Tuesday, 21 April 2026

April 21, 2026

 Hello! Here's what we're up to:

  • Checking in
  • Heads up that there's a decent chance I won't be here tomorrow
  • Eng 8:
    • Peer review!
    • Hand in everything tomorrow
    • Update on assignments
    • Handing out Romeo and Juliet and character sheet
  • The essay!
    • Recapping the all the criteria - all four pieces must be together
    • Hand it in!
      • Do not email me - submit it to Teams or hand it in
    • Hand in your novels!
    • How did that go?
  • Final report card interviews
  • Checking the schedule - note that we've peaked in terms of difficulty
    • There's still work to do, though, and this is often the window where some students start to fall behind or pull ahead
  • Intro to new assignments! Yay!
  • Intro to Shakespeare
    • Why vs why not Shakespeare
      • How are you feeling about reading it?
    • Brief history of English and the printing press
    • A not-great documentary
    • The beginning of Shakespeare in Love
    • Five Acts and the Plot Triangle
    • Shakespeare-isms
      • Thee/thou
      • Est
      • Dost
    • Iambic Pentameter - practice it
  • Intro to the play
    • Distributing the books
    • Context
      • Timeline
      • Play on words of the title
      • Remember: at its heart, this is a silly play
    • Character chart
    • How we'll study it
      • More creative freewrites to start the class
      • Reading aloud in class - everyone is expected to read at least once
      • Watching the film
  • Let's start reading!

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