IM 1-6

After a quick quiz, we spent the rest of the period discussing the two topics below.

The Project Begins in Ernest

Today students formed groups and started to choose poems. All handouts and groups lists are at Google Classroom.

IM & Langston Hughes

We began the day with a quick annotation and discussion of Langston Hughes' poem "I, Too." Then, after wrapping up our discussion of motifs from chapter one of  Invisible Man, we read and annotated Hughes' "Theme for English B." 

A Discussion About Chapter 1

Jazz n' Stuff

Today was a bit of a grab bag. We started with a short clip from Ken Burns' Jazz, wrote and talked about Louis Armstrong a bit, had a last Waiting for Godot presentation, got the reading schedule for Invisible Man, and wrapped up with a Langston Hughes poem.

IM Reading Schedule:
Chapters, Date Due
1, 3/24
2-6 w/ Google Group Posts, 3/30
7-12 w/ Google Group Posts, 4/4
13-17 w/ Google Group Posts, 4/8
18-End w/ Google Group Posts, 4/18

Invisible Man

Today we started Invisible Man with a short introduction and then a bit of reading from the prologue. Students should finish the prologue tonight for homework. Chapter one should be complete by 3/24.

No Exit & Godot

Today we did presentations for No Exit and act 1 of Waiting for Godot. We'll finish tomorrow!

Work Time

Students spent the period analyzing, rehearsing and posting MC questions to Google Classroom. Presentations begin tomorrow!

Mostly Work Time

Today we reviewed multiple choice question stems for the MC portion of the Godot  assignment. Students had the remainder of the period to work on their passages.

Presentations Assigned

Today we shared some of the discoveries students made about Godot on Friday. Then we started the next project, short presentations on either Godot or No Exit. Sign up at Google Classroom.

Friday

Godot

Today we waited for Godot as students filled out their senior best forms, but then did a warm-up on the play and spent some time thinking specifically about Vladimir and Estragon.

Waiting for Godot: Act 1

We began with a short quiz and then spent the rest of the day talking generally about the play.

"No Exit" Questions from Friday 3/4

Here are the questions we wrote about and discussed in class on Friday.

1. Why doesn’t Garcin leave?
2. What is the purpose behind the Earth visions?
3. Why are there no mirrors in Hell?
4. Why does Sartre, who does not believe in an afterlife, set his play in “hell”?
5. From the perspective of Sartre’s philosophy, why are these people in hell?
6. How is hell “other people”?

Peer Response

Students spent the whole period today responding to each other's essays. Final drafts are due Friday: Cover Sheets at Google Classroom and Essays at TurnItIn.

Waiting for Godot Intro

Essay Revision Time

Today students used a combination of TurnItIn.com's GrammarMarks and the Revision Checklist at Google Classroom to edit and revise their draft essays.

Work Day

After a few moments talking about Sartre's "No Exit," students had the rest of the period to read, work on their essay, and consult with me.

Monday & Tuesday

Monday, we wrapped up the Macbeth unit with the timed essay. Tuesday, we wrapped up a variety of issues, e.g. upcoming papers, Poetry Out Loud, and then spend the rest of the period on Existentialism and "No Exit."
Students should be finished with the play by 3/4.