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Hamlet Assignments—Week of 5/6

Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Tuesday--Character Presentations tomorrow.

Wednesday--Read 5.1.

Thursday--Read 5.2.

Friday--Final Projects due Tuesday.

Hamlet Assignments—Week of 4/29

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Tuesday--Prepare a one page paper on your assigned interpretation of the nunnery scene, 3.1. lines 90-164.  Be sure to address the following questions: What is Hamlet's objective?  What specific gestures, inflections, movements, or pauses could an actor use to show this objective?  How does this objective affect the subtext?  In other...

Hamlet Assignments—Week of 4/22

Monday, April 22, 2013

Monday--Read 2.1 and 2.2 lines 1-169

Tuesday--Read 2.2 lines 170-323; in your small groups, prepare your assigned scene with particular attention to gestures.

                  Group 1 (lines 171-220)                                            Group 2 (lines 225-323)

                  Paco,...

Hamlet Assignments:  Week of 4/15

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Tuesday: Rewrite 1.1 lines 1-80 in a contemporary context, using your own words.  Be creative and consider who and where these characters would be today.   Some students will be asked to present their scenes in class tomorrow.

Wednesday: Finish 1.1 and read 1.2.  Read Claudius' opening speech, lines 1-39, and Hamlet's soliloquy, lines...

Research Paper Due—April 16

Thursday, April 11, 2013

The following is a list of all that is due on Tuesday, April 16

• 5 page research paper--typed, double-spaced, MLA format
• MLA Works Cited page
• Website Evaluation Form for EACH website used in your research

If you ran out of Website Evaluation Forms, you can create your own.  It must include the following information:

URL:

Romantic Poetry Assignments

Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Assignment #1 due Friday, February 1

Read the five poems by Blake. Two are “Songs of Innocence” – The Lamb and the Chimney Sweep. The other three – The Chimney Sweepers, London and The Tiger – are “Songs of Experience.

Choose either the two chimney sweep poems or the lamb and tiger poems to write a short comparison. Compare the two...

Suggested Topics for Dante Essay

Sunday, November 18, 2012

Topics chosen Thursday, December 6

Thesis and outline due Thursday, December 13
Essay due Friday, December 21

This paper will thoroughly explore a theme or motif of the Inferno. Begin by looking through the text and finding ALL passages that relate to your theme. This exercise will enable you to arrive at a thesis. Your completed...

Dante Unit: Three Responses

Sunday, November 18, 2012

In the second half of this unit, there will be three assignments which you may do in any order, as long as you meet the three scheduled deadlines: Wednesday, November 28;  Wednesday, December 5, and Wednesday, December 12.

1.  Analysis: write a three-paragraph essay about a sin.
Choose a sin that is punished in the Inferno.

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Dante Reading Assignments and Quiz Schedule

Sunday, November 4, 2012

Dante Reading Schedule Fall 2012

WEEK ONE

Tuesday, October 30  

• Story of Dante’s Early Life
• Canto 1 “Lost and Found”

Wednesday, October 31 

• Canto 2 – “Cold Feet”

WEEK TWO
     
Monday, November 5 

• Background on Italian Politics
• Canto 3 – “Hell’s Gate”

Tuesday, November 6

• Dante’s Exile
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Grapes of Wrath - Revised Schedule

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Grapes of Wrath Revised Reading Schedule

Monday, October 1  No Class, Community Service

Tuesday, October 2 

Notes and Outline Due
Discuss Chapters 17-18
Read Chapters 19-21

Wednesday, October 3

Discuss Chapters 19-21
Read Chapter 22 (285-324)

Thursday, October 4  

Review
  
Friday, October 5 

Quiz on Chapters 17...

Grapes of Wrath Assignments

Monday, March 26, 2012

Grapes of Wrath Schedule
September 24 – October 5

Monday, September 24

Chapters 14 – 16 (150 – 192)

Tuesday, September 25

Bibliography Due
Chapters 17-18 (193 – 230)

Wednesday, September 26

No Class; Yom Kippur

Thursday, September 27

Quiz
Read Chapters 19-21 (231-284)

Friday, September 28

No Class; Michaelmas

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