Analyzing and Comparing

Analyzing and Comparing

by | Nov 5, 2013 | English I Honors, Update

First and Fourth periods continued working on their projects by analyzing and dividing, Shakespeare’s Sonnet 29. We’ll take a bit more time tomorrow to finish this up Second and seventh periods compared the original diary Anne Frank wrote with the...
Slips of Understanding and Play Prep

Slips of Understanding and Play Prep

by | Nov 4, 2013 | English I Honors, Update

First and fourth periods looked at Shakespeare’s Sonnet number twenty-nine. When in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes I all alone beweep my outcast state, And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries, And look upon myself, and curse my fate, Wishing...
Meter and More Acting/Reading

Meter and More Acting/Reading

by | Oct 31, 2013 | English I Honors, Update

First and fourth periods looked at meter in anticipation of tackling Romeo and Juliet. We’ll be finishing up the poetry unit by looking at sonnets before heading off to R&J. (Notes for both classes are available below.) Second and seventh periods finished up...
Villanelles and Comparisons

Villanelles and Comparisons

by | Oct 30, 2013 | English I Honors, Update

Today in first and fourth periods we explored the poetic form known as the villanelle. We evaluated the patterns in poems such as “The Waking” and “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night” to determine the rules for villanelles. Then we took a...
Tone Continued and Comparing Media

Tone Continued and Comparing Media

by | Oct 29, 2013 | English I Honors, Update

Today in first and fourth periods we looked at tone again and evaluated some more of Billy Collins’ poems. We mostly looked at “The Lanyard” because of the tone change. The Lanyard The other day I was ricocheting slowly off the blue walls of this...