Happy holidays everyone!

You can still email me overdue assignments this weekend; I'll be checking email up until Tuesday.

See you in 2013!

English 10E
Romeo & Juliet
1. Act III graphic novel due tomorrow.
2. Read Act IV sc i - do summary, theme, setting, character list, and drawings.
**Hand in all over-due assignments by TOMORROW**

Comm 12
Macbeth
1. Hand in Act II questions.
**Hand in all over-due assignments by TOMORROW**

English 11
Lord of the Flies
1. Hand in Music Parallels project.
2. Hand in novels.
**All over-due work assignments by TOMORROW**

English 10E
Romeo & Juliet
1. Quiz: Act III sc iii-v.
2. Finish Act III graphic novel (due Friday).

Comm 12
Macbeth
1. Quiz: Act II.
2. Finish Act II questions.

English 11
Lord of the Flies
1. In-class essay.
2. Music Parallel project due tomorrow.
*Hand in novels tomorrow*

English 10E
Romeo & Juliet
1. Read Act III, sc v in class.
2. Complete summaries for all scenes.
3. Act III Graphic novel DUE FRIDAY.
4. Tomorrow: QUIZ on Act III.
5. Tomorrow: Theme, symbols, characters.

Comm 12
Macbeth
1. Read Act II sc iii & iv.
2. Homework:
sc iii - question #2
sc iv - questions #1,2.
3. Analysis and theme.

English 11
Lord of the Flies
1. In-class time to finish Music Parallels project (due Thursday).
2. In-class time to finish essay outline (writing in-class TOMORROW).

English 10E
Romeo & Juliet
1. Read Act III sc iii and iv.
2. Did summaries for Act III sc iii and iv.
3. You should have already done a summary for Act III sc ii on your own - if you haven't already, please ensure this gets done.
4. Time in class to work on drawings for scenes read today.
5. Tomorrow: Act III sc v (read, summarize, draw).
**Act III graphic novel is due Friday Dec. 21st!!!**

Comm 12
Macbeth
1. All Act I questions due today.
2. Act I quiz.
3. Read Act II sc i & ii; questions for these scenes are due tomorrow (homework check).
4. Analysis, theme.

English 11
Lord of the Flies
1. Character sketches handed back.
2. Time to work on Music Parallels project and/or essay outline
*In-class essay Wednesday*

English 10E
Romeo & Juliet
1. Act II Graphic novels DUE.
2. Watched Act III sc i, ii of film.
3. Summary of Act III sc i.

Comm 12
Macbeth
1. Finish reading Act I - sc vi, vii
2. Questions for homework:
sc vi - none
sc vii - All
3. More on theme.
*All Act I questions due MONDAY*

English 11
Lord of the Flies
1. Character/Symbol sketch due.
2. Work on Music Parallel project (due Dec 20th)
3. Outline of essay - in-class Dec 19th

English 10E
Romeo & Juliet
1. Quiz on Act II sc iii, iv.
2. Read sc v, vi.
3. Summary (combined) for sc v and vi.
4. Act II Graphic Novel due TOMORROW.
5. Tomorrow: Act III sc i

Comm 12
Macbeth
1. Homework check for Act I:
sc i - 2,3
sc ii - 2
sc iii - 4
2. Read Act I sc iv, v
3. Homework questions:
iv - 2
v -2
4. Literary device/term sheet

English 11
Lord of the Flies
1. Final analysis
2. Finish character/symbol analysis
3. Sketch out essay outline/work on music paragraphs

English 10E

1. Homework check: Act II, sc i-iii graphic novel
2. Read Act II, sc iv (summary given in class)
3. Watched the rest of Act II of the film adaptation of Romeo & Juliet.
4. Homework: Finish Act II, sc iv, study for tomorrow's quiz (Act II, sc iii-iv)
* Check out the modern English version of any scenes you don't understand... follow this link: No Fear Shakespeare
5. Note: You only need to do one summary/drawing set for scene v and vi (we will do this Thursday)
***Act II Graphic Novel of Romeo and Juliet DUE FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14TH***
Communications 12

1. Handout: Macbeth note page
2. Read Act I sc i, ii.
3. Homework:
Scene i - Questions 2, 3
Scene ii - Question 2

English 11

1. Read chapter 12 of Lord of the Flies (the end of the novel).
2. Analysis, important quotations explained.

English 10E
Romeo & Juliet
1. Midterms as of yesterday after school printed and will be going home within the next few weeks.
2. Quiz: Act II sc i&ii
3. Homework check: Act II sci&ii should have been finished.
4. Did the summary sentences and theme for Act II sc iii
5. Ms. Mac and Mrs. Larochelle read Act II sc iii
6. Homework check tomorrow: Act II, sc i-iii should be FINISHED (both written and drawings)

Comm 12

1. Homework check: 5 summary sentences for Macbeth so far
2. Finish film adaptation of Macbeth
3. Notes handout, books distributed if time

English 11

1. Time to work on character/symbol study (due Friday)
2. Time to work on music project (due December 20th)
3. Time to work on Lord of the Flies essay outline (essay due December 21st)

