4/14

Today's goal:
To read and understand the article "Mature and Romantic Love in Shakespeare"  in order to cite it as effective evidence in our final essays.
Today's skills:
Reading for understanding
Annotating for accuracy and clarity
Excerpting passages for evidence 
Analyzing evidence to prove your point

*Read and annotate article in small groups
*Share in large groups and review answers
*Review Act II/Production role work
*See link to article below:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_C9fVngmGpvTzNEUDNFUTdIOGs/view?usp=sharing

4/13

Follow up:  Your rough draft (a complete rough draft) is due Friday by 10pm shared with Matt on googledocs:  See the rubric to review--rough drafts that do not meet every criteria of the rubric will not be given any credit.  Any lateness is 50% off.  https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_C9fVngmGpvSVV4MS1sX181UHM/view?usp=sharing

Agenda:
* Project log (include time for cast bio)
*Work on your cast bio.  Email it to Matt by end of class today.
Cast bio should be in the following format (copy and paste)

Your name:
Your role:
Your production role:
What topics you have enjoyed during this project (please...be real. Topics we've covered include...
Iambic Pentameter
Escher paintings/discussion
Close reading on Theseus/Dana Gioia
Socratic seminars on Theseus and R/J excerpts
Comparing/contrasting MND and R/J characters
Story of Pyramus and Thisby
Whiteboard discussions (where we wrote but did not speak) about nature of love
Assistant directing, sound design, costume design, set design, line memorization, other production-role work
Explain what idea or concept you are explaining in your final Humanities essay:

4/8

Follow-up:  Please share your final essay outline with me by 10pm tonight, as announced in class the past three days.

Also, bring all supplies needed for production roles to school tomorrow.

4/3

It was a great field trip to Fort Lewis College today!  I hope you enjoyed your time and getting to see some of the different aspects of college in Durango.

Follow-up:  Memorize lines as much as possible, work on your Humanities essay--I've extended the deadline for your essay outline to Wednesday April 8th:  See the following link to review what is expected:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_C9fVngmGpvSVV4MS1sX181UHM/view?usp=sharing

Please note that we have re-scheduled our performance for Wednesday, May 6th (not May 7th).  

The first class will perform at 5pm, the second class at 6pm.  

That change was made for a variety of reasons:

a.  Many students had a conflict of some sort with the May 7th date.

b.  The performance space is located near the parking lot, where there will be a good deal of commotion during the all-school exhibition.

c.  May 7th is the all-school exhibition, and it would be difficult for students to both perform in the play while also giving the attention that is needed to other projects being exhibited that night.  

I understand fully that in some ways it may be more difficult for families to come to school for both Wednesday night and Thursday night; I made this choice based off of feedback from students about availability and taking into account the above factors.  I apologize for any inconvenience, but this decision was made in the best interests of as many of the students and families as possible.

Remember--no school Monday. Please work on memorizing as many lines as possible and 

4/1

Read the section of the following essay that you have been assigned.  Make at least 1 comment per person on the googledoc as an annotation.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FXvp6WrVVg-9KA_9aKZGGoDwyd3eUad1_d3EyfInMSI/edit?usp=sharing

Small group discussion (after you have read aloud as a group):
a.  What is one strange or interesting interpretation that you found in this section of the essay?
b.  Do you agree or disagree overall with this section of the essay?  Why?
c.  Is there a way in which you can incorporate this essay's ideas into your essay about either the nature of love or the nature of authority (or, your own separate subject?)