Hump Day Eve

Today we finished up the two poems taught in yesterday's class and presented our epics and our epic satires. For tonight's homework, read "Ode to the West Wind" in your textbook.

Friday Blogger?

If you need to hand in your assignment on Tuesday, that's okay with me, students!

Romanticism

Today we talked about the reading we did last night, and looked at "The World Is Too Much with Us", by Wordsworth. We also started reading and planning for how we will teach our poems to the class.

For tomorrow, read the history section on Wordsworth and Coleridge, and spot at Bryon, Shelley, and Keats. Pages 465-469

ALMOST FORGOT TO POST

Hi everyone,

Sorry for the late post! Life has been busy. Considering we're all in grade 12, I'm assuming most of you are up right now.

Today we took our test.

Homework is to read up until page 456. Read it all snuggled up in bed....how cozy.

This is Noah.

Today in class we were assigned our poems that we are to teach the class, presented our epitaphs and also began the Romantic Period. No homework just study for test! #Lit

HW? Is it my turn?

We read in the grass today

Several things are due in the near future:

We have a 'test' on Wednesday
We have a project on the 18th century due on the Monday after this Monday
We have to write our own epitaph (I assume due in Tuesday)

Cheers

Word search and hangman

Hangman today be like

Today we did a history and literature sheet quiz thing and then had some free time.

Tonight's homework:
None, but the test will be on Wednesday, May 25 (see previous post for details) and satire projects are due Monday, May 30, so probably start working on those sooner rather than later.

Fun Fact: May 29 is officially 'Put a Pillow on Your Fridge Day'

Restoration Testoration Info

Today we continued finishing up the Restoration section instead of going to the graveyard dressed as ninjas. We decided that the Restoration + 18th century Unit Test will be on Wednesday, May 25, while the project will be due on Monday, May 30.

The test will comprise of the following sections, or at least I think they will, because I forgot my Lemon + Pink notebook in my locker. Darn. Anyway:

1. Poems - State the author and meaning of ten quotes (probably 20 marks) Johnson will not be included in this section, if I remember correctly.
2. History + Literature (15 marks)
3. Short Answer (NO ESSAY! WOO!)

No homework, but try to get a head start on studying for the test and working on the project.

Ending on a fun note, here is a comic that depicts how I feel when the class starts debating about Shakespeare... after the Shakespeare unit. It's the 18th century, guys, let Macbeth go to his Macdeath.

Tuesday Blog Post

I can't think of a good title, so this will have to do. Today we reviewed Pope's Epigrams and The Age of Johnson, as well as discussed Samuel Johnson. Tomorrow we will be heading to a graveyard to set the setting as read another piece of literature. Consider working on your projects!

After Prom Pope

Today in class we read "The Rape of the Lock" by Alexander Pope. For tonight's homework, please read "Pope's Epigrams" on page 412 and complete the questions. Also, read "The Age of Johnson" on page 416.

Two More Days

Today we talked about satire, got the outline for our next project, and continued reading Gulliver's Travels.
For homework, finish reading "A Voyage to Brobdingnag" and finish the sheet that was handed out about this section.

Monday

Today we finished reading the diary about the Great Fire of London and tied it in with what is currently occurring in Fort McMurray. We also read some feminist poetry.

Below is a nice picture and your homework:

Read "The Age of Pope" on page 366, then the biography on Swift on page 372, following along with "A Voyage to Lilliput" from Gullivers Travels. 

Perchance you may have homework

We finished Hamlet today (Review) and learned about our 'test'
Read the textbook P. 327-347 and do the first ten review questions. Due Monday.

Next Thursday we will have the 'test'.

Too Sick to Think of a Creative Blog Post Title :(

Today we discussed Act 5 Scene 2 questions and... honestly my memory of today is super foggy, sorry.

If you're presenting a bonus monologue, that's tomorrow!
Read the history portion of "The Restoration" in the long-untouched Adventures in English Literature textbook for Monday. Get a head start if you can.

The Rest is (Not) Silence

*****SPOILER ALERT AHEAD, READ AT YOUR OWN PERIL*****

Today we signed some cards for the staff despite not knowing, for the most part, who the cards were actually for.  We also had a few brief visits from other teachers, and received some tentative hope from Mrs. Loconte about our Hamlet test which may be different from our usual Lit tests...?

Oh yeah, and despite all the interruptions, we somehow managed to finish Hamlet and discuss the questions for Act 5 Scene 1.

Tonight's homework:
Study for tomorrow's Act 4 Quiz
For those who are doing the bonus monologues, the due date has been changed to this Wednesday.

Fun Fact: Audrey is incapable of blogging about Hamlet without including a gif of David Tennant as Hamlet