Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Macbeth Day 2 - May 26

  • Act I & II Summaries were handed out.
  • Make-up Scavenger Hunts were presented
  • Students should answer as many questions in yellow packet as they can - use video and summaries.
Macbeth – Test will be open-book, open-note and will include the following…
  • Vocabulary – 29 words (this part will be closed book!)
  • Theme, open-ended, short answer questions.
  • Questions about passages (passages will be provided)
  • Basic plot and character questions. (read summaries and pages 3-5 in yellow packet)
  • Irony

Extra Test Credit – Memorization Memorize Act V, Scene v, lines 17-28 (page 346)

  • 15 points for reciting in front of class.
  • 10 points for reciting individually (after school).
  • 5 points for writing (after school).
  • Here is a copy of those lines:
    She should have died hereafter; / There would have been a time for such a word. / To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow, / Creeps in this petty pace from day to day / To the last syllable of recorded time; / And all our yesterdays have lighted fools / The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle! / Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player / That struts and frets his hour upon the stage / And then is heard no more. It is a tale / Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, / Signifying nothing.




Friday, May 22, 2009

May 21, Macbeth Day 1

Students presented Macbeth scavenger hunt's and watched most of Act I.

Students received Macbeth Acts I & II packet.

Thursday, May 14, 2009

Brave New World Test

Students took a tes over Brave New World and were given a Macbeth Scavenger Hunt (major assignment) due May 21. No classes on May 18-20 due to SOL testing!

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Test Review

Brave New World Test Review:
Characters
Setting
Conflict, plot
Theme(s)
Bokanovsky Process
Centrifugal Bumble-puppy
Decanting
conditioning
solidarity service
orgy-porgy
castes
Hypnopaedia
Malthusian Belt
Manipulation
Freedom, slavery
Savage Reservation
World State sayings
Shakespeare
Cyprus experiment, Alphas
Characters
John’s life
Feelies
Morgana Rothschild
Antagonist, protagonist
Soma
Ford, Freud
Dystopia, utopia
Death conditioning
title of the book
freemartins
Huxley’s life
totalitarianism
satire
promiscuity
how did the state evolve/devolve?
aim of the state in Brave New World
· Vocabulary
· Chapter Questions

Consider:
1. Is it better to be free than to be happy?
2. Is freedom compatible with happiness?
3. Is the collective more important than the individual?
4. Can children be taught effectively to think in only one certain way?
5. Can young people be taught so well that they never question their teachings later?
6. Is stability more important than freedom?
7. Can alterations made by advanced science to mankind be made permanent at the DNA-level?
8. Can mankind be conditioned by science?
9. Should the individual be limited/controlled for the greater good? If so, how much?

Friday, May 1, 2009

May 4, 6, & 8 Syllabus

Monday, May 4

  • Pre-Reading Packet and Chapter 12 Quiz.
  • Assignment: Brave New World Caste Project. Get with group members and decide how you want to do this as a group. Set up some kind of plan for yourselves.
  • Start reading Chapter 13
  • HOMEWORK
    --Journal:
    Answer the question below. E-mail your answer to Mrs. Woodliff or leave your answer as a comment to the blog post titled “Homework Journal” at http://woodliffenglish12.blogspot.com/. If you leave a comment, do NOT leave your full name. Leave your class period and initials after your post. (For example: 4CG for “4th period, Cathy Green”
    · Journal Question: Are Linda and John better off in the civilized world than they were in the Reservation? Why/why not? 5 sentence minimum
    --Read chapters 13 & 14. See additional study questions.
    --Work on Caste Project

Wednesday, May 6

  • Return copies of quizzes and go over correct answers (scantrons will be graded when Mrs. Woodliff returns)
  • Chapter 13 & 14 Quiz.
  • Work on Caste Project
  • Begin Chapter 15
  • HOMEWORK: Read Chapters 15 & 16. See blog for additional study questions.
    Work on Caste Project

Friday, May 8

  • Return copies of quizzes and go over correct answers
    Chapter 15 & 16 Quiz.
  • Work on Caste Project
  • Chapter 17 – begin reading.
  • HOMEWORK: Read Chapter 17. Caste Project Due next class

Thursday, April 30, 2009

April 30, BNW Day 7

Caste groups split into 4 separate groups (joined with other castes) in order to answer all 47 pre-reading questions. (These are the questions you were supposed to use the PowerPoint your caste was given to answer.)

Students then went back to their usual groups and finished up answering all questions.

Students should read Chapter 12 for homework.

There will be a quiz over Chapter 12 on Monday, a quiz over Chapters 13 & 14 on Wednesday, and a quiz over Chapter 15 & 16 on Friday.

Mrs. Woodliff will be out next week. Students can check the blog for any updates.

Additional study questions for Chapters 12-16 can be found here.

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

28 April, BNW Day 6

  1. book check (continue next class)
  2. Find images that represent castes and characters. Use a magazine to find 1 image that represents your caste or character (in group folder). Put the images in your folder
  3. Vocabulary, Word Webs. Last 3 words:
    Viscose: solution used in the manufacture of rayon and cellophane
    Viviparous: Giving birth to living young that develop within the mother's body
    Zealous: ardently active, devoted, or diligent. Syn: enthusiastic, eager, fervid, fervent, intense, passionate
    Assignment: Use all vocabulary words to create Word Triads and Dyads (use relationships you have already created and make new ones. See outlines below)




    HOMEWORK: Read Chapter 11.