Essay #2

We spent the first part of class perusing the HSU Portfolio Rubric and discussing how it reflects on the last set of papers students submitted. Much of the period was then spent reading and scoring several sample papers which we will discuss tomorrow. We wrapped up with some specifics about the new essay assignment, now available at Google Classroom.

Existentialism and Sartre

Today we talked a bit about Existentialism and Sartre in preparation for "No Exit" which students need to have read by Wednesday's class (3/1).

Here are the notes, and here is a short video we watched and took notes on:

Have a Great (homework free) Break!

Today, after some announcements and whatnot, we wrapped up our study of Frankenstein with a timed essay.

Focusing Frankenstein

We spent today focusing our study of Frankenstein in preparation for tomorrow's timed essay.

Circle Time!

We finished our review of the MC questions from the final (I know, finally...), and then we circled up and did a bit of writing and talking about Frankenstein.

A Romantic Valentine's Day

After a short quiz on the second half of Frankenstein and some good discussion of the novel's final pages, we wrapped up the poem presentations with Wordsworth's "Floating Island." We finished the day looking at a few more MC questions.

Blake & Some MC

We began the day with Blake's "The Chimney Sweeper," and did a bit more looking at the multiple choice (as a side note, you may want to check out this cool AP score calculator).

Byron & The Uncanny Valley, Part 2

We began the day with a quick look at Byron's "She Walks in Beauty," spent far too much time on the Senior Bests yearbook survey, and wrapped up with the activity below.

Wordsworth, Dickens, & Gothic Romance

We started by annotating and discussing Wordsworth's "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud"

Then we looked a few more multiple choice questions from the second passage on the final. We wrapped up the period with a look at Gothic Romance...

And a short video on what makes things creepy:

A Frank Quiz and a Sonnet

Today we had our first Frankenstein quiz and then discussed the book a bit. In 2nd period, we wrapped up the day with a look at Keats' "The Human Seasons."

MC & Mutability

Monday, students did some work with the multiple choice questions from the final. Tuesday, we began with a quick look at the Percy Shelley poem "Mutability" and then started looking at the multiple choice questions as a class.

Semester 1 Reflection & Some Romantic Poetry

We began the day with a bit of reflection on semester one and wrapped up with groups sharing their poem analyses.

Frankenstein & The Romantics

Today we took some notes on the Romantic period...

 And students got their reading and posting assignments for Frankenstein.