McCarthy Passage Review, Part 1

Kahoot, I guess...

Because more than a third of the class was at an assembly, we played Kahoot for the first part of the period and then continued with a bit of test review.

Reflection & Exam Review

Monday and Tuesday, we spent the period on a bit of reflection and a review of some of the multiple-choice section of the final exam.

Timed Essay Prep

In preparation for the final exam, we did this essay revision activity.

Circle Time

This morning, we had a lovely, if a bit chilly, discussion of Act 5. We missed you all.

Act 4

Act 3

Today we did another quotations analysis warm-up and then groups shared their Act 3 work online at PowerSchool.

Act 1 & 2

Today, we reviewed some of the writing work that groups began Friday. After that, groups posted their Act 2 work to the discussion board at PS Class Pages. Students should read and respond to Act 3 by Wednesday.

Act 1 Work

Today we finished up our Act 1 synopses and started a bit of quotation analysis. Read Act 2 with a DJ (see below) for Monday.

Meter & Hamlet

Today we talked a bit more about poetic meter and introduced Shakespeare and Hamlet. Students should read all of Act 1 for homework.

An Intro to Meter

Today we took some notes on and played a bit with poetic meter. We'll have a quiz tomorrow and start Hamlet.

Independent Reading Wrap & Reflection

We began the day with a bit of reflection and goal-setting and then finished up the independent reading elevator pitches and wrapped up with some more reflection.