Happy summer! READ!!!

Thank you all for being my students, and for letting me be your teacher! It has been an honor and a pleasure - yes, even during those dark and frustrating moments - and while I'm sad to see you go, I can't wait to hear more about your adventures next year and beyond.

This summer: READ! Your summer reading assignments are linked here, and please email me if you would like a personal recommendation from the list.

• Summer Reading Requirements (CP and Honors)
• APLang Summer Assignment

All 10th grade classes!!!

Before you leave your final exam block, remember that you must hand in:

1. Your personal reflection (a map, flag, coat of arms, caricature, etc...) that explores your accomplishments and challenges throughout this year - directions are linked here. 

2. Your final "Macbeth" parody reflection - four questions are linked here, and you must compose a complete paragraph for each.

3. Any copies of books you may not have returned yet: check your bags, bedrooms, lockers, etc...!

For all Grade 10 Classes 06.04.15 - 06.05.15

All 10th Grade Classes: Keep working on your parody projects! We'll be finishing the play when I see you next, but feel free to read ahead if you feel you need to.

Red Day - 05.03.15

"Macbeth" Parodies are due for my Red Day class on Thursday, 06.11.15! You will have time during English to work, but will definitely need to spend some time outside of class to create a high-quality finished product. 

Friday 06.19.15 is the final day that I will accept any late or make-up work, so check in with me if you need to, and plan ahead! I am available after school every day until the end of the year.

H10: Continue to think about and hopefully work on your final "Macbeth" parody project. We will be finishing the play next class, and you will continue to have work time every day until next Thursday.

Creative Writing: Pick something - anything, or perhaps one of the items on this list - and write at least half a page exploring that topic in a personal essay. Remember that whatever you write must be non-fiction (real, not made up) and it must have some sort of point, even if the point is simply "I want the world to know how awesome turtles are," or "This one time I smacked Gavin during class and it didn't fix the problem of him being annoying, therefore violence is not the answer." 

White Day - 06.02.15

"Macbeth" Parodies are due for White Day classes on Friday, 06.12.15! You will have time during English to work, but will definitely need to spend some time outside of class to create a high-quality finished product. 

That is also the final day that I will accept any late or make-up work, so check in with me if you need to, and plan ahead! I am available after school every day until the end of the year.

CP10 & H10: Come prepared to commit to your parody project groups AND to share what your parody will be about, and in what format. If your timeline of major events in "Macbeth" has not been handed in yet, make sure it is before next class.

Red Day - 06.01.15

H10: Write a summary/timeline of "Macbeth" up to this point. This can be bullet points, a narrative paragraph, a list, or whatever format you need it to be: aim to cover all major events (murders, conflicts, personal realizations, etc...) up to the end of Act 5: Scene 1.

Creative Writing: Come with a half page written on the moment or experience that you will develop into a short personal essay. Remember that you can focus on any moment from your life - "significant" or not - as long as it is something you can describe in great detail.

White Day - 05.29.15

All Grade 10 Classes: After you have completed your Act 5: Scene 1 reading and questions (with a minimum of two or three complete sentences for each response!), head over to YouTube and try to find a good parody of "Romeo and Juliet" that was created for either a school project or by an amateur/at-home/for fun filmmaker. You may choose to find a parody in another form (song, story, etc...) but your goal is to view numerous parodies and select one that you think is an excellent piece of work, both in terms of comedic value, production quality, and connection to the original text. Why "Romeo and Juliet"? We've all read or seen it, we all know it, and we can all pass judgment on the quality of a parody, which is what we will do together next week. Save your links!

Red Day - 05.28.15

H10: Search around on YouTube (or wherever else you think you'll get a good result) for a parody of some aspect of or scene from "Romeo and Juliet." This should, ideally, be a parody created for a school project, but it should at least be obviously homemade.

Creative Writing: Come with a completed, revised draft of your critique/review ready to share, polish, and complete.

White Day - 05.27.15

CP10: Here is our list of Macbeth possible deaths! You have no additional homework tonight, but should be ready to read the beginning of Act 5 on Friday, so if you have any catching up to do, now is the time.

H10: No homework!

Red Day - 05.26.15

H10: Finish reading Act 4: Scene 1, and write (yup, another) paragraph predicting: how is this all going to end? Consider the fates of the characters who have survived up to this point, but also the prophecies Macbeth was delivered in Act 4: Scene 1.

Creative Writing: Come with a completed draft of your original criticism/review (of a movie, restaurant, etc...) ready to give and receive feedback. It should be no less than one TYPED page in length - longer if handwritten.

***Seniors should check in with me ASAP about your final "exam," which will be due next week!