En 11-1: Notes from Monday, 6 Dec

Today we answered the following from the student study package handouts:

a) Act 2 "Reading and Vocab Check" - do the five questions from the top of the page and then match the 16 vocab terms to their definitions.

b) do the ROUND BULLETED questions (there are seven of them) from the Act 2 question sheet at the back of the handout (leave the questions with the large square bullets).

c) make subtext notes on the handout with Macbeth and Banquo's conversation III, i, 1-51 (especially the lines we highlighted together).

d) look at Macbeth's soliloquy in Act 3, Scene 1 and make one comment on Macbeth's thoughts/feelings for each of the following divisions of the speech:
lines 47-54
lines 54-60
lines 61-64
lines 64-72

REMEMBER TO POST A COMMENT TO THE BLOG

En 10: Notes from 03 December

Today we did some editing practice on our Henry V speech paragraphs and then watched the film version of the play.

If you did not do your homework and were unable to hand in a paragraph today, you must get it in by Monday's class.  Have a nice weekend.

En 12: from Friday, 03 December

Today we watched the Act II, i pantomimes - thanks for your efforts.  We then got into Scene iii, as far as the point where Rosencrantz and Guildenstern fess up to Hamlet that they were indeed "sent for."  Please post a journal comment and have a restful weekend.

Any word on when you'd like to collect for the food hamper?

Socials 11: Notes from Friday, 03 December

Today we watched four episodes from the "Canada: A People's History" series.  We discussed each in turn and noted the what/so what relationships of each.  I also issued a study package for the home front and the peace treaty process.  Ensure you have those sheets done for Tuesday - I'll be giving you a quick quiz and the questions will come right off those sheets.

On Tuesday, we will review for the unit test that will occur on Thursday!  Have a nice weekend, but be sure to do your homework.  Go into the winter break knowing you've earned a rest after some hard work.

En 11-1: Notes from Thursday, 02 December

Today, we finished reading Act II.  It is interesting to note that the murder and its discovery is not in Act III and therefore, not the climax of the play. Hmmm.  I wonder what is to come.  We shall be revisited by the discussion of bloody hands and Lady Macbeth, later in the play.  Are you playing attention to all of the references to blood - that in itself would be an interesting study (it shows up 23 times, and bloody appears 14 more times).

Please ensure you complete your paragraph discussions about the evnts that occur around the time of Duncan's death - could horses really eat each other?

Also, please ensure you are prepared to read your next set of parts aloud on Monday.  I'll try to balance things so that everyone gets a chance to read some of the longer speeches - try not to feel like you're being picked on if it works out that you get some big parts issued to you back-to-back.

For Monday Act III, scenes 1 - 3, please read:
Scene 1:
Banquo: Jake
Macbeth: Kohl
Lady Macbeth: Aisha
First Murderer: Chelsea
Second Murderer: Ben

Scene 2:
Lady Macbeth: Ashley
Servant: Emily
Macbeth: Brandon

Scene 3:
First Murderer: Mike
Second Murderer: Maciek
Third Murder: Jake
Banquo: Angie 

Have a nice weekend.

En11-2: notes from Thursday, 02 December

Today, we discussed the Centron internet filter and some wider issues concerning the school and our parts in it.  I thought you all participated in the discussion maturely and with just the right balance of seriousness and humour.  I am regularly impressed by how students in our school can respond positively to the issues we face.  I hope you can take the tone of our time together and transfer it to other aspects of your lives.  It's so easy to be negative, judgmental and sarcastic and so difficult to live with integrity and to treat others with respect and empathy,  especially if those around you are not doing the same.  You have a year-and-a-half left to leave the lasting impression of your time at the school that others will judge you by; what will it be?  Bennett and Adam have come back to volunteer to coach the basketball team and I am proud to be able to say that as their teacher, I had a hand in their development.  I hope I will be able to say the same about each and every one of you, when you've moved on to bigger and better things.

Please post a comment to the blog to comment on the beginning of Act II of Macbeth.  You can speak to any aspect of Scenes i-ii that you wish.  Also, don't forget to read Act II, Scenes iii-iv (the rest of it).  I hope you read this and can prepare to read the following parts aloud on Monday:

Scene 3
Porter: Jay, Carson
Macduff: Kari, Sam
Lennox: Cody, Stephanie
Macbeth: Madison, Sanannah
Lady Macbeth: Amber, Shyla
Donalbain: Austin, Quinn
Malcolm: Sarah, Sam
Banquo: Allison, Luke

Scene 4
Old Man: Courtney, Khoya
Ross: Joel, Liz
Macduff: Gus, Samantha

En 12: Notes from Thursday, 02 December

We opened the class deciding to do a food hamper drive some afternoon/evening in the near future - please talk it up with the other grads - Go Pender!

We spent the bulk of the class editing our Polonius' advice paragraphs.  They are due in on Friday - yippee - marking this weekend for Mr. Marshall.

We read Act II, Sc i and started to practice short pantomimes of the meeting with Ophelia and Hamlet, as described by Ophelia, starting at line 77.  We'll have some giggles watching those mini-performances, first thing tomorrow.

Please read Act II, Sc ii for tomorrow.  I'd like the following people to prepare to read aloud:

King: Brittany
Polonius: Taylor (first half), Rowan (second half)
Queen: Eileen
Gildenstern: Timo
Rosencrantz: Morgan
Voltimand: Hayley
Hammy: Mitch Jones (first half), Aurora (second half)
First Player: Becky (+ everyone else in case becky doesn't read the blog)

With this we can start to read Act 3 over the weekend.