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Date |
Class Topic |
Assignment |
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1/19/11
(A;Class Meetings) |
Snow/exams. |
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1/21/11
(C) |
Snow day.
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1/25/11
(E) |
Introductory lecture for Shakespeare and the English Renaissance
theater. |
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1/27/11
(A) |
Snow day. |
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1/31/11
(C) |
Introduction,
completed. |
1.
Read the handout chapter of Shakespeare's biography. Study this
chapter for the quiz on this material. The quiz will be
whenever we meet together again as a class.
2.
Read _Freeing Shakespeare's Voice_ Chapter 4 "Organically,
Cosmically and Etymologically Speaking" (pages 57 through
78) BUT NOT page 65 starting at "PREPARATION" through page 68.
Begin again on page 68 at "When, in Act I, Scene ii of
_Richard III_...".
3.
Read your sonnet. Start reading it aloud. We will discuss
memorization and recitation skills in the next class session.
Sonnet recitations will be on Monday, Feb. 14. If this is
a snow day, it will be the following class meeting time.
4.
Bring _A Midsummer Night's Dream_ and _FSV_ to our next class
meeting. |
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Date |
Class Topic |
Assignment |
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2/2/11
(E;
Advisee Mtg during Break + 15) |
If we meet today, the quiz on Shakespeare's biography will
be today. If today is a snow day, the quiz will be
whenever we meet again!
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Read
_FSV_ Chapter 5 "Figures of Speech."
If
today was a snow day, see assignments for 1/31/11 as well as
today and be fully
prepared for our next class meeting. |
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2/4/11
(A; First Friday) |
Lesson on
sonnets.
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Read
_FSV_ Chapters "Interlude" and Chapter 6: "Iambic Pentameter."
Quiz
next time we meet on all the reading you have done so far in _FSV_
(Chapters 4, 5, Interlude and 6).
Practice your sonnet for the recitation day. |
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2/8/11
(C) |
Sonnets,
continued. Read four examples, two by Shakespeare, one
by William Wordsworth and one by Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
Discuss.
Work on skills for
memorizing your sonnet for performance.
Introduction to the
four major genres of the plays.
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Read _FSV_ chapters 7 and 9. Quiz Thursday on these chapters. |
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2/10/11
(E) |
Quiz on _FSV_
chapters 7 and 9.
Review meter with
handout.
Intro to comedy.
Begin _A Midsummer
Night's Dream_.
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Read
_FSV_ Chapters 10 and 11 (pages 187 through 203). Quiz Wednesday on
these chapters.
Sonnet recitations are on Monday, Feb. 14. Your recitation
is worth 30 points as a major assignment: 10 points each for the
following categories: memorization; comprehension and clarity;
presence and poise. See me after school today or tomorrow if you
want help practicing. |
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2/14/11
(A) |
Sonnet recitations.
Continue _Midsummer_. Finish Act I; begin Act II. |
Study for Wednesday's quiz on _FSV_ Chapters 10 and 11. |
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2/16/11
(C; Class Meetings) |
Quiz on _FSV_ chapters 10 and 11.
Continue _Midsummer_.
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Read Acts I and II again, and your notes, for review. There will
be a test soon after winter break on this play, so keeping up
with review is important. |
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2/18/11
(E;
Mid-Quarter Reports) |
Continue _Midsummer_.
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Read
the essay "Four Worlds Merge in A Midsummer Night's Dream"
by Madeleine Doran. This essay will help you understand the
structure and characters of the play. |
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WINTER BREAK! |
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Date |
Class Topic |
Assignment |
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3/1/11
(A) |
Continue
_Midsummer_, with notes, discussion and film clips. |
Review all notes; reread the text we have covered so far. |
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3/3/11
(C) |
Conclude reading
_Midsummer_.
In-class questions on
_Midsummer_. Hand in. |
Review all notes; reread the text we have covered so far.
