Michael Clements
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Michael Clements
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End of the year Assignments:
Please know, a number of you have failed to pass in work or parts of work (Notebook: Oedipus, Romeo and Juliet, and Night). Or, you showed me handwritten work and have not sent me your hard copies. Please advise me immediately. I will close dated marks this weekend. mc Good morning,
Thank you for your help this morning in getting ready for Writers' Night and submitting your notes (2nd semester). Please remember, you will need to have the remainder of the Mockingbird notes (part II) for the 16th. I do not see you on Monday, but be ready to write a response to one question about the novel on Tuesday. The remainder of class will be dedicated to Writers' Night documents. for Wednesday: 10 June
Do return to your June 5 post for further instruction. I would like you to use today's class to: complete your reading and notes for this novel (10 June pp. 1-128 of Mockingbird), or complete your notes for class submission. Class submission notes include all we did, except this novel, in Terms III and IV. Mockingbird notes will be collected twice (today/ electronic submission) and 16 June. All term III and IV notes must be ready for Thursday or Friday (electronic submission: test value). No LATE Marks! Thank you for your work with the drama. I will begin the exam reading over the weekend and attempt to return these papers to you before the end of the week.
Please have Part One of the novel completed for class on Wednesday of next week (128 pages). Remember to follow our rule for all we read: Author, Audience, and Purpose. Always annotate how a book begins...be precise with characters and how those characters are connected to the narrator of the text (sounds like parenthetical notation). How does this book remind you of other works we have read in class this year? Collection dates for Writers' Night will be June 11 and 12. Organize your work! We will need to be finished with the novel for 18 June. You must prepare to read about thirty pages every night. I understand this is a "hefty" assignment, but I will also give you some reading time in each class before the 18th to reach your goal. Your notes for this work will be collected twice: Day 2 (June 10) and Day 6 (June 16). Each set of notes has a 40 point value (80 total points). All notes must be sent electronically for the START of class. Thank you for your attention; the start of this unit is important. Do remember: Emmett Till, Mississippi Burning, and how the whole world suffered following the Great Depression. Great job with review today! Be prepared for Thursday's exam: know balances; know the days of the play and the principal action of this day; know terminology.
How many die? What are the conditions of their deaths? Who should be punished...forgiven? Make sure your responses are precise (no generalizations). Do expect me to ask about language: speaker and spoken to whom. How are you doing with the drama? The weekend is your chance to complete the work. You should be ready for an assessment on June 3. Do expect this assessment to be objective. Do expect the exam will follow a chronology.
Do you know all the characters? Settings? How Shakespeare keeps balance between the families. How do you explain "star-crossed?" What is your definition of tragedy? Who should be punished? We ended our discussion on Act 3 Sc. 5. Feel free to send me questions of anything you do not know or understand. Do make a decision what you will be using for Writers' Night (17 June). Materials will be collected 11 and 12 of June. Have a great weekend, but do find time to complete your work. Review the 19 May schedule. This Tuesday you need to be through Act III in your reading. I am ready to discuss Act II; however, I expect you to be past what I am presenting...so you can ask questions about what was read.
Remember, do watch the YouTube Zefferelli film (1968) if you want to get the intent Shakespeare had for his audience. If you have a Netflix account, you might want to watch the first ten minutes (Prologue and Scene 1) of the Decapio film...just the first ten minutes...there are too many distractors in this work. It is always a good idea to do your reading then watch up to where you left off...it makes the scene more understandable. Let me know if you are having difficulty...or have a question. mc Important site to help you review for your SAT Vocabulary test:
majortest.com SAT words (note: I divided the list into 5 parts: lists 1 and 2 became my list one...lists 3 and 4 became my list two and so on. Total number of words 100. I will offer 25 on the exam). Expect a word bank. Good morning,
Thank you for making the adjustment to room 340; MCAS can lead to confusion. Speaking of confusion, let me give you an ordered framework to discuss Shakespeare and the drama: Tuesday, 19 May: Class is responsible for all of Act 1 (in the text: pp. 1-22) Wednesday, 20 May: Act 2 (pp. 23-42) Friday, 21 May: Discussion of Acts 1 and 2...your questions? Tuesday, 26 May: pp. 43-66 (Act 3) Wednesday, 27 May: pp. 67-79 (Act 4) Friday, 28 May: pp. 80-92 (Act 5) Monday, 01 June: discussion and questions as we prepare for the exam (after school if you need help on Monday and Tuesday) Wednesday, 03 June: Objective exam As you prepare to follow this outline, remember the following: Know THE PLAYERS, the days of action |
AuthorMr. Michael Clements serves as English Department Chair. He has been an instructor at Nipmuc Regional High School since 1972. Archives
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