Work for the Week of March 27th - Seniors

Monday March 27th
Minutes: Esther, Angelo
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.

Tuesday March 28th
Minutes: Angela, Lawrence
Reading HW: Handmaid's Tale to pg. 140
HW: Begin your next assignment!

Wednesday March 29th
Minutes: Damon, Tashmia

Reading HW: Feminism Packet.

HW: Before reading, please define feminism.

Thursday March 30th
Minutes: David L.
Reading HW: Handmaid's Tale to pg. 188
HW:

Friday March 31st
Minutes: James, Sabrina P.
Reading HW: "Slow Poison" 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.  I will be checking homework.

Monday April 3rd
Minutes:
Reading HW: Read to page 255 of The Handmaid's Tale
HW:HW:

Work for the Week of March 27th - Juniors

Monday March 27th
Minutes: N/A
Reading HW: "Confessions"
HW:

Tuesday March 28th
Minutes:  Richard
Reading HW:
HW: Draft Day.  Answer the question: As a storyteller, what is Otsuka trying to teach her readers in "Confessions"?  Use evidence to support your claim.

Wednesday March 29th
Minutes: Annie
Reading HW: PRINT and READ "How to Date a Brown Girl"
HW:

Thursday March 30th
Minutes: Ryan
Reading HW: Read Walcott poem at beginning of Oscar Wao.
HW: Assignment due.

Friday March 31st
Minutes: Anthony
Reading HW: Oscar Wao 11-28
HW:

Monday April 3rd
Minutes:
Reading HW:Oscar Wao 29-75
HW:

Work for the Week of March 27th - Freshmen

Monday March 27th
Minutes: Charlotte, Natan
Reading HW: Finish Act II.
HW: What dilemma does Caesar face?  What do his actions reveal about his character?  Find evidence!

Tuesday March 28th
Minutes:
Reading HW:
HW: Poetry Assignment due today.

Wednesday March 29th
Minutes: N/A, Issa
Reading HW:
HW: Continue presentations.

Thursday March 30th
Minutes: Leo, Christian
Reading HW: III.i
HW:

Friday March 31st
Minutes: Christopher S., Colin
Reading HW: Finish Act III
HW:

Monday April 3rd
Minutes:
Reading HW: IV.i-IV.ii
HW:

Work for the Week of March 20th - Seniors

Monday March 20th - Remember to meet Period 6 in the library.
Minutes: Sabrina, Karey
Reading HW:
HW: Please listen to episode one of Big Times Dicks (approx. 4:50 - 27:05)

2nd period students, please bring your permission slips!

Tuesday March 21st
Minutes: Mohammed S., Monami
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 22nd
Minutes: Katherine J., Jialin
Reading HW: Research the Iranian Revolution of 1979.  How were women affected by the transition?
HW: Fig Tree Assignment due today.  I haven't been advertising it as much as I should have and decided to move the due date back to today.

Thursday March 23rd
Minutes: Sanjeda, Chris
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.

Friday March 24th
Minutes: N/A, Victoria
Reading HW: Handmaid's Tale to pg. 106
HW:

Monday March 27th
Minutes: Esther, Angelo
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.

Work for the Week of March 20th - Juniors

Monday March 20th
Minutes: Matthew
Reading HW:
HW: Draft Day.  Not a full draft, but an extensive draft.  Email me over the weekend if you have questions!

Tuesday March 21st
Minutes: Joan
Reading HW: "When the Emperor Was Divine" 
HW:

Wednesday March 22nd
Minutes: Tina
Reading HW:
HW: Full draft day!

Thursday March 23rd
Minutes: Vivien
Reading HW:
HW: Paper due today.

Friday March 24th
Minutes: Levi
Reading HW: "In a Stranger's Backyard"
HW:

Monday March 27th
Minutes: Anthony
Reading HW: "Confession"
HW:

Work for the Week of March 20th - Freshmen

Monday March 20th
Minutes: Stanley, Ryan Alwi
Reading HW: "Sonnet 130" with a translation into modern English.
HW: Poet due today!

Tuesday March 21st
Minutes: Serene,
Reading HW:
HW:  Drafts of two emulations.

Wednesday March 22nd
Minutes: Victor
Reading HW: Act I.i-I.ii
HW: Characterize Caesar, Brutus, and Cassius.  Have evidence to support your claims.

Thursday March 23rd
Minutes: Eve
Reading HW:
HW: Draft of letter to poet.

Friday March 24th
Minutes: N/A Yuanjie
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?

Monday March 27th
Minutes: Charlotte, Natan
Reading HW:
HW: Poet's study due today!

