Work for the Week of March 23rd - Seniors

Monday March 23rd
Minutes: Calvin Chen, Laura
Reading HW:
HW: Draft Day.

Tuesday March 24th
Minutes: Vincent, Alex
Reading HW: "Who Says Women Aren't Funny" by Alessandra Stanley  and "Funny Like a Guy" by Tad Friend.
HW: N/A

Wednesday March 25th
Minutes: Betty, Reda
Reading HW: Read the following excerpt from Tina Fey's Bossypants
HW: How did Fey bring new perspective to the SNL writer's room?  Watch these clips from the excerpt:Kotex Classic, Mom Jeans.

Also, paper due.

Thursday March 26th
Minutes: , Natalie
Reading HW: Go on Youtubes and research female comics.  Find a comic you've never heard of.
HW: Transcribe a few particular jokes that you find especially funny.

Friday March 27th
Minutes: , Abu
Reading HW: Excerpt from The Feminine Mystique
HW: What is the problem that has no name?

Monday March 30th
Minutes: Zhe, Cynthia
Reading HW: "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
HW: How does our story directly respond to Coventry's "Angel" and directly influence Freidan's Mystique?

Work for the Week of March 16th - Seniors

Monday March 16th
Minutes: Sabrina, Anil
Reading HW: "Slow Poison" packet
HW: Please print the packet for class.  Also, let's try to find other extremist examples outside of Islam.  Here's a perfect example, check out this Al Jazeera article.

Tuesday March 17th
Minutes: Nikkie, Tom
Reading HW: Read to page 295.
HW: N/A

Wednesday March 18th
Minutes: Brendan, Rebecca
Reading HW: Draft Day!
HW: Please have a quote selected for your rumination paper.  It's important to start the draft for today as well.  Bring in a copy.  At minimum, have a quote selected.

Thursday March 19th
Minutes: Lynn, Mohammed
Reading HW: "Historical Notes"
HW: How does this futuristic society perceive Gilead?  Is their assessment justifiable?
E.C. - In the student cafeteria from 4 PM to 5 PM, International Humanitarian Law presentation.

Friday March 20th
Minutes: Isabella, Laura
Reading HW: Please read this article.  And then this one!
HW: In your experience, who is funnier, men or women?  Explain your rationale.  According to the author of this article, who is funnier?  Why?

Monday March 21st
Minutes: Calvin Chen,
Reading HW:
HW: Draft Day!

Work for the Week of March 16th - Juniors

There's a browser 8 bit game version of The Great Gatsby.  Play it!

Monday March 16th
Minutes: Brandon
Reading HW: Finish The Great Gatsby
HW: Draw a picture of the final lines of the book!

Tuesday March 17th
Minutes: Sara
Reading HW: Read this pdf!
HW: What is "hit and run" quoting?  How can we fix this problem?

Wednesday March 18th
Minutes: Rohan
Reading HW:
HW: Complete your quotation sandwich.
SAT: Proxy, Meticulous, Ersatz

Thursday March 19th
Minutes: Sarah
Reading HW: Let's begin our next text: The Things They Carried
HW:
SAT: Extol, Eulogy, Notoriety

Friday March 20th
Minutes: Steven
Reading HW: Read The Things They Carried.
HW:
SAT:Amicable, Disingenuous, Alibi

Monday March 21st
Minutes: Daniella
Reading HW:
HW:
SAT: Transgress, Saccharin, Transient

Work for the Week of March 16th - Freshmen

Monday March 16th
Minutes: Edwin, Zheng
Reading HW: Read IV.iii
HW: N/A

Tuesday March 17th
Minutes: Rigneyla, Shiva
Reading HW: Read V.i-iii
HW: Please remember that we are meeting in the library today!  Please have an allusion selected.

Wednesday March 18th
Minutes: Daniel C., Nishat
Reading HW: Finish Julius Caesar.
HW: Is Caesar's death avenged?  Is Antony correct in his characterization of Brutus?

Thursday March 19th
Minutes: Oscar,
Reading HW: N/A
HW: Please bring in two pieces of research for today.  Be sure that they meet our qualifications.

Friday March 20th
Minutes: James,
Reading HW: Please read the following two articles.  First.  Second.
HW: Where do you come down on this issue?  Please use evidence from our sources to support your ideas.

Monday March 21st
Minutes: Vernita, Bhavesh
Reading HW:
HW:

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