April 30, 2026

 Hello! Here's what we're up to today:

• Checking in
• Freewrite
• Eng 8: In media res
• Recapping creative assignment
• Recapping rubric
• Eng 9: How to write a comic
• Make a plan!
• Film!

April 29, 2026

 Hello! Here's what we're up to today:

• Checking in
• Missing essays
• Freewrite
• Eng 9
• Student presentation
• Film
• 2.1 (first half)
• Introduction to Graphic Novels
• Eng 8
• Making masks!
• 1.4-1.5
• Student presentation
• Film (note we'll briefly be switching back to the old one, then to the new one)
• Starting the creative response
• Tomorrow, we'll get to work on the creative response

April 28, 2026

 Hello! Here's what we're up to today:

• Checking in
• Eng 9
• Student presentation
• Film
• Moustache making!
• 1.2-1.3
• Eng 8
• I forgot to collect Dry!
• 1.2-1.3
• Student presentation
• Film
• Freewrite

April 27, 2026

 Hello! Here's what we're up to today:

• Checking in
• Revisiting calendar
• Small change to R and J
• Recapping assignments
• Finishing 1.1
• PM: Student presentation
• Film versions
• Which did you prefer?
• Freewrite
• Read ahead?

April 24, 2026

 Hello! Let's get back to it:

• Checking in
• How'd the last couple of days go?
• New Schedule
• Recapping background on Shakespeare
• A video!
• Five Acts and the Plot Triangle
• Iambic pentameter
• Try it out!
• Intro to the play
• Much Ado:
• Play on words in the title
• Role of gender and actors
• Importance of Beatrice
• Keep remembering: this is a silly, silly play
• Romeo and Juliet
• While there are beautiful testaments to love, don't interpret this as a love story
• Remember the guiding question
• Bonus English stuff: The sonnet!
• Reviewing everyone's character charts
• Reading aloud 1.1
• Everyone will need to read at least once during this play (I'll keep track on my checkmark thing). I'll give a heads up when there are really short lines for those who don't like it.
• Walk!
• Act it out!
• Film version?

April 23, 2026

 Hello! Sorry I couldn't be there today:

• Eng 9
• All presentations are pushed back a day - so the first one will start on Monday
• You may work on any of these three tasks:
• Read Act 1 Scene 1 of Much Ado About Nothing on your own
• Complete your drawn character chart from yesterday
• Make a plan for Assignment 8 - The Comic Book Villain in five panels
• Eng 8
• All presentations are pushed back a day - so the first one will start on Monday
• You may work on any of these four tasks:
• Put the finishing touches on to your essays, and hand them in. Remember to include:
• Good copy
• Works Cited
• Rough Copy with evidence of three peers having edited it
• Original plan
• Read Act 1 Scene 1 of Much Ado About Nothing on your own
• Complete your drawn character chart from yesterday
• Make a plan for Assignment 8 - The Comic Book Villain in five panels

April 22, 2026

 Hello! Sorry I couldn't be there today. Here's what you're up to:

• Eng 9
• Complete your visual character chart for Much Ado About Nothing. Don't worry if you don't know the characters yet - this is helpful to have a visual cue as we go back and forth between the characters. Feel free to make it silly or simplistic.
• Read Act 1 Scene 1 - try to read the Shakespearean one if you can, but you may read the modern version at your leisure. We'll do the Shakespearean in class.
• Eng 8
• You may use this time to complete your essay
• Complete your visual character chart for Romeo and Juliet. Don't worry if you don't know the characters yet - this is helpful to have a visual cue as we go back and forth between the characters. Feel free to make it silly or simplistic.
• Read the Prologue and Act 1 Scene 1 - try to read the Shakespearean one if you can, but you may read the modern version at your leisure. We'll do the Shakespearean in class.