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Monday 29 May 2017

LAST CHANCE TO HAND IN MAY 18-APRIL 18 WORK WAS MAY 23RD AT 240PM.

*RETURN LATE NOVELS*

Comm 12
Macbeth
Today's to-do list:
1. Complete Act IV and V questions (due tomorrow).
2. Review for test (Wednesday):
A. plot Macbeth on a plot diagram
B. Summarize each of the FIVE acts (4-5 sentences per summary)
C. Review themes and literary devices
D. Plan Essay:
- Assess who is MOST responsible for Macbeth's downfall (find 8-10 quotations from the graphic novel to support your argument)?
*the witches *Lady Macbeth *Macbeth
2. Your test and in-class essay are Wednesday, May 31st to Friday, June 2nd. If you are absent unexcused on these days you will NOT be permitted to write at another time.
**Provincial Exam: Monday, June 26, 830-1130am**

English 10
Romeo and Juliet
1.Act V
- read sc i-iii
- film adaptation
- answer questions
2. Questions due Wednesday. Test Wednesday.
**Final Exam: Wednesday, June 21st (1157-240pm)**

English 11
Lord of the Flies
1. Discuss The Stanford Prison Experiment:
A. Why did the 'good' guards not do anything to stop the 'bad' guards?
B. What was Zimbardo's hypothesis for the experiment?
C. If you were a guard, would you be a 'good' guard or a 'bad' guard? Explain.
D. At what point does a ROLE become one's real identity? How do we differentiate between the two?
E. If you were a prisoner, would you have stayed sane or gone 'crazy'? If you were actually incarcerated, how would you cope? Given your mental/emotional identity, how would you maintain your mental health?
F. Some think this study was an unethical study given the emotional distress experienced. Do you agree? Was this an important study? Would you have done anything differently?
2. Introduction to Macbeth documentary.
3. Review literary devices:
- metaphor - simile - paradox - dramatic irony - juxtaposition - equivocation
- soliloquy - aside - symbolism - tragedy - tragic flaw - pathetic fallacy
*Quiz on Wednesday.*
**Final Exam: Thursday, June 22nd (1157-240pm)**