English 10E
Romeo & Juliet
1. Act II sc i summary today in class. Homework: Finish Act II sc ii
2. Homework check tomorrow: Act II sc i & ii
3. Quiz tomorrow: Act II sc i & ii
This week:
Wednesday - Act II, sc iii should be finished
Thursday - Act II, sc iv -- Quiz: Act II sc iii, iv
Friday - Act II, sc v, vi

Comm 12

1. Macbeth film
2. Homework: Five sentences of what is happening in Macbeth so far (summary).

English 11
Lord of the Flies
1. Chapter 10 quiz
2. Read chapter 11, analysis
3. Character study - choose a character and a theme that that character illuminates (300 words, due Friday December 14th)
4. Tomorrow: Class-time to work on Character/Symbol study and/or music project
5. Wednesday: Finishing the novel (reading chapter 12)

English 10E

1. Class time to finish Act I graphic novel (due tomorrow at the beginning of class).
2. We will be reading Act II, sc i tomorrow.

Comm 12

1. Film: "Bowling for Columbine"
2. Answer the following questions, each answer should be at least a paragraph (5-10 sentences).
Your minimum 5 paragraph response to the film is due Monday:

•  How does media impact our daily lives? Give specific examples.
• Discuss your views about violence in the United States compared to violence in other countries.
• What or who creates violent individuals? Who is responsible when a child or young adult commits a crime?
• What do you fear in our society and why? What do you think causes your fears?
• Where do you stand on gun ownership and gun control issues? Be specific.

English 11

1. Hand in "Man as he really is" paragraph
2. Theme, analysis of chapter 8
3. All outstanding assignments due Friday
**End of Unit Music Project** (Due December 20th)
--> Choose at least 6 songs to represent themes/characters/emotions/etc. from the novel
--> Analyze and explicate each song and the parallels you have drawn to the novel (500-750 wds)
--> Options: Print out the song lyrics
                    Make me a CD
                    List the name of the artist/titles/versions
--> Identify the chapter/character/theme to each song

English 10E

1. Read Act I sc 5 of Romeo & Juliet.
2. Did written portion of Act I sc 5 for graphic novel
3. Time in class to work on drawings.
4. Tomorrow will be a catch-up day/finish Act I graphic novel (due Friday)

Comm 12

1. Final draft of I am the Messenger essay due at the end of class.
2. Hand in outstanding assignments.

English 11

1. Chapter 6/7 quiz
2. Chapter 7 analysis, more on theme
3. Read chapter 8
*Reminder: Man as he really is paragraph due tomorrow.

English 10E

1. We have now completed all the written portions of your Act I graphic novel, scenes i-iv. You should have your drawings done for these four scenes.
2. Tomorrow in class we will be doing the written portion of Act I sc v.
*Your written and drawn portions of all scenes of Act I are due FRIDAY*
3. Tonight: read through Act I sc v (p. 27-32) as we will be reading this in class tomorrow (Wednesday).

Comm 12

1. By the end of today's class you should have your rough draft finished and run it by me if necessary.
2. Tomorrow (Wednesday) your good copy is due!

English 11

1. Hand in homework (4 paragraphs from chapters 4-6).
2. Compare the theories of Freud, Frankl and Golding, in terms of who man really is. Consider Frankl's quote:
"Our generation is realistic, for we have to come to know man as he really is. After all, man is that being who invented the gas chambers of Auschwitz; however he is also that being who entered those gas chambers upright, with the Lord's Prayer or the Shema Yisrael on his lips."
- Frankl believed the individual's greatest struggle was internal, to find his meaning in life.
- Conversely, Freud believed that man's greatest struggle is the conflict between the reality we have created for ourselves and the reality society has created for us.
**Paragraph, about 300 words, due THURSDAY*
3. Read chapter 7 of LOTF.
4. Tomorrow: Quiz on Chapter 6 and 7.

English 10E

1. Act I quote quiz   (    / 6 ).
2. Finish the descriptions and quotes for: Tybalt, Benvolio, Capulet, Lady Capulet, Montague, Lady Montague, Nurse, Romeo, Juliet
3. Act I sc ii Theme, Summary, and Characters done.
4. Homework: Complete the written portion of Act I sc iii, finish the pictures/drawings for Act I sc i-iii
*Tomorrow I will be checking your character charts for completion, as well as Act I sc i-iii finished.
**Friday: All written and picture work for all scenes of Act I due FRIDAY**

Comm 12

1. Finish I am the Messenger essay outline
*Tomorrow: You should be finished your rough draft by the end of class*
*Wednesday: Final draft of essay due*

English 11

1. Id/Ego/Superego in pop culture paragraphs DUE
2. Read chapter 6 in class today.
3. Homework: Discuss the importance of each quote (re: think: significance to plot, theme, character development; explain symbols/metaphors/figurative language):
- "But a sign came down from the world of grownups, though at the time there was no child awake to read it" (96).
- "His mind was crowded with memories; memories of the knowledge that had come to them when they closed in on the struggling pig, knowledge that they had outwitted a living thing, imposed their will upon them, taken away its life like a long satisfying drink."
- "What I mean is... maybe it's only us." /  "I don't believe in the beast" (106). - Simon
- "Conch! Conch!" shouted Jack. "We don't need the conch anymore." (103)