Work for the Week of March 13th - Seniors

Monday March 13th
Minutes: Chelsea, Helen
Reading HW: Finish the book.
HW: Esther' Fig Tree assignment distributed today.

Tuesday March 14th
Minutes: Lillian, Ivy
Reading HW:
HW: Please take this survey.

Wednesday March 15th
Minutes: Jessica, Jonathan T.

NO WORK - SNOW DAY

Thursday March 16th
Minutes: Mohammed S., Jonathan H.
Reading HW:
HW: Despite the passage of Roe v. Wade, access to women's health care services continued to be challenged.  Find an example and bring it in to class.

Friday March 17th
Minutes: Kevin, Grace
Reading HW:
HW: Watch a few videos from the "My Abortion Experience" series.  Do not limit yourself to perspectives.

Monday March 20th - Period 6 in the library
Minutes: Sabrina, Karey
Reading HW:
HW: Please listen to episode one of Big Times Dicks (approx. 4:50 - 27:05)

Work for the Week of March 13th - Juniors

Monday March 13th
Minutes: Leo
Reading HW:
HW: Thesis due today.

Tuesday March 14th
Minutes: Ayman
Reading HW:
HW: Topic sentences and evidence due today.

Wednesday March 15th
Minutes: Jasmine
Reading HW: When the Emperor Was Divine 3-22
HW:

Thursday March 16th
Minutes: Elizabeth
Reading HW:
HW: Topic sentences and evidence due today.

Friday March 17th
Minutes: Ying Wen
Reading HW: When the Emperor Was Divine 23-48
HW:

Monday March 20th
Minutes: Matthew
Reading HW:
HW: Draft Day.

Work for the Week of March 13th - Freshmen

Monday March 13th
Minutes: Celina, Evan
Reading HW: N/A
HW: N/A

Tuesday March 14th
Minutes:Tiffany, Christian,
Reading HW:
HW:

Wednesday March 15th
Minutes: Eve, Nicholas
Reading HW:
HW:

Thursday March 16th
Minutes: John, Christian
Reading HW:
HW:  Prepare an emulation based upon Billy Collins's "On Turning Ten" or Naomi Shihab Nye's "Shoulders"

Friday March 17th
Minutes: Debi, Thomas
Reading HW:
HW: Continue to research your poets.

Monday March 20th
Minutes: Stanley, Ryan Alwi
Reading HW:
HW: Poet due today!

Work for the Week of March 6th - Freshmen

Monday March 6th
Minutes: Diana, Annie
Reading HW:
HW: N/A

Tuesday March 7th
Minutes: Theodore, Nicholas
Reading HW: [i carry your heart with me(i carry it in)], The Sky Was, r-p-o-p-s-h-a-g-r
HW: In your notebooks, explore what e.e. Cummings is trying to do in these poems through their unique structures.

Wednesday March 8th
Minutes: Fei, Joanne
Reading HW: "Musee des Beaux Arts" by W.H. Auden
HW:

Thursday March 9th
Minutes: Jacqueline, Tiffany W.
Reading HW: "The Man He Killed", Dulce Et Decorum Est 
HW:

Friday March 10th
Minutes: Eric, Zhi Rong
Reading HW:
HW: Prepare your notes!  We're going to have a quiz today.

Monday March 13th
Minutes: Celina, Evan
Reading HW:
HW:

Work for the Week of March 6th - Juniors

Play the NES inspired Great Gatsby browser game!

Monday March 6th
Minutes:
Reading HW: Read The Great Gatsby Ch. 6
HW:

Tuesday March 7th
Minutes: Alex P.
Reading HW: Read The Great Gatsby Ch. 7
HW:

Wednesday March 8th
Minutes:
Reading HW: Read The Great Gatsby Ch. 8
HW:

Thursday March 9th
Minutes: Andrew
Reading HW: Finish The Great Gatsby
HW:

Friday March 10th
Minutes: Leo
Reading HW:
HW:

Monday March 13th
Minutes:
Reading HW:
HW:

Work for the Week of March 6th - Seniors

Monday March 6th
Minutes: Katherine W., Yura
Reading HW: The Bell Jar Ch. 7-10
HW:

Tuesday March 7th
Minutes: N/A, Tina
Reading HW: The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
HW:

Wednesday March 8th
Minutes: Anna Q., Jason
Reading HW: The Bell Jar Ch. 11-12
HW:

Thursday March 9th
Minutes: Tayseer, N/A
Reading HW: The Bell Jar Ch. 13-16 (if you haven't already, I've made a mistake...)
HW:

Friday March 10th
Minutes: N/A, Fathima
Reading HW: The Bell Jar Ch. 17-19
HW:

Monday March 13th
Minutes: Chelsea, Helen
Reading HW:  Finish The Bell Jar
HW: