English 12 April Agenda

Agendas, vocabulary, journalsEnglish 12 April AgendaAgenda 4/3/13SSR-Independent Novel ProjectAct 4 HamletStudy Guide completeTurn in Study Guides for Acts 1-3

Independent Novel Projects due Tuesday, April 9th Agenda 4/5/13Finish Act 4 of HamletComplete study guideTake Act 4 QuizTurn in quiz and study guideSSR/Work on Independent Novel Project (Due Tuesday, April 9th)Agenda 4/16/13Journal-Hamlet as a tragic heroMetaphysical and Cavalier poetryA Valediction: Forbidding Mourning~John Donne p.438To His Coy Mistress~Andrew Marvell p. 460To the Virgins, to Make Much Time~Robert Herrick p. 463

The Essay/SatireCharacteristics of SatireFrom The Rape of the Lock~ Alexander Pope 5p. 38A Modest Proposal~Jonathan Swift p. 614Hamlet JournalHamlet is a tragic hero. Explain how he meets this definition and what is his tragic flaw?Agenda 4/18/13Journal-Satire in cartoonsFor each cartoon, identify what situation/issue it is satirizing and what message they are conveying? Finish reading A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift p. 619Open book Modest Proposal quizThe Romantic Period backgroundTake notes/followed by notes quizCartoon #1

Cartoon #2

Cartoon #3

Agenda 4/22/13Journal: Duality of ManFinish Romantic period notesNotes QuizThe Lamb and The Tyger~Blake p. 680

Romantic Poets JournalWilliam Blake said the purpose of his poetry was to show the two contrary states of the human soul. Explain whether you agree or disagree with this concept and Why? Are contradiction and conflicting ideas a good or bad thing? Why?

Agenda 4/24/13Journal-YeatsThe World is Too Much With Us~Wordsworth p.717She Walks in Beauty ~ Lord Byron p. 762The Rime of the Ancient Mariner~Coleridge p. 730Frankenstein-Will be reading on Friday. Have your books!The Coming of Wisdom with TimeWilliam Butler Yeats(1865 1939)Though leaves are many, the root is one;Through all the lying days of my youthI swayed my leaves and flowers in the sun;Now I may wither into the truth.

Instructions: In your journal, Choose 1 line from the above Yeats poem and use it as the starting line of your journal. You will have 5 minutes to write. Go!

Agenda 4/29/13Journal-Limits of ScienceFrankensteinLetters 1-4 Questions??Read Chapters 1-5/complete study guide questions

Journal-Limits of ScienceScience and Technology: How far is too far? Do we use what we know because we know it OR, do we limit the knowledge and technology that we use on moral grounds? Whose morals?