Work for the Week of March 9th - Seniors

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

Tuesday March 10th
Minutes: Farzana, Jane
Reading HW: Feminism 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.

Wednesday March 11th
Minutes: Olivia, Jack
Reading HW: Handmaid's Tale to pg. 188
HW:

Thursday March 12th
Minutes: Hui, James
Reading HW: Bring in an article for tomorrow that reflects current events affecting women.  Feel free to explore any of the following blogs.  Don't forget to read HT up to 255 due tomorrow.
-Speaking of Women's Rights
-Huffpo Women
-Feministing
-Geek Feminism
-Bitch Magazine

Friday March 13th
Minutes:
Reading HW: Read to page 255 of The Handmaid's Tale
HW:

Monday March 16th
Minutes: Sabira, Anil
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.

Work for the Week of March 9th - Freshmen

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?

Tuesday March 10th
Minutes: Marcin, Daniel X.
Reading HW: Finish Act II.
HW: What dilemma does Caesar face?  What do his actions reveal about his character?  Find evidence!

Wednesday March 11th
Minutes: Mutahsim, Isaac
Reading HW: Act III.i
HW:

Thursday March 12th
Minutes: Deborah, Cynthia
Reading HW: Finish Act III
HW: How does Antony persuade the crowd?  Note his rhetorical techniques.  He's an excellent orator.

Friday March 13th
Minutes: Nibras, NA
Reading HW: IV.i-IV.ii
HW:

Monday March 16th
Minutes: Edwin, Zheng
Reading HW: Finish Act IV
HW:

Work for the Week of March 9th - Juniors

Monday March 9th
Minutes: Daisy
Reading HW: Chapter Three of The Great Gatsby
HW: Paper due.

Tuesday March 10th
Minutes:
Reading HW: Chapter Four of The Great Gatsby
HW: List some of the rumors we've heard of Gatsby.  Be sure to use direct quotations from our reading.  Feel free to utilize examples from previous paragraphs.
SAT Vocab: Bellicose, Enigmatic, Acrimony

Wednesday March 11th
Minutes:
Reading HW: Chapter Five and Six of The Great Gatsby
HW:
SAT Vocab: Incredulous, Reciprocal, Abstain

Thursday March 12th
Minutes:
Reading HW: Read Chapter Seven of The Great Gatsby
HW:
SAT Vocab: Feign, Supercilious, Emulate

Friday March 13th
Minutes:
Reading HW: Read Chapter Eight of The Great Gatsby
HW:
SAT Vocab: Jaunty, Sporadic, Affectations

Monday March 16th
Minutes:
Reading HW: Read Chapter Nine of The Great Gatsby
HW: Please illustrate the final lines of the book: "So we beat on, boats against the current, borne ceaselessly into the past."  After constructing this image, consider, how does this image fit with some of the themes of our text?
SAT Vocab: Haughty, Nonchalance, Opulence

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!