Tuesday - April 05, 2011

1st Period:  Electricity is a recent development.  Write about 12 things you can do when the power is off.  Due tomorrow.

2nd Per:  We FINALLY finished talking about Margaret Cavendish and her arguments for and against women's rights. 

3rd Per:  Begin looking through the Watson's book.  Skim the book tonight and be ready to jump into chapter 1 tomorrow.  The skimming should take you between 10 - 20 minutes.  Read the chapter headings, and maybe a few lines from each chapter. 

With this book, you are going to do a character and plot map for each chapter.  On these, you will divide your paper in half. 

-On the left hand side, you will write down the name of EVERY character you come in contact with in chronological order.  Once a character has been introduced, you don't need to re-introduce him/her on your next chapter or scene.  Write a bried description of who each person is.  Antonio - Friend.  Kenny - Narrator, Old Man Periwinkle - Crazy imaginary friend of Mr. Hawley, etc. 

-On the right hand side, you will keep a running summary of each chapter or scene.  This needs to be long enough to help you study for the tests - which I am very very very nitpicky on.  I ask very detailed questions.  Your chapter summary is the best place to find these kinds of answers - IF you have kept a good summary. 

-On the bottom 10th of the page, you should have space for any notes you want to take.  Words you looked up in a dictionary, comments we made in class that clarified passages, etc.  Here is a picture of my mostly legible notes from the white board in class. 

Each new chapter or act will have its OWN paper.  Each one should be well labeled with the name of the the chapter/scene, page numbers of the chapter, your name, etc. 

4th Period:  In the text book, there are poems, or the introduction to poems on these pages.

663
666
678
669
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671
681
684
686
687
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692
695
698
699
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701
706
709
712
719

Choose ONE poem from each of the four sections and write about what you think the author is trying to say.  What does it mean to you?  one line answers will NOT be enough for a good grade on this assignment.  You should make sure you label each poem with the name of the author, page number(s), title, and of course, your name and period.  These are due in class tomorrow. 

5th Period - We discussed the 4 articles by Margaret Cavendish from the text book on pages 377-379.  Write for or against each of the four articles.  Do you agree, or disagree with her statements.  Why?  Due tomorrow.

6th Period - Continue reading in merchant.  Act II - Scene 1 and 2.  Start a new page on your character/plot map for act II.  No specific homework, except to keep up with the reading from the play.