Complete homework questions on _Midsummer_; due next class. |
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3/7/11
(E) |
Conclude
discussion of _Midsummer_ and continue film. |
Study for the test on _Midsummer_. |
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3/9/11
(A;
Ash Wednesday Liturgy) |
Conclude clips and discussion. Review for test. |
Study for the test on _Midsummer_. |
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3/11/11
(C) |
Test on
_Midsummer_. |
Bring _Henry V_ to class on Tuesday. |
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3/15/11
(E;
Spirit Week) |
Begin history
play: _Henry V_.
Watch the first half of the Kenneth Branagh film version. |
If
you were absent (due to illness or senior retreat), please get
today's notes from a friend who was in class. Also, please rent
the Branagh film version of _Henry V_ and watch the first half
(up through the first big battle). |
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3/17/11
(A;
Spirit Week) |
Notes on
Shakespeare's two tetrologies of history plays.
Read, discuss and
take notes on _Henry V_, Act I. |
Re-read Act I and review your notes. |
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3/21/11
(C) |
Read Act II with
notes. |
Review Acts I and II. |
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3/23/11
(E) |
Review Act II;
read and discuss Act III.
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Finish reading the last 3 scenes of Act III.
Review Acts I through III. |
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3/25/11
(A;
Grades Close) |
Review the end of
Act III.
Read Act IV, scenes 1
through 3. |
Review today's reading. |
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3/29/11
(C) |
Watch the second
half of _Henry V_. |
Finish reading Act IV; take notes. Be ready for discussion on
Friday. |
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Date |
Class Topic |
Assignment |
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4/1/11
(E;
First Friday) |
Finish watching the film version of _Henry V_.
Discuss Act IV.
Begin reading and discussing Act V.
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Finish reading Act V; take notes. Be ready for discussion
on Tuesday. |
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4/5/11
(A) |
Finish discussion
of Act V and the play as a whole.
Review for the test. |
Study for test on _Henry V_. |
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4/7/11
(C) |
Test on Henry V. |
Bring your copy of Othello to class on Monday. |
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4/11/11
(E;
1:10; Stuco Speeches and Elections) |
Begin Othello. |
Review today's reading and finish Act I. |
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4/13/11
(A) |
Watch film
version of Othello. |
Review all of Act I. |
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4/15/11
(C;
Junior Picnic) |
Continue watching
Othello. |
Happy Spring Break! |
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SPRING
AND EASTER BREAK! |
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4/27/11
(E;
1:10; Class
Elections) |
Continue reading:
Act II. |
Finish reading Act II.
Study Acts I and II for Friday's quiz on these two acts. |
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4/29/11
(A;
Advisee Mtg; Senior Mid-Quarter
Reports) |
Quiz on Acts I and II. Continue reading Othello with notes
and discussion. |
Finish reading Act III. |
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Date |
Class Topic |
Assignment |
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5/3/11
(C) |
Continue reading
Othello with notes and discussion. |
Review reading and notes. |
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5/5/11
(E) |
Finish reading
Othello with notes and discusion. |
Study text and notes to prepare for Monday's in-class essay on
Othello. |
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5/9/11
(A) |
In-class essay on
Othello. Worth 100 points. |
Bring Winter's Tale to class on Wednesday. |
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5/11/11
(C) |
Begin The Winter's Tale: Acts I and II. |
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5/13/11
(E) |
Finish reading
Act II of The Winter's Tale.
Begin watching the
1999 filmed Barbican Theater production of The Winter's Tale. |
Write a brief response to the reading and filmed stage
interpretation. |
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5/17/11
(A) |
Continue watching the 1999 filmed
Barbican Theater production of The Winter's Tale.
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Write a brief response to the filmed production. |
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5/19/11
(C; 1:10 May
Crowning) |
Finish watching
the 1999 filmed Barbican Theater production of The
Winter's Tale.
Short writing assignment. LAST DAY of
class. |
Have
a happy summer! |
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5/24/11
(E) |
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5/26/11
(A;
Senior Report Cards On-Line) |
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5/31/11
(C) |
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Date |
Class Topic |
Assignment |
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6/2/11
(E;
Ascension Thursday) |
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6/8/11
(A1, A2) |
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6/9/11
(A3, A4) |
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