March 6: B Day

1B

Today students continued working to write their research into complete paragraphs. Then students got a tour around Wikipedia with their newfound Wikipedia usernames!

1. Finish writing paragraphs about research.

2. Students followed the directions here:

Link to our project page: WP:School and university projects/Grafton High School: YA Novel Improvement

HW: None.

2AB

1. Freewrite in iambic pentameter summarizing III.i.

2. Questions on III.i.

3. Notes on tragedy, L17: Elements of Tragedy.

HW: Read III.ii and III.iii

Listen to Act III online.

To download the entire recording click here: iTunes or Complete File.

Watch Act III before, after, or as you read here: (BE SURE TO PAUSE TO READ FOOTNOTES!)

*1978 version*

Act III, scene ii

start at 6:40

Beware – this version leaves off about 10 lines at the end of the scene.

Act III, scene iii

start at 5:00

4B

1. Focused freewrite.

2. Act II oral quiz. 

3. Group analysis of binaries in Act II. Students chose one of the following binaries to explore more in depth: Age and Youth, Moderation and Passion, or Healing and Poison. Then, they received a short passage about the binary with a set of questions attached. Here are all the different options in one document: II.iii Opposites. If you were absent, please download this six-page document and choose one two-page section to complete for homework.

HW: Finish worksheet on opposites we started in class. Read Act III, scenes 2 and 3. All due Friday.

Listen to Act III online.

To download the entire recording click here: iTunes or Complete File.

Watch Act III before, after, or as you read here: (BE SURE TO PAUSE TO READ FOOTNOTES!)

*1978 version*

Act III, scene ii

start at 6:40

Beware – this version leaves off about 10 lines at the end of the scene.

Act III, scene iii

start at 5:00