Class Mintues: Wednesday, April 28th

We started All Quiet on the Western Front by:
1. Reviewing WWI
a.entente vs Triple Alliance
b. defensive vs. offensive warfare weaponry
2. Viewing images of trench warfare
3. Viewing map of the Western front
4. Viewing propoganda posters
5. Reading and explicating Wilfred Owen's ironic poem, "Dulce et Decorum Est"
6. Watching the opening battle scenes in the movie, which reveal the utter futility of going "over the top"
Read Chapter One for next class.

Class Minutes: Monday, April 26th

Last big Macbeth assignment- 5 paragraph essay! It is a timed write, so no finishing at I block, lunch, etc. Way to go.

Class Minutes: Thursday, April 22nd

We went over the test answers, completed our introductory paragraphs for the essay on the cyclical nature of humanity's mistakes, and watched part of the movie of "Macbeth."

Class Minutes: Tuesday, April 20th

Today was Test day! The Act iv and v quiz, plus the literary device quiz were completed. Last class, we started learning the 5 paragraph essay. We read some notes, a sample intro paragraph, and examined 10 ways to write a general statement/hook. Students then practiced writing an introductory pargraph, which was finished and collected today(after the quizzes).

Class Minutes: Wednesday, April 14th

We reviewed the Act IV and V log notes which are on Moodle. Quizzes on the final two acts and Macbeth's poetic devices are on Tuesday. Update your reading logs with the Moodle notes. Logs are allowed on the Act IV and V quiz, but NOT the device quiz. Then, we practiced thesis statement writing. Samples were given to demonstrate the effectiveness of modifiers. Eight thesis were assigned as practice, but students selected their best thesis for formal evaluation. The worksheet was collected at the end of class.

Class Minutes, Mon. April 12th

Last day Mrs. Wall was away. The class read Act V.i-iii and did the "Lady Macbeth: Then and Now" worksheet. Today, we finished reading the play and were assigned the Macbeth obiturary (see Moodle). Act IV-V quiz is on Tuesday next week.

Class minutes: Tuesday, April 6th

Many students were away on the Bio 11 field trip. We finished reading Act IV and answered the comprehension questions before checking our responses with a key. Recipe assignments were collected.

Class Minutes: Wednesday, March 31st

After writing the ACT III quiz, we did a choral reading of the first few lines of ACT IV. Students played the role of the witches, whistling wind, hooting owls, and howling dogs. One student flashed the lights on and off to create the illusion of lighting. Act IV.i was read to completion. As we read, we filled out the first three rows of the three visions chart. Students then worked on their recipe assignments (due Tues.) or the comprehension questions for the first scene. Happy Easter!