December 17-21, 2007
English 11
Dec. 17, 2007
Finish Slave Narratives assignment.
Introduce Oral History assignment: use Great Questions Link and Great Questions List from StoryCorps to interview a person who is important to you. Type, record or film answers to Interview Questions
HW: Read pp. 558-571; answer questions 1-8, p. 571; read pp. 581-589, questions p. 591.
Dec. 18-19, 2007
Watch Night John video
Dec. 20, 2007
Read Paul Auster's Auggie Wren's Christmas Story
Dec. 21, 2007
Watch excerpts from "Smoke"
AP English 12
Dec. 17-19, 2007
Present Hamlet soliloquies
HW: Memorize Hamlet soliloquies
Dec. 20-21, 2007
Short fiction selections - read, view and discuss
LANGUAGE ARTS STANDARDS
OH GLI A.1 "Recognize and identify how authors clarify meanings of words through context and use definition, restatement, example, comparison, contrast and cause and effect to advance word study."
OH GLI D.6 "Recognize characteristics of subgenres including satire, parody and allegory and explain how choice of genre affects the expression of a theme or topic."
OH GLI D.7 Analyze the characteristics of various literary periods and how the issues influenced the writers of those periods.