The Rest is Silence Act 5, Scene 2

Thank you for your posts and for giving me yourselves every morning.
Take care, grads.
Rebekah

Reading List

The following links link to the reading list for Lit.  Happy studying!
(reminder: we only need to study the starred material)

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B5i3HC6gCyVHRzRaTjZQcDBsalU
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B5i3HC6gCyVHYzhfcUM0eEQyT1E
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B5i3HC6gCyVHZEFqQzFOZlRPMkE
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B5i3HC6gCyVHMlFtOG51dWNsSEU

It's the end of the world as we know it.

There is little to report for the happenings of today's class. I am certain that we all are thankful to have survived our final quotes quiz, and that for at least a little while we will not need to decipher whether a line was spoken by a captain, a seaman, or a clown. I myself am somewhat saddened over our completion of the study of Hamlet. I found it a rather exhilarating play to read and rank it alongside my other favorite Shakespearean play, Macbeth.

Yes. The tragedies are just that wonderful.

After our quiz we proceeded to the lower computer lab to practice for our final exam. I hope that we were all successful in accordance with our own personal standards. If not, at least we have a week to review our prior studies.

All that is due tomorrow is the line memorization bonus assignment, given in full detail approximately three posts below. If you wish to boost your mark on one Hamlet quiz to 100%, or if you merely desire to engrain Hamlet's philosophical ramblings forever into your memory, I encourage you to give it a shot.

I hope that everyone has a wonderful evening, and that we all make the most of our final class of Lit tomorrow :)

- Jaclyn Loewen

Winding Down

Unfortunately, today was a low key day, so there is nothing controversial to discuss.  However, despite being low key, it was hardly boring. 

We began the class with some announcements from Mrs. Loconte concerning end of the year activities like convocation, turning in our DPA forms, and the award ceremony.  From there, we proceeded to jump right into watching the rest of the Mel Gibson version of Hamlet, starting from when Ophelia drowns and ending with the huge blood bath at the castle.

Devotions today were led by Donna, who always seems to have insightful little stories or YouTube clips to share.  Anyway, she showed us a YouTube video by the Skit-Guys, which was a somewhat humourous representation of how we need to give God control over our entire lives, and how no matter how useless or broken we think we are, we are actually originally masterpieces made in God's image.  We would do well to remember that.

For the rest of the class, we discussed the final scenes of Hamlet, delving into how Hamlet was a fatalist.  We also went over the Hamlet Act 5 Scene 1 & 2 questions in extensive detail.

HOMEWORK - the only thing you are reading this for. I know..
Act 5 Quiz: It's the last one, so study hard and finish well.

Peace.
Kharis  

Skippity, Skip, Skip!

Well, to say yesterday was a boring day is to speak a lie.
I really don't understand those who skipped.

First off, we had an awesome first class, laughing all the way through out with those strong enough against peer pressure and with enough integrity to stay.  I must say, it was an adventure in itself.
Yes, all we did was watch a movie.  But that is such an inadequte description of the journey we took into a mad man's mind, seeing them brandish their swords against each other and make fun of their characters.  It was extremely unsatisfying to end the class: we were about to see them all drop dead.  Sigh, at least the rest of the class will be able to enjoy that pleasure on Monday.

What else to say...well, second block we got bonus marks, third block we got bonus marks, oh and we got ice cream too!!  Who would trade that for a day of skipping to be bored and play board games?  The teachers think well of you too when you stay, just an added bonus.  (as opposed to thinking of you as irresponsible students)

Well, I'll leave my tirade at that and get to the part you probably will only care about.

But then again, if you skipped the class on purpose, I do not see why you would want to know the homework either.  But then again, if you didn't care, you wouldn't be reading this either.  Teenagers sure are confusing people.  Or maybe it's not the teenager that is confusing but the MOB of teenagers that gets confusing.  Just maybe.

Here goes nothing:
1) Hamlet Essay due MONDAY, June 11
2) read "Disembarking at Quebec" by Margaret Atwood (pg. 1000) for MONDAY, June 11
3) Hamlet Act V quiz - TUESDAY, June 12
4) Bonus Lines (pervious post - Jaclyn and I have claimed lines already) - WEDNESDAY, June 13

*If you believe anything I said here was unjust or insulting, I apologize for insulting you but I do hold my opinion.  Skip day may be tradition, but it is a stupid tradition fueled by peer pressure.  There is no benefit in skip day, "hanging out" can happen at any time and it only hurts the integrity of the individual and of the class.  Practically, you may or may not be able to skip the class, but it is the ethics of respecting the teachers that are there to teach you that really matters.  You are more than welcome to debate this point with me.  I am more than willing to have a well-reasoned discussion about why grads should or should not skip.

Teacher Blog Alert

What, ho!
Here doth sit aforementioned link to "Hamlet".
Thy teacher hath endeavoured to prepare thee well .
Yonder "Wrap-Up Notes" shall prove most fruitful ere you take the final.
I pray ye, young students, that thou peruse it often, thus may it advise thee well.
Adieu.

Hamlet, the Thane of Denmark


Postscript

Bonus!

Mind your memory

A pickle in a bathtub.

We started off with Devotions from Tayler, in which she talked about how she has been tired recently and how God gives you rest.  She also mentioned how God made flowers beautiful, and so are you.  Words of wisdom Tayler.

We discussed, do not go gentle into that good night, written by Dylan Thomas.  In the poem it speaks of the writers father dying, with the writer pleading his father to hold on to life.  He pleads that he should fight death, because life is worth living, and that he can still do more with his life, even though he is frail.

Next we read Hamlet Act 5 Scene 1 and part of Scene 2, and discussed whether or not we would watch the David Tennant version of Hamlet, which we will be doing tomorrow.

Homework:
-  Finish Reading Hamlet, along with the questions, due Thursday.
-  Act 5 quiz on Friday.
-  Essay Due Monday.

Have a great night :)

Hey guys,
Sorry for the late post but I had things to do. So anyways, onto the blog.

Today we spoke about Shakespeare's Hamlet. We also learned about Act 4 and how Ophelia went crazy and drowned herself. It seems that there was a conspiracy behind how Gertrude knew so much about Ophelia's death and how she seemed so relaxed about it. Act 4 also showed how much of a scumbag Claudius is and how he wants Hamlet gone.

The Homework tonight:

- Act 4 quiz tomorrow
- Hamlet Essay due Monday

Check this out! A blog post! A whole week later. Wouldn't expect this, now would we? Hopefully this can boost up my mark so that universities will like me.


In getting dressed up this morning, I forgot one key task to do. That was, to put on pants (harder than you think). Once I remembered pants, I also was notified that I had to blog, thanks to my handy schedule.


There was a episode about Prom a couple weeks ago on Glee. It's a terrible show, and I swear, I honestly only watch it to make fun of it. Seriously. I also like SOME of the songs, not all.

I was totally freaking out. Nails, hair, lashes, brows, leg hairs, toes, etc. Being a girl is hard sometimes, but beauty is pain.

Anyways, it has nothing to do with what happened Thursday in English Literature class (not a lot does, anyways).


We opened up our Hamlet books after hearing a devotion from (insert student). We went over Act 4 in class and sped through the first 4 scenes like Speedy Gonzalez (no relation to Lisa). We did questions as we went along and had vigorous discussion on the motives of each character and the overall plot.

Homework

• Technically, finish Act 4 Scene 5 and do the first 2 questions for it, but Mrs. Loconte also said NO HOMEWORK (because she was feeling nice).
• Take your pick, I know I'm just going to listen to this song.