Characterization and Acting

Characterization and Acting

by | Apr 17, 2009 | Update

First, fourth, and sixth periods continued with Much Ado About Nothing. First period is now finished with the first act. Fourth and sixth periods will complete the first act on Monday or Tuesday. Second period, its numbers decreased due to the Model UN trip, worked on...

First Take and Characterization

by | Apr 16, 2009 | Update

First, fourth, and sixth periods began Much Ado About Nothing. They’re quickly seeing how difficult it can be to act on the fly. We’ll be spending class time — now that I’ve shown then and not simply told them — preparing each day before...

Planning and Reviewing

by | Apr 15, 2009 | Update

Second period was behind. Indeed, we still are behind. However, we collapsed a lot of things into one lesson today. We’re still very behind with the presentations, but we’ll be starting those tomorrow. First, fourth, and sixth periods all begain Much Ado...

Catch Up

by | Apr 14, 2009 | Update

First period worked on iambic pentameter to increase their understanding of Shakespeare’s poetic writing. Second period, quite bluntly, didn’t do the reading for today. This was confirmed, in class, by the quiz results. We did it in class, turning the quiz...
Debates, Havisham, and Newsletters

Debates, Havisham, and Newsletters

by | Apr 3, 2009 | Update

First period completed their debates. One student volunteered to tally the votes and see whom the class chose as the best debaters. Second period worked a little more on Great Expectations before watching a PBS version of the film. We watched the scene in which Pip...