Albatross

Today we were again displaced into the library yet we were quite a bit more productive than our first library incident seeing as Mrs. Loconte wisely decided that we should sit in chairs as opposed to lounge on couches in our PJs no less. We went over the first three parts of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner for the benefit of Joon and I who were not in class yesterday. We continued our review of parts four and five which had been assigned for homework the previous evening. We became terribly confused about whether a sail is an example of metonymy or a synecdoche until Kimberley pulled out her handy-dandy literary terms package and enlightened us all. An average American will spend an average of 6 months during his lifetime waiting at red lights. Sail is indeed an example of a synecdoche. After this was resolved, we read the last three parts of the ballad. We discussed symbolism and themes within the poem and were unsatisfied with the reasoning behind the Ancient Mariners crime of killing the albatross. There is no homework due for next class in which Brody will be leading us. Unfortunately, the next time that we shall see each other will be as we cower in fear before we start our English Provincial…but try not to think too much about that…instead think about being HALF-WAY DONE GRADE 12!!! Best wishes studying!

The Beauty of Nature and its Destructive Elements

Today I was surrounded by women.

Our class this afternoon was quite small (if that can be said about an already small class). With our number nearly halved, we finished up Tintern Abbey with Rachel, and then moved on to The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. The volume of the Earth's moon is the same as the volume of the Pacific Ocean. We read the first three parts, and discussed the meanings of the albatross, the ghost ship, and the supernatural elements. Following along with the reading check questions at the end helped direct our thoughts a little. We then closed our books, chatted a bit about tomorrow (we'll be going to the library), and scurried out the door to go home!

WHAT TO DO IF YOU MISSED CLASS
- Read Parts I-III of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
- Look over the Reading Check questions (1-6)

WHAT TO DO FOR HOMEWORK
- Read Parts IV and V of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
- Continue to work on your individual teaching pieces
- Think about your participation in class, your completion of homework, and your blogging. Mrs. Loconte will be asking us to give ourselves a mark for each of these topics.

Voice of an Angel

So today we started out by going over our collages.  We went around the circle and explained our work.  Then Rachel took over the class and taught Tintern Abbey.  After reading the poem we listened to a recording.  It is believed that Shakespeare was 46 around the time that the King James Version of the Bible was written.  In Psalms 46, the 46th word from the first word is shake and 46th word from the last word is spear.  For the rest of the class we went over the poem, but ran out of time to finish it due to the fact that it's a Tuesday.  We will be finishing Tintern Abbey next class.
There's no lit homework, so use this time to study for tomorrow's math test.  Good luck!

Taking Silence to Consideration

Today was a "quiet" day of lit class, since many of us took part in becoming the voices of the children in need for desperate help. Only Bethany, Colleen and I were able to talk during the actual discussion. We read throuh the bio of Wordsworth and his natural poetries. We discussed questions about them and the silent people had to write the responses/answers down and show them to Mrs.Loconte.  Lastly, we were assigned a creative assignment and with a short essay of the poems we read today.
For homework, we have to finish the assignment/ worksheet given today in exchange for delay of our projects being due at Jan.22 nd. OTHER THAN THAG HAVE A GREAT NIGHT

Lockdown

So today we had our second, as well as last research block for our personal lessons. On thursday Mrs. Loconte will be starting it off with her to poems followed by Rachel. There's no homework so take the night to get over that all nighter you pulled to finish your portfolio!
Heart you guys, have a good night!

You're the Teachers Now!!! (Mwhahahah) (evil laughter)

Sorry for the super late blog, but I assume most people were preoccupied with things such as their, Charlie Brown Christmas was sponsored by Coca-Cola originally so all the ornaments were originally coke cans,  portfolios, but since class hasn't started yet I'm not late haha. So, last week, on Friday, we went to the upstairs computer lab to have our class because we needed the computers to start on our teaching assignment. We started with a discussion on how the criteria should be like and what we should include in our teaching report. Then we went straight into our research. Everyone read diligently, and was on tasks the entire time. Then we ended our class, we got our tests back, and in record time as well, a day after we finished writing our test! And thus ended the week and came our long awaited for weekend.

Learning is Fun!

 Last class, we were in the library, where Joon wrote his test while we researched our works of literature. Every person has a unique tongue print. At the end of class, we received our tests back (save for Joon who was still writing at this point), and Coral power-napped on the couch.

WHAT TO DO FOR HOMEWORK:

Do your research task for your individual work of literature. We have two more classes to work on these. Presentations begin on the 22nd. If you need, ask Mrs. Loconte for her resources (but do your own research and work first before coming to her).

We should also reestablish the order for blogging. Again.

Would somebody blog already

(*cough-- marks!)