Your Last Full Week!

This is getting pretty exciting-- graduation only 10 days away! Please work on your scrapbook assignments in and outside class, and we will expect them next Monday-- This is really your Final, and sharing it will be part of that grade--thanks again for taking the time to do an excellent job.
Mrs. E

The Tragedy is Almost Over

We had such a good discussion of Hamlet today-- thank you, Mr. Huhn!
Here a couple of reminders: you should have your Reading Log finished-- the exact number of entries is not as important as the quality of the entries--please bring it with you tomorrow (Tuesday).  Be prepared for a Final Exam on Hamlet for Wednesday-- it will involve your "word frequency" activity,  The rest of this week and the next: we will be working on our "Literary Scrapbook" assignment for our last text.  The sign-up sheet for that text will be available tomorrow.  Thanks for all your hard work!
MRs.  Eddy

Presentation on Act IV start tomorrow, Tuesday, May 15th

Please be ready to present when your turn arrives. We may or may not take two days for these--Please come in with any needs (document camera/computer, etc.) in mind so we can set up quickly.  I can't wait!
Mrs. E

The Test is Over--YES!

Great work, people!  Now we can breathe a big sigh of relief and move on to the tragedy that is Hamlet.
Please get your presentations ready-- we will begin with scene one on Tuesday.  Here is a copy of the assignment: Hamlet, Act IV Activity  
     I will see you an Monday-- do something wonderful for your mother!
Mrs. E

I Added New Poetry Links On the Right

Please check out the Poetry Out Loud stuff as soon as you get a chance-- I promise you it is a great opportunity to get some skills, experience, college app. juice AND possibly win scholarship money-- FANTASTIC!
Have a great weekend and enjoy your satirical assignment below--
Mrs. E
PS: Don't forget we agreed that you will turn in 20 glossary entries on Friday the 13th, and that ten that you place on top will be graded for quality.  I can't take them late because there is no way for me to grade them in time for semester.  Thanks!

Stop the Madness!

Here is the end assignment/assessment for "Candide."

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HzEkzLUdJlUKwaneUbIMEz8MYPJhh_qh0P0p7gQy_Y0/edit?hl=en_US&pli=1
DEADLINE: 1-We need to turn the books you may have borrowed from the library on Monday, so use 'em while you have 'em.
2-Please get the final for Candide done ASAP and turn it in NO LATER THAN Wednesday, January 11th.

Thank you for all of your hard work

I really appreciated reading all of your essays, poems and notes this week.  What an amazing group we have here in our little class!  I look forward to more days of study and discovery.  Attached is the little treatise I delivered today about how "scientific" the study of literature is.  I am sure there are authors rolling in their graves over this analogy, but I also think it is helpful to think about how we study the humanities in a serious way. Literary Analysis Analogy
Please enjoy the foibles of Candide and the wicked wit of one of the best satirists in history, Voltaire.
Mrs. E