Well played, seniors

Okay, so here's what you need to be working on over break.

Remember that you are reading Hamlet with a focus on plot and characters. We will have a comprehension quiz on it the first day back. Consider watching a film version to add to your knowledge of the play.

You are also reading your "other Shakespeare" as determined by the groups below. You will be doing a presentation on your play during the last week of the semester. I think I got absent people from Tuesday placed in groups, but if not, please let me know.

I will be checking my school email periodically if you have any questions.

Period 2

Much Ado About Nothing

Max
Miranda
Jazlyn
Athena
Alex N.
Brittney

12th Night

Landon
Nate
Morgan
Brittney
Kira
Caleb

Taming of the Shrew

Mollie
KC
Andi
Madison
Lucas
Eric

Othello

Damon
JazzMyn
Caitlyn
Alisha
Patricia

Macbeth*

Valerie
Katie
Kia
McKenzie
Andrew

King Lear*

Ichen
Carter
Jordan
Daniel
Molly
Parker

*Somebody please email me if I got King Lear and Macbeth mixed up--my notes were not clear.

Period 3

Othello

Rowan
Maya
Emma
Gea
Paige
Jenna

Taming of the Shrew

Taylor
Emily
Allison
Margaret
Breanna
Evan
Catalina

12th Night

Paula
Callie
Seth
Marie
Katlynne
Patricia
Alexander J.

Much Ado about Nothing

Nate R
Lauren
Jenifer
Nicole
Justyne
Ashley

King Lear

Anusha
Arika
Aiden
Kenneth

Macbeth

Alex M.
Andrew
Andrea
Kylie
Maeve
Gracie
David

New Plan!

Okay, so here's the new plan since we didn't have school today.

Disregard the passage that I posted for today. We just won't work with that one.

Our assessed prose essay will remain scheduled for Monday. Sorry I won't be able to get your prose prospectuses to you before then.

The humor powerpoint I mentioned in class is available here. This will help formalize our discussions of humor we had with Good Country People and the Carol and Howard passage.

Our reading due Tuesday/Thursday is the play Oedipus which is in your red book (893-937). We will be gathering evidence for moments that Oedipus shows his arrogance, moments that address the nature of fate, moments of irony, and eye imagery. As you do your reading, you should be gathering/marking these references to help with our discussion and activities.

Due Thursday

Please print and bring this passage to class. Sorry I didn't have it posted earlier.

Due Tuesday

Please read "A Rose for Emily" (56-62) and "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings (362-366). A side by side English/Spanish verison of "Very Old Man" (en espanol) is available here. if you'd like to look at the story in the original.

Please post AT LEAST once online in the Penpals class. I would recommend posting an original thought and a response.