How does each poet portray the idea of becoming older?  What are the similarities/differences presented in these two works?

Friday February 13th
Minutes: Jesse, David
Reading HW: "For My Daughter" by David Ignatow, "Shoulders" by Naomi Shihab Nye  
HW: Please identify examples of simile, metaphor, and imagery.  How does these poems portray interpersonal relationships?  Can you relate to the message of these poems?  How?

Mid-Winter Break!

Work for the Week of Feb. 9th - Juniors

Check out this cool photo series on American life.

Monday February 9th
Minutes:

Reading HW: Please read Ragged Dick (get over the title) up to Chapter Six.

HW: How would you characterize Dick?  What leads to his success?

Tuesday February 10th
Minutes:
Reading HW: Read to page 27 of Death of a Salesman.  
HW: Please annotate 5 references to competition by indicating the page number, a short three/four word excerpt of your quote, and a short explanation of the quotes connection to our theme of the American Dream.

Wednesday February 11th
Minutes:
Reading HW: "50 Questions to Ask Before Applying to College"
HW: Please prepare questions for your visit with our school's college advisers.

Thursday February 12th
Minutes:
Reading HW: Read to page 53 and stop when Biff starts talking.
HW: Students should identify which character they identify with the most and why.  Students should find a moment in our reading, focusing on a particular quote, that reflects how and why they empathize with Willy or Biff or Happy or Bernard or any of our other characters.

Friday February 13th
Minutes:
Reading HW: Finish Act One
HW: How would you characterize Linda?  How does Miller write his female character?  Do you pity her?  Empathize with her?  Chastise her?  Please use evidence to support your point.

Mid-Winter Break!

Work for the Week of Feb. 9th - Seniors

Monday February 9th
Minutes: Raheema, Razwan
Reading HW:
HW: Review your next assignment.

Tuesday February 10th
Minutes: Mark, Cathy
Reading HW: "Disney's Hidden Sexist Messages",
HW: What's your favorite Disney movie?  What lessons does this movie teach little boys and little girls about gender?  We'll be discussing Sleeping Beauty, Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid,Snow White, and Cinderella in class.

Wednesday February 11th
Minutes: Marc, Daniel Z.
Reading HW: N/A
HW:  I'd like you to visit Toys R Us (preferably) or a local toy store.  How are toys marketed towards young men and women?  Also, bring in a childhood toy of yours if available.

Thursday February 12th
Minutes:Dror, Emile Jean-Baptiste
Reading HW: N/A
HW: Have a draft for your image analysis.  The assignment is due on the 24th.

Friday February 13th
Minutes: Vanessa Y., Abu
Reading HW: Watch the Bechdel Test.
HW: Name ten movies that you love.  After watching the video, determine if these videos pass the Bechdel test.  Consider the implications of the Bechdel Test and how such consumption of media can affect our perceptions of gender.  Here's the list.


Mid-Winter Break!

Work for the Week of February 2nd - Juniors

Wednesday February 4th

Minutes:

Reading HW: N/A

HW: Please bring in a picture exemplifies what America means to you.  Any visual media is acceptable.  Be sure that you write a paragraph explaining your rationale in your notebook.  Be creative!

Thursday February 5th

Minutes:

Reading HW: N/A

HW: To be an American clearly means many things to many people.  It is your responsibility to interview three different people (be it through age, background, race, whatever) and learn about how they define being an American and what it means to live in America.  Take notes and be prepared to discuss your findings.

Friday February 6th

Minutes:

Reading HW: Please read and the following NPR story.  After, read this distinctly different article.

HW: How does the "American Dream" factor into the American identity?  Do you have an American Dream?  Do you parents?  What is distinctly "American" about this "Dream"?

Monday February 9th

Minutes:

Reading HW: Please read Ragged Dick (get over the title) up to Chapter Six.

HW: How would you characterize Dick?  What leads to his success?

Work for the Week of February 2nd - Freshmen

Wednesday February 4th

Minutes:

Reading HW: Print and fill out  the outline.

HW: Your next paper will address the following question: Does McMurphy/Nurse Ratched help/hurt the men of the ward?

Thursday February 5th

Minutes:

Reading HW: Review your final draft of your LOTF paper.

HW: Keep working on that paper!  I'd like three perfect paragraphs by Monday.

Friday February 6th

Minutes:

Reading HW: N/A

HW: Draft Day!

Monday February 9th

Minutes:

Reading HW:

HW: Paper due!

Work for the Week of February 2nd - Seniors

Please review the course syllabus found here.

Wednesday February 4th

Minutes:

Reading HW: Please review our course syllabus.

HW: As I have written you a letter, please provide me with a letter about your experience with the construct of gender, your motivation in selecting of this class, your expectations of this course, and what you hope to learn.

Thursday February 5th

Minutes:

Reading HW: Read "Playing At Sexy" packet

HW: Please take active notes on details that stand out to you.  Remember, read material and be suspicious!  It is natural to play devil's advocate.  Take notes!  Formulate ideas!

Friday February 6th

Minutes:

Reading HW: N/A

HW: Please bring in three separate images: one inspiring, one disturbing, and one that includes both a a man and a woman.

Monday February 9th

Minutes:

Reading HW:

HW: Begin your image analysis assignment.