Update April 28

Shakespearience In School Experience from Shakespearience on Vimeo.

So yeah, we watched that video in Period One ... and we'll also watch it in Period Three next week.

We put the finishing touches on the novel study and began the Shakespeare Unit.

S'all good.

April 27 update

Period one - we are done with the novel and started the introduction to the Drama unit.

I saw a funny video ... this one ... and thought it worthy to plonk it in this post.

Period three .. well, we lost out to a bunch of non-academic programs.

Meh, all good. All good.

Tuesday April 26 updates

Period One we focussed on getting the terms and the character sketches complete and up on the walls of the classrooms. I even got to do some of the powerpoint introduction to the next unit, too


Period Three we focussed on getting the terms and theme study done for the novel - we got those done and assigned everyone characters to do a write up of them, too.

We mentioned this while discussing the themes, too:

Thursday and Monday April 25th updates

So ... yeah.

Period One
Thursday We finished the Theme Study of And then there were none. We also were assigned three characters to do for the Character sketches part of the assignment, too.

Monday we got going on the character sketches and got the class interrupted. Meh, it's all good.

I look forward to starting the next unit on Romeo and Juliet this week, too!

Period Three

Thursday we finished reading the novel Lord of the Flies

Monday we worked on the Theme Study for the novel. Later this week, we'll get to some of the character sketches and move onto Macbeth! ... I mean "The Scottish Play".

On to tomorrow!

Update for today

Well, it was pretty calm in Period One - we worked together on getting the Theme Study done. Some pretty big questions answered and some pretty big ideas discussed in class today.

We'll be finished that Theme Study sheet off tomorrow and then get one with the Character Sketches, too.

I also updated the links on the right-hand side for our next unit for both the Period One class and the Period Three class.

In Period Three, we had a wash out due to a visitor to the building. All good. Things are on time and on task.

April 19 update

Period one - we started the theme study on the ...um ... theme study handout for the novel. It's going to be a part of the Part II stuff we are handing in later on this month. Probably April 28th.

We'll talk about that on Wednesday. Show up. Show up to class tomorrow.

Period Three- we took some time together to get caught up in the chapter questions. Then we read from Chapter 11.

April 15 update

Period one

We. Finished. The. Book. We didn't get too much time to finish the film, but we finished the book.

We also got the rest of the questions from the Study to get done. We also set April 21 as the due date.

Period Three

This was a shortened period, so we read until the end of Chapter 9. And got those questions, too.

April 14 update

So ... yeah. We did a fair amount of reading today.

In period one, we read from page 243 to page 270. We are almost finished the book, man .... wooo!

We also got a chance to see a bit of the film before the end of the period. Very exciting stuff.

I want to rant about "Why you shouldn't rely on a simple google search for answers to murder mysteries" ... but since the confusion and accusations are rampant around the room about who the murderer is at the moment are to my benefit, I'm good about leaving it all up in the air.

Just know that doing a quick google search doesn't always give you the correct answer. You will always  have to engage some basic reading and thinking skills, too.

Also, we heard this song being sung today in class:

In Period three, we had a much less smooth time, as we read to the end of Chapter 9, got the questions and then watch a wee bit of the colour version of Lord the Flies. I'm pretty sure that the link on the right of this blog will have the link to the film, so you can judge for yourself.

Here's the IMDB.com link for the 1990 version of the film. The actors there were actors before and after the film was made.

April 13 update

Period One: well, there was an attendance issue today, so we watched the film.

Period Three: we finished Chapter 8 in the readings together, then we finished the black and white version of the film. Hashtag weareaweseome

Periods Two and Four were fairly quiet, too.

April 12 update

So Period One, we read to page 242 in the text. It's starting to get frantic, let me tell you. How frantic? I mentioned Salvatori Dali in class today, and said I'd post one of his pics on the blog. See above for details.

Period Three we read to about half way through the really long chapter 7 "Gift for the Darkness:. We watched a bit of the film, too. We also set April 14th as the due date for Chapters 1-4 and the vocabulary to be handed in.

Other than that ... it was a Tuesday.

April 11 update

Period One

We set the due date for the second part of the novel study today - stuff will be due April 21. For more details, see the poster in the classroom, or on the right-hand side of this blog.

We read to page 225 in the novel today and got to watch a bit more of the film. Pretty cool, man.

Period Three

Because I was needed in the office, we worked quietly this period. At least that is what the person in charge said.

Update April 5

In Period One, we got to read to page 176 and I later assigned question 15 for homework. We then watched the film for about 25 minutes and then had a debrief.

S'all good

In Period Three, we read Lord of the Flies to the end of Chapter 7 and then got the questions for it. I asked if anyone needed help with either the questions or the vocabulary and no one had any problems

We did not get to watch the film as the wireless in the school was doing weird and wonderful things. I will find an e-copy of the film or my faithful DVD collection for tomorrow.

Monday April 4 update

So ... I'll make this a quick update.

Period one with And then there were None: we read until page 160. Then we watched a bit of the film. All good, man.

Period Three with Lord of the Flies, we read until the end of Chapter 6. If you got the Chapter five questions, the Chapter 6 questions are on the same sheet. Then we watched a bit of the film. Scary stuff kids:

Roger. His name is Roger.

Friday April 1

I'm so sorry for the lack of updates.

In Lord of the Flies, we have finished Chapter Five

In And then there were none, we got to page 150. We also watched the first section of the mini series, too.

ok. Man, it's late. Got to go.